Seattle has a vibrant and very deep theater and music scene. I have talked about music before, and there is much to talk about, but I’ve not mentioned the theater too much.
Tonight I got taken to one of Seattle’s smaller venues, the Open Circle Theater on 2nd Avenue in Seattle, close to a couple of my favorite music venues, Tulas Jazz Club and The Crocodile.
At the moment they are running a homegrown play “The Judy Garland Christmas Special”. I can’t praise this highly enough, wonderful, over the top and incredibly funny. It’s 1963 and it’s the story behind Judy Garlands Christmas Special with her family. Including Liza Minnelli.
The first half is a “re-imagining” of the rehearsal with a drunk and belligerent Judy. After the intermission they show a recording of the 1963 Christmas special with drunk and belligerent Judy providing a running commentary over the showing.
It was a great night out. The steak at the Buenos Aires Grill was excellent, the theater wonderful, very inventive and very funny
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Really enjoyed this, it’s a small theater, but a lot of fun. Found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later
Thank Dave for supporting independent theater in Seattle.