Hey Teen Tix Pass holders!Seattle Children's Theatre has made a special offer just for you.Come out to see Night of the Living Dead on Saturday October 25th at 10:30, 5:30 or 8pm, and receive half off the regular ticket price. Just show your Teen Tix pass.This show is not eligible for $5 Teen Tix, so if you want to catch the show and save money, head on out to the theatre Saturday.Its a terrifyingly good show. . . .check it out!!!!
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A review of Still Life, at SIFF CinemaBy Michelle K, age 17Still Life, a story of a reuniting pair, brings curiosity to the travels of a man in an otherwise banal position. Residing in China, the main character, Han Sanming, returns to his decimated city after a massive flood took place along the Yangtze River. He is on a quest to relocate his wife (Missy Ma); they became departed after the flood took place. In this same plotline, we become acquainted with Han’s wife and follow a similar search for her husband. In a turn of events, the past lovers are placed in each other’s presence and must make peace with their current situations.Jia Zhangke, the producer of this film, holds a distinct style. He has made sure to present the film in a purely chronological order, and illustrates the life of each character in a way that is only impressive in its reality. Zhangke assures a strict hold on his aspect of Chinese culture through film for the viewer with constant pans of countryside and a journey that is never narrated, and continually authentic in its presentation. Wherever the film takes you, it feels as if you have a view of the adventure first-hand; you are sitting on a boat with villagers and witnessing them laugh with children, you can smell the aroma of noodles cooking on the stove.This film proves to be a masterpiece not for its edgy technologic features or heart thumping adventure, but for its true symbiosis with life as we know it. It purveys a deeper meaning than a simple for search for kin, but rather the meaning of hope and desire to do so. The true love that binds people together, no matter the circumstance, become apparent in this feature and is proven with the characters’ persistence in pursuing this instinctual need.Still Life is no longer playing at SIFF Cinema, but check out their website for their latest features, including a week long series centered on the theme of Halloween.www.siff.net
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Review of the Three Musketeers at Seattle Repertory TheatreBy Nur L.Sword-fights are always fun to watch when they aren't real, but The Three Musketeers masterfully choreographed battles were absolutely epic. The skill with which these fights were staged speaks to the prowess of actors and the directors. Everything went right for this play; and the actors' skills at playing warriors were matched with the gravitas with which they performed their lines. I was hooked from the beginning.We're immediately thrust into the action as father and son parry each other's blows, practicing their fencing skills. D'Artagnan, we find out, is leaving his country life for the city. Andrew William Smith plays the part of a hick desperate to make it in with the Musketeers to the letter. He is equal parts charming, naive, and rough around the edges. And D'Artagnan must take his feisty younger sister, played by Montana von Fliss, along with him, much to his chagrin. He is on a quest to give the musketeers' coach his father's letter, in the hopes of being allowed to join their ranks, but sure enough, the letter is taken from him by the Siren-like Milady (Cheyenne Casebier.) That's when the adventure really starts.D'Artagnan is so unassumingly a country-boy that he manages to get himself challenged to a duel by the three charismatic members of the musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis (played by Hans Altwies, Jeffrey M. Bender, and Ryan Shams respectively) on the same day of his date with love-interest, Constance (Jennifer Sue Johnson. The play seamlessly mixes humor and action, creating a riveting display. But for all D'Artagnan's charms, this play belonged to the inimitable Cardinal Richelieu.Richelieu, played by Jim Abele, is every inch the conniving advisor. The dynamic between his subtly slimy, sneering, contemptuous persona and King Louis' (Alban Dennis) jovial buffoon slyly pokes fun at French history while keeping audiences totally engrossed.This play is a must-see. It dips a toe into the larger historical issues, but it is pure entertainment. I was gripped from start to finish, and I always wanted more.The Three Musketeers plays at Seattle Rep Theatre now thru November 15, 2008http://www.seattlerep.org/155 mercer Street, Seattle WA 98109Box Office: 206.443.2222
