Theatre

  1. Local Actor Takes Over at Capital Playhouse

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    by Lesli Baker In 2011 Capitol Playhouse celebrated 25 years. The playhouse opened in 1986, and that same year began its largest program, Kids at Play. Kids At Play is…

  2. Harlequin provides “A Christmas Survival Guide”

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    by Giovanna Marcus   A Christmas Survival Guide is Harlequin Theater’s romp through the joys and mishaps of everything leading up to the month of December, which begins, basically, in…

  3. Olympia Family Theater Gets Musical!

    By Matthew Green   Calling all current and former kids who like musical theater: Olympia Family Theater is presenting not one, but two, locally-written world-premier musicals this season!   The…

  4. Oly Film Fest Fotos!

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    If you missed the Olympia Film Festival Opening Night — GLAM NIGHT! — last night, well, you missed out. And here is exactly what you missed. (Click for bigger images.)

  5. Oly Film Fest Goes Glam

    By Matthew Green   The Olympia Film Society will present 29th Annual Olympia Film Festival, starting November 9. This year’s festival “has more sponsors, more high profile guests, and more…

  6. Lord Franzannian shakes it up!

    By Giovanna Marcus   Tushie tassels? A church sermon version of Guns and Roses’ “Live and Let Die”? (Or was it Wings’?) I’d thought I’d seen it all. Ladies and…

  7. Prop 8 Brought to Life in Oly

    By Matthew Green   In California, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage to read the play “8” in 2011. In Olympia, local stars will perform…

  8. Help Save the Sun!

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    Lesli Baker The Midnight Sun Performance Space at 113 Columbia Street NW in downtown Olympia has a history as an important part of the arts and live-performance culture here. Since…

  9. Will They Go ‘The Full Monty’?

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    Six men must decide whether or not to take off all their clothes (i.e. go “the full monty”) in front their friends and family in their mid-size town. This is…

  10. Parallel Lives: A Review

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    By Davi Koszka, 2/23/11 I found the summary of the experience and lessons offered by Parallel Lives, written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, in a line near the end…