Seattle Public Theater's Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol: All About JacobCharles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol is of course a tremendous holiday classic. Since initially being published in 1843--a time when Victorian England was experiencing a resurgence of nostalgic English Christmas traditions, as well as the sudden popularizations of the Christmas card and the Christmas tree--the work met with... continue reading on Seattlest
Book-It Repertory Theatre's production of Owen Meany's Christmas Pageant; photo by Alan Alabastro. Book-It Repertory Theatre and author John Irving have a good thing going. Last year Book-It enjoyed the success of their adaptation of the novelist's The Cider House Rules, which was initially adapted into the Book-It Style(tm)... continue reading on Seattlest
This Is A World of Books Gone Flat/ This Is A Jew In A Newspaper HatEzra Pound is a profoundly complicated, thorny, powerful figure of the literary world. His unmitigated poetic genius, in addition to the innumerable contributions he made to the modernist movement of the twentieth century. He was a staunch ally to literary peers whom he deemed deserving of his support, including... continue reading on Seattlest
Proof, Blank Stage Theater's Inaugural ProductionGarnering the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, David Auburn's Proof was one of first plays of the twenty-first century to make a tremendous splash in the world of theater, each of the four actors of the original Broadway cast earning Tony nominations. Four... continue reading on Seattlest
Sound Theater Company's Compleat Wllm Shkspr (Abridged): Compleatly SillySince its 1987 premier at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festival, Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) has enjoyed a lasting international popularity. The show, which encourages regional productions to keep things fast-paced and loose, to go heavy on local flair and improvisation, is a breakneck... continue reading on Seattlest
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