A rake seduces married women hither and thither, pretending to be a eunuch to avoid suspicion. Bibliophilia April 19—21 : This short festival, presented by Word Lit Zine in co-production with Theater Schmeater, will celebrate the way words can come alive as they're put on stage.
Big Rock Through March 31 : An artist joins her father on an isolated Pacific Northwest island after her latest opening. There, she meets an aspiring poet who may restore her faith in the power of art. Kiss Me, Kate April 6—29 : The 5th is producing the Cole Porter classic as part of the city-wide Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare festival, with opulent sets and costumes from the critically acclaimed production by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.
Hunchback of Notre Dame June 1—24 : Says my source: "This musical, while it has all of the goods from the Disney movie, is not an adaptation of the Disney film.
It stays more true to the book and is darker than the Disney film. This will be directed by Glenn Casale, who directed Little Mermaid for us. Heathers: The Musical April 6—15 : Cinema's most famous mean girls will rule the stage in the theatrical version of the s high school murder comedy. Todrick Hall: American April 4 : The dreamy young choreographer, singer, dancer, actor, and RuPaul's Drag Race guest judge Todrick Hall is swinging back through town with an all-new production.
He'll also come to the Pantages Theater in Tacoma on April 5. Taylor Mac: A Decade History of Popular Music Abridged April 20 : The uncategorizable playwright and performer Taylor Mac will dramatize the "trickle-up humanitarianism" of the era of queer revolution, performing protest anthems and rock music in a tribute to Bayard Rustin, Marsha P.
Johnson, and other undersung activists. Mac's collaborators will include a band with singers Steffanie Christi'an and Thornetta Davis, as well as costume designer Machine Dazzle. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Live April 1 : If the prospect of a musical comedy sitcom made by a YouTube star about an unstable woman engaged in stalkerish behavior made you sigh and bemoan the decline of modern entertainment, oh no, love, you're not alone.
And yet, over the course of three seasons, Rachel Bloom's show has become a powerfully funny, sharply observed, startlingly complex exploration of mental health, love, obsession, ambition, race, class, media, gender, and identity.
More to the point, and I never thought I'd be the one to say this, but: The songs are fucking excellent. The lyrics are funny, smart, and more, and the melodies stick in your head like an ice pick. Les Miserables June 6—17 : By the time this production makes it to Seattle, the film of Les Miserables will have been out for more than five years. Bye Bye Birdie March 25 : A rock star named Conrad Birdie disrupts life in a small Ohio town as he asks for one last kiss from one lucky girl before he goes off to war.
Little Shop of Horrors at Reboot May 4—19 : Expect inclusive casting at this production of the witty, grim horror musical about a nerdy, lovesick plant shop clerk, his vulnerable crush, and the mean green mother from outer space that insidiously takes over their lives.
Beautiful Carcass May 11—20 : Beautiful Carcass , choreographed by Maya Soto to music by Nico Tower, promises "a bewitching carnival world" that expresses aspects of life as a person in a female-assigned body.
Director's Choice Through March 25 : There's just something about watching dancers drag 20 industrial-sized tables across the stage during William Forsythe's One Flat Thing that delights me every time. Emergence April 13—22 : In Emergence , created by the Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, a "swarming, scurrying group of dancers" acts out the impulse towards social hierarchy. In Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jump , genres collide and transform.
See these three modern works, all in one night. His company Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan will perform his latest work, Formosa , which will pay homage to his native island. Expect high-energy, high-calibre dance drama and a soundtrack that draws on everything "from Bach to Bowie. Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre: Betroffenheit March 23—24 : This deeply disturbing clown show created by two of the best dance companies around is back!
Jonathan Young and Crystal Pite's Betroffenheit —a German word that refers to "a state of shock, trauma, and bewilderment"—features the living embodiment of Young's personal trauma of almost losing three of his family members in a cabin fire. Throughout the intense show, the clown-faced protagonist tries and fails and fails and fails to cope with their loss, reminding audiences how much work goes into the act of getting even just a little bit better.
