Theater
Snohomish, Island counties
“Drinking Alone”: This romantic comedy focuses on the fun in this dysfunctional family where loner Joe Todd hasn’t seen his relatives in 15 years and hires an escort as his fiancee to impress his dad.Shows are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturday
s through April 23 at the Phoenix Theater, 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. Tickets are $18, $15 and $12. Call 206-533-2000 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/163959.
“Nunsense”: The Little Sisters of Hoboken put on an irreverent musical variety show; 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through April 24 at Driftwood Players’ Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets are $23 and $20. Call 425-774-9600 or go to www.driftwoodplayers.com.
“Twelfth Night”: Viola, a shipwreck survivor, loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes to be dead. Under the guise of a man named Cesario, she becomes a page to Duke Orsino and falls in love with him. Shows are 7:30 p.m. April 22 and 23 at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley. Tickets are $12 to $16. Call 360-221-8268, 800-638-7631 or go to www.WICAonline.com.
“Iron Curtain”: The Soviets set out to create a Broadway musical, so Howard and Murray, two down and out musical theater writers, are kidnapped, taken to Moscow, and forced to fix the worst musical ever written. Shows are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and selected Sundays at 7 p.m. Apr. 29 to May 22 at Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. Tickets are $19 to $54. Call 425-257-8600 or 888-257-3722 or go to www.villagetheatre.org.
“Moonlight & Valentino”: Explores the ups and downs of friendships, relationships, emotional losses and small victories as the women cope with the sudden death of their dear friend’s husband. Shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday from April 29 to May 15. Tickets are $15, $12 and $5. Call 425-258-6766 or go to www.everetttheatre.org.
Seattle
“The Man Who Planted Trees”: Puppet State Theatre Company of Scotland shares this ecological tale of a French shepherd who wants to transform a barren wasteland with a forest, one acorn at a time. Shows at 7 p.m. weekdays; 5:30 p.m. weekends; matinees at 2 p.m. through May 1 at SCT’s Eve Alvord Theatre, 201 Thomas St., Seattle. Tickets are $17 to $37 at the box office, 206-441-3322 or online, www.sct.org.
“Kafka’s Getting Married” and “Flame in the Mirror”: These two one-acts read by playwright John Ruoff during comedy/tragedy night at 7 p.m. April 25 at The Shoreline Center, 18560 First Ave. NE, Shoreline. Free. Call 206-417-4645 or go to www.shorelinearts.net. Cookies and coffee after the show.
“The Merry Wives of Windsor”: Shakespeare’s comedy of two clever ladies who turn the tables on the swindler Falstaff; 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with selected Saturdays at 2 p.m. and selected Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to May 15 at Center House Theatre, 305 Harrison St., Seattle. Tickes $15 to $40. Call 206-733-8222 or www.seattleshakespeare.org.
“Goin’ Steady: The Musical”: Wing-It Productions presented this unscripted 1950s rock n’ roll comedy about students at Buster Willowcrest High School where two kids from the opposite sides of the tracks fall in love. Shows at 8 p.m. through April 22 at Wing-It Productions, 5510 University Way NE. Tickets are $10 to $14. Call 206-352-8291 or go to www.wingitpresents.com.
“The Beams are Creaking”: Due to sold-out shows, performances have been extended through April 30 at Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., Seattle. Tickets range from $20 to $35. Call 206-781-9707 or online, www.taproottheatre.org. This is a tue story set in Germany in 1933 about Dietrich Bonhoeffer who battles questions of morality, political allegiance and religious conviction while facing the Nazis.
“The Prisoner of Second Avenue”: This angst-filled comedy has middle-class Mel Edison and his wife Edna trying to make ends meet in 1970s Manhattan as their world quickly turns upside down. Shows at various times from April 29 to May 29 at ACT Theatre, 900 Union St., Seattle. Tickets are $15 to $55. Call 206-292-7676 or go to www.acttheatre.org.
“Jackie & Me”: A boy travels time through a baseball card to meet Jackie Robinson as he breaks Major League Baseball’s color barrier. Shows 7 p.m. weekdays, 5:30 p.m. weekends with 2 p.m. matinees from April 29 through June 5 at Seattle Children’s Theatre, 201 Thomas St., Seattle. Tickets are $17 to $37. Call 206-441-3322 or visit www.sct.org.
“9 to 5 The Musical”: American Idol finalist Diana DeGarmo plays Doralee Rhodes, the role made famous by the Dolly Parton in the original film upon which this musical is based and includes Parton’s original score and more than a dozen new tunes; Tuesdays through Sundays through April 24 at the 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle. Tickets start at $23. Call 206-625-1900 or 888-584-4849, www.5thavenue.org.
“My Time with the Lady”: An original play by Ron Richardson and John Longenbaugh that tells of times at Seattle’s Lusty Lady Peepshow through the eyes of a young man who worked the front desk; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday until April 30 at The Market Theatre, 1428 Post Alley, Seattle. Tickets are $15 at brown papertickets.com.
“Vanities”: A new musical produced by the 5th Avenue Theatre and performed at ACT Theatre that follows the life-defining moments of three women whose enduring friendship survives and spans from the ’60s to the ’80s. Shows are various times through May 1 in the Falls Theatre of ACT, 700 Union St., Seattle. Tickets are $10 to $55. Call 206-292-7676 or go to www.actttheatre.org.
BILLBOARD
Last Leaf Productions: Auditions for the 13th season of Shakespeare in the Park performing “Merchant of Venice” and “As You Like It.” All roles available, actors perform in both shows. Auditions by appointment only. Contact lastleafalex@comcast.net or call 425-319-0978.
Red Curtain Productions is accepting applications for stage directors for the 2011-12 season for performances at Historic Everett Theatre, 2911 Colby Ave., Everett. Prospective directors should be familiar with the script and submit a cover letter and resume by e-mail to auditionrcf@gmail.com, indicating the choice of show. Deadline is April 29. A stipend is offered for each production. Productions are “Blithe Spirit,” Sept. 23; “Much Ado About Nothing,” Feb. 17 and “Bedroom Farce,” April 20, 2012.
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