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Pride Idol sizzles on pop music night
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Pop music is just plain fun. Whether it's Lady Gaga telling us to 'Just Dance' or Madonna asking us to 'Vogue,' the pop songs that top the charts evoke the need to dance or sing along. May 1 was Pop Music Night at Pride Idol, and the competition performed their best bubble-gum top 40 hits for us.
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Wildly talented Hal Sparks talks to SGN
by Anthony Greer -
SGN Contributing Writer
Hal Sparks performed at the Nordstrom Recital Theatre on April 29. Best known for playing the role of Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk and for his commentary on VH1's pop culture hit series I Love the '80s, Sparks spoke with SGN about his career as a comedian/actor/musician and what fa more
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A touch of magic : An interview with Mary Poppins' Nicolas Dromard
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Mary Poppins
May 12-29
Paramount Theatre
There are countless beloved characters who have made the transition from book to film with great success. Far fewer characters attempt the move from celluloid to the live stage, and only a small percentag more
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The gentleman in the jacket: An interview with Ramiro Orellana-Guzman
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
I've never quite met anyone like Ramiro Orellana-Guzman. He's talented, cute, and witty, but those are descriptors that could apply to many people. If you spend just five minutes with Ramiro, you will realize that he is nothing like other people. His talent is self-taught, his look is u more
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Pinetop Perkins: A tribute to a legend
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Pinetop Perkins
Tribute
Mercy and Cuteness were knocked out by the performances at Jazz Alley's Pinetop Perkins tribute on April 26. Willie 'Big Mouth' Smith, who won a Grammy for Joined at the Hip, his collaboration with Perkins, said he was grateful to the p more
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Fleet Foxes keep it simple and sublime
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Fleet Foxes
May 3
Moore Theatre
There's nothing flashy about a Fleet Foxes show. The stage backdrop is a plain black curtain, the drum set doesn't have the group's logo or name on it, and the band members dress in whatever was at the top of their suitcases t more
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Seattle Symphony offers shocking program of utter genius
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Seattle Symphony with Pietari Inkinen
April 28
Benaroya Hall
Never in my imaginary life as a conductor would I ever think to program Sibelius' 7th symphony as a concert opener! Who makes up these programs? The official answer from Seattle Symphony: 'Season plannin more
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Mike Daisey puts audiences through unforgettable Agony
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Through May 22
Mike Daisey loves, loves, loves Apple and Apple products, so he went to China to find out more about where they are made. He tried normal, bureaucratic ways to visit factories l more
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Guys, dolls, and gangsters and Damon Runyon
A brief history of Guys and Dolls
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Guys and Dolls
May 12-June 5
5th Avenue Theatre
Before Robert Alda even created the role of Nathan Detroit on Broadway in 1950, the worlds of Sky Masterson, Harry the Horse, and Miss Sarah Brown had already been established in the pages of Damon more
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SGN's 2011 Summer Movie Preview: Part I
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
The summer movie season - Hollywood's favorite time of year - is back, and it's packed with more sequels, spin-offs, and reboots then any year in recent memory. In May and June alone, there's a part five, a part four, and three part twos. We've also got the first of two Marvel more
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SGN's 2011 summer movie preview: Part II
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
As the summer movie season continues, July and August are filled with their fair share of familiar faces. The months feature four sequels, one prequel, a return to the 100 Acre Wood, two remakes of cult '80s classics, and another Marvel Comics icon gets the spotlight to help s more
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
ARIES (March 20 - April 19): In the race to get ahead, never forget the people who have helped you along. Even your opponents deserve respect at the very least for how they've challenged you and forced you to improve.
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Whatever personal problems you've put on the back burner are liable to boil over. Curren more
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kd lang to appear at Woodland Park Zoo
Our favorite Lesbian chanteusse from Canada - unless you know something about Avril Lavigne I don't - is returning to Seattle for a one-night performance at Woodland Park Zoo. kd lang is set to appear August 10 at the park, as part of the ZooTunes summer concert series. The Grammy-winning artist released a stellar new album last month, Sing I more
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FOR SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE
www.seattlepride.org
ALL I EVER WANTED
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LAMBERT HOUSE
On Friday, May 6 through Sunday, May 8, (Friday/Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.) at Theatre Puget Sound, Theater 4, on the 4th floor of the Center House at Seattle Center, Fearless Theatr more
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Letters
GAY PROP. 8 JUDGE A NON-ISSUE
Apparently, Prop. 8 lawyers forgot Trial Law 101 and Appellate Law 101. You can only challenge, on appeal, those objections you raised at trial. Since Prop. 8 attorneys never challenged the impartiality of Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, they don't get to do it before the Ninth Circu more
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Anonymous 4 underwhelms
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Early Music Guild concert
April 30
Town Hall
You may remember a few weeks ago an article in these pages which described several non-musical elements that might affect how one hears a performance: one's mood, indigestion, musical history, etc. What I'm about to wr more
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God-like Kleiber steps down a notch in DVD set
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
When one loves music of any kind, he or she tends to have some special favorites, often elevating those favorites to almost super-human status. The opera queen has his divas - in my case, soprano Zinka Milanov and Ella Fitzgerald (an unlikely pairing). My other musical gods are conductors such as more
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Anonymous 4 underwhelms
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself)
ArtsWest
Through May 21
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself) is a long monologue of incredible adve more
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The best of the best on Meany's piano
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Recital by Yevgeny Sudbin
April 20
Meany Hall
If I had to choose a pianist to hear, Yevgeny Sudbin would certainly be in the top five. In this program, he once again proved that, even at the tender age of 31, he is among the very best, both as a technician and more
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Where It's At: The Cars shake it up again
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
The Cars
May 10
The Showbox SoDo (Sold Out)
Hello, hello again. After a 23-year hiatus following the breakup of one of pop music's most successful bands, The Cars have reunited for an album and U.S. tour. And yes, this is the original lineup - Ric Ocasek, more
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