100 stories from blogs.seattletimes.com
Way back when, summer was truly doldrumsville regarding theater. A smattering of outdoor productions, a long drive to Ashland, Ore. " those were the options for Seattleites. Fast-forward to …
Seattle's loss is Portland's gain: Jeffrey Stanton, long a popular principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet (with the company 1994-2011) and currently a faculty member there, has accep…
The Seattle Repertory Theatre is one of five regional theaters selected to receive a $50,000 grant from the Ford Foundation, which honors companies celebrating 50 years in operation…
Reported by Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson: How time flies: Could  Washington Ensemble Theatre really be celebrating its 10th birthday soon? The ever-eclectic and daring fr…
Seattle Times arts writer Michael Upchurch reports: Seattle's ArtsFund, an organization dedicated to "supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy and grantmaking," is distributing $2,55…
Seattle Arts & Lectures has appointed a new executive director. It's Ruth Dickey, director of Cincinatti's Clifton Cultural Arts Center. In a press release, the organization cited Dickey's p…
From Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic: A memorial service has been set for influential theater director, author and scholar Herbert Blau, of Seattle, who died May 3 (obituary here)…
Here at ArtsPage HQ, we know the combination of artiness and free is irresistible. Here's an event coming up on Monday (June 10) that fits the bill: Balagan Theatre invites all to its free s…
After 21 years presenting plays in a cozy basement venue on Capitol Hill, Theater Schmeater is house-hunting. The long-running, well-attended fringe theater company has been at 1500 Summit A…
ArtPlace America, which distributes grants that "accelerate creative placemaking across the country," has announced the 54 recipients for grants in 2013-14. Washington recipients are: "Capit…
Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson writes: The Seattle Center theater formerly known as Intiman Playhouse is now under the management of Cornish College of the Arts, and it has a new …
Good tidings for "A Christmas Story, the Musical," a box-office hit when it made its Seattle debut in 2010 at the 5th Avenue Theatre: it earned nods for best musical, best book of a musical …
Seattle Repertory Theatre is one of five U.S. theaters awarded a $20,000 grant for commissions, workshops and premieres of new plays and musicals, the National Corporate Theatre Fund has ann…
Spring brings daffodils, rain, moss, more rain and a slew of 2013-14 theater season announcements. (Some have already sprung: Broadway at the Paramount, Seattle Rep, 5th Avenue, Village …
Think of it as suds and sopranos: Opera on Tap Seattle, which aims to bring great operatic works to nontraditional spaces, will drop by The Comet Tavern on Capitol Hill at 6 p.m. Sunday (Apr…
Seattle International Film Festival will open May 16 with a gala screening of "Much Ado About Nothing." Directed by Joss Whedon " who brought you last summer's breakout hit, "The Avengers" "…
It's a kind of homecoming this week for two old friends and collaborators as they reunite for a production of Athol Fugard's celebrated play, "Master Harold … and the Boys."Â Taking the…
Along with three plays by William Shakespeare, the 2013-14 season at Seattle Shakespeare Company will offer a production of the classic Oscar Wilde comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest."…
From Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic: A memorial service will be held for Julie Young Denninghoff at 11 a.m. Saturday (March 16) at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Seattle Rep, currently staging David Lindsay-Abaire's popular play "Good People," is offering a Dollar Store Deal for patrons. Starting Wednesday, the theater is making 25, $1 tickets availa…
ACT Theatre has chosen UW professor Mark Jenkins' play, "Red Earth, Gold Gate, Shadow Sky," as this year's New Play Award winner. The play will be workshopped in July at ACT (two free readin…
Good news for arts groups with something to say, but nowhere to say it: Seattle Theatre Group, with Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods announces STG's Nights at the Neptune: A People's Th…
Three area high-school students will travel to New York in May for the national finals of the August Wilson Monologue Contest after winning the local round earlier this week at Seattle Rep. …
Author Maria Semple and book-booster Nancy Pearl will share the stage at Town Hall Seattle on April 3 to discuss Semple's Seattle send-up "Where did you go, Bernadette?" The epistolary novel…
Though it's still early days, PNB is notifying subscribers this week of what its 2013/2014 season might look like (subject to change, as season are all about budgets). Among the highlights: …
