Category: Plays

The Chinese Lady – Play – Mini Review – ArtsWest and Yun Theatre

Congrats to ArtsWest & Yun Theatre on the sold-out closing weekend of Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady. Starring Zoe Ding & Sebastian Wang. Searing look at the zoo-like exoticism & carnival-like otherism (dare I say "fetishization") forced upon Asian Americans leaving you to ponder what else gets lost in translation as a dehumanized specimen. Adair MacCormack’s veil curtain design was a nice visual touch. In-person tickets may open up at the box office before the last performance tomorrow.... Click to read more

References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot – Play – Mini Review – Sound Theatre Company

Happy opening weekend to the Sound Theatre Company production of José Rivera’s References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot play. 🎭 Novel intersection of the army & surrealism. Dreamlike symbolism & sexual references ... just like Salvador Dalí... Click to read more

Conscience – Play – Mini Review – Taproot Theatre

Joe DiPietro’s Conscience play at Taproot Theatre draws uncanny, chilling parallels between McCarthyism and today’s politics. Jonathan Swindle delivers a wonderfully unhinged performance. Brilliantly met by Alyssa Keene’s elegant, pearl-draped Transatlantic conservative idealism and her well-cast sidekick-w/-a-secret Christopher Clark. The measured verbal cat fights w/ Kelly Karther were delicious. Framed by Mark Lund’s classical DC-meets-Greek architectural facade. Sharply written & urgently relevant. See it before it closes 10/17! ... Click to read more

Blood/Sucker – Play – Mini Review – Washington Ensemble Theatre

Washington Ensemble Theatre’s world premiere of Blood/Sucker by Anamaria Guerzon at 12th Ave Arts cleverly blends campy Filipino aswang horror w/ commentary on culture wars, doxing, cyberbullying, & CRT. Boosted by retro high school projections, a hilarious portrayal by Mario Orallo-Molinaro, and a riveting transformation by Peggy Gannon.... Click to read more

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Play – Review – Paramount Theatre

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child national touring #play from Seattle Theatre Group & Broadway Across America at the Paramount Theatre takes "stage magic" to a whole new dimension. If anything, go solely for the mind-bending visual effects and illusions. 🪄⚡️David Fine and Adam Grant Morrison anchor the technical marvel with a "forbidden bromance" dynamic that bordered on comedy.... Click to read more