The Great Leap – Play – Seattle Repertory Theatre
Category: Seattle Repertory Theater
Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin – Musical Revue – Seattle Repertory Theatre
Ibsen in Chicago – Play – Seattle Repertory Theatre
Type: Musical
Recommendation: Worth seeing!
Rating (Out of 5 Stars): 4 stars
Negatives: Not many setting changes. Everything occured in a fictional theatre hall.
Story, Script, and Lyrics: Play-in-a-play where European working-class immigrants with secrets try to make it in America and put on the play Ghosts.
Cast and Theater Company: Typical Seattle Repertory Theatre production. Loved the prima donna character Helga (played by Kirsten Potter).
Venue and Set: Single setting in a run down fictional theatre hall.
Music and Audio: True to Seattle Repertory Theatre, no microphones were used but the performers projected well.
Price: $$ (Medium-priced at $54-$71)
Dates: February 2, 2018 – March 4, 2018
Seating: Assigned
Two Trains Running – Play – Seattle Repertory Theatre
Type: Play
Recommendation: Don’t see unless you like to watch people talking. I actually left at intermission.
Rating (Out of 5 Stars): 2 Stars
Negatives: I was bored to tears. No action, just talking! When I go to theatre, I want to be entertained.
Story, Script, and Lyrics: Black people from the mid-1900s in a restaurant talking about race stuff.
Cast and Theater Company: Well acted. Just not a good choice of play. I’m learning more and more that Seattle Repertory Theatre is a hit and miss.
Venue and Set: Well designed set of a restaurant. It’s a shame there were no scene changes though.
Music and Audio: No microphones but the actors project enough that you should be able to hear okay (if not “barely okay”). Seriously though, Seattle Repertory Theatre needs to start using microphones for the ticket prices they’re charging.
Price: $$ (Mid Priced at $17-80)
Dates: January 12, 2018 – February 11, 2018
Seating: Nothing special to say.
The Humans – Play – Seattle Repertory Theatre
Type: Play
Recommendation: It’s worth seeing but don’t come in with preconceived expectations of the “Best Play of the Year” Tony Award hype.
Rating (Out of 5 Stars): 3.5 Stars
Negatives: All dialogue and no plot. Felt like I was watching a play of Gilmore Girls talking constantly.
Story, Script, and Lyrics: East-coast family has Thanksgiving dinner. Dialogue unfolds to show how stable lives can easily change for the worse.
Cast and Theater Company: Not much to say. Typical Seattle Repertory Theatre quality theatrical production. Convincing performance.
Venue and Set: Two story set of a bare-bones New York City apartment. There were no scene changes since everything took place in the apartment.
Music and Audio: Easy to understand dialogue. No music.
Price: $$ (Moderately Priced at $17-95)
Dates: November 17, 2017 – December 17, 2017
Seating: Assigned Seating