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Hedda Lettuce returns to Seattle
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Hedda Lettuce -
Eat Me!
May 19-20
Julia's on
Broadway
Hedda Lettuce, New York City's premiere drag debutante, is back! Miss Lettuce returns to Julia's on Broadway for a two-nights-only round of shows that the world's first and premier eco-friendly drag queen promises will be ja more |
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Seattle's Pride Idol: Round Two
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
2010 SOAP PRIDE IDOL
R PLACE
SUNDAYS THROUGH JUNE 20
Last Sunday, four Seattle Out and Proud (SOaP) Pride Idol contestants proved that numbers are not as important as personality as they made the judges - and the audience - sing along, laugh, and cheer. more
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SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:
Harvey Fierstein brings Tevye to life in Fiddler on the Roof
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Fiddler on the Roof
May 25-30
Paramount TheatRE
There are many ways to describe Harvey Fierstein, but the one word that comes foremost to mind is "unique." His lists of accomplishments is impressive. He's penned the scripts for several Broadway more
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Nature of Dust gives audiences a new perspective
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
On the Nature of Dust
New Century Theatre Company
Through May 30
New Century Theatre Company is presenting a world-premiere play, On the Nature of Dust, by their company playwright, Stephanie Timm. This lyrical and enchanting play has been in development more
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Rare Webber musical Tell Me on a Sunday a cult favorite
by Milton W. Hamlin -
SGN A&E Writer
Tell Me on a Sunday
ArtsWest
Through May 23
There's so much to like about ArtsWest's new production of the rarely staged musical Tell Me on a Sunday, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, that it seems churlish to even mention the show's weaknesses. So, first of all, the more
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A Dyke About Town: Sonny Rollins and 110 in the Shade
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Sonny Rollins delights
Excitement was mounting as my partner and I arrived at the Paramount for Sonny Rollins concert on May 9. The woman who gave us our tickets said her day was going to be fine once she got inside, because the sound check had been out of control more
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Risky Amelia pays off for Seattle Opera
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Amelia
McCaw Hall
Through May 22
Amelia, a new opera by composer Daron Aric Hagen and librettist Gardner McFall, is so new that the composer was writing new music during the week of dress rehearsals. For this reason, the press was excluded from those rehearsals. more
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Goss and Clark bring Spring Tour to Seattle
by James Whitely -
SGN Staff Writer
Big Spring Tour 2010
May 7
Café Metropolitain
On Friday, May 7, openly Gay singer-songwriters Tom Goss and Jeremiah Clark played to a captive audience in the intimate setting of Café Metropolitain on Capitol Hill, as part of their 'Big Spring Tour 2010.' The more
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Seattle Symphony Strings never sounded so good
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Strings of the
Seattle Symphony
with Andrew Manze
May 6
Benaroya Hall
Thrills and excitement are not what I would expect from a concert of English string music. It's one thing to find them in music that has a lot of potential for such things, but more
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Deep Inside Hollywood
by Romeo San Vicente -
SGN Contributing Writer
Robert Downey Jr. circles Oz
In a way, Robert Downey Jr. is currently best known for playing the most indestructible Tin Man of all time. So if the Iron Man star decides to make a journey to Oz as the Wizard in an upcoming adaptation, who'd be surprised? Sam Mende more
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Fuckdog a madcap mess of mischief
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Poona the Fuckdog (and other stories for children)
Open Circle Theater
Through May 29
This article must contain expletives. There is no avoiding the title of the play, Poona the Fuckdog (and other stories for children), now at Open Circle Theater. The pla more
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Sci-fi Senses a cautionary tale
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
When I Come To My Senses, I'm Alive
Annex Theatre
Through May 22
Before getting to the actual play - even one as fun, fascinating, thoughtful and delightful as When I Come to My Senses, I'm Alive by Scotto Moore - first I gotta give huge props to David Gig more
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