The enemy of my enemy is my friend, runs the realpolitik adage, and that’s what motivated Mark Ashton—young, gay, and…
Tom Dolby’s quiet dramedy starts as real-estate porn: shots of a mini-manor, with interiors that would make Martha Stewart moan…
See Village Theatre’s percolating production of In the Heights and be baffled anew at why this show hasn’t earned the…
The very opening of Erich Korngold’s violin concerto demonstrates why he was the premier film composer of the silver screen’s…
Maybe it’s just me, but the therapeutic efficacy of music must have more convincing advocates than “sound shaman” Tom Kenyon….
The four booths, corner table, and long, U-shaped counter at Georgetown’s Square Knot fill up fast on weekend mornings, so…
Tough call, considering the extensive off-season turnover and new midfielders like Marco Pappa and Gonzalo Pineda who quickly became regular…
If Seattle Opera’s founder, Glynn Ross, made a name for the company as improbably ambitious—presenting Wagner’s Ring, the genre’s vastest…
The most-anticipated concert in Spring for Music, the most-anticipated classical-music festival in New York City’s season, the Seattle Symphony’s performance…
Jerry Springer: The Opera’s savage view of American culture makes The Book of Mormon look about as audacious as a…
Just up the Moseley Path from the Olympic Sculpture Park’s PACCAR Pavilion, Trimpin’s You Are Hear comprises three tractor seats…
With the sole exception of The Pirates of Penzance, which Broadway embraced, productions of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas are rarely…
Since its 1935 premiere, Porgy and Bess has not only been the center of a tug-of-war over whether it’s an…
Before You Know It Runs Fri., June 6–Thurs., June 12 at Grand Illusion. Not rated. 110 minutes. If you were,…
Monday, May 5 8 a.m., Benaroya Hall Orchestra players’ careers depend on punctuality—you’re in your seat ready to go when…
For any music-making organization, a change in leadership is a challenge; but when the change is unexpected, sudden, and tragic—and…
It’s getting to be a challenge to keep up with the Seattle Symphony’s new initiatives since Ludovic Morlot arrived. Under…
We don’t necessarily think of Beethoven’s 10 violin sonatas as being revolutionary in the way that, say, his piano sonatas…
Son-in-law of Rimsky-Korsakov, classmate of Stravinsky, teacher of Shostakovich: Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946) was surrounded by three generations of musical fame…
The Tutor Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N. (Issaquah), 425-392-2202, village theatre.org. Runs Tues.–Sun. Ends April 27. (Then moves to…
