A conversation with Seattle
If you’ve never seen Angels in America you need to see Intiman’s current production (at Cornish Playhouse through September 21st). … Continue reading Intiman’s Angels: Required Viewing Without Rapture
It is all the more shocking to see Juliet rise out of her childishness and weeping to stand up to this assault but her next soliloquy proves that the change is permanent. As she prepares to fake her death Juliet speaks and finally connects with the audience. The production, which has belonged to Franzen’s Romeo, becomes Juliet’s coming-of-age story. Continue reading A Stylish Romeo & Juliet, All Grown Up, at Intiman’s Summer Festival
“Approaching Ecstasy,” an exuberant genre-combining production by Whim W’him, The Esoterics, and the St. Helens String Quartet at the Intiman Theatre, sets the poetry of fin de siècle gay Egyptian writer Constantine P. Cavafy to music and dance. Constantine Cavafy, who died in 1933, spent his life hiding his sexuality, but his poetry–and this performance–hold nothing back. Eric Banks translated the poetry from the original Greek into “singable” English, set the love & lust poems to music he composed, and conducted the St. Helens String Quartet. He met Whim W’him choreographer Olivier Wevers through mutual friends four years ago and proposed this project. “Approaching Ecstasy” is worth the wait. Continue reading Whim W’him, The Esoterics, and St. Helens String Quartet’s Exquisite “Approaching Ecstasy” Blends Genres, Bodies
Which is more incredible? The Seattle Times reports the embattled Intiman Theatre, against all odds, has raised the first $1 million they will need to reopen. Playwright-gadfly Paul Mullin writes a post titled: “Sincerely, Good Luck.” Continue reading Intiman’s Million-Dollar “Maybe” Pays Off