Amir and Emily are a model Manhattan couple. He is a mergers and acquisitions attorney and she is an artist….
As a second-year playwriting minor in college, I penned a pseudo-profound drama about a mother visiting her daughter in a…
After watching 1979’s Rock ’n’ Roll High School, I wanted to be in a punk band. How hard could it…
From pen pals to the personals to the Internet, people have been trying to get laid—er, create connections, for centuries….
Five years ago my elderly Orange County doctor declared of his old hometown, “Detroit was fine until the Negros took…
In light of Robert Durst’s recent revelations on the HBO documentary series The Jinx, true-crime junkies like me spent last…
Annie Baker’s Pulitzer winner—a magical mingling of Pinter pauses, Ibsenesque naturalism, and flashes of Pirandello—causes me cognitive dissonance. Written about…
Outraged by the Bush administration, the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, etc., Sam Shepard hastily composed this…
Victorian England makes me think of depressing Dickensian characters, somber tea ceremonies, and gloomy, sooty skies—not puerile men sipping spirits,…
Winsome, full of flair, but not terribly edgy, Marcus Gorman’s comedy Natural reminds me of Singles, the 1992 ensemble movie…
English playwright Charlotte Jones’ 2001 comedy is like a dazzling yet oddly odorless rose, lovely in concept though strangely unsatisfactory….
In 1995, a production of The Three Sisters at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre altered my entire existence and activated an adoration…
Mary Poppins Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N. (Issaquah), 425-392-2202, villagetheatre.org. $40–$72. Runs Tues.–Sun. through Jan. 4. (Moves to Everett…
If you can’t see the Broadway original, a touring show is like the satisfying made-in-China knockoff of a famous designer…
Canada isn’t known for great stage drama, yet New Century Theatre Company is taking a chance on one of that…
I long to declare that I love this musical-comedy revival; in truth, however, I’m ambivalent. Back in 2001, Urinetown earned…
The Suit Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St. (Seattle Center), 443-2222, seattlerep.org. $15–$80. 7:30 p.m. Tues.–Sat. plus matinees. Ends April…
The Elephant Man The Lab at Inscape, 815 Seattle Blvd. S., 800-838-3006, seattlestageright.org. $15–$20. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Sat. & Mon. Ends…
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Center House Theatre (Seattle Center), 216-0833, book-it.org. $24–$38. 7:30 p.m. Wed.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends…
Doubt Stone Soup Theatre, 4035 Stone Way N.E., stonesouptheatre.com. $14–$25. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 4 p.m. Sun. Ends March 1. John…
The Little Dog Laughed ArtsWest, 4711 California Ave. S.W., 938-0339, artswest.org. $15–$34.50. Runs 7:30 p.m. Wed.–Sat. 3 p.m. Sun. Ends…
The Foreigner Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah, 425-392-1942, villagetheatre.org. $34–$65. Runs Wed.–Sun. (including matinees). Ends March 2. Then…
