Theater – OLY ARTS

Shakespeare’s The Tempest Storms into Olympia’s Port Plaza

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 0

THEATER REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS The Tempest — third and final of this area’s outdoor-summer-Shakespeare plays — opened Thursday, August 15 at […]

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The Tempest at Port Plaza

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 0

by Tom Simpson William Shakespeare will return to the South Sound this summer with an exceptional production of his classic, magical romance The Tempest at […]

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All 100 Fires: Experimental Theater by Theater Maestra Donna Oblongata

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019 0

by Ned Hayes Olympia has professional theater, amateur theater, family theater and community theater. Yet we are often bereft of truly experimental genre-busting theatrical adventures. […]

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Man of La Mancha: A Classic Tale Reinterpreted

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 0

THEATER REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS Director Aaron Lamb and the cast and crew of Harlequin Productions’ Man of La Mancha took a […]

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Olympia’s Summer of Shakespeare In Three Acts

July 3, 2019July 10, 2019 0

By Christian Carvajal William Shakespeare will be celebrated this summer in a unique trifecta of his work on stage. Three theater companies have joined to […]

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Summer Shakespeare: As You Like It

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 0

THEATER REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS Outdoor performances of Shakespeare continue through the Summer in Olympia with Goldfinch Productions’ As You Like It, […]

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Summer Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 0

Theatre Review by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS The Merry Wives of Windsor is arguably Shakespeare’s funniest comedy. It is also one of the bard’s […]

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This Glorious Quest: Harlequin’s Man of La Mancha Inspires Audiences

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 0

By CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s two-part novel The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha, first published in 1605 and 1615 — concurrent […]

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Sharon Stearnes and the Wonderful Wurlitzer

June 2, 2019July 12, 2019 0

By KAREN LUNDE Back in the mid-1920s, the Liberty Theatre, a vaudeville house, contained a Wurlitzer 2/9 theater pipe organ. After a renovation in 1948, […]

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Raising a Glass to Life’s Misfits

June 2, 2019July 12, 2019 1

By Karen Lunde Comedian Drew Carey once said, “Oh, you hate your job? … There’s a support group for that. It’s called everybody, and they […]