“Swan Lake”: This fifth offering from Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2008-09 season contains Tchaikovsky’s achingly beautiful score as a backdrop to a fantastical plot filled with romance, sorcery and betrayal.
Choreographed by PNB’s founding artistic director Kent Stowell, “Swan Lake” challenges ballerinas in this artistic and physical dual role. Odette is trapped in the body of a white swan, and Odile, the temptress daughter of Baron Von Rothbart, plots the downfall of Odette’s true love, Prince Siegfried.
“Swan Lake” opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle. Performances are at various times through April 19. Tickets are $25 to $160. Call 206-441-2424 or visit www.pnb.org.
“Night Watch”: Lucille Fletcher’s suspenseful thriller follows the troubled Elaine Wheeler as she mentally spins out of control.
“Night Watch” is reminiscent of the Alfred Hitchcock classic “Rear Window,” in which James Stewart believes he’s witnessed a murder.
“Night Watch” has Elaine, played by Gail Liston, trying to convince her husband and police that she has seen a dead man in the building across the way. As the plot thickens and Elaine’s agitation increases, can she prove she is not crazy?
“Night Watch” opens at 7:30 tonight at the Whidbey Playhouse, 730 SE Midway Blvd., Oak Harbor. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through April 26. Tickets are $16. Call 360-679-2237 or visit www.whidbeyplayhouse.com.
“Minnesota Moon”: Two high school buddies, Alan (Rory Backman) and Larry (Shay Carlucci), are sitting in the moonlit yard of an abandoned farmhouse in southern Minnesota, drinking beer, laughing, sharing stories and saying so long. Alan leaves the next day for college on scholarship; Larry’s opportunity is unknown. It’s 1968 and Vietnam looms in their futures.
The play offers this bittersweet story of angst and young men in the throes of maturity as we watch a casual conversation between friends twists into a struggle for intimacy.
“Minnesota Moon” will be presented for one presentation only at 8 tonight at Driftwood Players’ Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds. Tickets are $15. Call 425-774-9600 or visit www.driftwoodplayers.com.
“Wishful Drinking”: You remember Carrie Fisher, don’t you? Princess Leia from “Star Wars”?
Well, Fisher has let down her buns to bring us this one-woman ride through her own hilarious, shocking and totally true Hollywood life.
Fisher dishes on her unbelievable life: Debbie Reynolds is her mother, Paul Simon is her ex-husband. It’s like watching a tabloid story come to life on stage.
“Wishful Drinking” is directed by Tony Taccone and runs at various times through May 3 at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St., Seattle. Tickets are $15 to $75. Call 877-900-9285 or visit www.seattlerep.org.
“Breakin’ Hearts &Takin’ Names”: Written and performed by humorist, storyteller and NPR-contributor Kevin Kling, with backup by singer and accordionist Simone Perrin, this world premiere flaunts a new collection of vignettes, stories and songs about love — romantic dalliances, brotherly love, the joy of the human spirit.
Opens with previews at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St., Seattle. Shows are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through May 10. Tickets range from $29 to $55. Call 877-900-9285 or visit www.seattlerep.org.
“A Dream Play”: The final show of their sixth season, Ghost Light Theatrical presents this August Strindberg work that takes viewers on an exploration of truth and the human experience through dreams.
“A Dream Play” follows Agnes through a magical landscape as she searches for the essence of the human experience. Her journey introduces her to characters who symbolize the hopes, fears and realities of being human. The question is: What is real?
Performances start at 7:30 tonight and run at various times through April 19 at Stone Soup Theatre, 4035 Stone Way N., Seattle. Tickets are $12 to $15. Visit www.ghostlighttheatricals.org or www.brownpapertickets.com.
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