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Seeing the Seattle Opera’s <em>The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs</em> counts as screen time. Photo by Philip Newton
The Innovative Tech Disconnect of ‘The (R)evolution of...
By Gavin Borchert • February 25, 2019 3:30 pm

Like the technology Jobs pioneered, the Seattle Opera production is flashy but lacking in soul.

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Susan Lieu performs a version of 140 LBS at Northwest New Works in 2018. Photo by Joe Iano
Susan Lieu Feels The Weight of Death and...
By Seth Sommerfeld • February 6, 2019 1:30 am

Her one-woman show ‘140 LBS’ confronts her mother’s death via plastic surgery malpractice.

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Pickwick’s Galen Disston stars as Drew in 5th Ave’s ‘Rock of Ages.’ Photo by Mark Kitaoka
Pickwick’s Galen Disston Takes the Stage in ‘Rock...
By Seth Sommerfeld • January 30, 2019 2:55 pm

The local rocker steps outside his comfort zone for 5th Avenue Theatre’s ’80s hair metal jukebox musical.

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Federal workers are welcome inside the walls of Benaroya Hall during the government shutdown. Photo by Brandon Patoc
Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera Offer Free Tickets...
By Seth Sommerfeld • January 18, 2019 4:13 pm

You can’t shut down the arts.

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The interrogation of Parolles serves as one of the comedic highlights in ‘All’s Well That Ends Well.’ Photo by John Ulman
‘All’s Well’ Doesn’t End Well
By Seth Sommerfeld • January 18, 2019 10:30 am

Despite strong performances and comedic zest, it’s hard to not get hung up on the befuddling ending of Seattle Shakespeare’s latest production.

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Why can’t we all just get along? Lynch, Crocetto, and Rawls in ‘Il trovatore.’ Photo by Jacob Lucas
Seattle Opera’s High C’s Adventure
By Gavin Borchert • January 14, 2019 1:00 pm

Turns out a conventional approach is best for Verdi’s notoriously implausible ‘Il trovatore.’

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Students of the TeenTix Press Corps Intensive bring a youthful prospective while taking in Seattle’s arts scene. Photo courtesy TeenTix
TeenTix Fosters the Next Generation of Arts Critics
By Becs Richards • January 9, 2019 1:30 am

Youths are engaging in critical arts thinking via the local nonprofit’s Press Corps Intensive.

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Charlie Parker’s jazz tale gets operatic as part of Seattle Opera’s upcoming season. Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography
Seattle Opera Announces Its 2019–20 Season
By Gavin Borchert • January 2, 2019 10:10 pm

A new jazz opera about a troubled genius highlights the lineup.

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A view of Seattle Opera’s new home from Mercer Street. Photo by Sean Airhart
Seattle Opera’s New Heart of Glass
By Gavin Borchert • December 12, 2018 1:30 am

From its glittering face to the innovative performance possibilities within, the Opera Center was built for allure.

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Book-It Rep’s ‘My Ántonia.’ Photo by John Ulman
In ‘My Antonia,’ Extraordinary Acting Packs a Punch
By Gavin Borchert • December 3, 2018 4:45 pm

Book-It Rep’s diverse casting adds new depth to Willa Cather’s tale of friendship and hardship on the Great Plains.

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Sister act: Hana Lass (Elizabeth), Kelly Karcher (Lydia), Melanie Hampton (Jane), and Shanna Allman (Mary) in ‘Miss Bennet.’ Photo by Erik Stuhaug
Taproot’s Jane Austen Sequel Hails Mary
By Gavin Borchert • December 3, 2018 10:00 am

A character whose first draft got short shrift finally finds happiness in ‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.’

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‘In the Heights’ captures a big city neighborhood buzz at Seattle Rep. Photo by Michael Brosilow
Hitting the ‘Heights’
By Seth Sommerfeld • November 30, 2018 5:25 pm

Seattle Rep’s production of ‘In the Heights,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-‘Hamilton’ musical, is an energetic romp.

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Mr. Daisey’s desk at Seattle Rep. Photo by Seth Sommerfeld
‘A People’s History’ Takes Aim at American Triumphalism
By Seth Sommerfeld • October 31, 2018 2:30 am

Mike Daisey’s 18-part monologue at Seattle Rep serves as an engaging, fiery, and confrontational history class.

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Martial Arts at the Armory
Martial Arts at the Armory
By Gavin Borchert • October 31, 2018 1:30 am

Seattle Shakespeare’s affectionately traditionalist staging of Shaw’s unsentimental wartime satire, ‘Arms and the Man.’

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‘And In This Corner: Cassius Clay’ Fights the Good Fight
‘And In This Corner: Cassius Clay’ Fights the...
By Seth Sommerfeld • October 19, 2018 10:00 am

The enthusiastic Seattle Children’s Theatre production makes the story of a young will-be Muhammad Ali fun for kids.

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Valtesse doesn’t mess around with its elaborate cabaret style. Photo by Jules Doyle
Valtesse’s Art of the Tease
By Jacob Uitti • October 3, 2018 1:30 am

The new female-driven cabaret company strives for a noir cinematic sophistication.

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Nic Kay will perform at On the Boards’s Solo: A Festival of Dance. Photo by Sarah JiRhee
On the Boards and Velocity Dance Center’s New...
By Sandra Kurtz • September 26, 2018 1:30 am

The local arts institutions continue to push creative bounds under changing leadership.

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The finale of ‘Volta’ brings the X Games to Cirque du Soleil. Photo by Patrice Lamoureux
Cirque du Xtreme
By Seth Sommerfeld • September 14, 2018 3:48 pm

While thematically uncentered, Cirque du Soleil’s BMX-adorned Volta still entertains.

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Mozart Meets #MeToo in The Core Ensemble’s ‘Don Giovanni’
Mozart Meets #MeToo in The Core Ensemble’s ‘Don...
By Gavin Borchert • August 22, 2018 4:30 pm

An ambitious, imaginative, double-cast production in which one sings, the other doesn’t.

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Simply the Bess
Simply the Bess
By Gavin Borchert • August 14, 2018 5:30 pm

Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ is a must-see production that feels engaged with the cultural conversation.

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