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    Misha Berson

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    October 22, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Review: ‘Austen’s Pride’ at Seattle’s 5th Ave will likely satisfy some ‘Pride and Prejudice’ fans but needs rethinking

    The seriocomic, affectionate but bloated musical revolves (literally) around a character representing Jane Austen, with her fictional offspring dancing, singing and emoting around her.

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    From left to right, Aishe Keita as Nina and Tyler Trerise as Nina’s boyfriend Damon.
    October 7, 2019 at 6:00 am

    ArtsWest delivers a searing and rough-edged ‘Sunset Baby’

    Valerie Curtis-Newton directs Tony Award-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau's multidimensional tale.

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    “Indecent,” which follows the journey of a controversial Yiddish drama over several decades, has its local debut at Seattle Repertory Theatre starting Sept. 20.
    September 13, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Two plays explore Jewish identity and themes, especially relevant during a time of rising anti-Semitism

    Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-nominated Broadway play “Indecent" has its local debut at Seattle Repertory Theatre. And “Everything Is Illuminated,” based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s book,...

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    Allyson Lee Brown and Ayo Tushinde in Intiman Theatre’s production of “Bulrusher.”
    August 26, 2019 at 6:00 am

    'Bulrusher' at Intiman wades through sluggish waters to get to the most engrossing elements

    Intiman Theatre’s final entry of its 2019 season is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist written by Eisa Davis.

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    Erika Vetter and Arjun Pande in Really Really Theatre Group’s “Lungs.” (Zoë Burchard)
    August 13, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Review: Is it right to bring a child into today’s world? ‘Lungs’ wrestles with the question.

    In this perceptive and unfailingly intelligent one-act work, forcefully performed and precisely staged by Really Really Theatre Group, finding consensus is difficult in an era...

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    Benjamin McFadden as Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Eric Ray Anderson as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night.
    July 17, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Looking to catch some Shakespeare in Puget Sound parks this summer? Here’s what to see and tips on how best to enjoy.

    It's Shakespeare-in-the-park season! Wooden O and Greenstage are among the companies presenting live, mostly free shows in open-air locations from Seattle to Port Townsend to...

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    Author Joan Didion speaks at “The Time of His Life”, A Celebration of the Life of Norman Mailer tribute Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Carnegie Hall in New York. More than 2,000 mourners filled Carnegie Hall to near-capacity Wednesday for a two-plus hour memorial, a concert, literary tribute, family therapy session and Friar’s Club roast. Mailer died Nov. 10, 2007 at the age of 84.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) NYSC104
    July 11, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Joan Didion’s memoir of grief, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking,’ takes to the stage at ACT Theatre

    In 2003, Didion lost her husband and sometime literary collaborator John Gregory Dunne and witnessed the sudden, catastrophic illness of their only child. Emerging from...

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    Joseph P. McCarthy in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of “Coriolanus.”

(Credit: Courtesy of Seattle Shakespeare Company)
    July 10, 2019 at 5:15 pm

    Longtime Seattle actor Joseph P. McCarthy dies at age 64

    Joseph P. McCarthy appeared in shows by ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Public Theater, Strawberry Theatre Workshop and other companies over the years. In...

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    The original writer/director of “Annie”, Martin Charnin sits in the seats at the Paramount Threatre in Seattle, Washington.  He’s directing during a rehearsal of “Annie” that is playing at the theatre, September 20-26, 2015.
    July 8, 2019 at 12:47 pm

    Martin Charnin, Tony-winning ‘Annie’ lyricist who was active in Seattle-area musical-theater scene, dies

    Martin Charnin, who won a Tony Award for the score of the Broadway hit “Annie,” and who lived in Issaquah during the 2000s when he...

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    Sylvester Foday Kamara (Jende Jonga) and Anjelica McMillan (Neni Jonga/Ensemble) in Book-It’s “Behold the Dreamers.” (John Ulman)
    June 20, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Book-It’s adaptation of ‘Behold the Dreamers’ asks timely questions about immigration, class and the American dream

    This dramatization of Imbolo Mbue’s best-selling novel runs through June 30.

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