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Homebody
Fri-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 22.Theater
"The title character of Tony Kushner's monologue Homebody begins as austere, sipping tea in her home and talking to us about her boring life—distant husband, antidepressants, a cartoonishly sterile middle-class life—juxtaposed with her fixation on the tumultuous and bloody history of Afghanistan. She talks in a precise but loopy manner, which she admits is difficult to listen to. Yet Homebody, played with an elegant and transfixing reserve by Mary Ewald (who performs in a small room for a handful of audience members), sells herself short. Her situation—a white woman fantasizing about exotic Afghanistan on the eve of its collision with US bombs—is only too clear. A little learning can be a dangerous thing." (Brendan Kiley) $15-$20.
Hairspray: 10th Anniversary Concert
Thurs-Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm, Sun at 2 and 7:30 pm. Through June 23.Theater
Seattle Men's Chorus performs Hairspray, the 2002 Broadway musical that first premiered in Seattle, in a concert directed by David Armstrong and Dennis Coleman. Featuring Jerick Hoffer (Jinkx Monsoon), Kirsten DeLohr Helland, Aaron Finley, and others. $23-$73.
Seattle International Dance Festival
Various times and venues. See website for full details. Through June 23.Dance
"The two-weekend SIDF, produced by Khambatta Dance Company, melds professional dance culture—including an Inter|National series with performers from Israel, Guinea, and Ghana—with an easygoing summer atmosphere. The mysterious 'Sanity Café,' a cabaret of new pieces based on themes picked by SIDF audiences, will wrap up the nine-day festival with a late-night event in a secret location." (Melody Datz) $15-$50.
Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys
Thurs-Mon at 7:30 pm. Through June 24.Theater
"In Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys, powerhouse actor Hannah Victorian Franklin plays Brandy, a successful children's birthday party clown whose recreational activities would drive the mothers who hire her around the bend—she drinks heavily, serially screws off-limits guys (usually entertaining fathers and teenagers after she's finished entertaining the tots), and gambles like a fiend. She lives as if the innocence of her day job is a stain that must be scrubbed away with broken glass and vomit." (Brendan Kiley) $15-$25.
Autopsy of Love
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through June 29.Dance
A world premiere by Donald Byrd featuring live musical renditions of Robert Schumann's Dichterliebe and settings of poet Heinrich Heine's Lyrisches Intermezzo. Spectrum Dance Theater at $20-$25.
Other Desert Cities
Tues-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm, Sun at 2 and 7 pm. Through June 30.Theater
"When Brooke Wyeth, played by Marya Sea Kaminski, arrives at her parents’ Palm Springs mansion on Christmas Eve with a frighteningly revealing memoir in hand, she threatens to tear apart the powerful and prestigious Republican image the family has been carefully constructing for decades. Victor Pappas directs this Northwest premiere, featuring Pamela Reed (Parks and Recreation) as a snarlingly cruel and intelligent matriarch and Kevin Tighe (LOST) as a more bumbling but more humane patriarch. The text, with its reversals of fortune all played out in the family's immaculate living room, is good. But the performances, which hang tight through multiple hairpin turns and disturbing revelations, are great." (Brendan Kiley) $35-$60.
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