Man of La Mancha: A Classic Tale Reinterpreted
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 […]
Olympia’s Summer of Shakespeare In Three Acts
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 […]
Summer Shakespeare: As You Like It
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, […]
Summer Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor
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 […]
This Glorious Quest: Harlequin’s Man of La Mancha Inspires Audiences
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 […]
Sharon Stearnes and the Wonderful Wurlitzer
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, […]
Raising a Glass to Life’s Misfits
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 […]
Thereby Hangs a Tale
By CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL Lacey will soon have its own theatrical troupe. Artistic director Kevin McManus explains, “Seven of my closest friends and I gathered together […]
Other People’s Lives
By Alec Clayton Tumwater High School is presenting a student-written play, “Other People’s Lives” by Caelyn White, an 18-year-old graduating senior. “Other People’s Lives” is […]
Arts and Culture Events This Memorial Day Weekend
By Billy Thomas As the weather continues to warm up, and the sun — that’s that bright thing in the sky, for those of us […]