Stage Openings & Events •  14/48 Festival SEE THE PICK LIST, PAGE

By By Gavin Borchert • January 7, 2014 1:45 pm

Stage

Openings & Events

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14/48 Festival SEE THE PICK LIST, PAGE 19.

Alice in Wonderland SPT’s Youth Program presents an all-new, original adaptation. Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse, 7312 W. Green Lake Ave. N., 524-1300, seattlepublictheater.org. Donation. 7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10, 2 & 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11, 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 12.

Calendar Girls 12, count ‘em, 12 lewd lovelies (Sailor St. Claire, The Shanghai Pearl, and more) in this burlesque revue. JewelBox/Rendezvous, 2322 Second Ave., 800-838-3006, brownpapertickets.com. $18–$25. 
8 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10–Sat., Jan. 11.

Charlie Murphy’s Acid Trip This Chappelle’s Show alum performs. The Neptune, 1303 N.E. 45th St., 877-784-4849, stgpresents.org. $30. 8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11.

Family Affair Jennifer Jasper’s “sick, hilarious, and ultimately relatable” cabaret on the theme of family. JewelBox/Rendezvous, 2322 Second Ave., jennifer
jasperperforms.com. $10. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 15.

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Jerry Springer: The opera SEE THE PICK LIST, PAGE 17.

The Northwest Orca Cannery Presents: Dr. Thaddeus Q. Ballard’s Musical Follies & Comedy Revue Ghost Light Theatricals’ neo-vaudeville show. The Ballard Underground, 2220 N.W. Market St., 395-5458, 
ghostlighttheatricals.org. $12–$20. Opens Jan. 10. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., plus 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 13 & 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 19. Ends Jan. 25.

Peter Pan Broadway Bound’s production, full of energetic young talent. Shoreline Center, 18560 First Ave. N.E., 526-5437. $17.50. Opens Jan. 10. Runs Fri.–Sun.; see broadwaybound.org for exact schedule. Ends Jan 25.

Richard II Seattle Shakespeare presents one of the Bard’s great history plays. Center House Theatre, Seattle Center, 733-8222. $25–$48. Previews Jan. 8–9, opens Jan. 10. 7:30 p.m. Wed.–Sat., plus some weekend matinees; see seattleshakespeare.org for exact schedule. Ends Feb. 2.

Trust Me A new musical about two friends at different boarding schools, produced by Village Theatre’s Kidstage program. Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah, 425-392-2202, villagetheatre.org. $16–$18. Opens Jan. 10. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Jan. 26.

Upside Downton Jet City Improv’s sendup of a certain PBS costume drama. Wing-It Productions, 5510 University Way N.E., 781-3879, jetcityimprov.com. $12–$15. Opens Jan. 9. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Fri. Ends Feb. 14.

Current Runs

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Les Miserables Director Steve Tomkins and company have created what has to be the best-ever pocket-size rendering of the 1985 smash musical. As in Victor Hugo’s 1862 class-struggle novel, French parolee Jean Valjean (Greg Stone) is pursued by inspector Javert (Eric Polani Jensen) while seeking to regain the good name he lost after stealing bread to feed a starving child. Also assisting Valjean’s salvation are Fantine (Beth DeVries), who tasks Valjean on her deathbed to care for her daughter, Cosette (Alexandra Zorn); would-be revolutionaries Enjolras (Steve Czarnecki) and Marius (Matthew Kacergis), who falls for the adult Cosette at first sight; and a riotous pair of comic foils who seek to undo Valjean at every turn, the treacherous Thenardiers (Kate Jaeger and Nick DeSantis). This Les Miz is a singular achievement in regional theater. Not a loose stitch has been left to chance in the three-hour staging (with intermission), which aspires to be as great as any production of the show ever mounted—and it’s better than any I’ve ever seen, ever. KEVIN PHINNEY Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett, 425-257-8600. $28–$63. Opens Fri., Jan. 10. Runs Wed.–Sun.; see villagetheatre.org for exact schedule. Extended through Feb. 9.

Teatro ZinZanni: Hail Caesar: Forbidden Oasis Frank Ferrante returns as the flamboyant, omnisexual chef Caesar; slinky Dreya Weber, equally skilled as an aerialist and singer, plays a resurrected Cleopatra. Teatro ZinZanni, 222 Mercer St., 802-0015. $108 and up. Runs Wed.–Sun.; see dreams.zinzanni.org for exact schedule. Ends Jan. 26.

Classical, Etc.

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Composer Spotlight A presentation by composer Chris Jeffries and writer Harold Taw on their collaboration, a new one-act musical titled The Missed Connections Club. Jack Straw Studios, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E., jackstraw.org. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 8.

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Royal Opera House at the Movies Live from London, starting with Wagner’s Parsifal. See screen
vision.com for participating theaters and times. Thurs., Jan. 9 & Sun., Jan. 12.

Seattle Symphony Musical comedians Igudesman & Joo are the special guests. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., 215-4747, seattlesymphony.org. $19–$112. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 9.

Curtis Foster Music for oboe and string trio by Mozart, Stamitz, and others. Sponsored by the Early Music Guild. Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 Fourth Ave. S., Kirkland, 325-7066, earlymusicguild.org. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10.

Seattle Symphony “Bach’s Coffeehouse” features music he may have played with his chamber orchestra in Leipzig: his own Suite no. 2 for flute, Telemann, Vivaldi, and more. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., 215-4747, seattlesymphony.org. $19–$76. 8 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10–Sat., Jan. 11.

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Vespertine Opera Britten’s 1946 The Rape of Lucretia, a small-scale but hard-hitting tale of Roman history and female oppression. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Ave. E., vespertineopera.com. $30–$35. 8 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10–Sat., Jan. 11.

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Seattle Opera A bitter jester, his innocent daughter, a rakish duke, an assassin—all clash tragically in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Riccardo Frizza conducts. McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 389-7676, seattleopera.org. $25 and up. Opens Jan. 11. 7:30 p.m. Wed. & Sat., plus 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 and 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 12. Ends Jan. 25.

Michael Hovnanian This bassist plays Bach, Brahms, and more as part of the “Barry Lieberman and Friends” recital series. Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music, UW campus, 685-8384, music.washington.edu. $15. 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 12.

Eunyoung Kim Bach, Mendelssohn, and more from this Korean organist. Kane Hall, UW campus, 685-8384, music.washington.edu. $15. 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 12.

Michael Partington Albeniz, Hovhaness, and more for classical guitar. Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music, UW campus, 685-8384, music.washington.edu. $15. 7:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 12.

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Melia Watras This UW faculty violist, plus violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, play their own works and music by colleague Richard Karpen. Meany Hall, UW campus, 543-4880, music.washington.edu. $12–$20. 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 13.

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Garrick Ohlsson From this masterful pianist, music by Chopin, Schubert, and American impressionist Charles Griffes. Meany Hall, UW campus, 543-4880, uwworldseries.org. $41–$46. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 15.