Fingers crossed and fervent wishes sent for the end of the pandemic, here are some of the arts-and-culture events we're looking forward to in the new year, from a Billie Eilish concert to na…
Ms. Pak-Man, a bulbous, golden, eternally vain train wreck of a lounge act, debuted in Seattle in 2017 and was a hit with audiences. Now co-creator Scott Shoemaker returns with a show featur…
On July 9, writer/performer David Schmader brings his improbably wonderful annotated screening of the catastrophically bad, painfully misogynist movie, "Showgirls" " about the back-stabby wo…
Seattle ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in restitution to an estimated 45,000 customers at both ends of the company's business model: ticket buyers owed re…
To settle a lawsuit, Seattle company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in restitution to an estimated 45,000 customers at both ends of its business model: ticket buyers owed r…
Tucked inside Congress' latest round of small-business relief is some rare good news for restaurants, hotels and the performing arts " sectors that have been especially hard hit by COVID-19 …
Dozens of Seattle theater leaders have been meeting for months, aiming to overhaul everything " boards, audiences, casting and more " to create an anti-racist future. It's groundbreaking wor…
Even as we cozy up in our quarantine outposts for isolated holiday celebrations, much of Seattle's theater community has created virtual holiday shows to enjoy from the best seat in your hou…
On the Boards presents "A Thousand Ways Part Two: An Encounter," in which two strangers are both performers and audience. It's part of the three-part "A Thousand Ways" by New York-based thea…
This week, the Friday Foundation, a new Seattle entity, gave $9 million to nine Seattle arts organization " mostly for new work. The gifts are a legacy from the late philanthropists Jane Lan…
Intiman Theatre finally has a new home. The Seattle institution is settling on Capitol Hill at Seattle Central College, where it will become the only nationally known regional theater attach…
After receiving nearly 600 consumer complaints from around the country about Brown Paper Tickets, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Seattle…
How are local arts groups and musicians holding up and what do they have planned this fall, despite the restrictions? Here, they tell us in their own words, offering a snapshot of how some a…
Many theaters have turned to digital programming. Now, a few Seattle theaters have announced slightly more inventive, refined and ambitious season plans: audio dramas, online choose-your-own…
Attorneys in Seattle have filed two legal actions against Brown Paper Tickets, which has been beset by complaints that it owes artists money. Filed last month, one of the legal actions is on…
It's tough to find silver linings in 2020. In a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, though, artists have continued to create and will keep doing so, no matter the circumstances. Here's a …
For "The Line," playwrights Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen interviewed real health care workers in New York City. The play, presented by The Public Theater, streams online for free through Au…
A blowup around this year's Artist Trust's Artist Innovator Award has become a kind of referendum on the 33-year-old nonprofit that supports Washington artists and distributes nearly half a …
Performing arts organizations were among the first to close their doors in the pandemic shutdown and will likely be among the last to reopen. Even when they are allowed to turn on the lig…
How do we rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic? Do we try to reestablish the status quo of January 2020, or should we take this enforced pause " triggered by the twin forces of coronavirus …
The twin pressures of the coronavirus pandemic and economy-snarling lockdown have dramatically changed just about every aspect of life. As the country begins to emerge from stay-home orders,…
ArtsFund on Monday announced new projections about pandemic-related losses in regional arts, cultural and scientific nonprofits, as well as its first round of coronavirus-related relief gran…
Earlier this year, clients of the Seattle-based online ticket broker " many of them artists and small-business owners " said they haven't been paid for events, some dating back to last year.…
Petra Karr, who with her husband, Chris, founded what became the theater company ACT 1, died on April 7.
From the Capitol Hill Arts District Streaming Festival to a virtual benefit for "unconventional venues and the gig and production workers that make them possible," here are the streaming and…