Annie Get Your Gun

Musical Theatre

Seattle Musical Theatre presented by Civic Light Opera

View Ridge (Sand Point/Magnuson Park),SEATTLE
Opening Night: 5/9/08
Closes: 5/25/08
This is the ageless Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better love story of sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler with an amazing Irving Berlin score.

Black Eyed Blonde

Improv,Comedy

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 6/12/08
Murder, intrigue, improv! Black Eyed Blonde is an improvised show done in the style of the 1940's film noir classics!

Defending the Caveman

Comedy

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

Tacoma
Opening Night: 5/15/08
Closes: 5/25/08
Broadway's smash comedy about the ways men and women relate that will have everyone roaring with laughter and recognition.

Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA

Musical Theatre

Village Theatre

Eastside Cities (of Seattle),Issaquah
Opening Night: 5/14/08
Closes: 7/6/08
An enslaved Nubian princess. A privileged daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh. The soldier they both love. And a love triangle that could alter history forever.

Fathers and Sons by Michael Bradford

Drama

ACT Theatre

Downtown,Seattle
1st Event: 4/25/08
Opening Night: 5/1/08
Closes: 5/25/08
What is it to be a father, a son, a husband and a man? A production of the Hansberry Project at ACT, Fathers and Sons is a thoughtful, rich and poignant meditation on these eternal questions.

I AM MY OWN WIFE

Drama

ArtsWest

Opening Night: 5/14/08
Closes: 5/31/08
SEATTLE PREMIERE! WINNER, PULITZER PRIZE. WINNER, TONY AWARD, BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR. Nick DeSantis stars as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, whose harrowing tales of survival from the Nazis and the East German Communists are nothing short of breathtaking.

Lease: Seattle's Own Rock Opera

Musical Theatre,Improv

Wing-It Productions

University District,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/1/08
Closes: 6/20/08
An unscripted rock opera about Seattle, its inhabitants and stereotypes. This parody of RENT and LA BOHEME (but with a Seattle twist) comes from the creators of Jet City Improv.

Living Dead in Denmark

Drama,Comedy

Pork Filled Players

International District,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/1/08
Closes: 5/24/08
Zombies! Shakespeare! Kung fun action! The unauthorized action adventure sequel to HAMLET!

Medea Knows Best

Drama,Comedy

Nebunele Theatre

Capitol Hill,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 5/25/08
Completely unfaithful to Euripides' classic tragedy, this take on Medea explores gender roles, relationships, and the power of unreasoning faith through the lens of a 50's television show. DooWop chorus, disturbing leading lady: an uneasy dark comedy.

Mercy Ride

Drama,Performance Art

Little Red Studio

Cascade (South Lake Union),Seattle
Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 5/24/08
This production is the culmination of four months of collaborative and individual new work creation by a team of 13 female performing artists curious about sexuality and gender.

Other Places by Harold Pinter

Drama

The Community Theatre

West Seattle,Seattle
Opening Night: 5/8/08
Closes: 5/31/08
Harold Pinter's Other Places employs three short plays to explore the struggle of defining ourselves, our lives, and our relationships, especially through the penumbra of truth.

Over the River and Through the Woods

Comedy

Taproot Theatre Company

Greenwood,Seattle
1st Event: 5/14/08
Opening Night: 5/16/08
Closes: 6/14/08
A story about a young Italian American man leaving New Jersey to pursue a career in Seattle, and his two sets of grandparents who conspire to get him to stay.

Spokesong

Drama

Seattle Public Theater

Greenlake,Seattle
1st Event: 5/15/08
Opening Night: 5/16/08
Closes: 6/8/08
For those who loved last season's triumph Travesties comes a play full of songs, magic tricks, and bicycles. Spokesong will delight you and capture your imagination.

STONE SOUP THEATRE Presents “Outside The Box

Drama,Festival

Stone Soup Theatre

Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 6/1/08
OUTSIDE THE BOX 2008 Stone Soup Theatre's Second Annual Playwrights Festival

Take Me With You

Drama,Comedy

Balagan Theatre & Starving Artists

Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 6/1/08
The latest show from the worldrenowned Starving Artists Theatre Company!

The American Pilot

Drama

Theater Schmeater

Opening Night: 4/24/08
Closes: 5/24/08
Theater Schmeater presents the West Coast Premiere of David Greig's The American Pilot, directed by Artistic Director David Gassner.

The Bible In 30 Minutes . . . Or Less!

Comedy

Evergreen Family Theatre

Opening Night: 5/22/08
Closes: 5/23/08
The Bible In 30 Minutes . . . Or Less, by Anton Bucher is a hilarious romp through the Biblethink Monty Python meets Noah. Presented by EFT Youth Cast, this swift and wacky show is fun for the whole family

Unexpected Theatre

Improv,Comedy

Unexpected Productions

Downtown,Seattle
Opening Night: 2/22/08
Closes: 1/31/09
Explores movie, theatre, and literary genres unscripted as well as a multitude of improvisational formats from satire to spoof, from silly to serious! Improv doesn't get any better than this!