Weekend Must List: PNB Salutes Broadway!
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Friday, March 13
Pop goes the Pacific Northwest Ballet! The troupe takes on Broadway with three premieres based on show-tune faves. With Carousel (A Dance), choreographer Christopher Wheeldon salutes music master Richard Rodgers, who receives another nod from George Balanchine himself in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from the musical On Your Toes). And the West Side Story Suite (with the classic music by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Jerome Robbins) is expected to bring the house down with those (literally) snappy gang members. “Boy, boy, crazy boy” indeed.
Through 3/22. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. March 12-14 and 19-21; matinees start at 2 p.m. March 14 and 1p.m. March 22. Prices vary. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St.; 206.441.2424; pnb.org
Saturday, March 14
Throw back a Guinness and toast St. Patrick—while you’re at it, kick up your heels in an Irish jig (guidance provided). The Irish Heritage Club of Seattle paints the Seattle Center green, offering Gaelic games and the opportunity to trace your own Irish history, enjoy Ireland’s spin on movies, music and more. A special children’s center features kids’ activities and contests like the “Most Irish-Looking Face Contest.” Four-leaf clovers and “Kiss me, I’m Irish” shirts optional.
Times vary. Free. Seattle Center House, Fisher Pavilion, 306 Harrison St.; 206.427.3027
Sunday, March 15
Seattle choreographer and dancer Maureen Whiting is also a mathematician—which is likely why her pieces often contain an ordered geometry, even when they’re getting really, really weird (in a good way). Her work—which she’s been producing in Seattle since 2001—is rarely “pretty” but always articulate and appealing, reaching toward a common humanity that often reveals itself in grotesquerie. Her latest piece, Myth of Me and You (for four dancers), is the result of a yearlong residency with ACT Theatre’s Central Heating Lab (a sort of incubator for artists), and is sure to include her signature humor, vision and captivating freakiness.
8 p.m. Prices vary. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St.; 206.292.7676; acttheatre.org
Editorial assistant Jamie Galvin contributed to this article.
Pop goes the Pacific Northwest Ballet! The troupe takes on Broadway with three premieres based on show-tune faves. With Carousel (A Dance), choreographer Christopher Wheeldon salutes music master Richard Rodgers, who receives another nod from George Balanchine himself in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (from the musical On Your Toes). And the West Side Story Suite (with the classic music by Leonard Bernstein and choreography by Jerome Robbins) is expected to bring the house down with those (literally) snappy gang members. “Boy, boy, crazy boy” indeed.
Through 3/22. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. March 12-14 and 19-21; matinees start at 2 p.m. March 14 and 1p.m. March 22. Prices vary. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St.; 206.441.2424; pnb.org
Saturday, March 14
Throw back a Guinness and toast St. Patrick—while you’re at it, kick up your heels in an Irish jig (guidance provided). The Irish Heritage Club of Seattle paints the Seattle Center green, offering Gaelic games and the opportunity to trace your own Irish history, enjoy Ireland’s spin on movies, music and more. A special children’s center features kids’ activities and contests like the “Most Irish-Looking Face Contest.” Four-leaf clovers and “Kiss me, I’m Irish” shirts optional.
Times vary. Free. Seattle Center House, Fisher Pavilion, 306 Harrison St.; 206.427.3027
Sunday, March 15
Seattle choreographer and dancer Maureen Whiting is also a mathematician—which is likely why her pieces often contain an ordered geometry, even when they’re getting really, really weird (in a good way). Her work—which she’s been producing in Seattle since 2001—is rarely “pretty” but always articulate and appealing, reaching toward a common humanity that often reveals itself in grotesquerie. Her latest piece, Myth of Me and You (for four dancers), is the result of a yearlong residency with ACT Theatre’s Central Heating Lab (a sort of incubator for artists), and is sure to include her signature humor, vision and captivating freakiness.
8 p.m. Prices vary. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St.; 206.292.7676; acttheatre.org
Editorial assistant Jamie Galvin contributed to this article.
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