Theater, dance and opera around the region
Published 1:30 am Thursday, September 7, 2017
Theater
Edmonds Driftwood Players: Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org or 425-774-9600, option 3. Season tickets still available. Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” directed by Paul Fouhy, runs Sept. 8-24. Tickets are $28 general admission, and $25 for seniors, juniors and miltary. Auditions for the holiday production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” are Sept. 17-18. Sign up at edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org/participate/auditions.
Red Curtain: The Red Curtain Arts Center, 9315 State Ave., Suite J, Marysville (in the Goodwill shopping center, behind the Everett Community College cosmetology school). Box office hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or call 360-322-7402. For more information about classes and for tickets the coming season, go to www.redcurtainfoundation.org. “The Fantasticks” runs Sept. 8-24.
Outcast Players: The male and the female versions of Neil Simon’s “Odd Couple” will be presented on alternating nights Sept. 21 through Oct. 8 at the Historic Everett Theatre. Shows are Thursdays at 7 p.m. (two-for-one senior night), Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $12. Call 425-258-6766.
Phoenix Theatre: The comedy theater is at 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. Call 206-533-2000 or go to www.phoenixtheatreedmonds.org. Season 10 tickets are now available via the website. “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” runs Oct. 6-29.
Village Theatre: Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.; 425-257-8600 or www.villagetheatre.org/everett. “Into the Woods” Oct. 27-Nov. 19.
“Dance with Death”: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at the Marysville Opera House is set for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the opera house, 1225 Third St., Marysville. Tickets are $45, with a maximum of six people to a table. Limited seating. Registration closes Sept. 18. Call 360-363-8400 or go to www.marysvillewa.gov. When murder strikes at the sock hop, the night turns into a party foul. Whodunit? Come dressed in ’50s attire and hairdos. Enjoy a three-course catered dinner. Interrogate the suspects, gather clues and help the mystery experts crack the case before the killer gets away.
Lamplight Productions: A group of Edmonds Driftwood Players regulars are on stage at the Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake in Seattle doing a production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Directed by Ted Jaquith, the cast includes Terry Boyd, Cindy Giese French, Molly Hall, Connor Kinzer, Amy Gentry and Laura McFarlane. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7-9 and 14-16, and at 2 p.m. Sept. 10 and 17. More at www.lamplightproductions.org.
Dance
Olympic Ballet Theatre: Beaux Arts annual fundraiser includes performance sneak peeks, dinner, silent and live auctions, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14, Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW. Call 425-774-7570.
Comedy
Bill Engvall: Engvall will perform stand-up comedy at 6 and 9 p.m. Sept. 9, Tulalip Resort Casino, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd. The comedian, actor and writer is a former member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, best known for his “Here’s Your Sign” bit. Tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.
Run Faster, Laugh Louder Comedy Night: The Snohomish High School Cross Country team offers a comedy night fundraiser at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave. Cost is $15 and tickets are available at shsxccomedynight.brownpapertickets.com. Standup comedians featured include Geoff Broussard, Duane Goad and Joe Vespaziani.
Improv Comedy Night: Held on third Saturdays. The next one is 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Cafe Zippy, 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett. Free.
To submit information, email reporter Gale Fiege at gfiege@heraldnet.com.
