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The Atomic Bombshells are our Valentines at Triple Door
by Jessica Price -
SGN Contributing Writer
The Atomic Bombshells' J'Adore!
The Triple Door
February 11-13
Love is on everyone's mind this month - perhaps with a little added meaning now that marriage equality is becoming a reality in Washington. Kitten LaRue, producer and performer in local burlesque super-troupe The Atomic more |
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SGN Exclusive Interview: Dance diva Deborah Cox
by Aiden Klein -
Special to the SGN
Dance music diva Deborah Cox can do no wrong. She's recorded some of the genre's biggest hits. As a multiplatinum-selling and multitalented entertainer, Cox has conquered the R&B and pop charts, including six top-20 Billboard R&B singles, an impressive 11 No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Dance more
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PNB stages elaborate Don Quixote
by Milton W. Hamlin -
SGN A&E Writer
'They even sent the rubber chicken.'
That was the laugh line in the press room for last Friday's American premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's 2010 updating of the classic Russian ballet versions of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes' celebrated two-part novel, originally written more
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Wilco wows packed Paramount
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Wilco
February 7
Paramount Theatre
Wilco is a band people love - not just a little, but a lot. This explains why every ticket for the Grammy-nominated group's concert on Tuesday night here in Seattle (and pretty much everywhere they play) was snatched more
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Solid acting and story in The Bells
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The Bells
Strawberry Theatre Workshop
Through February 18
The insidious, incessant sound of bells ringing (part of the great tech support created by sound designer Evan Mosher) is the inner demon of the character Mathias (Peter Crook) in Strawberry Theatr more
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Genders switch for excellent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Seattle Public Theater
Through February 19
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two chumps in Shakespeare's Hamlet. They are friends of Hamlet, and the king (Hamlet's uncle, who has killed his brother - Hamlet's father) more
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Madonna includes Seattle on 2012 world tour
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
For the first time in 25 years, Madonna will perform in Seattle!
At 12:09 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the official press release for her October 2 scheduled concert at Key Arena slipped itself into my email box. Three hours earlier, overseas in Australia and Europe, the buzz more
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Lana Del Rey already a bright new star
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Woman in Black a classic Gothic thriller
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Madonna's W.E. revels in superficial artifice
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Seattle, Northwest artists competing for Grammys
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Seattle is no stranger to the Grammy Awards. In fact, artists from the Jet City have won so many coveted gramophones that NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) would have saved a fortune on shipping charges if they just held the annual ceremony here. This would have allowed more
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Adele will be rolling in the gold at Grammys
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Adele should already have a bottle of champagne chilling at Staples Center. The British singer-songwriter (on the recovery trail from vocal cord surgery) is not only expected to perform on Sunday night's Grammy Awards, she's also widely picked to leave the arena with an armful of hardware, more
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Jimmy James, diva of a thousand voices
by Aiden Klein -
Special to the SGN
Unabashed. Unashamed. Outrageous. Jimmy James' talent spans over three decades and has only gotten better with time. If his February 4 appearance at Re-Bar (1114 Howell St.) was any measure, it is safe to say his vocal ability is unlike anything you will ever witness. His ability to imitat more
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A Dyke About Town: Shen Wei a true genius
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Shen Wei Dance Arts
Mercy enjoyed the Shen Wei Dance Arts, part of the World Dance Series, at Meany Hall on February 3. She thought Shen Wei deserved his MacArthur award. Cuteness didn't feel well enough to go. Mercy's friends Joyfulness and Naturalness were there. more
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A lesson in structured improvisation
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Stephen Stubbs, Mikhail Schmidt, and Bill Frisell
February 3
Daniels Recital Hall
Whenever Stephen Stubbs and his Pacific MusicWorks present a program, you can be assured of some fine music making. That was certainly the case Friday at Daniels Recital Hall. more |
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