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Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

How does one actually “make it” in Seattle’s creative arts world? A report.

ACT Theatre is presenting the boxing drama The Royale. A preview can be found, here. The show is about the legendary boxer Jack Johnson. Who is Jack Johnson? A brief primer.

Autumm brings another fall arts season. What’s on tap you should see? Some thoughts. 

Seattle Shakespeare Company’s new season is upon us. Artistic Director George Mount discusses it, here.

Taproot Theatre Company, who will present a show about composer George Handel soon, recently announced their 2017 season. 

Come From Away, seen at Seattle Repertory Theatre last year, is making waves now on Broadway. 

Black female playwrights are having their say. Intiman Theatre’s whole season has been dedicated to them. 

Finally, can dancing make you a better person? Yes. 

 

Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

Fall means new performing arts seasons are upon us, presented by some of the most prestigious arts organizations in our area. For a preview of what’s coming soon, City Arts has you covered.

Intiman Theatre’s season-long tribute to black women playwrights concludes with a play about an interracial couple in the 1920s, Wedding Band. It has “unvarished candor.”

Ex-Seattle Opera director, Speight Jenkins, is eager to give local talks about the “Voices of Opera” as part of the University of Washington’s Professional and Continuing Education division.

The Seattle Symphony’s own record label recently put out a new album featuring the work of French composer Henri Dutilleux. The album is “fabulous.”

City Arts recently sat down with Brandon Ivie, Village Theatre’s newly appointed associate artistic director.

Theatre crowds…in Kent? In a vacant storefront? Indeed.

Seattle Art Museum recently named the finalists for their Betty Bowen Award.

To ponder – is August Wilson the Shakespeare of our time?

Finally, legendary Queen singer, Freddie Mercury, is now an asteroid soaring between Mars and Jupiter.

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Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

Fall is just around the corner and with it a bevy of arts events.

2017 is not that far off either. The Seattle Art Museum is excited to showcase the work of Yayoi Kusama.

Brandon Ivie is on the hunt for the next great musical at Village Theatre.

Norm Lewis is on the hunt for windmills in 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Man of La Mancha.

The 20th anniversary national tour of Rent will stop in Seattle.

Bryan Cranston, Marina Abramovi? and more are lined up for Seattle Arts & Lectures’ new season.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are teaming up for a A Star is Born remake.

Finally, here’s Dick Van Dyke singing at a Denny’s.

 

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Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

Seattle Opera is presenting Rossini’s comedic opera Count Ory. It’s “sensational” and “second to nun.” Before you attend McCaw Hall yourself, meet the cast!

Last weekend, lovers of art ascended to Paul Allen’s Seattle Art Fair. It’s a big deal. The New York Times covered it, here. If you missed it, some highlights. And if you still want to see art, might we suggest Out of Sight, currently up at King Street Station?

Talking of Paul Allen, he’s put together Upstream, a music festival to mentor and celebrate Seattle-area musicians.

Summer in Seattle means going outside. Why not watch Wooden O’s Hamlet at a local park? Or watch Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park?

Finally, Pat Benatar…the Broadway musical? Rock on.

 

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Notorious skirt-chaser Count Ory and his merry-making mininos scheme their way into a medieval French castle by means of outrageous disguises, crazy coincidences, and narrow escapes. Plans are foiled, wine cellars are raided, and all is forgiven in this all-new, locally-built, Monty Python-inspired production filled with whimsical animation and vivid colors to start the Seattle Opera’s new season off with a bang. Let’s meet the cast, shall we?

Depending on the date, the title role will be played by Lawrence Brownlee or Barry Banks.

Here is Lawrence Brownlee performing a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR offices:

Here is Barry Banks singing from Don Giovanni:

The role of Countess Adele will be played by either Sarah Coburn or Lauren Snouffer.

Here is Sarah Coburn in rehearsal for Lucia di Lammermoor:

Here is Lauren Snouffer singing in The Rape of Lucretia:

The role of Isolier will be played by either Hanna Hipp or Stephanie Lauricella. 

