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For the kids, SecondStory Rep conjures Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (May 2-18), Alice in Wonderland finds her way to Tacoma Musical Playhouse (May 17-25), and witches are routed by The Wizard of Oz at Studio East (May 30-June 22).

Man About Town

Legendary film and stage star Debbie Reynolds will headline the Seattle Men's Chorus's concert, Singing...in the Rain, at McCaw Hall, March 28-29. The Chorus' season will also include Fruitcake, Dece...

David Esbjornson, who has served as Seattle Repertory Theatre's artistic director since 2005, has announced that he will not renew his current contract, which will expire June 30, 2009. Esbjornson...

Boris McGiver is simply stunning in Tina Landau's bold, muscular production of Seamus Heaney's densely layered play.

Capital Playhouse has announced its 2008-2009 Season in a Box, which will open on a dark note with Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weil's The Threepenny Opera, October 9-November 1. For the holidays, Capital ...

The full cast and creative team have been announced for ACT's world premiere of Fathers and Sons by Michael Bradford, April 25-May 25. Part of the Hansberry Project, this production will be directed b...

For the kids, Seattle Children's Theatre offers Busytown (April 25-June 15), which brings Richard Scarry's lovable characters -- Huckleberry Cat, Farmer Pig, Train the Dog, and of course, Lowly Worm -- to life. Also, Book-It Theatre debuts an adaptation of The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch (April 17-May 10), winner of the 2006 PNB Book Award, about a summer earthquake and its effect on a short 13-year-old.

Full casting has been announced for Showtunes! Theatre Company's concert production of the Noël Coward musical comedy Sail Away at the Kirkland Performance Center, May 3-May 4. Directed by Jim Hu...

Full cast and creative team information has been announced for the West Coast premiere of David Greig's The American Pilot, to be presented at Theater Schmeater April 25-May 24. In this lyrical dra...