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Intiman’s Angels: Required Viewing Without Rapture

StefanDW — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:54:37 +0000

If you’ve never seen Angels in America you need to see Intiman’s current production (at Cornish Playhouse through September 21st). If you’ve only seen the HBO film version, you need to see this production. If you’ve seen the show before you can sit this one out but you likely won’t because you’ll know that Angels … Continue reading →

Secrets, lies, love, death, and family dysfunction are ready for their close up in Royal Blood

Chris Burlingame — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:54:58 +0000

Royal Blood, the latest play from local playwright Sonya Schneider, made its world premiere last weekend at West of Lenin. While not quite perfect, it’s a family drama that I have been unable to stop thinking about once I left the theater Sunday evening. It’s engrossing. It’s about the lies we tell our families, and … Continue reading →

Heartbreak and Hilarity at ACT’s Middletown

StefanDW — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:03:27 +0000

Do you remember that strange play you did in high school, the one that seemed oddly simple? It had almost no set and some of the characters seemed to know they were in a play. Maybe it felt kind of hokey. A boy and a girl met, fell in love, got married and then she … Continue reading →

Antony And Cleopatra And An Asp Too Late at Seattle Shakespeare Co.

StefanDW — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:34:26 +0000

The center does not hold in the Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Antony and Cleopatra at The Playhouse at Seattle Center (the Intiman space). That center, in this case, is the husband-and-wife novelty act of Hans Altwies and Amy Thone, playing the ill-fated title roles of this tragedy.

A Stylish Romeo & Juliet, All Grown Up, at Intiman’s Summer Festival

StefanDW — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:11:08 +0000

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.

Misadventures and More at Annex Theatre’s Patty

Michael van Baker — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:20:15 +0000

With a title like "The Strange Misadventures of Patty, Patty's Dad, Patty's Friend Jen, and a Whole Bunch of Other People," Annex Theatre's new production (through August 27; tickets: $5-$15) tips you off right away that it's going to force some whimsy upon you. It's not the worst thing to have pressed upon you, it's just that there's a compelling real-life drama at the heart of the play that all the kicky antics serve mainly to distract from.