"Damn Yankees," Reboot Theatre Company, Theater Off Jackson, International District
The award-winning Reboot Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Off Jackson, presents Damn Yankees; based on the novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop. A Broadway mega-hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Damn Yankees hits it out of the park! The winning score by Adler and Ross, and a devilish book by George Abbot, have made this sporty musical comedy a true American classic.
Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd, trades his soul to the Devil, also known as Mr. Applegate, for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation, Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life that he's left behind.
"Inclusion rate" tickets available online for $5.49 for all performances. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
"Guards at the Taj," ArtsWest, West Seattle
In 1648 India, two Imperial Guards watch from their post as the sun rises for the first time on the newly-completed Taj Mahal—an event that shakes their respective worlds. When they are ordered to perform an unthinkable task, the aftermath forces them to question the concepts of friendship, beauty, and duty, and changes them forever. GUARDS AT THE TAJ is one of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s seminal works.
Tickets for Wednesday night previews are available for $10 each. $15 Inclusion rate tickets are also available for all other performances online using the promo code “INCLUSION.”
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POTUS, OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, ACT Theatre, Downtown Seattle
The comedic sensation comes to Seattle and delivers a riotous punch as it unveils the story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. Fueled by Selina Fillinger’s sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers an unforgettable tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.
PWYC Tickets available for all shows starting at $5 online. $20 Rush tickets are also available for all shows that are not sold out, starting 60 minutes before curtain. Click here for tickets and more info
"Titanish," The Habit, Seattle Public Theater at Greenlake Park, Greenlake
From the creators of the sell-out super hit "A Very Die Hard Christmas" comes a comedy so colossal it can only be called "Titanish". Crashing onto the shores of Green Lake this August, this musical parody (that lampoons the epic film) will showcase the wit and creativity that The Habit Comedy writers are acclaimed for. Winner of the 2022 Broadway World Critic's Choice Award for best new musical.
Age Restrictions: Younger children not recommended, adult humor and language.
Twelve $10 "Art is for Everyone" tickets available per performance. Click for tickets and more info
"The Adding Machine," The Feast, The Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, Capitol Hill
Zero loses their job to a machine, so they kill their boss. They are then sent on a hallucinatory journey through internetified culture, the legal system, the underworld, and the future as they struggle to understand their value.
Written one hundred years ago by Elmer Rice, The Adding Machine is an absurdist parable about automation, labor, exploitation, and the search for meaning.
Choose Your Own Price tickets available online starting at $0.00. Click here for tickets and showtimes
"The Ever Expanding Moment," Common AREA Maintenance, CAM Annex, Downtown
Jamahl King is stuck in an afterlife with the police officer who took his life during a routine traffic stop. Their purgatory is a tortured tapestry of confrontation, denial, and, ultimately self reflection that all amounts to an unflinching exploration of police violence and its unending costs. Moving beyond news headlines that flatten perpetrators and victims alike, The Ever Expanding Moment presents both Jamahl and his killer as infinitely complex people, both in life and in death. Playwright and director Amontaine Aurore has orchestrated a gripping performance that demands its audiences to consider what true justice really looks like. Join us at Common Area Maintenance Annex (2601 1st Avenue) for this multimedia play that explores the events, beliefs and ideas that lead to a fatal encounter and a final cosmic reckoning.
Choose your own price tickets available starting at $5. Click here for tickets and showtimes.
"Abacus," West of Lenin, Fremont
A play about aging, dementia, and and AI featuring a veteran cast that includes a "Gilmore Girls" regular.
Tickets start at $12. Click here for more info, show times, and tickets.
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