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I read it, great writers although i dont always have the time like i used to
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Hey Teen Tixers. . . . Are you looking for volunteer opportunities this year?Well here's a great idea. Several of our partner venues need your help.See the postings below for more information:Say It Loud!Say it loud by joining CD Forum’s street team! Become an ambassdor to the one performing arts organization dedicated to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about African-American culture. As a CD Forum Street Team member, help spread the word and receive free tickets for the entire season; school credit; meet the artists and more! For more info about joining the CD Forum’s Street Team, contact Jude Hill, judeh@cdforum.org or 206.323.4032. Join ACT Theatre’s Street Team and get free tickets to every show of the regular season, plus bonus benefits, like signed posters and exclusive invitations. As a part of the Street Team, you can be an Ambassador for ACT, spreading the word in Seattle about what’s hot at our downtown theatre. This low-commitment gig is the perfect way to build your resume, check out the city, and become an insider at one of Seattle’s biggest and best performing arts centers! Plus, it’s a great volunteer opportunity, for those looking to meet volunteer requirements. For more info about joining ACT’s Street Team, contact Ben Rapson, at (206) 292-7660 x1326, or ben.rapson@acttheatre.org. Spots on the team are limited, so drop us a line today.
Review of All Tharpat Pacific Northwest Balletby Jennifer K, age 18In the world of dance, Twyla Tharp is quite a legend. Her choreography has been making impressions for decades. Now, in our own Seattle, she has brought two brand new works to the stage. Pacific Northwest Ballet Company performs these in addition to another work by Twyla from the 1980s. Now, seeing a world premiere of choreography by someone like Twyla Tharp is an amazing opportunity in itself, even if the dancing seems way over your head. Granted, these days, going to “the ballet” can be somewhat intimidating. Choreographers are constantly searching for something new to show the audience, and often that comes across as confusing and strange. Tharp’s collection in this performance, however, gives an excellent opportunity for audience members to see unique choreography without feeling uncomfortable.The performance consists of three works. Opus 111, the first piece, is the most balletic, but still not your typical ballet piece. The women do not dance on their toes or wear tutus. Rather, the costumes are unisex, and in much of the choreography the men and women perform the same steps. Ms. Tharp’s amazing gift with organizing movement is quite apparent in this piece. Multiple couples perform different combinations of intricate footwork and impressive lifts all around the stage, yet it never looks chaotic. The warm glow of the lighting and costumes makes this piece soothing to watch, with lilting choreography reminiscent of autumn leaves.The second piece, Afternoon Ball, has none of the warmth of Opus 111. Instead, it takes place on a cold street, with three dancers mixing contemporary dance with ballet. The dancers are then joined by an elegant couple who waltzes among them. This is the most modern piece, and may seem a bit odd. However, the choreography is very impressive, which makes up for the slightly confusing story.Nine Sinatra Songs is the final work in the performance. Set to the beautiful crooning of Frank Sinatra, several couples portray different types of romance through ballroom dancing and ballet. The elegant costumes and playful choreography make this work one that is sure to send you home happy. It had a timeless feel and definitely made you want to go out dancing.Tharp’s choreography runs the gamut in this performance, from fall-festival ballet to hard, icy street dancing, to poised, graceful ballroom. The show gives a little bit of what everyone likes, impressive jumps and partnering, smooth music, and above all, superb dancing. Pacific Northwest Ballet Company certainly deserves applause for this show. It will make you want to come back for more.All Tharp, by Pacific Northwest Ballet, plays September 25th through October 5www.pnb.orgPNB’s Ticket Office: 206-441-2424Ticket Office Hours: Weekdays 10 a.m. – show time, weekends 90 minutes before show time.Pacific Northwest Ballet is located in McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street, on the north edge of Seattle Center. It is served by buses 1,2,3,4,13,14,15,16,18,45,74 and 82. For bus schedules: tripplanner.metrokc.gov.Did you see this show? Leave a comment and tell everybody what you thought!
