Theater Search
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Tues at 7:30 pm, Wed at 7:30 and 10 pm. Through May 22.Theater
Actor, writer, comedian, and This American Life regular Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk With Me) tell tales from "a lifetime of romantic blunders and miscues." The show has been popular during its New York and Chicago runs. $35.
Star Crossed, and other tales from a devious universe
Tues-Wed at 8 pm. Through May 22.Theater
Eight short plays—four of which follow an astronaut on her scientific journey away from and back to love—written by Scotto Moore (A Mouse Who Knows Me, Duel of the Linguist Mages), directed by five directors, and featuring an ensemble cast. $5-$10.
No one to witness #4
Thurs-Fri at 12 pm. Through May 24.Dance
The Stranger Genius Award-nominated company zoe|juniper presents an open performance where the audience experiences the show from a new perspective: the floor. Free.
Lollyville: The Workshop
Fri May 24 at 8 pm.Theater
Lollyville is a communal village entirely inhabited by women, and one ghost. Playwrights Bret Fetzer and Juliet Waller Pruzan weave a modern fairytale about loneliness, love, and school reports about ladybugs. Talkback with the playwrights and director Kristina Sutherland to follow. Macha Monkey Productions at $10.
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Fri May 24 at 8 pm.Improv
Seattle Experimental Theater performs a fully improvised parody of the original Star Trek TV series, based on audience suggestions. $16-$20.
33 Variations
Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 3 pm. Through May 25.Theater
Nominated for five Tony Awards, Moises Kauffman's play is a drama set in New York City and Austria about a mother and a composer separated by 200 years. $10-$45.
Team of Heroes: No More Heroes
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through May 25.Theater
Writer Alexander Harris and director Jaime Roberts return with (almost all of) the original cast members for the final installment in the superhero trilogy about "the underbelly of doing good," which Paul Constant has described as "a superhero movie made on a tiny theater budget." $5-$20.
The Temperamentals
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm, select Sun matinees. Through May 25.Theater
A play by Jon Marans about a love affair between two of the founding members of the Mattachine Society, the first sustained LGBT rights organization in the US. The title comes from the early 20th-century usage of the word "temperamental," which is slang for "homosexual." "An eminently likable docudrama about gay identity in the age of Eisenhower" (New York Times). $12-$20.
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun at 1 and 3 pm. Through May 26.Theater
A puppet version of the classic fable about three goats who attempt to cross a bridge, guarded by a troll. Thistle Theater company uses Bunraku, full-body, and rod puppets, designed and built by Brian Kooser. Featuring two puppeteers and original music. $8-$10.
Captain Smartypants
Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 7:30 and 10 pm. Through June 1.Comedy
Nine gay men will sit around an onstage "campfire," singing and telling their comedic versions of classic ghost stories, horror comics, and gothic novels. $25.
Grey Gardens
Tues-Wed at 7:30 pm, Thurs-Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm, Sun at 2 and 7 pm. Through June 2.Theater
"Directed by Kurt Beattie, Grey Gardens is a musical based on the fascinating real-life story of Edith and Little Edie, a mother and daughter from the wealthy Bouvier-Beale clan, once great socialites (and cousins of Jackie O) who became fallen, cat-food-snarfing shut-ins. Act one (the problem!) takes place in July 1941, when the Bouvier-Beales are living high on the gilded hog in their still-glorious Hampton estate. This part of the legend is necessary for context, to introduce the family, and to properly frame their fall. It needs to be, you know... there. But it is not worth fully one-half of this darn-nigh-three-hour show. And it is definitely not the most interesting or important part of the Grey Gardens story." (Adrian Ryan) $55-$77.
Fela!
