\"Dames At Sea\" and \"Soul On Fire\"

Steve Dunkelberger\'s picks of the week

By Steve Dunkelberger on July 5, 2007

“Dames at Sea”

“Dames At Sea,” a version of the long-running, off-Broadway musical homage to the classic Hollywood musicals of the 1930s, follows the story of a bumpkin girl who finds her way to the big city.

[Paradise Cabaret Theatre, through July 8, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, $15-$20, 9911 Burnham Drive N.W. Gig Harbor, 253.851.7529]

“Soul on Fire”

The big soul hit so far this summer is “Soul on Fire,” the thumping revue show staged by Harlequin Productions that offers all of the soul and R&B music from the ‘60s and ‘70s one audience could hope for. The kicking band and five scorching vocalists belt out the music of Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, James Brown, the Spinners, the O’Jays, the Spencer Davis Group and the Righteous Brothers.

[State Theater, through July 8, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $34-$38, 204 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.786.0151, www.harlequinproductions.org]