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Lily Tomlin a true entertainer
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Lily Tomlin
January 29
5th Avenue Theatre
For two nights, the one and only, incomparable Lily Tomlin enchanted Seattle audiences. Celebrating a lifetime of acclaimed work, Ms. Tomlin brought the characters the world has come to know and love to the 5th Avenue Theatre's stage. For over tw more |
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SWC guest Kathy Najimy funny, fierce, and warm
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN Contributing Writer
Seattle Women's
Chorus with
Kathy Najimy
February 25-26
Paramount
Theatre
Seattle Women's Chorus is thrilled to have guest star Kathy Najimy perform with them in their February concert at the Paramount Theatre. The versatil more
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Saturday Night Live slammed for Transphobic skit
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
On the January 29 episode of Saturday Night Live, NBC broadcast what the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) called 'a dangerous and blatantly anti-Transgender segment' which they called 'Estro-Maxxx,' which used the lives of countless Transgender people across the count more
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Bardem is brilliant, but Biutiful is frustrating
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
Biutiful
Opening February 4
I'm not quite sure what to make of or say about Babel and Amores Perros director Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest bleak, intimate, and emotionally destructive drama Biutiful. After sitting there in darkness starin more
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SGN and Purr - FREE passes to Just Go With It on Super Bowl Sunday
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Tackle this: free movie passes for the comedy Just Go With It, starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nick Swardson, Dave Matthews, and Brooklyn Decker (wife of tennis babe Andy Roddick), with a special appearance by Nicole Kidman. The film centers on Danny (Sandler), a plastic surgeon in more
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Neighbours' newest dance party on the Hill, The Get Down, on Fridays
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
The Get Down
Fridays
Neighbours Underground
Looking for a little excitement in your life? Karl Kamakahi - otherwise known as Karl K - has got the cure for what ails you: The Get Down, the newest party on the Hill, Friday nights at Neighbours Undergroun more
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A Dyke About Town: War at Jazz Alley - tight and seasoned
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
War
Mercy very much enjoyed War at Jazz Alley on January 27. The group has played together for 43 years, and it shows. Lonnie Jordan's voice was powerful and his keyboards were right on. He also wrote all of War's songs. Fernando Harkless' sax and flute were lusciou more
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New Kids On The Block star comes out
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
After the Jackson Five but before the Backstreet Boys, there were the New Kids On The Block. Brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, bad boy Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood sold over 80 million records worldwide and sent legions of girls and Gay boys into screaming fits as t more
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Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams, rich and warm
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Opera Mania at Seattle Symphony
January 27
Benaroya Hall
Presumably Gary Thor Wedow designed the program for Thursday's Opera Mania at Seattle Symphony, and I thank him for avoiding a program of nothing but opera 'favorites.' (Saturday's program, with the addi more
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One-woman K of D a light and creepy story
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The K of D, an Urban Legend
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Through February 20
A one-woman tour de force is at Seattle Repertory, as Renata Friedman plays all the characters in a small town dealing with a fatal auto accident and its aftermath. Friedman has inhabi more
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Emilie supernatural and mathematical
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Emilie La Marquise
du Chatelet
Defends Her Life Tonight
ArtsWest
Through February 20
Emilie La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight is a Seattle premier play at ArtsWest, having had its professional debut at the South Coast Repertory. more
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Jason and Medea shows a high level of expertise
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Jason and Media: A Love Story
Theatre 9/12
Through February 19
Theatre 9/12 develops its projects from its master classes with Charles Waxberg and the many professional actors who take class there. Their productions have to be labeled 'an Actors Equity Memb more
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Itzhak Perlman at Benaroya: A new name outshines the big one
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Itzhak Perlman and Julian Kuerti
January 30
Benaroya Hall
When Itzhak Perlman last played Benaroya Hall, he was conductor as well as soloist, and I was impressed both by his level of involvement and his music making. This time, his name once again drew a sel more
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