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A Tale Told by an Idiot

Robert Nye's new novel brilliantly reimagines the life of Shakespeare.

Cornwall, Regan, and Lear: a strong cast, a lackluster second half.

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No sound, no fury

New City's stab at Lear is half of a great play.

Burton Curtis and Ilmogen Love play the villains in Gaslight.

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Off the tracks

Spare us the melodrama.

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The immortal Eva

Twenty years on, the Webber/Rice musical still can draw a crowd

Cold hearts, warm room: Kristin Flanders, Cynthia Lauren Tewes, and Pamela Nyberg as three powerful wives.

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The Smell of the Kill

A great idea, but a lukewarm execution.

Film

Alas, poor William

A lot of people who see Shakespeare in Love won’t know why I hate it so much. “What…

Nolan Palmer plays the driven doctor and Alyson Scadron-Wattles the puma/woman in Moreau.

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Moreau

A new adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic.

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Up and down comforter

Taproot's charming revival of a popular musical.

Wacky, yes, funny, no: San Francisco's Please Leave the Bronx overstays their welcome.

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Final Fringe

In which the exhausted but exhilarated critic praises punctuality and discourages mugging.

What I learned on my vacation

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What I learned on my vacation

London theater is thriving. Any lessons for us?

Get thee to a nunnery! Jean Simmons' Ophelia reacts to Olivier's prince.

Film

Hamlet

Olivier's take on the sweet prince, circa 1948.

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Izzy serious?

Britain's top comic comes to Seattle.

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Diving the depths

Vladivostok's chamber theater brings a Russian masterpiece to Seattle.

See them, feel them: Barbi Beckett and Paul Budraitis in Dirty Little Secrets.

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Tabloid tales

Celebrities come to life—again.

Deb Fialkow stars as the Palace Raven in The Snow Queen.

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Yule be entertained

The annual holiday roundup.

Sara Balcaitis as Joan:headlining an especially strong cast.

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Tricky treat

Deconstructing an American holiday.

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Everything I need to know I learned on the Fringe

So what can the Seattle Fringe Festival teach audiences and local artists?

Comic chameleon: Troy, a.k.a. Carlotta, Bucky, Stewart, etc.

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Things that go bump

Troy Mink revives his ghostly one-man show.

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Seeing the elephant

What the circus tells us about our relationships with animals.

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The root of the problem

A one-woman show at ACT looks at violence and racism through a child's eyes.