Theater

February 10, 2019 at 5:02 pm

Gonzaga University to host ‘The Vagina Monologues,’ a play once banned on campus

The Feb. 14 performance, hosted by Gonzaga’s theater and dance department and YWCA Spokane, will be part of an annual “V-Day” campaign that aims to...

Local News

February 8, 2019 at 5:07 pm

Landmark Broadway deal gives actors a piece of the profits

In a groundbreaking agreement Friday, the commercial producers who finance Broadway’s big hits have agreed to give a percentage of profits to performers who help...

Entertainment

Ian Bond plays Seattle writer Tom Hansen, author of the 2010 memoir “American Junkie,” adapted for a stage production at Book-It.

February 6, 2019 at 6:00 am

‘American Junkie:’ the story of a heroin user and dealer in Seattle’s music scene

Book-It is adapting Tom Hansen's "American Junkie," his precise, raw, plain-spoken memoir about becoming a heroin user and dealer in Seattle's music scene, to the...

Roger Guenveur Smith performing “Frederick Douglass Now”

February 6, 2019 at 6:00 am

Roger Guenveur Smith returns to Seattle with solo show ‘Frederick Douglass Now’

Roger Guenveur Smith, whose one-man shows about Rodney King and Huey P. Newton were brought to the big screen by Spike Lee, is bringing his...

FILE – In this June 12, 2016 file photo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, and the cast of “Hamilton” perform at the Tony Awards in New York. Ever since the historical musical began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeable withheld its applause, historians. Many academics argue the onstage portrait of Alexander Hamilton is a counterfeit. Now theyâ€™re escalating their fight. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) NYET326 NYET326

February 4, 2019 at 10:18 am

Historians irked by musical ‘Hamilton’ escalate their duel

Historians argue that Lin-Manuel Miranda got Alexander Hamilton all wrong — the Founding Father was a slave owner and an anti-immigration elitist who made war...

Entertainment

— PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE – ONLINE OR IN PRINT – BEFORE JAN. 27, 2019. — A photo provided by Sensorium of From left, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Brooke Adams and Jay O. Sanders in “Hamlet 360: Thy Father’s Spirit.” The film, which can be watched in 3-D using a virtual reality headset or in two dimensions on a desktop or mobile device, is a joint production by a Boston theater company and Google. (Sensorium via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY VIRTUAL REALITY HAMLET BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS FOR JAN. 27, 2019. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT98 XNYT98 (SENSORIUM / NYT)

February 3, 2019 at 5:00 pm

‘Hamlet’ in virtual reality casts the viewer in the play WATCH

The creators of this virtual reality version of Shakespeare — the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Google — hope that beyond the fresh experience it provides,...

Business

TeatroZinZanni aerial artist and ballerina Ariana Lallone peforms her act at their new location in Woodinviille on Thursday, November 15. 208273 208273

January 31, 2019 at 6:00 am

Former PNB ballerina soars in second career with Teatro ZinZanni

When Ariana Lallone left Pacific Northwest Ballet after nearly 25 years, she took up a new career: dancing midair high above the dinner-theater audience, with...

Entertainment

The cast of “Fire Season” at Seattle Public Theater.

January 29, 2019 at 2:03 pm

Theater

When the show cannot go on: Seattle theaters reckon with cost of snow

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