The Ghastly Impermanence: Post-Serialism
If one believes the recent article in The Atlantic Magazine, serials are on the rise again in both television and literature. Whatever the reasons for their current fashion, what lies behind the trendiness of the serial is a much darker matter.
Cyrano: The Rough and the Ready
Omar Willey reviews the University of Washington UTS production of Edmond Rostand’s play of great renown, and finds much joy in this student production.
The Ghastly Impermanence: Seattle’s Radio Theater Channel Gets Bookish
The Radio Theater Channel brings out their new sister to the debutante ball: the Radio Book Channel.
Pentecost: Art as a Moral Matter
If control of language means control of thought, it is equally sensible that he who controls images controls identity. Where America and Europe often treat art as commodity or mere “self-expression,” the meaning of art runs quite a bit deeper in this play by David Edgar, given a fine production by the UW School of Drama.
Fado Comes to Seattle: Ana Moura visits Meany Hall Saturday
Ana Moura brings the newly revived spirit of fado to Seattle audiences.
Black Grace: Lollipops and the Symphony
Of lollipops and symphonies: Black Grace perform brilliantly in their new work.
Michelle Witt’s UW World Series: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Thoughts about the UW World Series so far under new leader Michelle Witt.
What It Means to Mean: Anna Karenina at Book-It
Directors are responsible for choosing an interpretation about what the play means and removing obstacles so that the actors can do their work. Particularly in text-based classic theater, the director must make a convincing argument what this play means and, to some degree, why it is being done at all. Book-It’s Anna Karenina fails to convince because it fails to argue.
The Seattle Festival of Improv Theater Hits Town
A dry-humored preview of the 11th Seattle Festival of Improv Theater.
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