‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ marks the return of live musical theater to Seattle’s Paramount
“Jesus Christ Superstar” is on stage Oct. 5-10 at the Paramount Theatre, the second stop on the revived tour after a run in Portland, and...
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A Seattle theater puts on an apocalyptic show for our apocalyptic-feeling times
Performed outdoors, through Aug. 29, The Williams Project's 'Marisol,' about a post-apocalyptic apocalypse, feels relevant to our current slate of crises, as its characters repeatedly...
Another theater returns to live performance, as Seattle Shakespeare Company readies ‘Comedy of Errors’
From July 23-Aug. 8, Wooden O, the outdoor theater arm of Seattle Shakespeare Company, will stage “The Comedy of Errors.” The silly and slapstick-y farce...
Seattle’s Moore Theatre’s formerly segregated entrance serves as a catalyst for ELEVATE show
ELEVATE is a program from Seattle Theatre Group that showcases spoken-word performance from Black and brown artists. Its inaugural show, a filmed performance that will...
Seattle-area high school students create filmed performance of their experiences during COVID
Intiman’s STARFISH Project offers free after-school technical theater training for high school students. This year's project is reaching its culmination with a filmed performance that...
Seattle and Atlanta theaters team up to connect Black theaters, nurture Black playwrights
A new initiative from Seattle's The Hansberry Project and Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre Company aims to co-commission, co-develop and co-premiere new plays by Black writers....
A high schooler and death-row inmate correspond in ACT Theatre’s savvy, visually interesting ‘Wad’
In Keiko Green’s “Wad,” a high schooler begins a pen-pal relationship with a death-row prisoner. ACT Theatre's filmed production, a showcase for three of its...
‘Lego Harry Potter and the Transgender Witch’: A Kent theater’s answer to J.K. Rowling’s comments
Kent-based Theatre Battery addresses some of J.K. Rowling's statements last year in what it bills as a queer fanfiction parody stop-motion animation series, "Lego Harry...
‘Hamilton,’ other Broadway shows get run dates as Seattle’s Paramount Theatre anticipates reopening
Nearly a year after the Paramount Theatre went dark, Seattle Theatre Group (which operates the Paramount) and Broadway at the Paramount have announced new dates...
‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ directed by former Intiman head Bartlett Sher, comes to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre
Since his time at Intiman, Bartlett Sher has become one of the most sought-after directors on Broadway. His revival of “Fiddler on the Roof,” which...