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Actor Louis Hobson Is Rethinking Musicals in Seattle
Misha Berson on Louis Hobson’s plan to make Seattle a musical-theatre incubator.
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Misha Berson on Louis Hobson’s plan to make Seattle a musical-theatre incubator.
Retired artistic directors Jon Jory and Tina Packer on their next acts.
How a citywide festival took shape from a city’s pain.
Stephen Spotswood throws a modern twist in ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ with ‘In the Forest, She Grew Fangs’ at defunkt theatre.
Diep Tran talks to theatre artists of color strategizing for access and representation
Laural Meade’s melodrama “Harry Thaw Hates Everybody” gets a revival at Shotgun Players.
Former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey’s Pulitzer winning collection of poetry is getting made into a play at the Alliance Theatre.
Mike Daisey puts on a series of new monologues about Shakespeare’s tragedies at California Shakespeare Theater.
Paata Tsikurishvili on why the evil Dr. Moreau in “The Island of Dr. Moreau” at Synetic Theater, is the perfect role for him.
Suzy Evans on efforts to close theatre’s gender gap.