Check out the following link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txwAHpQmtSATwyla Tharp has been in residence at PNB since August, creating a brand new dance piece. I always find it fascinating to look at behind-the-scenes videos of such a creation process. Makes me very excited to see the real thing when it premieres next week!Enjoy!
Thursday October 2nd, Seattle Children's Theatre will be hosting a very special Teen Tix Event.Attend the preview performance of their upcoming show, Night of the Living Dead.Based on the original film by George Romero and John Russo.It seems like a night just like any other, but just when Barbara and Johnny thought running out of candy was their biggest problem, a whole new headache rises. That’s right—Zombies! A funny, scary, campy classic especially for teens—or older. Just like the movie, but live, or rather dead, right there in front of you. The festivities begin at 6pm with food and a reception, followed by a very cool workshop led by a SCT artisan on how to create all those zombie make-up effects. Then at 7pm, everyone will be decked out in blood and gore and ooze on over to the theatre to see the show.This production is NOT part of the Children's Theatre regular season, so it is not Teen Tix eligible. However, you can experience this phenomenon for FREE on this night only. What a deal!!!!If you want to attend, please RSVP by October 1st to Jim Jewelldrop an email to jimj@sct.orgDon't miss out.Put October 2nd on your calendar now and we'll see you at the Zombie Fest!
Teen Tix Seeks New Members for its Teen Steering CommitteeAre you a regular use Teen Tix member? Do you have strong thoughts and opinions? Looking for a new volunteer opportunity? Want to rule the world?If so, then we want YOU!Teen Tix is recruiting new members for its Teen Steering Committee. The committee meets once a month to discuss all issues Teen Tix. Help us shape the future of the program, find ways to improve things, recruit new members, and generally keep it real. Special perks are involved, and your presence valued. Come join us!If interested, email teentix@seattle.gov for more information.Here are profiles on a couple of our current members. You could find yourself here soon!TeenTix's BlogMaster, Sophia Babai is a TeenTix reviewer as well as a member of the steering committee. Predictably, she loves writing and also reviews new and unreleased books for Flaming Net. Other activities include singing and volunteering--namely at Ten Thousand Villages and the Amnesty International and Invisible Children's clubs at Newport High School, where she is a junior. Some of her poems have been published in local anthologies and national magazines.Tavis Hamilton is currently a junior in high school. He is an avid participant in theater, and is also a musician. He loves swimming, fencing, and going on marvelous adventures.
i love zac efron bcoz he have a good voice,he is cute like my boyfriend joshua rima.
Reviewed by Jonathan H. Age 15Taproot Theatre closes their 2008 season with “Susan and God”, a light comedy from playwright Rachel Crothers. It may not be very well known, but it was a huge off-Broadway success in 2006, with the New York times calling it “a rare gem”. Now, the questions is, does it work magic on the Taproot stage? Indeed, it does. It may not be the funniest thing to grace the stage, but it is fun just to watch, despite that one maybe not aching from laughter. Susan is an eccentric woman who returns from a visit to Europe. She comes back to her friends after being full reintroduced to God. Imagining herself as a godly person, she uses her new philosophy to influence and correct the errors of her friends, completely without seeing the flaws of her own. She has become totally self-centered, which has left her husband to drinking and her daughter to solitude, longing for attention from her mother. She eventually makes a deal with her husband to become a family once again, and eventually finds the errors of her ways. The cast, as with that of most shows found at the Taproot, is fantastic. Everyone slips into their roles and not only acts as their character, but actually are their character. Such