Sometimes she wraps her head in toilet paper for eight hours straight and you get to think about how hard it is to even just communicate effectively with another person. Sometimes she transforms her dancers into water and has them perform for tourists on the waterfront and you remember in a sort of deeper way that bodies really are made of water. This time she's setting her dancers in a hoarder's dreamworld full of chairs and tables. Converge Dance Festival May 25—26 : The fifth annual Converge Dance Festival will stage works by eight choreographers who are just coming into their own or hitting mid-career.
Expect something a little sexier than your typical Shakespeare adaptation. Claire for this sexy parody. The Fourth Annual Seattle Boylesque Festival April 13—14 : Male and genderqueer burlesque dancers from across the globe will blast gender norms apart. Art Haus 4. Dina Martina: Cream of the Drawer March 30—April 28 : Here's how Stranger critics have described Dina Martina in the past: "Seattle's most gifted malapropist"; a "psycho-drag superstar"; and "a singer who cannot sing, a dancer who cannot dance, and a storyteller who seems to have situational brain damage.
It's no insult to our colleagues to say that none of these descriptions quite encapsulate the Platonic essence of Dina. You'll have to see her for yourself. Mimosas Cabaret Sunday : The drag diva titaness Mama Tits presides over another iteration of Mimosas Cabaret , featuring a short musical, plus songs, comedy, dance, and brunch.
Re-bar, 7 pm. Emerald Queen Casino. A significant portion of her act derives from her humorous experiences traveling around the world as a black lesbian of English Nigerian descent, an identity that baffles many cultures.
Then there are her dealings with obsessive-compulsive disorder and sleep apnea. She leverages some amazing lemons-into-lemonade alchemy in her sets. Parlor Live Comedy Club Bellevue. Looking like a more brutish Al Franken, Black bellows in a baritone a litany of insults and outrages to his sensibilities. From the most minuscule mundanities to the horror show of politics to the most cosmic injustices, Black pinpoints their infuriating truths—laced with a powerful arsenal of profanity.
Incredible catharsis ensues. What are you, nuts? This is an invitation to get murdered. Though he was born in a Chicago suburb and currently lives LA, his perspective is straight-up cynical New Yorker. Conover has destroyed your innocence about sex, death, malls, the future, cowboys, pilgrims, loofahs, and a lot more in Adam Ruins Everything , in which he goes about debunking popular misconceptions.
Showbox Sodo. Moore Theatre. The night will showcase local and touring comics—both established and on the rise. Aila Slisco hosts. Jet City Improv. Watch a team of improvisers re-create Dickens's tale based on audience suggestions. Unexpected Productions' Market Theater.
FEB 20—24 Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre Rejoice in the local, national, and even international improv scenes with potentially more than a hundred performers in a couple dozen groups, all of whom share a love for making up stories onstage.
Various locations. You name the movie; they make it pass. EverOut Home. Account Settings. Capitol Hill. Central District. Chinatown-International District. Pioneer Square. Queen Anne. South Lake Union. University District. In-Person Events. Live Music. Visual Art. Online Events. Weed Locations. Show Me. Deen van. Miller, and Seth Morris arrived at the Pan Pacific to find a party bus waiting for them.
Dave Dennison waited too, brandishing a Styrofoam takeout clamshell filled with Jell-O shots. After being vouched for by comic Doug Benson, Dennison drove the crew to Laughs, his comedy club in Kirkland, where the group proceeded to bring the house down until 2am.
That takeout container now adorns the wall of Laughs —which Dave and his wife, Angela, moved from Kirkland to the University District in —signed by each comedian as a memorial to the after-hours performance that helped put the club on the map.
Among them, and arguably the least famous at the time: Hannibal Buress. But their story starts down south. But an overcrowded LA comedy scene pushed Dennison to instead try carving out a space in Utah, and then the Seattle area, where he hosted comedy nights at the Bellevue Doubletree Hotel and Pegasus Pizza in Kirkland.
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