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I have written a lot over the years about how much I admire Harlequin Production’s search for perfection in theater. I can often fill my head with visions of Scot Whitney planning every detail of a show while he sits on his couch reading the script. He sees the play
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I have written a lot over the years about how much I admire Harlequin Production’s search for perfection in theater. I can often fill my head with visions of Scot Whitney planning every detail of a show while he sits on his couch reading the script. He sees the play
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I wanted so much for this show to blow me away. I needed a terrific show. My daughter was having the blues and wanted a great show from Tacoma Musical Playhouse. We saw a good show. Not bad, not great. Just good. It should have been better since it had
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I wanted so much for this show to blow me away. I needed a terrific show. My daughter was having the blues and wanted a great show from Tacoma Musical Playhouse. We saw a good show. Not bad, not great. Just good. It should have been better since it had
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Most folks around these parts know I am a bit of a history nut and often spend my weekends doing something history related around the South Sound. So it is nice to see that others in the area find it as entertaining as I do. But the trouble is that
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Most folks around these parts know I am a bit of a history nut and often spend my weekends doing something history related around the South Sound. So it is nice to see that others in the area find it as entertaining as I do. But the trouble is that
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Neighborhood bars are the extension of the living room for some people. They stop by after work and just hang out and watch a little television before they head to dinner and an early bedtime. The Red Hot on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue is one of those joints. That’s where people
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Neighborhood bars are the extension of the living room for some people. They stop by after work and just hang out and watch a little television before they head to dinner and an early bedtime. The Red Hot on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue is one of those joints. That’s where people
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I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Arsenic and Old Lace at Paradise Theatre last weekend. I don’t have anything against the show, and the theater has a habit of serving up quality shows more often than not. I just have seen the show so many
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I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to seeing Arsenic and Old Lace at Paradise Theatre last weekend. I don’t have anything against the show, and the theater has a habit of serving up quality shows more often than not. I just have seen the show so many
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Neighborhood bars are the extension of the living room for some people. They stop by after work and just hang out and watch a little television before they head to dinner and an early bedtime. The Red Hot on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue is one of those joints. That’s where people
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Neighborhood bars are the extension of the living room for some people. They stop by after work and just hang out and watch a little television before they head to dinner and an early bedtime. The Red Hot on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue is one of those joints. That’s where people
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Theater is often at its best when it is at its worst. Olympia Little Theatre’s production of I Hate Hamlet is just such a time. That is not to say that the acting is so bad that it is entertaining, but it sort of is — in a good way. Let
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Theater is often at its best when it is at its worst. Olympia Little Theatre’s production of I Hate Hamlet is just such a time. That is not to say that the acting is so bad that it is entertaining, but it sort of is — in a good way. Let
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Lakewood Playhouse opened its 70th season with a sidesplitter of a show that can best be described as Weekend at Bernie’s and Casablanca with a little bit of music and gambling thrown into the mix. Lucky Stiff, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is a gasser. The plot has a few
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Lakewood Playhouse opened its 70th season with a sidesplitter of a show that can best be described as Weekend at Bernie’s and Casablanca with a little bit of music and gambling thrown into the mix. Lucky Stiff, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is a gasser. The plot has a few
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With the dawn of the regular theater season this month, I am now entering my 15th year of theater reviewing. But instead of reflecting on the times gone by, I’ll use this space as a primer on the coming season. I’ve reviewed all of the theater lineups in the South
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With the dawn of the regular theater season this month, I am now entering my 15th year of theater reviewing. But instead of reflecting on the times gone by, I’ll use this space as a primer on the coming season. I’ve reviewed all of the theater lineups in the South
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Harlequin Productions has created a name for itself as a thinking person’s theater. Its shows are often deep in cultural references and plays on words. Its latest offering fits right into that reputation. The show Psychopathia Sexualis is a comedy that is not only accessible because of its surface level dialogue
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Harlequin Productions has created a name for itself as a thinking person’s theater. Its shows are often deep in cultural references and plays on words. Its latest offering fits right into that reputation. The show Psychopathia Sexualis is a comedy that is not only accessible because of its surface level dialogue