is the case with Lisa Peretti, who plays Susan Trexel. She pulls you in with such conviction in her performance, and from the very beginning grabs your attention and puts a smile on your face. I especially loved how eccentric and joyous she was in the beginning, where she prances on stage, greeting everyone with a squeal and a big kiss. The final scene with her and her husband Barrie (played by Don Brady) is both captivating and touching. As for the rest of the splendid cast, some other notable performances are Austen Case (Blossom Trexel, Susan’s “ugly duckling” daughter, who we get to see transform throughout the show), Heather Hawkins (Irene Burrows, Susan’s elegant friend) and, as previously noted, Don Brady. All of these actors are fully believable and pull you into their story. I found it funny though how in the first act, Brady seemed to be walking awkwardly and acting strange, which made me begin to doubt his acting ability. After a moment, I fully realized they were mannerisms of a drunk, for which he was a believable one at that. Props to him for grabbing my attention in that way. As for the rest of the actors, they all play their characters to perfection. The only reason I don’t note them specifically is because there isn’t much depth to their characters, and the script doesn’t allow them to do much except be there to fill the stage, make jokes and start conversation. This perhaps, would be the only flaw I found in the play. The set is very elaborate, as it resembles an outdoor patio complete with wicker chairs, foliage, fancy french doors and drink bar in Act I. It then changes into an exquisite mansion for Act II, with a fancy couch (the one used in Act I with different fabric), desk, and drapes to cover the walls. Big props go to the set designer, for such an amazing transition between sets. You forget they are, in fact, the same sets between acts. Big props also go to the costumer, for all of the extravagant dresses and suits worn by the wealthy characters of the show. Very good staging on the director’s part as well. “Susan and God” is definitely not one to miss. Toss aside that you may not have heard of it, or that you think it may not appeal to you. It will. I recommend you check it out.Susan and God plays at Taproot Theatre Company, now through October 25thhttp://www.taproottheatre.org/206.781.9707photo credit: Lisa Peretti as Susan in Susan and God. Photo by Erik Stuhaug.
Teen Tix Seeks New Members for its Teen Steering CommitteeAre you a regular use Teen Tix member? Do you have strong thoughts and opinions? Looking for a new volunteer opportunity? Want to rule the world?If so, then we want YOU!Teen Tix is recruiting new members for its Teen Steering Committee. The committee meets once a month to discuss all issues Teen Tix. Help us shape the future of the program, find ways to improve things, recruit new members, and generally keep it real. Special perks are involved, and your presence valued. Come join us!If interested, email teentix@seattle.gov for more information.Here are profiles on a couple of our current members. You could find yourself here soon!Zoe Barker-Aderem is a senior at Garfield. She works at a local deli, earning money to travel after high school. She has been an active participant in Garfield's Drama Club and is co-captain of the school's Orca Bowl team. Before she began working, Zoe had been a member of the Stone Garden's Junior Climbing Team for three years. Zoe is also a Young Playwrights Program Alum, her play "The House on 46th and Holly" was performed as part of the 2005 Young Playwrights Festival. Jasmin Kwan is an ex-gymnast [just retired after 14 years!] residing in Ballard. She just graduated with the class of '08 from Ballard High School, and currently attends Cornish College of the Arts. Photography is Jasmin’s 'thang' and she hopes it takes her somewhere in the future. In her own words: I'm ultra involved with the Vera Project at Seattle Center, it's become my second home. I'm all about all ages everything seeing as I'm still 17, I love Teen Tix cause I've been using it for 5 years and . . . it's awesome! Now I'm part of the Steering Committee, could life get any better?!
