Strawberry Workshop’s The Bells: Desperation and Haunting in the Klondikes
Strawberry Workshop’s production of Theresa Rebeck’s The Bells is a mystery that evokes the isolation found in the Klondikes at the turn of the 20th Century as a backdrop. José Amador breaks it down to its component parts and shares the results.
Tartuffe: Comedy vs. Satire
Tartuffe is a neoclassical play. In order to translate it into English for a modern American audience, one must choose not only between meaning and sound, prose and poetry, but also between spirit and accuracy, idiom and trope.
Tommy Smith’s White Hot at West of Lenin: Mean Frailties
The production of Tommy Smith’s White Hot inspires comparisons to Neil Labute and Sarah Kane, placing it in context with their abrasive and corrosive works in a favorable light.
Maxims for Theatrical Revolutionists
A provocation.
Shen Wei Dance Arts brings Limited States to the UW
Part of the brilliant UW World Series of Music and Dance, Shen Wei Dance Arts has been hailed as “startlingly imaginative performance for forward-looking audiences.” Test the superlatives out for yourselves. It’s been awhile since Shen Wei Dance Arts brought their Rite of Spring and the beautiful Folding to the Meany, so it is nice to have them back.
Pete Holmes Headlines This Week’s Laff Hole At Chop Suey
Pete Holmes is not a baby, but he plays one on TV. More specifically, he is the *E Trade Baby (or rather the…
One Door Closes as Another Prepares to Open For Unexpected Productions
While Seattle’s longest running live show finished up its last performance this weekend at the Intiman Theatre in the Seattle Center, the mood was anything but somber. Instead, the talented improvisers of Unexpected Productions emphasized their excitement for the impending move back to their home at the Pike Place Market.
Jorgensen | Fisk’s Redemption at On the Boards: Jungian Struggles In A-Minor
For the second weekend in a row, José Amador compels you to visit On the Boards to witness its current production, and supplies musical annotations to help you familiarize with the elements invoked by it.
Theater Schmeater’s Cradle and All: Kvelling Up Baby
John Allis takes in Theater Schmeater’s current production of Daniel Goldfarb’s Cradle and All, and while there is much to recommend about the production, the text upon which the production rests leaves something to be desired.
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