Can't Miss It: Tuesday
HOW MANY BOYS, HOW MANY GIRLS: A Chorus Line opens at the Paramount tonight. It's being sold on the TV commercials as the best Broadway musical EVAR, and we'd have to agree. Seattlest will be the one singing along with every single word (and dancing along with every bit of choreography in our seat). This is the show, at least in part, responsible for our life-long love affair with music and dance. You've got a week to fall in love yourself. No pressure.
Aug. 5-10 // 7:30 p.m. Tue.-Thu., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 1 & 6:30 p.m. Sun. // The Paramount // Tickets start at $28
SPEAKING OF THE THEATER: Former stage actress Tana French is writing novels these days, and her latest is called The Likeness. It's one of those psychological thriller types, and Publishers Weekly said of it: "Readers looking for a new name in psychological suspense need look no further than this powerful new Irish voice." She'll be reading from the novel tonight at Elliott Bay.
7:30 p.m. // Elliott Bay Books // Free
EVERYBODY WAS DISCO DANCING: We bet you didn't know there's a bit of a disco thing going on in Seattle. We're digging hard on it, and representatives from the local disco scene will be turning the Tractor Tavern into a glittery, disco ball-ish wonderland tonight. They call themselves the Color Bars, and they'll be joined by the alt-country stylings of the Smile Brigade, natch.
9 p.m. // Tractor Tavern // $6
"Paramount." courtesy of Seattlest Flickr user lorilovesyouu
