A conversation with Seattle
Beyond the fringes of Seattle’s scrappy theatre scene there is a tiny but vibrant puppetry community. For many years, the … Continue reading Tradition Advances in StrawShop’s Douglass Paasch Puppet Playhouse
Despite its pacing, the run of Strawshop’s Woody Guthrie pageant is prescient in its timeliness. Between these qualities we are left with an important show with interest that is social, political and artistic but in need of help as entertainment. Continue reading Strawshop’s This Land is a Timely but Slow Land
With recent news including SPD pepper-spraying a Queer Fucking Queers gathering, despite little evidence of violent behaviorfrom participants, and shutting the press and public out of an SPD-related community discussion, claiming the hall was full (it was not), Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist is nothing if not apropos. Continue reading At Strawshop’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist, the Choice is Yours
Competent acting and clever design make for a pleasant evening at Capitol Hill’s Erickson theatre with a tale of deeds done in the land of the midnight sun. In The Bells Theresa Rebeck takes us to a late 19th century Alaskan hamlet withering away on what little booze and memories remain from the gold rush. Continue reading Yearning for Warmth, Companionship & Gold at Strawshop’s The Bells
You think you have to start planning for Christmas early–Strawberry Theatre Workshop‘s Greg Carter was kicking around holiday-themed ideas back … Continue reading In Jazz News, a Charlie Brown Holiday Benefit at Strawshop
Where their recent Laramie Project came to bruised, bleeding life onstage, this Inherit the Wind (through October 8 at Erickson Theatre Off Broadway; tickets: $30, $15 students/seniors, Thurs. half-price) only occasionally feels charged by a long-festering conflict. Though the play contains a famous line about journalism afflicting the comfortable, this production goes down remarkably easily in the company of fellow liberals. Continue reading Why Inherit the Wind? Why Here? Why Now?
As you know, nothing can happen in Seattle’s arts community without an outbreak of paranoid conspiracy theory, often based on people knowing next to nothing about the details. So no surprise there’s already a Save the Erickson page on Facebook. A Seattle Dances post says, based on no evidence provided in the post: “Seattle’s best, most professional, most affordable theatre for small dance companies might be going bye-bye.” Continue reading Balagan Theatre Cast as an “Off-Broadway” Impresario