Last Saturday, people were getting turned away at the door of Stone Soup Theatre out on Stone Way, as the walkways were already filled with the sell-out crowd at the last night of Ghostlight Theatricals's annual "Battle of the Bards" contest. Onstage, a bevy of Ghostlight regulars put on selections from three adaptations (we use the term loosely) of theatre classics. The audience voted (one vote came with the ticket; additional votes could be purchased for $1) on their favorite, which would get produced the next year as their winter show. Last year's winner, Lauren Goldman Marshall's "rock n' roll" adaptation of Moliere's ). more ›

We laughed ourselves silly during the buoyant slapstick farce that is The Miser (through April 6, tickets $20-$34), which was not really our plan. We'd meant to be stern with the Seattle Shakespeare Company--Moliere isn't Shakespeare. It's an obvious bait and switch. more ›

It's not often that we can tell just from glancing at the stage that we'll like a play, but with the Seattle Rep's The Imaginary Invalid, we felt like great things were in store the moment we caught sight of the silly, sumptuous velvet hatbox of a set. (Runs through March 22; tickets $15-$59, $10 for 25-and-under.) more ›

Culled from the film section of The Stranger: more ›

It's SIFF's last bleary-eyed, numb-assed, popcorn-butter-fingered weekend, so if you haven't stopped in for some film-festy fun, you gotta act fast. We held Audrey upside-down and shook her until she gave us some selections -- no, no, you deserve the best. There's no telling how far we'd go to make you happy. more ›

Through April 21, tickets $12/$10 students/seniors more ›