Category: Performing Arts
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Seattle Fringe Festival 2016: Opinion & Four Mini-Reviews
José Amador muses on the return of the Seattle Fringe Festival after a year long absence, briefly reviews four productions and suggests a handful of other shows at the Fest.
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The Value of a Story: Riding on a Cloud
Some thoughts on the unfortunate separation of storytelling from theater, by our publisher.
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Chop Shop: Narrowing the Field
Omar Willey braves the I-90 traffic to visit Bellevue and bring back a report on the latest dance showcase.
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“I have a terrible fear I shall one day be pronounced holy”: Akropolis Performance Lab’s Ecce Faustus
Omar Willey gets back to the theater beat and finds himself face to face with Mephistopheles and other Germanic plights.
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The Christmas Day that Peace Broke Out
As once again politicians seek to unleash the dogs of war, a one-man play recalls the brief holiday truce that marked the first year of World War I. Michael Winship writes.
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Electra: Oration, Orison and Oratorio
Omar Willey reviews the latest production of Electra from the UW UTS.
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MAP Theater’s The Art of Bad Men (dir. Kelly Kitchens)
MAP’s production of Vince Delaney’s THE ART OF BAD MEN represents a sort of ideal; the entire endeavor has the feel of familial comfort. This is a fortunate circumstance, for Delaney has taken THREE SCREAMS’ meditation on how we relate to art and added a…
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Small Wonder: La Mélancolie des dragons
Philippe Quesne’s piece at On the Boards proposes naïveté as the basis of theatrical magic. Omar Willey considers.
