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Silva shines in Idol week 6 ------------------------------
Love, RufusCrooner talks new album, Gay evolution, and Gaga diss ------------------------------
Burning down the Haus------------------------------
Groucho comes to life at ACT Theatre------------------------------
Lorca's house of doom
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Exceptional Pitmen goes from pit to paint------------------------------
A Success Inside and Outside the Opera House------------------------------
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel passes to be given away during 'Pride Idol'------------------------------
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Controversial Gay play at ReAct
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Burton's Shadows a macabre march into gothic satire------------------------------
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2012 Summer Movie Preview - Part I------------------------------
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig------------------------------
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Bumbershoot steps up its game for 2012------------------------------
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Play shows even miners can paint!------------------------------
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| Silva shines in Idol week 6 by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor In a city overflowing with talent - and talent competitions sprouting up like weeds - 2012 Pride Idol is making its mark! Overall the 2012 season has been amazing, but the last two weeks in particular have catapulted Pride Idol into a league of its own. Simply put, the Wildcard Round and Grand Finale are poised to be the bes more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love, Rufus Crooner talks new album, Gay evolution, and Gaga diss by Chris Azzopardi - SGN Contributing Writer There are bad romances, and then there's the kind Rufus Wainwright had during the making of his latest album, Out of the Game. The troubadour got smitten with super-producer Mark Ronson, who added a pop bend to Wainwright's classical leanings. Love at first sight? Just about. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burning down the Hausby Maggie Bloodstone - SGN Contributing Writer Rammstein Tacoma Dome May 14 German industrial rockers Rammstein may not be able to perform one of their most notorious songs as it was originally intended this Monday at the Tacoma Dome - not unless their fans can convince their management more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Groucho comes to life at ACT Theatreby Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO ACT THEATRE THROUGH MAY 20 How many people these days don't even know who Groucho Marx was? Or have never seen a Marx Brothers movie? You don't have to know anything about the man to enjoy the touring performance of Frank Ferrante more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorca's house of doom
by Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer The House of Bernarda Alba Arouet (at Ballard Underground) Through May 19 Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist, and theater director. His life was cut short, by assassination according to some, sinc more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exceptional Pitmen goes from pit to paintby Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer THE PITMEN PAINTERS ACT THEATRE THROUGH MAY 20 'We're pitmen!' they announce repeatedly, these proud English miners in The Pitmen Painters at ACT Theatre. They are all coal miners except for one dentist, who decides 'dental mechanic' sounds more coal-like, more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Success Inside and Outside the Opera Houseby Rod Parke - SGN A&E Writer Puccini's Madama Butterfly McCaw Hall May 5 While the opening-night performance of Madama Butterfly at Seattle Opera failed to pluck tears from my eyes, there was much to admire and enjoy in this production. Everything in this opera hangs on the soprano who more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel passes to be given away during 'Pride Idol'Two Dames in the same movie? Yes, please! Britain's creme de la creme star in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, centered on a group of retirees who decide to relocate to the less expensive, yet more exotic India. Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith lead an all-star cast in this hilarious comedy that features magnificent scenery - it was shot in Ud more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Controversial Gay play at ReAct
By Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer A Language of Their Own ReAct Theatre (at Hugo House) Through May 12 ReAct Theatre often produces material from diverse playwrights and representing diverse audiences. David Hsieh, the artistic director, is both an accomplished director and actor, and in their latest more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burton's Shadows a macabre march into gothic satireby Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN A&E Writer I wasn't sure what to expect walking into director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp's latest collaboration, a big-budget Hollywood remake of creator Dan Curtis' late 1960s gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows. Would it be another Ed Wood or Edward Scissorhands, both borderline master more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 Summer Movie Preview - Part Iby Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Contributing Writer With the release of The Avengers last Friday and its record-breaking $200-million haul, it's clear that the Summer Movie Season has begun with a very large bang. If bigger, louder, shinier, and more expensive is your cup of tea, Hollywood has boiled up a steamy hot brew spe more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q-Scopes by Jack FertigTake responsibility, Pisces! by Jack Fertig Mercury conjoining Jupiter in Taurus offers new practical ideas. Then he enters Gemini, stirring up new ideas to build on those foundations. Sun and Mercury squaring Neptune can create confusion or inspiration. Conversation and logic will keep things clear. more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bumbershoot steps up its game for 2012by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A&E Writer The first of this year's Bumbershoot Festival performers have been unveiled, and it looks like a huge improvement over 2011. (Not to diss on Hall and Oates, whom I love in my spare time, but they weren't major festival headliner material.) Thus far, the lineup for 2012 includes Jane's Addi more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q-Scopes by Jack Fertigcompiled by Rick McKinnon - SGN Staff Writer BORN THIS WAY KAFE FOR URBAN QUEER TEENS AT CAL ANDERSON PARK On Fridays, 5-9 p.m., at Cal Anderson Shelterhouse (1635 11th Ave., one block north of E. Pine St.), Seattle Parks & Recreation hosts Born This Way Kafe, a welcoming place where LGBTQ youth, friends and al more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LettersSTOP THE STASI TACTICS Dear Councilmembers, Mayor McGinn and the SPD have drafted a clever sound byte called the 20/20 plan to address the deterioration of the Seattle Police Department. I am concerned about the last bullet point under item #1 'Reform Management of Public Demonstration.' That last bullet poin more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play shows even miners can paint!By Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer The Pitmen Painters ACT Theatre Through May 20 Were pitmen! they announce repeatedly, these proud English coal miners in The Pitmen Painters at ACT Theatre. They are all coal miners except for one dentist, who decides dental mechanic sounds more co more --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Take responsibility, Pisces! by Jack Fertig Mercury conjoining Jupiter in Taurus offers new practical ideas. Then he enters Gemini, stirring up new ideas to build on those foundations. Sun and Mercury squaring Neptune can create confusion or inspiration. Conversation and logic will keep things clear. more --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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