Washington Hall, the original home of On the Boards, is slated to be demolished soon. Crosscut.com offers a short history of the building and the amazing variety of events that have happened under its almost 100 year old roof.
It's a party here at OtB when the new laminator arrives. Marketing Diva Sara shares her excitement as the confetti rains down.
"The Adventures of Ali & Ali" reviewed on Seattlest:
"In the course of that well-paced hour and a half, Ali and Ali ultimately bring democracy and freedom to the audience, in more ways than one." Read More
As we say farewell to Keri... we are looking forward to welcoming a new devo director to OtB soon...
will it be you?
Here's the job description
http://www.ontheboards.org/index.php?page=employment
posted by Sara
Welcome to our blog for neworldtheatre. Read the reviews of our patron bloggers below or click on the Comments button to read the comments of others and post your own thoughts.
Laughter with a sting. In the case of The Adventures of Ali & Ali ”¦, the sting often goes too deep to remain subversive or affect change.
Cultural production that brings socio-political concerns to the surface is a welcome change from the patriotic-panic currently found in the arts.
As an individual who makes an attempt to follow current events (sifts through the news for actual information, reads books, watches documentaries, etc.), mockery is an essential component to my mental stability. I have a theory: part of the reason it bestows such a wave of relief is because the stomach muscles employed for the purpose of laughter are the same muscles used to vomit.
This blog will be short, because I only have one thing to say: You should go see 'The Adventures of Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil (a divertimento for warlords)'.
It is very, very funny. It is remarkably smart and cutting -- political satire that makes you recognize that 99% of what is called 'political satire' is limp and chickenhearted.
Keri, our amazing development director, gives us a final goodbye on her last day. She will be missed. She will also be popular on the bus ride home with those balloons.
Choreographer Zoe Scofield stopped by our office today to show off her ballet moves, as well as her sweet vintage 1981 Rolling Stones at the Kingdome t-shirt.
posted by Tania
Welcome to our blog for Cynthia Hopkins. Read the reviews of our patron bloggers below or click on the Comments button to read the comments of others and post your own thoughts.
Disclaimer: If spelling errors, strange placements of commas and hyphens upset you I apologize for my inability to retain that part of my education.
In my opinion “Must Don’t Whip ”˜Um ” was a solidly entertaining, genuine and definitely worth seeing if you don’t have some dramatic adversity to hippies or Natalie Merchant.
The story was told from the perspective of a girl named Mary whose mother, Cameron Seymour, had abandoned her by running away Morocco to join a seemingly cultish Sufi order.
Michael van Baker writes about the show on Seattlest:
"Frankly, it's a delusion that we can discuss art -- if by that we meant we could, by telling you about Cynthia Hopkins' Must Don't Whip 'Um, persuade you how good it is." Read More
posted by Tania
I once heard someone refer to Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher, as the Elvis of Cultural theory. Last night I found myself constantly comparing Cynthia Hopkins' Must Don’t Whip ”˜Um to that quote, she and Gloria Deluxe could and should easily be considered the Elvis of Performance Art. The show was a brilliant amagalmation of music, video, and dance. It was also on the level of myth that only Elvis could have achieved. So much so it seems to have been based on a mythic character. A friend of mine who joined me for the show, seemed strangely familiar with the plot.
I’ll admit that few word-combinations fill me with greater dread than “performance art, ” so it was perhaps unfortunate that the early descriptions I heard of Cynthia Hopkins labeled her as a performance artist. It’s not just the fact that a disproportionately high number of ill-conceived, tedious and self-indulgent on-stage catastrophes I’ve ever been forced to sit through carried that appellation.
I always think it's kinda funny to post blogs about other people's blogs... but in this case... if it helps people understand how freaking awesome Cynthia Hopkins is going to be this weekend... I think it's worth it.
So don't just take our word for it...
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