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Theater review: Another SCT world premiere, 'The Brementown Musicians'
Full disclosure: My 12-year-old daughter’s early childhood was, largely, Brothers Grimm-free. We had the vague sense that those German siblings delivered tales that were, well, grim. Too bad for us. Watching The Brementown Musicians, Seattle Children's Theatre's fresh world premiere&md
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Pero
Show information The provenance of Perô (or The Mysteries of the Night), offers a hint about the show itself: an English translation of a Dutch play by Saskia Janse and Onny Huisink, (founding directors of Speeltheater Holland ), Perô is based on a French children’s book (Pierrot, ou Les Secrets d
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Wild and wet: Fremont's Moisture Festival brings the family fun
GOThe Moisture Festival runs March 17-April 10, 2011, at Hale's Palladium, with extra dates at ACT Theatre and Georgetown Ballroom, and a family film at SIFF on April 4. Last December, my daughter and I — already sick of the season and looking for happy company somewhere warm and bright — saw a h
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier: A holiday ballet for kids, by kids
Updated November 2009 View information about this year's event, Dec. 12 and 13, 2009! In addition to holiday shopping, wrapping, baking, cooking and card-prepping, there’s often the extra task each year of planning a memorable family outing. Our family enjoys getting dressed up and going to see
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'Baaa' and 'Brains'!: Two extra shows at Seattle Children's Theatre
When I heard Seattle Children’s Theatre would offer Night of the Living Dead this season, I was puzzled. Then I wondered if it was part of some sort of inside joke: Night of the Living Dead is aimed at a teen audience and is running side by side on the calendar with The Green Sheep, whose target
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Sweet and silly "Madeline" at Northwest Puppet Center
Carter Family Marionettes’ current production, Madeline and the Gypsies, will be familiar territory for fans of the “Madeline” series by Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline and her pal Pepito visit a gypsy circus, get stuck on a Ferris wheel during a storm and rescued by a circus clown, and ride off in the c
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A little humor with your humbug? ACT theatre's fresh spin on Dickens' Christmas Classic
View information about the 2010 production here! I was a little nervous about taking my 8-year-old son to see ACT theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol. After all, Dickens’ classic tale of greed and redemption is notoriously scary — Scrooge is horribly mean (even to children!) and he’s visited
Read More »So the drama! Seattle Opera's Iphigenia in Tauris offers a lot for young fans
From the rise of the curtain, it’s clear: This production of Iphigenia is packed with little surprises and big emotions. The gorgeous opera (featuring multiple achingly beautiful arias) is especially well-suited for a young audience for several reasons, not the least of which is its relatively short
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