As You Like It – Musical – Seattle Repertory Theatre “As You Like It” musical w/ Seattle Rep. Cute adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy. Lightning cut the lights/sound midshow & an audience member wandered onstage! #technicalDifficulties
Steel Magnolias – Play – SecondStory Repertory Theater Steel Magnolias at SecondStory Repertory. Good actresses & dialogue. But the script desperately needed better plot progression & more scene changes. Surprised that this play inspired 3 screen adaptations. #DrinkYourJuiceShelby #diabetes
9 to 5 – Musical – Twelfth Night Productions “9 to 5” musical w/ Twelfth Night Productions. Good Dolly Parton impersonation. Always pleasantly surprised when a community theater cast manages to perform a decent tap dance break. Lots of potential needed better sound engineering to fully showcase the talent. Poorly-written unconvincing ending. #secretaries
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Musical – Paramount Theatre “Golden Ticket” to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” live musical adaptation w/ Seattle Theatre Group. Clever Oompa Loompa “stage magic.” Diverse sets, scenes, costumes, caricatures, & songs. Great Russian father-daughter duo. But new songs were unmemorable and the theater was surprisingly empty! #Chocolate #Candy
Bright Star – Musical – Taproot Theatre “Bright Star” by Steve Martin at Taproot Theatre. Unexpectedly good musical despite all the folk country bluegrass (which I surprisingly enjoyed) & depictions of the backwards South. Talented lead actress. Proud to have accurately predicted two major plots twists. #Southern