Tues-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm, Sun at 1 and 6:30 pm. Through June 2.Theater
The (mostly) true story of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician and activist who helped create Afrobeat, a blend of jazz, funk, and Yoruba music. His unusual living situation (he lived in an urban commune with 27 wives) and outspoken political critiques made him a target for the Nigerian military, which attacked and killed some of his family and bandmates. (During an attack on the commune, Kuti's mother was flung out of a window and killed.) Directed by Bill T. Jones, the musical mostly focuses on Kuti's sonic inventiveness and the generation of Africans he inspired. $20-$85.
tiny Diamonds
Thurs at 9 pm. Through June 27.Burlesque
The Heavenly Spies burlesque company celebrates its ten-year anniversary with a new weekly show. Paul Constant, a longtime Spies fan, wrote earlier this year: “Fae Phalen’s choreography sets the Spies apart from other, more amateurish burlesque you could see around town on any given night, where dancers waste time between a few simple steps and discard clothing whenever a number gets boring. A Spies striptease is all about control. Every movement—from the tilt of a hand while pulling off a glove to the arc of a swinging ponytail—is planned and practiced to perfection. Corrie Befort, a local modern dancer and choreographer, most recently of Salt Horse, explained that Phalen's choreography provides a ‘sense of form and an aesthetic’ that you don't usually find in burlesque—‘like white cake made with real cream,’ Befort wrote in an e-mail. ‘I was totally lured by the sugar, but hooked by the quality.’” $15.
The Language Archive
Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Through June 9.Theater
Twin stories by Julia Cho about love and language, in which a linguist can't talk his way out of divorce and an indigenous tongue is threatened with extinction due to a lover's spat. Directed by Shana Bestock. $10-$29.
The Twilight Zone: Live!
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 15.Theater
Rod Serling's scripts are brought to life by director Tim Moore and an ensemble cast in a boozy, cheerful atmosphere. This round features the episodes "I Shot an Arrow into the Air," "It's a Good Life," and "The Night of the Meek." $18-$23.
Bach at Leipzig
Wed-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm. Through June 15.Theater
Set in 18th-century Germany, Itamar Moses (Outrage, Celebrity Row, The Four of Us) composes a fictional story—structured like a fugue—about J.S. Bach vying against German organists who play dirty as they all reach for the position as prime organist and musical director. $20-$40.
SMOKED!
Thurs and Sun at 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 16.Theater
"SMOKED! is marketed as an homage to the genre-defining spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, best known for the Man with No Name trilogy. Ray Tagavilla gamely invokes Clint Eastwood's stoic, irreverent stranger, riding into a troubled town in the grip of a big bad boss. Two of the dishes elicited actual pain. The spring vegetable 'spaghetti' (read: coleslaw) came with mozzarella 'meatballs' rolled in powdered olives, a combination so salty it hurt. The smoked alfalfa-hay popcorn was impressive only from a scientific standpoint, as each kernel carried such an intense cigarette-smoke sensation that it stung the lungs." (Kim Fu) Cafe Nordo at $60-$80.
World's Fair
Thurs-Fri at 8 pm. Through June 21.Improv
An unscripted crime thriller improvised by Jet-City Improv, set at the World's Columbian Expo of 1893, inspired by Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City and the story of H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer. $12-$15.
Tuesday Tease at the Can Can
Every fourth Tues at 8:30 pm. Through June 23.Burlesque
Local burlesque performers strip to live music by The Lurid Spectacles every fourth Tuesday. Hosted by Ace Carter and Sailor St. Claire. $15-$20.
TheatreSports
Fri-Sat at 10:30 pm.Improv
For nearly 30 years, Unexpected Productions has producing TheatreSports, improv comedy in a competition format. A panel of judges presides over the champion and challenging teams. $15.
ComedySportz
Every Fri-Sat at 10:30 pm.Improv
Two teams of comedians compete with improv comedy. $12.
Lucky in Love
Thurs-Sat at 6:30 pm, Sun at 5:30 pm. Select Wed evenings and Sun matinees. Through Sept. 8.Theater
A new circus and cabaret show set in a casino, rolling high with the talents of Les Petits Frères, contortionist Vita Radionova, chanteuse Francine Reed, trapeze artists Duo Madrona, juggler Sergiy Krutikov, and former Ringling Bros. clown Peter Pitofsky. $60-$108.
Comedy Womb
Every Tues at 8 pm.Comedy
Weekly "female focused but not female exclusive" comedy open mic with special guest spots, a headliner, raffle, and more. $5.
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