The opening weekend audiences at McCaw Hall were delighted by a gang of very polite pirates who brought a new wave of classical shenanigans to Seattle Opera. With first-class singers and brilliant staging, this English-language comedy about a pirate’s...
Arts & Entertainment: Theater / Stage
Seattle’s holiday spirit is about to get a shimmering makeover as A Drag Queen Christmas returns for its 11th spectacular year. On Wednesday, December 3, McCaw Hall will be transformed into a stage of glamour and laughter...
Seattle, prepare for a night of cackling, camp, and cauldrons. Tim Murray — the irrepressible mind behind the viral sensation Witches — is flying in for a one-night-only performance that promises to enchant, provoke, and leave you howling for more...
This Halloween season, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back where it belongs: on the big screen, with audiences shouting, singing, and throwing things at all the right times. And for Seattle fans, the experience is extra special: Barry Bostwick, the original...
This week the Seattle Rep (with the Seattle Children’s Theatre) will host the world premiere of Fancy Dancer by the Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse. The autobiographical play tells the story of young, half-Lakota, half-white Lara, who yearns to be a...
It’s not often that fans of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan get to see their most popular musical, The Pirates of Penzance, performed on the grand stage by professional singers, but this delightful classic will kick off Seattle Opera’s 2025–26 season at McCaw...
Get ready for an absolute blast of theatrical joy. The Tony Award–winning musical Some Like It Hot has rolled into Seattle’s iconic Paramount Theatre, delivering a spectacular dose of humor, heart, and show-stopping entertainment. This production is a vibrant,...
Ushering in the autumn breeze and its turning leaves, just like with school, theaters too have a rhythm that picks up in the fall. An odd congruence has two new-to-us plays by Keiko Green, an ex-local playwright and national up-and-comer: Hells Canyon and...
If you missed it last year, then you’re in luck: Sasha Colby — best known as the second-ever Transgender woman to win RuPaul’s Drag Race and the first Native Hawaiian — is returning to Seattle on September 16 at the Moore Theatre for the first stop on her...
For 18 years, David Armstrong committed his life to the 5th Avenue Theatre as the producing artistic director. When he decided to step down from his role in 2018, he was approached by people in the school of drama at the University of Washington to teach a...