Tag: On the Boards

• Out with the Old, In with the NW New Works

  

  Anyone go to On the Boards’ Northwest New Works for 2026?  It was eclectic, experimental, and high-quality — all in typical OtB fashion.  If you didn’t go support it this year, kick yourself – and then put it on the calendar RIGHT NOW, for next year. … You big dummy….

  S.E. Barcus

  Dance, Dramatic Performing Arts, Music, Theater

  Adrienne Mackey, Black Ends, Dance, Mare Hirsch, Meysha Harville, Naomi Deckard, Nia-Amina Minor, NW New Works, On the Boards, review, Seattle, Tariq Mitri, Theater, Undercurrent

• Weirdo. Dynasty Handbag — Divine Meets Karen Finley.

  

  Dynasty Handbag (the Doppelgoofy of performance artist Jibz Cameron), is one exaggeratedly foppish gal.  She is as schmutzy-glamorous (and lackadaisical with her gowns and lipstick) as Divine, yet suddenly as combative and comedically intense as Karen Finley.  Talk about a wonderful blend!

  S.E. Barcus

  Dramatic Performing Arts, Theater

  2025, Dynasty Handbag, Jibz Cameron, On the Boards, performance art, Seattle, Titanic Depression

• Seattle 2025 Fall Dramatic Arts Preview

  

  While we cannot right the Earth’s tilt, there are some consolation prizes for contending with the dark.  With most everyone hunkering down, the dramatic arts kick into high gear again, and really thrive, starting in the fall.  … In the land of the Big Dumper, let’s get our Big Bottoms off the couch and into…

  S.E. Barcus

  Dramatic Performing Arts, Mediated (e.g., film), Theater

  2025, Can Can, Fall, Fall Arts, Film, Jet City, On the Boards, Opera, Paramount, Preview, Rep, Seattle, Theater, Village Theatre, ZinZanni