Petit Mort by Jiri Kylian

Music: Mozart

This ballet is set apart by its props. Guys have foils that they balance and bend. The Ladies have large black dresses on wheels. It's fun with some unusual choreography.

Opus by Michael Hollinger

A play about the struggles and intimacies of an accomplished string quartet. I liked the contrast of the characters and between their past and future.

Diana Szeinblum's Alaska

An interesting and mildly engaging piece. With all the hype and writeups we had heard before we saw this piece, along with the sold-out crowd, I had expected something much more substantive.

It was mostly interesting to watch, but didn't really say anything and the dancing wasn't very innovative. Not all that different from many other middle-of-the-road performances we've seen by others. It did have some nice live music accompanying.

This show will be available to watch online in January when OtBTV premieres. Here's a 2-minute excerpt.

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

A downer of a play about a very dysfunctional family.
The script is lively with complex interplay of dialogue and a few moments of painfully good timing.

Transition by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith

This was a great, fun, energetic, and thought-provoking evening that included musings on romance, race, and the dis-humanity of our ever increasingly technologized lives, as well as wildly creative music (including of course, a love song to Sasquatch), and many very funny homages to 80s pop culture.

For me this evening was a perfect balance of message and entertainment, allowing us to enjoy thoughtful ideas with plenty of sweetness, never crossing the line to either pointless spectacle nor overly-serious artyness.

The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow

Seattle Repertory Theatre


A zany spy thriller with Pythonesque humour. Lots of fun stagecraft with a train chase, shadow play and two actors playing about a dozen characters, some in the same scene.

Doesn't amount to much, though.

Maillot's Roméo et Juliette

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Scenic Design: Ernest Pignon-Ernest

The second performance we've seen in two years.
I think it may be my favorite full-length story ballet.
I like the light and shadow on the white set pieces and how the set moves and lighting shifts to create different spaces throughout the performance.
The story has a very good balance of passion and comedy.