Theater

MJ Daly and Rico Lastrapes rehearse “The Comedy of Errors.”

July 19, 2021 at 6:00 am

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...

July 17, 2021 at 9:43 am

As New York Reopens, It Looks for Culture to Lead the Way VIEW

Culture is part of the lifeblood of New York — a magnet for visitors and residents alike that will play a key role if the...

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Whitney Monge performs at a previous Downtown Summer Sounds concert in 2019. Downtown Summer Sounds, a 42-year Downtown Seattle Association tradition, began its annual summer concert series July 1. (Courtesy of Downtown Seattle Association)

July 16, 2021 at 6:00 am

Free outdoor concerts and more fun things to do around Seattle

What's there to do this upcoming week? For one thing, you can enjoy Seattle's Downtown Summer Sounds, a concert series continuing its 42-year tradition of...

Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron and Cecily Strong in “Schmigadoon!” premiering July 16, 2021 on Apple TV+.

July 15, 2021 at 6:00 am

Bainbridge Island-raised Dove Cameron stars in Apple TV+’s new musical comedy ‘Schmigadoon!’ WATCH

Actor/singer Dove Cameron grew up on Bainbridge Island before moving to Los Angeles. Now, she gets to showcase all her skills in this summer’s freshest,...

The staff of Intiman Theatre, from left, Wesley Fruge, (EDITORS NOTE the e in Fruge has an accent) development and communications director, Jennifer Zeyl, artistic director, Veliere Crump, development associate and Amy Zimerman, managing director, at Seattle Central College’s Erickson Theatre Thursday July 8, 2021. 217585

July 13, 2021 at 6:00 am

Intiman Theatre starts new chapter with a new home and a membership option that can cost less than Netflix

Intiman Theatre’s new chapter looks promising. It’s moving into its new digs at Seattle Central College, and this fall opens its new season and welcomes...

July 10, 2021 at 8:22 am

These drama students trained for years. Then theater vanished.

Making a life in the arts was always going to be hard. But not like this. Over 16 months of pandemic and social unrest, the...

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July 4, 2021 at 12:01 pm

Retooling ‘La Bohème’ for pandemic performances

The global coronavirus outbreak has had a drastic effect on the performing arts, and opera, which is expensive, has suffered hugely. Many of Europe’s major...

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Mat Wright, artistic director at ArtsWest in West Seattle, packs lights and cords that have been stored in the theater area since ArtsWest has been closed due to COVID-19. He is getting the theater ready for the theater’s reopening, as well as several open houses for the public so people can come in, watch videos of digital work and reacclimate themselves to the theater. The first open house is July 1, 2021 from 4 – 7 p.m. Both Mat Wright and Laura Lee, managing director, will be on site to answer questions and great the public. For more information, go to: artswest.org.

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July 1, 2021 at 6:00 am

Washington has ended most COVID restrictions. But here’s why many theaters can’t just ‘flip a switch’ and reopen VIEW

Though Washington state has fully reopened, it’s not that easy for theaters, many of which aren’t staging shows until the fall or winter.

Elizabeth Berkley stars as Nomi Malone, in Paul Verhoeven film SHOWGIRLS.

July 1, 2021 at 6:00 am

‘Showgirls’ the movie is terrible but ‘Showgirls with David Schmader’ is transcendent

On July 9, writer/performer David Schmader brings his improbably wonderful annotated screening of the catastrophically bad, painfully misogynist movie, "Showgirls" — about the back-stabby world...

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Vivian Phillips, left, and Marcie Sillman are doing a lively arts-based podcast called DoubleXposure.

It’s available on multiple platforms. Both are former arts reporters with many interests and perspectives.

(Here, they’re encircled by Noguchi’s “Black Sun” sculpture in Volunteer Park)

(They laugh a lot on the show I listened to)

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June 29, 2021 at 6:00 am

Seattle arts luminaries Marcie Sillman and Vivian Phillips’ new podcast advocates for art, by and for everyone

Marcie Sillman, retired longtime KUOW arts reporter, and Vivian Phillips, a prominent Seattle arts advocate, have started a podcast, “DoubleXposure,” to advocate for the essential...

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