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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.

Theatre Puget Sound and Cornish Vie for Seattle Center Playhouse Lease

Michael van Baker — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:57:45 +0000

The Theatre Puget Sound "arts incubator" proposal represents, perhaps, a bigger break with Playhouse management past--Cornish replacing Intiman as the singular primary tenant isn't structurally that different, except for being a college, instead of a theatre)--but it may be a good break. As TPS makes clear, they are not a producing organization, so their management of the Playhouse can be devoted to its maximal usage.

As You Like It is a Swell Romance

StefanDW — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:13:19 +0000

The more unique images from the play are a wrestling match and a lunatic lover penning terrible poems to his lady and pinning them on trees. It also features one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches delivered by the morosely philosophical Jacques (a solid David Pichette). A murmur of recognition passes through the audience in the Center House Theatre as he launches into the Seven Ages of Man speech: “All the world’s a stage, / And all the men and women merely players...”

Coriolanus Now in Its Final Weekend at Seattle Shakespeare

Audrey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:25 +0000

Unfortunately, Seattle Shakespeare draws some unfortunate parallels between the plebeians of ancient Rome and Occupy Wall Street. The stage design is full of piles of rubble and bricks and walls full of dirty graffiti, while the Roman rabble are a pack of easily-duped sign-wielding backpack-carrying legwarmer-wearers.