Spring Curtain Call
f you didn't catch ACT's highly-praised The Pillowman, you probably missed our city's best theater offering of the year. But a bright and cheery springtime…
The Notorious Bettie Page
"Flattery is the devil's tool, Charlie." Mid-1950s New York City, and men in business suits quietly browse a seedy Times Square magazine shop. One anxious-looking…
9 Parts of Desire
"How 'smart' is this bomb if it bombed a painter?" Based on a series of interviews she conducted over eleven years, Heather Raffo's dense and…
Duck Season
"You have to care about things to remember them." Given only the premise of this fantastic little Mexican indie -- two early-teen boys have a…
Capitol Hill High
Did anybody really enjoy high school? I know I didn't, but had my less-than-stellar learning institution been anything like fictional Capitol Hill High (the setting…
Best Films of 2005
A look back at the gayest, most mysterious cinema year ever I love that Brokeback Mountain is making such a hard gallop into the public…
Holiday Curtain Call
In 2001, when I was still relatively new to this city, I made one of my first visits to the Seattle Rep to see their…
Mid-Fall Curtain Call
Autumn chugs along, and so does the local theater season. My latest round of adventures therein got a most auspicious start last Monday with The…
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival preview
Lesbian mountainbike racers and boxing champs. An ABBA sing-along (Cinerama style), and a Madonna one (with blonde ambition provided by a drag queen called Peaches…
Early Fall Curtain Call
Shadow puppets, Sarah Rudinoff, and a cute accordionist highlight five big plays (in ten short days) Fall is here, and what's not to love about…