Here is Hanna Hipp singing Poulenc:

Stephanie Lauricella was recently in a production of Hansel and Gretel: 

Here’s news from Seattle’s arts community and beyond.

Seattle Opera is presenting Count Ory, opening this weekend. The famed opera singer Lawrence Brownlee is returning to McCaw Hall‘s stage for a starring role. He’s profiled here and here.

The Pacific Northwest Ballet will be dancing amidst sculptures soon at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. 

There will be fine art aplenty this August. Some highlights can be found here.

There will be art at the annual Seattle Art Fair.

There will be the City Arts Summer Art Walk Awards soon. 

There will be the Mayor’s Arts Awards soon.

There’s wearable art on exhibit at the EMP Museum. 

There’s Warhol in Portland soon.

Talking about art, Stefano Catalani, a curator at the Bellevue Arts Museum is heading over to head the Gage Academy of Art. 

Famed composer Stephen Sondheim has a new musical in development.

Finally, classical composers produced great works when under extreme duress. 

Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

Taproot Theatre’s Big Fish continues its run. Learn more about the magical show here. You can also read an interview with the star of the show, Chris Ensweiler, here.

Are you excited about Seattle Opera’s coming season? Travis Vogt is. Their coming show is a Seattle Opera premiere of Rossini’s Count Ory.

Meet Seattle’s real life Billy Elliot. The production is currently being done at Village Theatre’s Everett location. 

How would it be to watch the Seattle Symphony perform The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring while…high?

Did you go to the Capitol Hill Block Party? A photo recap here and here. 

How about the Portland Opera…on a cart?

More women are making inroads to leadership roles in orchestras. 

Finally, can Pokemon Go transform our public spaces?

Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

Unfortunate news to report: the Seattle Shakespeare Company offices were recently flooded. If you care to help, you can. 

5th Avenue Theatre is presenting the Tony Award-winning The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Go behind-the-scenes with a photo essay here and hear about the show, here.

ACT is presenting Daisy, about a infamous political ad created in the 1960s. It’s discussed here and you can hear more about the show here.

Big Fish is going swimmingly at Taproot Theatre. According to Travis Vogt it’s better than the movie. Here’s an interview with Big Fish actor Sarah Russell. 

Here’s a glimpse at the Frye Art Museum’s programming for people living with dementia.

Could an art project help Seattle’s growing problem with homelessness? 

Can opera be an agent of change?

Finally, you can buy the original set of War Horse puppets. (You’re too late to get this original Bach score, however)

Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

John Langs, ACT’s artistic director, sat down with King FM recently to discuss Daisy. Sean Devine, the playwright, sat down with us recently to discuss his work.

The Tony Award-winning The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is at 5th Avenue Theatre. Here’s a preview and here’s an interview with artistic director David Armstrong about the production.

Have you been to the Seattle Art Museum’s new Graphic Masters exhibition? A review.

Lin-Manuel Miranda just had his last Hamilton performance on Broadway. Go behind-the-scenes, here.

What is the world’s largest orchestra of all time? This one, that happened last week.

Finally, museums are seeing an uptick in attendance numbers. Why? Pokemon Go.

Here’s news from Seattle’s performing arts community and beyond.

ACT Theatre’s new play, Daisy, explores the commercial that changed U.S. politics. Here’s our interview with the playwright, Sean Devine. And here’s an interview with Daisy actor Bradford Farwell.

The Seattle Symphony‘s “Tuning Up!” summer festival came to a close. They performed John Luther Adams’s “In the White Silence.” It’s discussed here and reviewed here.

Intiman Theatre’s summer festival has one focus – the work of black women.

Seattle Chamber Music Society is celebrating their 35th summer festival. It’s discussed here.

Tech-soaked Seattle, Don Fels writes, needs artists.

Finally, Hamilton. There’s a PBS special about the show coming soon. Also, what have been the Broadway show’s ripple effects to the world at large? These ripples.