Bobbi Kotula News

Village Theatre is serving the stage version of that Hollywood classic, "Meet Me in St. Louis" for the holiday season and it is a wholesome good time for the whole family.

Village Theatre will produce MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS in Issaquah November 11, 2009-January 3, 2010 and in Everett January 8-31, 2009. Featuring an array of Seattle talent, both young and old, Village Theatre is excited to announce the full cast of this musical treasure.

Village Theatre will produce MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS in Issaquah November 11, 2009-January 3, 2010 and in Everett January 8-31, 2009. Featuring an array of Seattle talent, both young and old, Village Theatre is excited to announce the full cast of this heartwarming musical treasure.

Village Theatre will produce MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS in Issaquah November 11, 2009-January 3, 2010 and in Everett January 8-31, 2009. Featuring an array of Seattle talent, both young and old, Village Theatre is excited to announce the full cast of this musical treasure.

Village Theatre will produce MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS in Issaquah November 11, 2009-January 3, 2010 and in Everett January 8-31, 2009. Featuring an array of Seattle talent, both young and old, Village Theatre is excited to announce the full cast of this heartwarming musical treasure.

Captain Smartypants goes 'native' when a luxury airliner nosedives into the Pacific, the shipwrecked Air Smarty crew takes to the airwaves. It's a taste of homo-comedy at its talented and flagitious best. 'Mayday' turns to musical mayhem as their increasingly creative distress signals attract all sorts of characters.

Captain Smartypants goes ?native? when a luxury airliner nosedives into the Pacific, the shipwrecked Air Smarty crew takes to the airwaves. It?s a unique taste of homo-comedy at its talented and flagitious best. ?Mayday? turns to musical mayhem as their increasingly creative distress signals attract all sorts of characters. Part Tempest, part Gilligan?s Island, part Lost, part American Idol, this show demonstrates just how creative, and desperate, a group of nine survivors can get. Air Smarty features songs by Annie Lennox, a tribute to gay and straight composers, and a medley of songs shown to drive people clinically insane. Peppered with commercials for new and cryptic products, the evening is all done up by a parade of undaunted, unbalanced, and unearthly characters who will definitely keep you laughing.

Village Theatre has announced the cast for the leading roles in its 2008-2009 Mainstage production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, on stage November 12, 2008-January 4, 2009 in Issaquah, WA, and January 9-February 1, 2009 in Everett, WA.

Showtunes! Theatre Company wraps up its successful 2007-2008 season with a production of the rarely staged Noël Coward musical comedy Sail Away. The Showtunes! book-in-hand, concert staging plays two performances only at the Kirkland Performance Center (350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, WA): Saturday May 3, 2008 at 8 PM and Sunday May 4, 2008 at 2 PM.

Showtunes!Theatre Company wraps up its successful 2007-2008 season with a production of the rarely staged Noël Coward musical comedy SAIL AWAY.

The popular holiday musical White Christmas, based on the classic movie musical, will be presented in Seattle

Hugh Panaro stars as musical theatre's most famous bachelor in the 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth classic Company

Hugh Panaro plays musical theatre's most famous bachelor, in the 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth classic Company

Hugh Panaro, who recently played the vampiric title role of Lestat, will take on the role of Bobby in the 5th Avenue Theatre's upcoming production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth classic Company

star performance needs strong support. Even the greatest of leading ladies can't save a production boggled by misguided choices. It is too bad that Village Theatre's wonky new production of Hello, Dolly! is never able to live up to its delightful star (in her return to Seattle) Peggy O'Connell. With a solidly tuneful Jerry Herman score, a tight book by Michael Stewart, and opportunities for multiple star turns, you would expect this local revival to be a triumph. Sadly, director Steve Tomkins' tendency to gravitate towards the superficial requires O'Connell to make a difficult uphill climb. Stars of her caliber should never be subjected to this chore.