Timothy McCuen Piggee, a mainstay of the Seattle theatre community, is in the director’s chair for Showtunes’ 2015-2016 season closer, WORKING.
Interviews
Interviews
Adam Kaplan Dances Cross-Country in Kinky Boots
“I can’t really believe that just three years ago I was watching this show on Broadway, and now here I am doing the national tour,” says rising musical comedy star Adam Kaplan of the journey he has traveled in the national tour of the Tony Award®-Winning Broadway...
Road Warriors: Broadway’s James Judy on the Road
I had the pleasure last week of interviewing the delightful James Judy from the cast of the Newsies National Tour. Judy is playing the role of Snyder, a despicable low-life running a so-called “refuge” for wayward boys. He also understudies the role of publishing...
Tip O’ The Hat: Greg Brisendine
David-Edward Hughes: Tell me ALL about you! Ok maybe not ALL but fill our readership in. Greg Brisendine: I’m 50 years old and my background in the arts is relatively new. About 15 years ago, a friend invited me to a Poetry Slam. I had never heard of performance...
The Man Behind the Music: Randy Johnson and A Night With Janis Joplin
This past week, I had the chance to chat with the warm and vivacious Randy Johnson, the creator/director of A Night With Janis Joplin, which is in previews at the 5th Avenue, and opens Thursday night. Randy specializes in these kind of shows, which bring our musical...
Bawdyhaus: All Bodies Belong on the Dance Floor
If you’re part of the Vancouver nightclub scene, you’ve likely heard the name DJ GingerBear Todd (aka Todd Brisbin). He’s been putting on parties for years, from charity shows to live drag shows to corporate events. Among others, he’s particularly proud of his...
Christine Deaver: This Comedy Queen is a Lady
This week, an interview with one of the alternating star attractions in the enduringly popular Teatro Zinzanni production at their Spiegeltent in Lower Queen Anne, the zaftig and zesty, Miss Christine Deaver! David-Edward Hughes: I'd call you reigning queen of Teatro...
Gay Comic Geek: Falling In Love With Comics And Cosplay
The world of entertainment has changed vastly over the past several years. No longer does fame require an agent and television air time. If you have compelling video content and market yourself well, you can get plenty of viewers, whether as hobbyist, as a career, or...
Bobbi Kotula Perfects Mrs. Warren’s Profession
An original East coaster from Bethlehem, PA, Bobbi Kotula chose to come live in Seattle but took the hard way here. She married a man who wanted to live here, so she moved with him. She later let him go but couldn't do the same to Seattle. Two decades plus later, she...
Leslie Jordan: The Little Thespian That Could
Leslie Jordan’s so good he could even give an interview while chasing down his mother’s dog after it had secretly slipped the bonds of the condo Leslie had bought for his mother. Like he did with me.
Anne Allgood Returns to Seattle Rep in Luna Gale
I make no bones about the fact that I adore Anne Allgood. I’ve been a fan ever since I sat at the audition table when she was brand new to town, auditioning for Showtunes Theatre’s very first show, Anyone Can Whistle. She wasn’t cast, but it had nothing to do with her...
Jon Lutyens Pulls Out the Lucky Charms in Finian’s Rainbow
Though once a staple of the American Musical theatre canon, the musically rich, lyrically lithe, and satirically sassy Finian’s Rainbow has all but vanished from the schedules of theatres, even those like the 5th Avenue that take pride in bringing back “lost musicals”...