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    Articles by Gavin Borchert
    8:30 p.m. Wells Fargo StageI used to think David Bowie was the
    8:30 p.m. Wells Fargo StageI used to think...
    By Gavin Borchert • August 30, 2008 12:00 am

    8:30 p.m. Wells Fargo StageI used to think David Bowie was the gold standard for aging gracefully (pop-star division), but…

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    Lawn sprinklers:Emily Greenleaf and Stuart McLeod perform at Kubota Garden.
    Water Music
    By Gavin Borchert • August 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Byron AuYong’s collection of story/poems becomes a “semi-guerrilla” opera.

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    A full-on drag-queen part: Scott-Reed as Diane and Bledsoe as Mitchell.
    Inside the Actors Closet
    By Gavin Borchert • August 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Gender-fucking Intiman’s Dog would have been a lot more fun.

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    Daltirus and Palombi:Moral ambiguity before Dark Knight.
    Pipe Dream
    By Gavin Borchert • August 5, 2008 12:00 am

    Seattle Opera hits Verdi’s Nile on the head.

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    Opening Nights: The Mikado
    Opening Nights: The Mikado
    By Gavin Borchert • July 15, 2008 12:00 am

    Opposites attract in this snappy satire.

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    The composer wears his influence lightly.
    PICK Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12...
    By Gavin Borchert • July 15, 2008 12:00 am

    Director Scott Hicks (Shine) must have felt some temptation to make this documentary into something like a fourth “Qatsi” film,…

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    Seattle Symphony
    Seattle Symphony
    By Gavin Borchert • June 25, 2008 12:00 am

    Though Gerard Schwarz always ends the Seattle Symphony’s regular season with a symphony by Gustav Mahler, a specialty of his,…

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    Post-coital remorse:Princeton (Robert McClure) and Kate Monster (Kelli Sawyer).
    The Air Is Sweet
    By Gavin Borchert • June 17, 2008 12:00 am

    And the sex jokes are hilarious, on Avenue Q.

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    Princeton, Robert McClure, Kate Monster, Kelli Sawyer
    The Air Is Sweet
    By Gavin Borchert • June 13, 2008 12:00 am

    And the sex jokes are hilarious, on Avenue Q.

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    Money-makers? Shawn Meloy (center) and musicians rehearse a piece by Jeremiah Oliver.
    These Kids Are Alright
    By Gavin Borchert • June 10, 2008 12:00 am

    Seattle’s new impresarios of new music.

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    Act up:Altiveros (center) with Giardiniera cast members.
    A Brilliant Lark
    By Gavin Borchert • May 13, 2008 12:00 am

    Claudia Zahn’s ten years of triumph.

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    Dream on: PNB’s Carrie Imler and Timothy Lynch.
    Underground Sound
    By Gavin Borchert • April 8, 2008 12:00 am

    A close listen to the PNB’s pit crew.

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    Learning a lesson:Elizabeth Pojanowskias The Enchanted Child.
    Song of the Straphanger
    By Gavin Borchert • April 1, 2008 12:00 am

    Surreal artistry from SO’s young guns.

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    Lang Lang
    Lang Lang
    By Gavin Borchert • March 25, 2008 12:00 am

    It’s been a rapid ascent for this virtuoso pianist

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    Pro-Pluto Protest
    Pro-Pluto Protest
    By Gavin Borchert • March 12, 2008 12:00 am

    A 76-year reign brought to an ignominious halt

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    Hunger
    Hunger
    By Gavin Borchert • March 11, 2008 12:00 am

    A gruesome slice of pioneer history brought to the stage

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    SPF: 2 - Sweatproof!
    SPF: 2 – Sweatproof!
    By Gavin Borchert • March 4, 2008 12:00 am

    Just two of several one-person shows in a theater festival

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    Lisa Daltirus (Tosca) and Frank Porretta (Cavaradossi).
    No Missteps in Seattle Opera’s Tosca
    By Gavin Borchert • February 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Tosca The challenge of the title role in Puccini’s Tosca, from where I sit, is to make a human being…

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    Barry “Dr. Demento” Hansen
    Barry “Dr. Demento” Hansen
    By Gavin Borchert • February 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Where would Weird Al be without him?

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    Dawn Upshaw & eighth blackbird
    Dawn Upshaw & eighth blackbird
    By Gavin Borchert • February 26, 2008 12:00 am

    Dawn Upshaw can sing anything. Worship her.

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