Seattle Opera’s Lullaby of Bird

Thanks to musical pacing issues and stylized staging, 'Charlie Parker’s Yardbird' is a brief opera but not a fast-moving one

Joshua Stewart as Charlie Parker and Angela Brown as Addie Parker in ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’

Gavin Borchert

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fleabag,’ ACT’s Solo Fest and More

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel less alone in your failure to adult

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in ‘Fleabag’

Gemma Wilson

DIY Opera ‘#adulting’ Explores Growing Up, the Seattle Way

With an eclectic score and absurdist humor, Lowbrow Opera Collective makes fringe theater out of their own lives

The cast of #adulting

Gavin Borchert

The Top 25 Shows to See in Seattle This Spring

Zandra Rhodes’ ‘Magic Flute’ costumes, first seen by Seattle audiences in 2011, return in an encore performance by the Seattle Opera. The designer calls them “wearable dreams”

Florangela Davila, Tim Appelo, Eva Seelye, Rebecca Ratterman and Sarah Murphy

Seattle Opera’s Production of Hansel & Gretel Gets a Comedic Twist

Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel Returns To Seattle Opera

The age-old story of Hansel & Gretel gets a comedic twist in Seattle Opera’s production, opening October 15

Jim Demetre

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