Arts
‘Dracula’ at ACT: How Does a Play About Blood Turn Out So Bloodless?
Steven Dietz’s new adaptation of the horror classic seems to have unintentionally landed on comedy
Watching Dracula, with a neckline cut to his navel, suck dry the tube of an old-timey transfusion machine is undeniably funny. That tasty tableau was one of many moments in Steven Dietz’s adaptation of the gothic novel that had an ACT Theater audience laughing out loud on opening night. But, strangely, it was one of…
Beyond Dead White Guys: Byron Schenkman Expands Classical Music
The musician and music director’s latest program, this Sunday at Benaroya Hall, explores connections among Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and pioneering American composers of color
Ever since their pathbreaking and provocative “Queer Baroque” concert in 1996, keyboardist Byron Schenkman has led the way in bringing issues of gender and sexuality into Seattle’s classical music scene. Now, Sunday evening’s concert, next up in their “Byron Schenkman & Friends” chamber-music series, will explore the connections among Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and some…
The Gregorys: How Seattle’s Theater Awards Work and Why They Matter
This annual party is an important part of an artistic ecosystem, and you’re invited
Theatre Puget Sound staff from the 2018 Gregory Awards. From left to right: Libby Barnard, Shane Regan, Ariel Bradler, Keiko Green, Eron Huenefeld and Heather Refvem
VR Brings Evocative Narratives to the Seattle Queer Film Festival
VR filmmaking is pushing the boundaries of traditional storytelling
Imagine stepping into the mind of a heartbroken lover staring into a bathroom mirror, or a former white supremacist traversing memories of childhood trauma. As virtual reality (VR) technology continues its steady evolution, VR filmmaking is pushing the boundaries of traditional storytelling. Each of the films featured at the “Immersively Queer: VR Showcase” at the…
Seattle Rep’s ‘The Great Moment’ Give Us Birth, Death, Aging—You Know, the Boring Stuff
Anna Ziegler’s world premiere play explores the expansive mundanities of life
How old were you when you realized that, in life, the center cannot hold? When The Great Moment begins, our narrator Sarah is 37, “the age my mother was when I first realized that my mother had an age.” Her grandfather Max is 98, son Evan is three, and time is the elephant in every…
Must List: Halloween Pet Parade, Kinofest, Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST DRESS UP Halloween Pet Parade (10/20) Dress up with your favorite pet (species not specified!) and parade through Volunteer Park to celebrate Halloween. The event is sponsored by Mud Bay pet supply company and will have vendors selling their pet-related wares and services. Prizes will…
Must List: Burke Museum Grand Reopening, Seattle Queer Film Festival, ‘Stabbin’ Cabin’
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST DISCOVER Burke Museum Grand Reopening (10/12-10/14) The Burke Museum’s $106 million rebuild, designed by Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig, opens up previously behind-the-scenes labs and research spaces via glass walls, making the museum more accessible and integrated. Visitors can now take a peek at the collections at the same time…
Local Musical Mountaineers Duo Plays Concerts in the PNW Outdoors
Combining their musical talents and passion for the outdoors, Anastasia Allison and Rose Freeman play trailside concerts for hikers and trees alike
Anastasia Allison (left) and Rose Freeman hike into the mountains to hold unannounced predawn concerts as the Musical Mountaineers
Paula Vogel’s Energetic, Elegiac Play ‘Indecent’ Now Running at Seattle Rep
The play-within-a-play is complex, exploring ideas of creative determination, censorship, immigrants and more
Dim light leaks through a gauzy scrim, illuminating bodies crumpled on a dusty stage, everything gray, everything still. Three musicians play silent music, their instruments making no sound, as those bodies slowly rise, the ashes filling their sleeves and hands draining to the floor. Suddenly, the whole eerie scene bursts open, klezmer music blares, gray…
Frye Art Museum Fetes Seattle Choreographer Donald Byrd with a Retrospective
The exhibit will explore his life and work
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. To mark his 70th birthday and a body of work that has covered subjects from musicals to race relations (sometimes at the same time, as in his Tony-nominated dance for The Color Purple), the Frye Art Museum is honoring Seattle-based choreographer and Spectrum Dance…
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