Seattlest Pix 09Nov22
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Seattlest Pix 09Nov23
Can't Miss It: Monday
ONE WEEKEND ONLY
Portland's experimental dance group tEEth arrives at On the Boards tonight with Grub, a new dance/performance art work exploring the way in which modern technology mediates human experience to the point that it's possible not to interact with other humans at all. Perhaps not the most original conceit, but tEEth has a reputation for brilliant stage craft that allows an otherwise mundane topic to rise to the level of brilliant art. (100 W. Roy St. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m. Tix $18.)
OPENING
The Mistakes Madeline Made @ WET. Elizabeth Merriwether's new play will turn out to either by brilliant or terrible; we don't hold out much hope for a middle ground. A low-level office functionary rebels by refusing to bathe and sleeping around with writers. Her brother, a war journalist, is dead, which we're sure will prove to be important. (608 19th Avenue East, The Little Theatre. Thurs.-Mon., 8 p.m. Tix $10-$18.)
LAST CHANCE
murder, hope @ Annex Theatre. Becky Poole has created a brilliant little one-woman show that deals with disease, its impact on family, and superheroes. She also plays music on saws. It's flippin' awesome. (1100 E. Pike St. Fri. 11 p.m. Tix $10/$5.)
Memphis @ 5th Avenue. "Racial prejudice is certainly not a new theme in American musicals, but Memphis succeeds in updating what could be perceived as an otherwise redundant tale thanks to the pairing of Joe DiPietro and composer David Bryan (Bon Jovi keyboardist and founding member). With rich, catchy tunes, solid vocals from the entire cast, and high-energy dance numbers throughout, at its core, Memphis is pure visceral entertainment." [Read our review.] (1308 Fifth Ave. Tues. & Weds., 7:30; Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; matinees Sat. at 2 & Sun. at 1:30. Tix $24-$81.)
Blind Spot @ Annex Theatre. "There are a lot of things to love about Annex Theater's production of Blind Spot. After all, the play is nothing if not imaginative." [Read our review.] (1100 E. Pike St. Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. Tix $12/$7/$5.)
The Road to Mecca @ the Rep. "[A] snoozer's a snoozer, and the first act was definitely a snoozer. Not so much the second act, featuring a phenomenally explosive performance, which is, we suppose, a way of saying to readers to just stick with it--it gets good." [Read our review.] (Thurs.-Sat. 7:30, Sat. matinee at 2; tix $15-$59.)
ALSO PLAYING
Kid Simple @ Theatre off Jackson. Macha Monkey Productions' newest show, directed by the talented Kristina Sutherland, seems to bear some similarity to the last show we saw her in, interlace [falling star] at Annex. Kid Simple is a sci-fi fable about a girl who invents a hearing machine, falls for its shapeshifting thief, and pursues him into a world of shifting sonicscapes. (409 Seventh Ave. S. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; tix $15.)
Death, Sex @ the Balagan. The Balagan is switching things up with a new one-act play fest. Death, Sex features six 10-minute comedies about the titular topics by the likes of Shel Silverstein and David Mamet. Performances feature such local talent as Hannah Schnabel and the lovely Lachrista Borgers. (1117 E. Pike St. Fri. 8 & 10 p.m., Sat. 8 p.m. Tix $15/$12.)
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