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Force of nature - Meet Jinkx Monsoon, the busiest little showgirl in Seattle
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Hurricane Sandy, meet Jinkx Monsoon. She's got you beat. Bowing to national TV audiences later this month and making her lead acting debut in a new theatrical production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, this Seattle-based performer is storming her way into the entertainment world with a dangerous combination of actor, singer, female impersonato more |
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Serious fun. - Guitarist Jack Antonoff on LGBT activism, the band's Ally Coalition, and his 'Lesbian chemicals'
by Chris Azzopardi -
SGN Contributing Writer
If Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff, and Andrew Dost have taught us anything, it's that you can be fun. and still stand up for something serious.
The breakout single that sent the New York-based band's sophomore album, Some Nights, soaring, 'We Are Young,' entered the pop- more
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Madness, set to music - Contemporary Classics' Brandon Ivie directs Next to Normal
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
NEXT TO NORMAL
BALAGAN THEATRE (at Erickson Theatre)
February 8 - March 2
Balagan Theatre and its theatrical home of Erickson Theatre, near Seattle Central Community College, have begun focusing with a vengeance on musicals. The trend started four or so y more
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Celebration! - Kool & the Gang bring the party to Snoqualmie
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
KOOL & THE GANG
SNOQUALMIE CASINO
January 11
A hot mess. That's one way to describe the scene when Kool & the Gang played to a full house at Snoqualmie Casino last weekend. People of every age, color, sexual orientation, and size were represented in th more
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Mice en scene - Rossini's charm finally emerges in SO's Cenerentola
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
LA CENERENTOLA (CINDERELLA)
SEATTLE OPERA
Through January 26
A member of the nonmusical staff of Seattle Opera said to me, 'If it weren't for those mice, I would be bored to death!' She was referring to six dancers who, dressed in comic rat costumes, appear i more
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Born again - Lady Gaga delivers a monster of a show in Tacoma
by Jessica Price -
SGN A&E Writer
LADY GAGA
TACOMA DOME
January 14
When religious picketers perch outside the gates of any concert, it's a sure sign that a spectacularly good time awaits within. Lady Gaga kicked off the first U.S. date of her Born This Way Ball at the Tacoma Dome with much f more
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Haunting Mama an emotionally ethereal thriller
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN A&E Writer
MAMA
Opens January 18
For five years, sisters Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lily (Isabelle Nélisse) have been missing - their father, Jeffrey (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), abducting them after committing a series of shockingly violent acts. Long presumed de more
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Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson to perform at Obama's inauguration
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Macho Gangster Squad sports an ill-fitting fedora
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Street fighting man - Schoenaerts stars but Cotillard dominates in Rust and Bone
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Buck 98: He's a bargain at twice the price
THE JESUS INJECTION: A BUCK 98 ADVENTURE
ERIC ANDREWS-KATZ
(Bold Strokes; 227 pp)
Agent Buck 98 has a super-secret weapon: his encyclopedic knowledge of musical theater, which - as he continually reminds his colleague, the lovely Noxia von Tüssëll - explains everything one needs to know about human nature more
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Gypsy Rose Lee Awards nominees announced
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Expanding on last year's inaugural efforts, the Seattle Theater Writers, a loosely allied group of Seattle reviewers and theater writers, has announced a slate of nominations for the Gypsy Rose Lee Awards. The name was chosen to honor one of Seattle's best-known native theatrical talents. more
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Real theater - only faster
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
14/48: THE WORLD'S QUICKEST THEATER FESTIVAL
ONE WORLD THEATRE/3-CARD MONTY (AT ACT)
January 4, 5, 11, and 12
It's the time of year for the winter 14/48, where a bunch of theater talent of all stripes gets together to make and perform plays in a 24-hour tim more
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She's got balls! - Miss Coco Peru visits Seattle's 'really friendly urinal'
by Daniel Hanks -
SGN Contributing Writer
If you've ever seen Coco Peru perform, then you know what you are in for. If you've not yet had the pleasure, this is one show you won't want to miss. Through her sharp-tongued wit, with her showtune-ish voice and impeccable comedic timing, Coco will inevitably say whatever the hell she more
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