“Show Boat” Drifts Closer to Completion

After weeks of building, rehearsing, and planning in preparation for Show Boat…we’re still working at it! With exactly two weeks until opening night (May 14–get your tickets!!) we just wrapped our pre-production photo shoot and thought we’d share some of the photos with our loyal blog readers. Spread the word about Show Boat and enjoy the photos.
 
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Happy Hour has Arrived at Village Theatre

Who doesn’t like a good happy hour?
Village Theatre is excited to announce its first-ever Happy Hour Special! We have partnered with local hot spot Chopstix in Everett to offer an exciting ‘happy hour’ discount for a limited time.
Between the hours of 4:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday-Saturday, now through May 24, 2009 only, patrons can call the Village Theatre Box Office [...]

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The Cast is Set for Mighty “Show Boat”

Village Theatre’s 2008-2009 season is anchored with a true classic; the grand lady of theatre herself, Show Boat. With this epic production, comes an incredible cast of 28 that we’re excited to introduce to you. Check out a small handful of the Show Boat cast members you can expect to see on stage beginning May 14!
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A Few Words from ‘Stunt Girl’ Author Peter Kellogg

As we enter the last week of the Issaquah run of Stunt Girl, and prepare to move the production to Everett, we thought we’d share some funny thoughts from Stunt Girl book writer and lyricist Peter Kellogg about musicals and his hopes for Stunt Girl. Read on below…
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In 1932, Vernon Duke and Yip Harburg wrote a musical called [...]

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Village Theatre Announces…

CURTAIN CALL After Hours is Village Theatre’s premiere social network created especially for young professionals. CURTAIN CALL is a place for those between the ages of 21 and 35 to gather, enjoy live professional theatre on the Eastside or Northend, and to meet others and their friends at exciting before and/or after events. CURTAIN CALL members will enjoy great food [...]

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‘Next To Normal’ Gets Rave Review in NY Times

Opening last night to a packed house, this morning brought Next To Normal one heck of a review in The New York Times. By all means, read on…

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ONE DAY SALE: 2-For-1 Tickets

Village Theatre is excited to celebrate the opening of Next To Normal on Broadway on Wednesday, April 15 (tax day!) by offering 2-For-1 tickets to see the new musical Stunt Girl on stage now in Issaquah. Like Stunt Girl, Next To Normal is a new musical that was developed early on by Village Theatre’s Village [...]

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“Next To Normal” Soundtrack For Sale on iTunes

For any of you out there who have been following Next To Normal’s path to Broadway, or for those out there who just recently jumped on board the N2N train, we’ll have you know that as of Tuesday this week, the show’s Original Broadway Cast Recording became available for purchase on iTunes. In fact, according [...]

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Check out ‘The Gypsy King’

We hope you know by now that The Gypsy King — originally part of the 2008 Festival of New Musicals and recently presented as a workshop production at First Stage — is officially part of the 2009-2010 Season of theatre here at Village. Writer Randy Rogel describes the show as, “less like Rent and Miss Saigon…it’s more like [...]

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‘Next To Normal’ Goes Broadway

The New York Times reported, “After an Off Broadway run in 2008 and some retooling at a recent production in Washington, the musical Next to Normal is returning to New York – this time to Broadway – with previews scheduled to begin on March 27 and an opening night of April 15…The musical, budgeted at [...]

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