ACT and Fifth Avenue Theater's production of "Vanities: A New Musical" is a fun trip down memory lane for the audience. But some of the trip's depictions of cultural change may seem overly familiar and bit well-worn.
One constant of living in any city is change. Move away for five years and when you return to Queen Anne at least one store you loved is gone. Just around First Avenue North and Mercer, Tower Books is no more. Larry’s is the Metropolitan Market. One block away on First Avenue North that sense of change appears to be accelerating. The city’s small, billboard-sized sign on one wall advising more condos are coming has been standing for so long it is covered with graffiti.But the sign, posted in 2008 isn’t a lie. Things just took awhile.
The Center School's production of The Man Who Came to Dinner will be performed tonight at 7:30, Wednesday, Dec. 15 in the Center House Theater, on the lowest level of the Center House. Admission is free, although donations are strongly recommended. The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic screwball comedy from the 1930s, full of wit, romance, and a galaxy of wacky characters. This sparkling comedy has been a favorite of the American stage for nearly 75 years. Visit www.centerschoolseattle.org for more information.
Approaching old San Juan by sea, time regresses about 500 years. Weather worn towers (garitas) top the seemingly endless brownish walls dominating the horizon. Looming over the port city, the ancient battlements stand guard. The somewhat crumbly appearance deceives the eye, as they seem in fact quite solid.
Derived from the book of the same name co-written under a pseudonym by James Frey, that specialist in converting fiction to “fact,” "I am Number Four" understandably involves a great deal of dissembling and undercover chicanery.
A new medical facility has opened its doors in Lower Queen Anne aimed at bridging the gap between your doctor’s office and the emergency room.
Even amid the wind-racked storms brought on by the Pineapple Express, Discovery Park's lighthouse stands unaffected. Come spring, the buildings will be getting new roofing.
The Intiman, a beloved theater in the heart of the Seattle Center and a longtime fixture of the local drama scene, may be a victim of a poor economy and questionable management decisions.
Despite a disastrous year in 2010, local residents are trying to revive the Magnolia Farmers Market. Members of the Magnolia Farmers Market Steering Committee have sent a letter to the group that manages the farmers market, stating that they are working to find a new venue for the market, sponsors to subsidize it, and volunteers to help run it.
The weather was quite delightful over the weekend and throngs of Seattleites came out to take advantage of the near-winter sun.
After decades of discussion and about eight years of planning, it appears that the swap of land between the Seattle Parks Department and the Port of Seattle to create a park on Smith Cove may finally be moving forward. Parks representatives and Port of Seattle officials will meet with the public tomorrow, March 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Catherine Blaine K-8 cafeteria building to discuss the project and lay out their reasons for the land swap.
ACT Theater presents the Northwest premiere of Vanities: A New Musical, featuring powerhouse performances from Cayman Ilika, Jennifer Sue Johnson, and Billie Wildrick. Produced by ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre, thisnew musical will take you on a journey through the turbulent ’60s to the me centered ’80s and beyond, as three friends face life’s defining moments
Writer-director George Nolfi’s “The Adjustment Bureau” presents an intriguing concept: What if everything you did was all part of a pre-written plan and if you went off that path an unknown force would step in and make small changes or “adjustments” to get you back on that path?
Coe Elementary students recently got a lesson about bullying from a superhero. “Super School,” a play written by Bethany Wallace, educates children about problem solving, empathy training, emotional management and bullying prevention. Taproot Theatre presented the anti-bullying play for Coe Elementary students on March 3rd during a school-wide assembly.
Adaptations are always difficult-for the filmmakers, of course, but also for viewers who know the original and face a challenge in trying to meet the new movie on its own terms. With "True Grit," the latest offering from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, there are not one but two previous versions: Charles Portis' excellent 1968 novel and the famous 1969 film. I nearly wrote "well-known 1969 film," but given some of the asinine things written or said about it lately, it's clear many people do not, in fact, know the film; they just draw on a reservoir of cliché assumptions that pass for received wisdom.