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The Mystery of Love & Sex Is a Funny, Distressing Stumble Through Self-Acceptance
It’s a crowd-pleaser, if laugh meters are the measure of pleasure.
Margaret Friedman
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A Different Kind of Mental-Illness Drama
In contrast to most theater about mental illness, which capitalizes on the dramatic irony of the audience knowing…
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When it comes to all-American 31-year-old “spinster” Sally Talley (Rebecca Olson), 42-year-old
When it comes to all-American 31-year-old “spinster” Sally Talley (Rebecca Olson), 42-year-old Jewish bachelor accountant Matt Friedman (Mike…
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Few will forget the extraordinary ending director John Langs added to his
Few will forget the extraordinary ending director John Langs added to his 2010 Hamlet, in which—after umpteen poisonings…
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Nobody goes to a romantic comedy looking for surprises. We go for
Nobody goes to a romantic comedy looking for surprises. We go for affirmation that, in the face of…
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In Book-It’s version of Chris Cleave’s 2008 novel (adapted and directed by
In Book-It’s version of Chris Cleave’s 2008 novel (adapted and directed by Myra Platt), who in the world…
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As Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox have incidents in their youth that
As Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox have incidents in their youth that will shadow their lives forever, so…
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The characters in Laura Schellhardt’s custom-built comedy about status-grubbing female real-estate agents
The characters in Laura Schellhardt’s custom-built comedy about status-grubbing female real-estate agents in Manhattan gaze imperiously at you…
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The age-old dilemma of whether to preserve sad history or plow right
The age-old dilemma of whether to preserve sad history or plow right over it undergirds many of August…
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Buried in the boilerplate of the real-estate contract-cum-program for Washington Ensemble Theatre’s
Buried in the boilerplate of the real-estate contract-cum-program for Washington Ensemble Theatre’s world premiere is a term I…
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Sex! Politics! Religion! Measure for Measure bulges with dinner-party taboos and municipal
Sex! Politics! Religion! Measure for Measure bulges with dinner-party taboos and municipal dilemmas. This succinct yet itchy “unfestive…
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Civic Rep’s program notes read: “While the playwright suggests a specific time
Civic Rep’s program notes read: “While the playwright suggests a specific time and place for the story, we…
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One is hard-pressed to imagine a more productive presidency than Lyndon B.
One is hard-pressed to imagine a more productive presidency than Lyndon B. Johnson’s, yet how rarely does one…
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I Never Betrayed the Revolution West of Lenin, 203 N. 36th St.,
I Never Betrayed the Revolution West of Lenin, 203 N. 36th St.,
352-1777, westoflenin.com. $15–$20.
8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat.,…
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Blood Countess Annex Theatre, 1110 Pike St., 728-0933, annextheatre.org. $5–$20. 8 p.m.
Blood Countess Annex Theatre, 1110 Pike St., 728-0933, annextheatre.org. $5–$20. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat. plus Mon., Nov. 10. Ends…
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Four years after Seattle Shakespeare’s indelibly satisfying Hamlet, there’s another notable local
Four years after Seattle Shakespeare’s indelibly satisfying Hamlet, there’s another notable local production of the play that shouldn’t…
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The Ferguson, Missouri, shooting death of Michael Brown and its ongoing national
The Ferguson, Missouri, shooting death of Michael Brown and its ongoing national fallout provide a sadly auspicious moment…
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There are many reasons to go to the theater, but to see
There are many reasons to go to the theater, but to see something that feels like a film…
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If you were looking for the play that most comprehensively distills the
If you were looking for the play that most comprehensively distills the gestalt of the human condition, you’d…
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Five hours, folks. That’s what we were in for at Book-It’s epic
Five hours, folks. That’s what we were in for at Book-It’s epic June adaptation of Michael Chabon’s epic…