Director Shawn Belyea and the cast keep our attention, and the production makes its points, but it’s in no hurry. It doesn’t gut-punchor get under the skin as some of those other great plays do. Rather it sits us down in our seats to take our medicine dissolved in a lemonade—a slight shock of sour chill. Continue reading Balagan’s “August: Osage County” Makes Its Lemonade from American Lemons
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The inside show for the serious musical theatre fan has landed in Seattle care of Balagan Theatre and Curly Stache Productions. [Title of Show], that most meta of musicals, began its life eight years ago when Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell decided to submit an entry for the inaugural New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Continue reading [Title of Show] Goes Beyond Meta, Establishing Completely Self-Referential Loop
The ten-minute play, the haiku of theatre, is a proving ground for playwrights. Every minute, every word and action, has to count in order to convey distinct lines, character, relationship and the changes that events bring to them. Alternatively a playwright might slap a disjointed wad of wackiness on the stage and at least keep the audience from boredom. Continue reading Sex Life is the Highlight of Balagan’s “Death, Sex: Election Season”
