THEATER
family love at the time of the World’s Fair in 1904, with memorable tunes by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, including “The Trolley Song,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” plays through Jan. 31 at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., in Everett. Tickets at 425-257-8600 or
www.villagetheatre.org.
Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire, the movie “Precious” will be screened at the Lincoln Theater Jan. 30 through Feb. 2. Lee Daniels’s vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome is set in Harlem in 1987. It is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a 16-year-old girl born into a life no one would want.
• “Who’s in Bed with the
Butler” is directed by Melissa
Bridges
for Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave., Feb. 5-27. All seats $16 at 360-293-6829.
• The 5th Avenue Theater
presents “South Pacific,”
Jan. 29 – Feb. 21,
the winner of seven 2008 Tony awards, including the best musical revival. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical tells the romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and own prejudices. Tickets at www.5thavenue. org, call 206-625.1900 2009 or go to the 5th Avenue Theatre box office at 1308 5th Ave. in Seattle.
• Garrison Keillor’s “A
Prairie Home Companion”
will be broadcast “live” in
HD in theaters across the
nation,
including the Lincoln Theater in Mount Vernon, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, with an encore performance 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. A Prairie Home Companion is heard by more than four million listeners weekly on more than 600 public radio stations. This show is performed live, in front of an audience, at the show’s home base, the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn and will be beamed live in high-definition exclusively to some 500 participating movie theaters, including the Lincoln, at 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon. Tickets are $19 general, $16 seniors and $14 for students at 360-336-8955 or www. lincolntheatre.org.
• ACT Theatre offers
theater, music and dance
this winter:
• “Two by Pinter” through Feb. 7 by the new Shadow & Light Theatre Company devoted to the works of late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.
• Seattle Dance Project: Project 3 features an entirely new work of innovative dance with world-premiere choreography by former soloist with New York City Ballet Edwaard Liang and by Kent Stowell, founder and former director of Pacific Northwest Ballet, Jan. 29 – Feb. 6.
• Mark Siano & The Freedom Dancers presents a musical revue of 1980s movies and music in The Soft Rock Kid, Feb. 19-27.
• Washington Ensemble Theatre presents “The Cosmic Ball” Feb. 20.
• The ACT New Play Award goes to “Extraordinary Chambers” by David Wiener, presented Feb. 27 and 28 by Central Heating Lab, an incubator for new works, at 700 Union St. in Seattle. Tickets at www.acttheatre. org or call 206-292- 7676.
