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The Innovative Tech Disconnect of ‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs’
Like the technology Jobs pioneered, the Seattle Opera production is flashy but lacking in soul.
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Susan Lieu Feels The Weight of Death and Beauty
Her one-woman show ‘140 LBS’ confronts her mother’s death via plastic surgery malpractice.
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Pickwick’s Galen Disston Takes the Stage in ‘Rock of Ages’
The local rocker steps outside his comfort zone for 5th Avenue Theatre’s ’80s hair metal jukebox musical.
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Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera Offer Free Tickets for Government Workers
You can’t shut down the arts.
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‘All’s Well’ Doesn’t End Well
Despite strong performances and comedic zest, it’s hard to not get hung up on the befuddling ending of…
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Seattle Opera’s High C’s Adventure
Turns out a conventional approach is best for Verdi’s notoriously implausible ‘Il trovatore.’
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TeenTix Fosters the Next Generation of Arts Critics
Youths are engaging in critical arts thinking via the local nonprofit’s Press Corps Intensive.
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Seattle Opera Announces Its 2019–20 Season
A new jazz opera about a troubled genius highlights the lineup.
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Seattle Opera’s New Heart of Glass
From its glittering face to the innovative performance possibilities within, the Opera Center was built for allure.
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In ‘My Antonia,’ Extraordinary Acting Packs a Punch
Book-It Rep’s diverse casting adds new depth to Willa Cather’s tale of friendship and hardship on the Great…
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Taproot’s Jane Austen Sequel Hails Mary
A character whose first draft got short shrift finally finds happiness in ‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.’
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Hitting the ‘Heights’
Seattle Rep’s production of ‘In the Heights,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-‘Hamilton’ musical, is an energetic romp.
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‘A People’s History’ Takes Aim at American Triumphalism
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
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
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’s Art of the Tease
The new female-driven cabaret company strives for a noir cinematic sophistication.
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On the Boards and Velocity Dance Center’s New Performative Horizons
The local arts institutions continue to push creative bounds under changing leadership.
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Cirque du Xtreme
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’
An ambitious, imaginative, double-cast production in which one sings, the other doesn’t.
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Simply the Bess
Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ is a must-see production that feels engaged with the cultural conversation.