“Moby Dick”: With the famous line “Call me Ishmael,” Book-It Repertory Theatre opens its world premiere adaptation of Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick.”
Show times are evenings and matinees through March 8 at Center House Theatre in Seattle.
This seagoing adventure sails with authentic language and characters and captures Melville’s muscular dialogue and rich narrative. The audience sets sail with Captain Ahab in his determined and perilous pursuit of the great white whale.
The adaptor and director of “Moby Dick,” David Quicksall, has done an extensive study on Melville’s masterpiece, distilling this tale into a well-wrought two-hour adventure, according to press material on the show.
“Our Town”: This is author Thornton Wilder’s journey through the cycle of life with a folksy, storytelling stage manager leading us to discover how precious life is.
The production opens tonight and runs through March 1 at Driftwood Players in Edmonds.
The setting for this drama is a small town where Emily Webb, a serious student, and George Gibbs, an up-and-coming baseball star, are growing up. The two fall in love and marry, but face tragedy. As the stage manager puts it: “Way down deep, there is something that’s eternal about every human being.”
“The Vagina Monologues”: This special Valentine’s Day edition asks all lovers out there to join the VaWa Sisterhood for this encore performance to raise funds for the Intervention Center for Assault &Abuse.
The VaWas have been performing this show in different ways since 2005, so even if you think you’ve seen it all before, you’ve never seen it like this.
The show is at 2 p.m. Saturday for one performance only.
“Betrayal”: Up-and-coming Seattle director Braden Abraham unravels Harold Pinter’s love-triangle-with-a-twist in a fresh way as the gripping drama of a woman’s illicit affair with her husband’s best friend is played out in reverse, from the end of the affair to the lovers’ first encounter.
The show opens with previews Thursday and runs through March 22 at Seattle Repertory Theatre.
“Jane Eyre”: This retelling of the Charlotte Bronte classic focuses on an orphan girl who becomes the governess of Thornfield Hall but falls in love with an earl who keeps a dark secret.
This Seattle Musical Theatre love story boasts soaring melodies and a romantic lyricism with breathtaking scope and beauty.
Opens tonight and runs through March 1 at Seattle Musical Theatre.
“Eleemosynary”: Stone Soup Theatre is billing this as an evocative play about love, personal identity and the importance of family.
The show opens Wednesday and runs through March 15 at Stone Soup Theatre in Seattle.
The story focuses on an eccentric grandmother, an alienated mother and a precocious spelling bee champion granddaughter. The plot is filled with humor while touching on themes about challenged families and the need to be loved for who we really are.
Stone Soup has recently expanded from its 47-seat theatre to a renovated 62-seat space.
“Blithe Spirit”: Here’s a funny look at the afterlife from award-winning playwright Noel Coward.
The show previews Sunday and runs through March in the Penthouse Theatre on the University of Washington campus.
The University of Washington School of Drama delivers this mischievous comedy about novelist Charles, who invites a medium over to his house for a seance. This produces Charles’ long-lost wife, Elvira. Charles is the only one who can hear or see Elvira so he has some explaining to do to his current wife, Ruth. The plot thickens when we discover that Elvira wants to spend the rest of her afterlife with Charles and wants to begin that immediately. Too bad things don’t go as planned.
Joan Rivers: The woman who brought you “Can we talk?” to her red-carpet mantra, “Who are you wearing?” comes to Seattle with her distinct, irreverent brand of comedy.
Rivers appears for two shows tonight at the Triple Door in Seattle.
Rivers, the daughter of immigrant Russian parents, skyrocketed to stardom in 1965 when she appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. She then hosted “That Show With Joan Rivers,” one of the first syndicated daytime shows, and went on to become the first sole guest host of “The Tonight Show.” She has won an Emmy for “The Joan Rivers Show,” and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Where to see it
“Moby Dick”: 7:30 tonight, Seattle Center House, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. matinees through March 8. $15 to $35; 206-216-0833, www.book-it.org.
“Our Town”: Opens at 8 tonight at Driftwood Players’ Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through March 1. $23 and $20; 425-774-9600, www.driftwoodplayers.com.
“The Vagina Monologues”: 2 p.m. Saturday at Driftwood Players’ Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds; $20; 425-774-9600, www.driftwoodplayers.com.
“Betrayal”: Opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with previews at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St., Seattle. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, with 2 p.m. matinees Saturdays and Sundays through March 22. $29 to $55; 206-443-2222, 877-900-9285, www.seattlerep.org.
“Jane Eyre”: Opens at 8 tonight at Seattle Musical Theatre, Magnuson Community Center, Building No. 47, Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way, Seattle. Shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through March 1. $25 to $35; 206-363-2809, www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org.
“Eleemosynary”: Opens at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Stone Soup, 4029 Stone Way N., Seattle. Shows at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through March 15. $10 to $23.50; 800-838-3006, 206-633-1883, www.brownpapertickets.com.
“Blithe Spirit”: Opens at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Penthouse Theatre, 4001 University Way NE, Seattle. Evening and matinee performances through March 1. $8 to $15; 206-543-4880, drama.washington.edu.
Joan Rivers: 7 and 9:30 tonight, Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle; $70 in advance, $80 at the door; 206-838-4333, www.tripledoor.com.
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