Performing Arts

This Week in Seattle Shows: John Cameron Mitchell, ‘The Children’ at Seattle Rep and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: John Cameron Mitchell, ‘The Children’ at Seattle Rep and More

What are you still doing here? Go buy some tickets.

R. Hamilton Wright and Carmen Roman in ‘The Children’ at Seattle Rep

Seattle Mag

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sara Porkalob’s Café Nordo Thriller, Solo Dance at On the Boards and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sara Porkalob’s Café Nordo Thriller, Solo Dance at On the Boards and More

I want to see satisfying comeuppance, dystopian satire and more dance than one heart can handle

Grupo Corpo

Gemma Wilson

Comeuppance in Four Courses, Served at Café Nordo

Comeuppance in Four Courses, Served at Café Nordo

The Victorian patriarchy gets its due in this new thriller by Sara Porkalob

The cast of ‘The Angel in the House’

Gavin Borchert

The Many Sides of Susan Lieu, Actor, Activist and Game-Changing Producer

The Many Sides of Susan Lieu, Actor, Activist and Game-Changing Producer

The ambitious writer/performer's expanded solo show ‘Over 140 Pounds’ headlines ACT’s Solo Performance Festival

Lieu on stage in ‘140 Lbs’

Gemma Wilson

This Week in Seattle Shows: 'Fleabag,' ACT’s Solo Fest and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fleabag,’ ACT’s Solo Fest and More

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel less alone in your failure to adult

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in ‘Fleabag’

Gemma Wilson

DIY Opera ‘#adulting’ Explores Growing Up, the Seattle Way

DIY Opera ‘#adulting’ Explores Growing Up, the Seattle Way

With an eclectic score and absurdist humor, Lowbrow Opera Collective makes fringe theater out of their own lives

The cast of #adulting

Gavin Borchert

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sarah Galvin, Elby Brosch and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sarah Galvin, Elby Brosch and More

Gear up for a week full of experimental craziness and journalistic excellence

Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor

Gemma Wilson

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘She Loves Me’ at Village Theatre, Natasha Marin’s Book Launch and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘She Loves Me’ at Village Theatre, Natasha Marin’s Book Launch and More

Four standout local arts events you shouldn’t miss

Allison Standley in ‘She Loves Me’ at Village Theatre

Gemma Wilson

Inherited Trauma, Family Legend and ‘Reparations’ at Sound Theatre Company

Inherited Trauma, Family Legend and ‘Reparations’ at Sound Theatre Company

An ambitious, intriguing world premiere play that still needs work

Brandon Jones Mooney, Tracy Michelle Hughes and Aishé Keita in ‘Reparations.’

Gemma Wilson

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ ‘Dance Nation’ at WET and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ ‘Dance Nation’ at WET and More

5 shows I’m (hopefully) seeing this week, and I think you should too

The cast of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

Gemma Wilson

5 Shows I’m (Hopefully) Seeing This Week, and I Think You Should Too

5 Shows I’m (Hopefully) Seeing This Week, and I Think You Should Too

‘Reparations’ at Sound Theatre Company, the first Joketeller’s Union of 2020 and more

Anne Allgood as Julia Child in ‘Bon Appétit: The Julia Child Show’ at The Rendezvous

Gemma Wilson

Seattle’s Dina Martina Is the 'Jift' That Keeps on Giving

Seattle’s Dina Martina Is the ‘Jift’ That Keeps on Giving

The annual spectacular from Seattle’s comedy goddess wishes you a very merry Kitschmas

If you fell in love with Dina Martina when she was playing funkier, stripped-down venues like Re-Bar, but wonder if her magic translates to a plusher house like ACT’s Falls Theatre, you needn’t worry. For the entertaineress’s Christmas cavalcade of songs, anecdotes, videos, and audience gifts, ACT has provided a cozy set straight out of a community-theater Nutcracker: Victorian furniture, candy-striped wallpaper,…

Gavin Borchert

Taylor Mac’s Over-the-top Holiday Show Celebrates the Season in Style

Taylor Mac’s Over-the-top Holiday Show Celebrates the Season in Style

Catch 'Holiday Sauce' in Seattle this month

This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. “Christmas as calamity” is Taylor Mac’s approach to the holidays and their attendant songs in this musical, maniacal show—and some form of audience participation is likely, so brace yourself. A Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, this NYC-based playwright, actor and cabaret…

Gavin Borchert

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