A conversation with Seattle
There’s no denying how hot it’s been around these parts all summer long. Overcast days and random spits of rain have … Continue reading A Streetcar Named Striptease Rides Through ‘The Tennessee Tease’
Inheritance: Maiden, Mother, Crone is an ambitious theater piece from the ladies at Sinner Saint Burlesque. It completed its two-week … Continue reading Inheritance: Sinner Saint Burlesque’s Empathy Exam
Seateeth starts out as a literary reading before transitioning into a nautical tale a la Moby Dick by way of the magical realism of Haruki Murukami, with both influences fairly clear. Continue reading On Pickwick, Seateeth, and Portishead
A few weeks ago, I was really taken with a workshop presentation, in part because the creative team (the Splinter … Continue reading In Theatre, a Shadowy Odysseus & Balagan’s Blockhead
As for Seateeth, as you’ll see from the trailer above, who knows? Osebold says the inspiration came from reading his first Haruki Murakami novel, and from seeing a giant whale skeleton at Honolulu’s stellar Bishop Museum. He describes Seateeth as “the Jose Bold version of a literary reading,” which is like saying “the Lady GaGa version of a three-piece suit”–it raises more questions than it answers. Continue reading Seth Suggests Seateeth by John Osebold
It’s a brief show, running just 50 minutes, and just for this weekend (through September 25; tickets: $12), but I have a feeling that anyone who sees Swimming the List, from the Susie Lee Ensemble, will be mulling it over for a long while. Prosaic daily demands give way to a sensual, sublime illustration of a dancer’s luminescent life, carved out at great cost–and the cry for payment presses more and more strongly. Continue reading A Dancer Weighs Her Options in Swimming the List
Q: Where did you grow up, and how did you end up where you are now?
A: I grew up on Capitol Hill in Seattle. I went to St. Joe’s. How’d I end up here? A series of miscalculations. Har har. I love Seattle. I love that that John and Babe and Michael Shepherd are opening The Totem House as a new Red Mill, with Fish & Ships. When I lived in New York I always told people I could never stay away from Seattle for long. That was before the first vote against public transportation here in the ’70s. Continue reading Five Questions With Matt Smith