69 stories by "Dusty Somers"
Before Weedman popped up on TV, she cemented a reputation in Seattle as a fearlessly self-lacerating monologist. She returns to those roots with "Lauren Weedman BLOWS."
Karen Rodriguez gives a fully realized performance as 15-year-old Júlia in Seattle Rep's purposeful staging of this adaptation of a young-adult novel.
In "An Endless Shift" at ArtsWest, Gloria Alcalá personifies five health care workers, using their words, verbatim, about working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Debra Ann Byrd's solo show "The World's a Stage: Becoming Othello, A Black Girl's Journey" opens at Seattle Shakespeare Company Jan. 6.
Drag superstars Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme talk about their Seattle roots, making difficult topics funny and Monsoon's upcoming Broadway debut.
Before her Broadway star turn and TV writing career, Heidi Schreck cut her teeth on and behind the stages of an adventurous Seattle fringe theater company.
Sayet's show "Where We Belong," opening soon at Seattle Rep, includes an accountability rider with requirements such as a commitment to never employ redface again.
Just weeks before the Sept. 9 opening of Theatre22's second show of 2022, the company announced that that would be its final production. Here's why.
Hundreds of performances and a pandemic later, the "Come From Away" national tour is back at the 5th Avenue Theatre, running through Aug. 7.
"Hadestown," winner of eight Tony Awards including best musical, makes its touring debut in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre July 12-17.
5th Avenue's "Afterwords" fails to meaningfully grapple with topics like grief and addiction. But a talented cast shines.
WET's first full-length live production since the pandemic is shiny, sugary and gleefully nonsensical.
Mike Lew's "Teenage Dick," a reimagining of Shakespeare's "Richard III," is onstage at Seattle Rep through April 3.
"The Thin Place," opening later this month at ACT Theatre, is by Lucas Hnath, known for his cerebral and formally adventurous plays.
The world premiere of "The Fifth Wave," presented by Macha Theatre Works, finally makes it to the stage. It runs through Feb. 27 at West of Lenin.
"Hotter Than Egypt" marks the fifth world premiere staging at ACT Theatre for Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi. It's a lighter effort than some of his past works.
Seattle Shakespeare Company's "Drum and Colours" program, which features a cast made up entirely of people of color, pairs "Hamlet" and "As You Like It,"
Now on stage at ArtsWest, this world premiere production sketches a vivid characterization of a loving if suddenly tenuous bond between father-figure (Lamar Legend, who also directed) and so…
In the plays of Yussef El Guindi, the Egyptian-born Seattle writer, characters from different backgrounds fumble for common ground. His latest, "Hotter Than Egypt," opens soon at ACT Theatre…
There's never been a Village Theatre without Robb Hunt. He was part of a group that founded the Issaquah-based institution in 1979 and, at the end of this season, he will step down, followin…
Village Theatre's first full production since reopening from pandemic closures in 2020 is "Songs for a New World," from composer Jason Robert Brown, a two-time Tony winner for "Parade" and "…
Director Bartlett Sher, onetime artistic director of Seattle's Intiman Theatre, talks about reviving "My Fair Lady" for current times. The touring production runs at the Paramount Theatre De…
"We've Battled Monsters Before" showcases Justin Huertas' brand of charming fantasy-tinged chamber musical, while also presenting the joys and heartaches of Huertas' Filipino heritage and a …
Taproot Theatre's first play back from pandemic closures is "Babette's Feast," adapted from Isak Dinesen's 1950 short story, about a refugee from Paris who cooks a lavish feast for a pious f…
Book-It Repertory Theatre will begin live performances again early next year, but the company is kicking off this hybrid season with two more recorded audio dramas. The first " "Zen and the …
