August: Osage County Erickson Theatre off Broadway, 1524 Harvard Ave., 329-1050, balagantheatre.org. $20–$25. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends April 27. The movies have … More »

“More than any other breed of human being,” The New Yorker’s Anthony Lane once posited, “composers have suffered at the hands of cinema.” The history … More »

Swan Lake McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. (Seattle Center), 441-2424, pnb.org. $28–$173. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Fri., 1 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 1 & 7 p.m. Sun. … More »

Jersey Boys The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., 625-1900, 5thavenue.org. $29–$123. Runs Tues.–Sun.; Times Vary. Ends May 4. In an era that included the … More »

The Trial New Century Theatre Company at Inscape, 815 Seattle Blvd. S., wearenctc.org. $15–$30. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 7 p.m. Sun. Ends April 28. Appropriately, the … More »

“Master Harold” . . . and the Boys West of Lenin, 203 N. 36th St., 352-1777, westoflenin.com. $12–$20. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends April 21. Athol … More »

Revisiting Seattle's grunge era through the eyes of four fictional characters, These Streets aspires to be to the '90s what The Big Chill was to … More »

Have you noticed the recent profusion of plays about science? Ever since 1998's Copenhagen (Michael Frayn's brilliant mystery about Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and the … More »

An actor's dream: You're cast in a lead role that has you onstage for most of the show. The part requires you to exercise virtually … More »

Sophocles' Oedipus the King is only one version of the infinitely pliable and resonant Greek tragedy. Luis Alfaro's 2010 adaptation is set in "the borderland," an East … More »

I opened my presents early. Last weekend I saw not one but two Christmas stage offerings. ACT's 37th revival of A Christmas Carol delivers a … More »

Set designer Craig Wollam renders the eponymous house in Henrik Ibsen's revolutionary 1879 masterpiece as a delicate, robin's-egg-blue façade thrusting toward the audience like the … More »

Having avoided Fiddler on the Roof for several decades (owing to an ill-starred high-school production involving a major set mishap and paramedics), I was gratified … More »

Ah—gratuitous nudity, graphic sex, toilet humor, and pervasive cynicism. Balagan's homegrown take on the hit puppet musical is perfectly timed for the holidays. The Tony … More »

There's the kind of laughter at a comedy club where you've gone "to have fun," as if it's the blue-plate special. Then there's the kind … More »

Toward the beginning of her extravagantly titled new work, The Most Innovative, Daring, and Original Piece of Dance/Performance You Will See This Decade, dancer/choreographer Amy … More »

The timelessness of the issue Beethoven explored in his Fidelio—freedom vs. authoritarianism—both invites updating and renders it unnecessary. (If you can watch this opera, regardless … More »

Complicated, populous, and whimsical, the Ramayana is one of the two epic literary cornerstones of Hinduism, often compared to the Odyssey and Iliad. ACT's new … More »

Teatro ZinZanni's usual fare—a leisurely five-course dinner interspersed with songs, sophisticated circus acts (aerialists, acrobalancers), and audience-participation comedy (which TZZ does like no one else)—is … More »

As an inveterate single-tasker, I've never understood the logic of dinner theater. Is it designed for people who don't have time to eat before or … More »

An epic love story is a tall order to fill, even if you're Seattle Shakespeare Company and even if you've cast "it" couple Hans Altwies … More »