Things are kind of slow on the Monday before Thanksgiving, but what is happening is still pretty engaging. Among the offerings are two new documentaries on fascinating subjects, both products of the 80s: an intelligent and acerbic wit, and a ska/punk band that should have been bigger than they were. Also, closing night on one of the strangest plays of the year. more ›

WET's Homegrown season yields yet another strange play, which John Allis has some trouble getting to the bottom of. While he was at turns engaged and frustrated, the experience has left him scratching his head determining exactly what it is that's being communicated. more ›

The Great Pumpkin is coming, and in addition to the shows that opened last week celebrating the evening before All Saint's Day, we'll be adding just a couple of shows designed to cater to our need to see masquerades and be shocked out of our complacent ruts; the other shows feature a couple of adaptations ranging from an anticipated noir classic hitting one of our bigger stages and the appropriation of a master Russian playwrights words and using them in a modern setting. more ›

Tonight the Electric Six hit Neumos, the Central Cinema shows an American crime classic, and the folks at WET share their gently absurd coming of age story. There's nothing good on TV anyway, may as well get out of the house. more ›

Perhaps you thought last week’s roster couldn’t be topped in terms of breadth; we wouldn’t blame you really, but a quick glance at what’s on offer this week will put that notion to rest. There’s not just one, but two experimental pieces making their way into the world; two Seattle premieres, one world premiere of a local work, the latest offerings from a couple of the bigger houses AND an enormous undertaking happening down in Portland. Once again, our region’s ambitious nature shows its true colors, and it’s all enticing enough to take a gamble on. more ›

Theater season ramps up this fall. While Intiman forges ahead and looks to next year, other theaters are getting ready to hit the boards with their season openers this year. In a sure sign that the fall has arrived, two Seattle theater houses open their 2011 season within days of each other. more ›

Babs Gillespie is a product; she's a product that sells product at the ShopMore Network, which should give you an idea of the kinds of things she has to sell. As the lights come up, we join Babs just as she begins the last segment of her shift. She's hawking a gold-plated angel pin, and it quickly becomes evident that Babs is not working with a script. She talks about the quality of the pin, how much it costs, she asks for a close up of the item; all the while you hear each sale being tabulated as the calls come in, business is sporadic. more ›

Capitol Hill's trend-setting WET theater ensemble has a handy flyer about it stapled to telephone poles up and down 15th Avenue. But for those of you outside of flyer range, the play is called Gods Ear: (presumably as in, "From your mouth to..."). By Jenny Schwartz, the play was summed up in the august pages of the New York Times thusly: "a formally inventive and superbly performed drama about how the death of a son shatters a family, this ode to love, loss and the routines of life has the economy and dry wit of a Sondheim love song." It's a language play, which means that you'd better damn well enjoy listening to people speak. It opens Thursday, and runs (Thurs-Mon) through November 10. more ›