“Tartuffe,” Moliere’s classic comedy about a charming hypocrite who insinuates himself into the good graces of a prominent family, is the next production of the Driftwood Players.
Teresa Thuman directs a cast of 13 in this classic French farce. Tartuffe is a trickster who pretends to be a religious, aristocratic hermit while trying to separate a family from its fortune and the women from their virtue.
In 1664 this was shocking stuff, but these days its a clever comedy and a real workout for the actors.
The show opens tonight at the Wade James Theatre in Edmonds and plays through Feb. 27.
Send in the Sondheim: The Whidbey Playhouse presents Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” tonight at the Oak Harbor theater.
The musical is based on Ingmar Bergman’s bittersweet film, “Smiles of a Summer Night,” and is set in early 1890s Sweden. A middle-aged businessman with a young bride resumes his romance with an old mistress. And that stirs up trouble between the mistress and her current lover.
All this gets sorted out over a long weekend at a country estate, with plenty of Sondheim’s sophisticated music to tell the tale. The musical is written almost as a chamber opera, a lilting score in three-quarter time that includes perhaps his most popular song, the haunting “Send in the Clowns.”
Performances continue through Feb. 26.
“The Woman in Black”: Seattle’s ACT Theatre dusts off a reliable mystery as its next play in the “Winter Thrills Series.”
“The Woman in Black” has been playing nonstop in London’s West End for 15 years. Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of a Victorian ghost story opens Wednesday for an indefinite run.
A solicitor is sent to a remote house on the dank English marshes to settle the affairs of its late owner, but when the tide comes in he’s trapped during the proverbial dark and stormy night.
Is that a ghost of a woman in white, or the real thing?
Jeff Steitzer directs Mark Anders and David Pichette in this production, which is recommended for audiences age 13 and older.
“The Chosen”: Seattle Repertory Theatre presents the stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s 1967 best-selling novel, “The Chosen,” adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok and directed by Aaron Posner.
This story of two fathers and their teenage sons unfolds amid a bustling Jewish neighborhood in 1944 Brooklyn. One Hasidic and one Orthodox, the boys serve as catalysts and guides for one another’s transition to manhood at the same time as their religious differences threaten their friendship. The play opens Saturday at the Leo K. Theatre, Seattle Center.
Set against the backdrop of World War II, the revelation of the Holocaust and the desperate struggle of Zionism, “The Chosen” was published in 1967, won numerous book awards and was made into a 1981 film starring Rod Steiger.
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Gabriel Baron stars as Danny Saunders and Eddie Levi Lee as Reb Saunders in Seattle Repertory Theatre’s production of “The Chosen.”
Where to see it
“Tartuffe”: A Driftwood Players production tonight through Feb. 27 at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets, 425-774-9600, www.driftwoodplayers.com.
“A Little Night Music”: Tonight through Feb. 26 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Tickets, $15, 360-679-2237, www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.
“The Woman in Black”: Opens Thursday at ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle. Tickets, $15-$35, www.acttheatre.org, 206-292-7676.
“The Chosen”: A Seattle Repertory Theatre production playing Saturday through March 12 in the Leo K. Theatre, Seattle Center. Tickets, $10-$46, 206-443-2222, 877-900-9285,www.seattlerep.org.
Where to see it
“Tartuffe”: A Driftwood Players production tonight through Feb. 27 at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets, 425-774-9600, www.driftwoodplayers.com.
“A Little Night Music”: Tonight through Feb. 26 at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Tickets, $15, 360-679-2237, www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.
“The Woman in Black”: Opens Wednesday at ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle. Tickets, $15-$35, www.acttheatre.org, 206-292-7676.
“The Chosen”: A Seattle Repertory Theatre production playing Saturday through March 12 in the Leo K. Theatre, Seattle Center. Tickets, $10-$46, 206-443-2222, 877-900-9285,www.seattlerep.org.
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