Review of Eurydice at Act Theatre, by Emma K. Two young lovers race around the theatre, laughing, exhilarated, and carefree - this scene could easily be the start to a romantic comedy, the story of a summertime romp. Yet, Eurydice, currently playing at A Contemporary Theatre is much darker than that. Written by renowned author Sarah Ruhl, the drama is a new take on the Greek myth Orpheus. In the classic tale, Orpheus, the gifted musician, ventures to the Underworld in search of his lost love, and new bride, Eurydice, after she dies. It is from her point of view that this new version is told.The production is intricate, sensual, and very artistic in structure. The lighting, music, and set play the largest role in creating the show’s tone. Designed by Matthew Smucker, the space is made to look like an abandoned pool with a rusty diving board and pieces of worn paper scattered about. The stage is transformed from a lifelike beach to Hell itself by the use of light and sound alone. An especially nice touch is eight strings that are attached to the stage from above. Orpheus often plucks them to create music, and later they are used to make the sound of water drops falling into Hell.As Eurydice, Renata Friedman is in turns blithe, naïve, and brazen. Although she does not evoke as much of the audience’s sympathy as she could, she follows her character’s arc with precision. Her transformation from an innocent girl to an emotionally broken woman is believable, while her relationship with her father is particularly touching. It is that character, played so delicately by Mark Chamberlin that is the show’s center. Chamberlin gives the Father such a subtle tenderness, one cannot help but be immersed in his alternate joy or sorrow. Everything he does on stage has a gentleness, however small the action may be. This is particularly apparent when he builds Eurydice a room of string, taking care to make it as comfortable as possible even though it’s in Hell.As most talented musician in all of Greece, Trick Danneker is appropriately childlike – he plays the determined Orpheus with the quality of a teenager, experiencing life for the first time. Also effective is Paul Morgan Stetler as the Nasty Interesting Man/Child, both representations of the God of the Underworld. His character is perhaps the most intriguingly changed from the original Greek myth – his youthful, repulsive, and uneasy manner is very fascinating to watch, and Stetler plays it with an excellent sense of comedy.Finally, Tim Hyland, Tracy Hyland, and Ann Allgood play The Stones (who sit at the gates of Hell). Like the Nasty Interesting Man, their characters have been adapted into something very interesting – they almost resemble clowns, but all in grey and with a sense of foreboding. In certain sections their antics distract from the poignancy, but over all they are very entertaining and ironic.As director Allison Narver writes in her program note, the play expects much from the audience. They must be willing to accept and immerse themselves in the unique performance – if they don’t believe, nothing can be gained. The show itself is beautiful, and a testament to how much of an artistic experience the theatre can become, yet most of this comes from the show’s design rather than its writing. Sarah Ruhl’s style is very lyrical and thought-provoking, but what her intention was in rewriting this familiar myth is not clear. If she has a message, it doesn’t carry over to the audience, which leaves a sense of incompleteness come curtain call.The production is evocative, nostalgic, and moving for all ages - as it dwells on the naivety of youth and regret of the old - but ultimately offers more questions than answers.Eurydice plays at ACT Theatre through October 5, 2008.http://www.acttheatre.org/206.292.7660
A review by Kaitlin S. age 19Deep. Political. Philosophical. Nuanced. Although The Vertical Hour is well acted and thought provoking, it is not a very fun play.All five of The Vertical Hour’s actors deliver their lines with tasteful realism. Their dialogue gives the audience the feeling that it is eavesdropping on the discussions of real people. These conversations are also realistic in the sense that they are peppered with expletives and contained some sexual references.The Vertical Hour is almost entirely made up of conversations between the five actors. This discourse presents different views on a broad range of political and social themes including love, the American War in Iraq, and American ethnocentrism.A common thread running through the topics is, “Politics is about the reconciliation of the irreconcilable.” Because this theme is rather complex, understanding The Vertical Hour takes a bit of work. The characters disagree with each other eloquently, articulately, and often. The play forces its audience to do a bit of “reconciling of the irreconcilable” on more than one occasion.The Vertical Hour contains quite a bit of substance that is not always easily accessible; it is anything but lighthearted entertainment.The Vertical Hour plays at Artswest Sept 10 thru October 4, 2008www.artwest.or206.938.0963Photo Credits:Annie Lareau and John Ulman in The Vertical Hour atArtsWest. Photo by Matthew Durham.Annie Lareau and Kevin McKeon in The Vertical Hour atArtsWest. Photo by Matthew Durham.
