At last, Patrick and Agnes find the decadent apartment of his only living relative, Auntie Mame Dennis and, well, this is where it gets good. Did we say good? We meant marvelous, fabulous, breathtaking, spectacular and any number of other big words meant to convey a sense of awe and grandeur. more ›

We're by no means theatre majors, but we do loves to get out for some culture from time to time. Which is why this Thursday we're getting dolled up for the 5th Avenue Theatre's "MAME". more ›

Once upon a time in a land not so far, far away, our head exploded. more ›

"On October 1, when tickets went on sale for the Seattle premiere of Jersey Boys," the press release solemnly informs us, "all 5th Avenue Theatre box office records were broken." more ›

A friend of ours -- and Into the Woods connoisseur -- says this is the best of the non-Broadway productions he's seen. We had never seen it before -- we like musicals fine, but for some reason we associate liking Sondheim with, you know, the fun of terrible key parties like in The Ice Storm -- and had only the faintest notion about its fractured fairytale plot: there's a Baker and his Wife who want to have kids but have been cursed by the Witch next door, Jack and mom and his magic beans, a more indecisive Cinderella than you'd expect, and a shiv-wielding Little Red Riding Hood. Having kids can be the moment you finally let go of your toys and stop looking upward for advice -- in a story like this, that means dad and mom have gotta go. In the first act, dads get left behind like nobody's business, in the second act, moms get clubbed to death. more ›

MUSICALS: Camelot opens with previews tonight--the barely-recognizable celebrity they've pressganged into the production is Michael York, who you know from Austin Powers. more ›

Wonderful Town, currently playing at the 5th Avenue Theatre, is, in a word, fantastic. (You thought we would go with “wonderful,” didn’t you? Yeah, not this time, buddy.) Seattlest caught the show last Saturday night, and we genuinely enjoyed it. more ›

The Adam Sandler movie The Wedding Singer hit a note with audiences outside of the traditional Sandler base and probably led directly to his roles in more recent non-funny non-comedy movies. Seattlest thinks he's going to eventually be very good in those roles and we wish him the best with that. more ›