The Seattle Traveler

Broadway Across America has announced the performance of smash-hit and 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Avenue Q, at Seattle’s Paramount Theater.  The production also won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book.
The plot of the play rings true with so many people who have relocated to the Big Apple, hoping to strike it big — Big Dreams, Little Money.  A naive college graduate comes to town, but can only afford to live in Avenue Q.  The neighbors are nice, if a little eclectic, and you can follow their adventures through work, love, and a search for …read more

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Details:  Seattle’s Paramount Theater (911 Pine) is a beautifully restored venue for music, theater, fundraisers, and other special events.  I’ll be seeing Twelve Angry Men there.
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There are some stories that always stay with you.  Sometimes the reason is profound, sometimes it’s just the timing of story, and sometimes it carries a message that you need to hear.  Whatever the reason may be, years after we first hear it, the story still resonates.
That’s how I feel about the movie Twelve Angry Men. Originally a play, later adapted to film, director Sidney Lumet produced Twelve Angry Men in 1957.  The black and white film was set entirely in the jury room, with an all-star cast playing the jurors.  The “jurors” were:  Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley,John …read more

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