Broadway Shows

Twentieth Century

Today Reverb Recommends Seeing The Lion King 3D in Theaters

Laugh all you want, but The Lion King is undoubtedly a musical masterpiece. The 1994 Disney film won two Academy Awards for music and the Broadway musical adaptation went on to score six Tony Awards. Granted, we all get nostalgic for songs from our childhood, but the success of the soundtrack is a r ... More >>

Guys and Dolls

Laugh all you want, but The Lion King is undoubtedly a musical masterpiece. The 1994 Disney film won two Academy Awards for music and the Broadway musical adaptation went on to score six Tony Awards. Granted, we all get nostalgic for songs from our childhood, but the success of the soundtrack is a r ... More >>

Opening Nights: Next to Normal

The best rock opera since Tommy.

Rock of Ages Brought a Frothy, Fun Arena-Rock Tribute to the Paramount Last Night

Joan Marcus: Courtesy Press Photo​ Rock of Ages The Paramount Tuesday, Feb. 8 Also: Rock of Ages runs through Sunday at the Paramount, and a film version of the musical is expected on the big screen next year. Rock of Ages has almost everything you could want in a touring Broadway hair-metal ... More >>

Karen Abbott

Joan Marcus: Courtesy Press Photo​ Rock of Ages The Paramount Tuesday, Feb. 8 Also: Rock of Ages runs through Sunday at the Paramount, and a film version of the musical is expected on the big screen next year. Rock of Ages has almost everything you could want in a touring Broadway hair-metal ... More >>

Stew and the Negro Problem

Joan Marcus: Courtesy Press Photo​ Rock of Ages The Paramount Tuesday, Feb. 8 Also: Rock of Ages runs through Sunday at the Paramount, and a film version of the musical is expected on the big screen next year. Rock of Ages has almost everything you could want in a touring Broadway hair-metal ... More >>

Not So Fast With That Pulitzer!

Was this Pulitzer awarded too close to home?​It was with some hometown pride that we noted the Pulitzer just awarded to the musical Next to Normal, which was workshopped at Issaquah's Village Theatre back in 2005. The show is currently running on Broadway, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, ... More >>

Stage Review: South Pacific

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

South Pacific

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

Twentieth Century

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

King & Snohomish County Spelling Bee

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

The Drowsy Chaperone at 5th Avenue Theatre

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

Weekend Review: The Spar, The Drowsy Chaperone, and an Evening With a Simpson

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

Metro Classics

Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

Waiting for Gutenberg

Welcome to the “backer’s audition” for a so-bad-it’s-good musical.

Shrek Mate

Sutton Foster, Broadway's ingenue of choice, becomes the new Princess Fiona.

Urinetown

Sutton Foster, Broadway's ingenue of choice, becomes the new Princess Fiona.

Still Behavin' After All These Years

Curtis Farrow's been a part of the Fats Waller revue for two decades.

Murderers' Melody

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sondheim Plus Blood Equals Excellence

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway: Shocker--Tony Kushner Is Smarter Than Boy George

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sondheim Plus Blood Equals Excellence

ArtsBuzz

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sondheim Plus Blood Equals Excellence

ReAct Revictimized

Local theater company suffers three break-ins in three years. Plus: News from 5th Avenue Theatre, the Rep, and Infernal Noise Brigade.

Oops, They Did It Again

The 5th Ave falters with Britney-fied "Princesses".

The Divine Miss M

The 5th Ave falters with Britney-fied "Princesses".

A Candle in the Dark

For Intiman's first musical, The Light in the Piazza, composer/lyricist adam Guettel tries to make an unfashionable form 'work for our times.'

Small World

John Waters, Esq.

Rocky Horror Revisited

John Waters, Esq.

In like a lion

Broadway's reigning king of choreography returns his attentions to his dance company.

Concert Coup?

New York promoter SFX has been taking over the live-music market all across America. Could Seattle be next?