
Northwest New Works: campy, clever, and unpredictable
The New Works Festival at On the Boards, which started last weekend and continues Friday-Sunday (June 11-13), highlights some of Seattle's finest choreographers.
The New Works Festival at On the Boards, which started last weekend and continues Friday-Sunday (June 11-13), highlights some of Seattle's finest choreographers.
Decades old, 'Fiddler on the Roof' still speaks powerfully to modern concerns. A production at the Paramount has great moments, but not a great lead performance.
Why is it that so many others are touched by this choreographer's work, when I continue to feel unmoved?
Mohammed-Reza Shajarian, greatest living master of Persian classical song, is at Kane Hall, while Harvey Fierstein is the lead in the Paramount's "Fiddler on the Roof."
Mitchell's video art lacked the power of her lyrics, but the dance company was gorgeous and energetic in a one-night show at the Paramount.