Stage Openings & Events Richard II One of the Bard’s great history

By By Gavin Borchert • December 27, 2013 12:22 pm

Stage

Openings & Events

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

Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music With subtitles so you can join in with Julie Andrews and the gang—but you probably know all the lyrics anyway. 5th Avenue Theater, 1308 Fifth Ave., 625-1900, 5thavenue.org. $29. 
7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3, 1:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4–Sun., Jan. 5.

Wheel of Tease Burlesque meets improv: You choose the props and the music, and Maggie McMuffin, Jesus la Pinga, and many more do what they can. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St., 800-838-3006, purpledevilproductions.com. $13–$40. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4.

Current Runs

Dick Whittington and His Cat Picaresque fairy tale + audience participation = traditional British pantomime. Hale’s Palladium, 4301 Leary Way N.W., 800-838-3006, brownpapertickets.com. $7–$13. 4 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 1 & 4 p.m. Sun. Ends Jan. 5.

Evita Never mind Madonna’s logy screen Evita—the juicy story of the worshipped, martyred, morally flexible Eva Peron inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best score. The Paramount, 911 Pine St., 877-STG-4TIX, stgpresents.org/paramount. $25–$100. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 1–Thurs., Jan. 2; 8 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3; 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4; 1 & 6:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 5.

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Les Miserables Thanks to director Steve Tomkins and company, you’re not likely to see the 1985 smash musical done this well—or so intimately—ever again. As in Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel of revenge and redemption, 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. KEVIN PHINNEY Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah, 425-392-2202. $33–$68. Runs in Issaquah through Jan. 5, then at the Everett Performing Arts Center Jan. 10–Feb. 2; see 
villagetheatre.org for exact schedule.

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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Seattle Symphony The annual year-end Beethoven Ninth, paired with (except on Jan. 3) Brahms’ jaunty Variations on a Theme of Haydn. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., 215-4747, seattle
symphony.org. $28–$128. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 2, 
7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3, 8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4.

Washington Wind Symphony Music by Copland, Strauss, and others. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, 425-893-9900, washington
windsymphony.org. $10–$15. 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 5.

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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.