Seattle Actor with Autism Nationally Celebrated

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, coming soon the Paramount Theatre this summer, is based on the popular novel by Mark Haddon of the same name. The Tony Award winner for Best Play tells the story of Christopher John Francis Boone, a British 15-year-old who is on the autism spectrum.

Pictured: Touring casts of Curious Incident of Dog in the Nighttime

This production stars local actor Mickey Rowe. Rowe, who is autistic and legally blind, has performed several times at Seattle Children’s Theatre and other Seattle stages. He has played this role in productions with Indiana Repertory Theater and Syracuse Stage. The progressive casting of this play has already received national attention.

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What's New

Touring company of Hamilton. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Here comes Hamilton
The Tony Award-winning global phenomena is coming to the Paramount Theatre in 2018. The projected 144,000 seats for the run of the show is expected to completely sell out. Check your email next week to see how you can reach this unique and affluent audience.

Come From Away thrives on Broadway
The new musical, developed with Seattle Repertory Theatre, has thrived in New York. The production is up for multiple Tony Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Musical. Come from Away returns to Seattle, this time at the 5th Avenue Theatre, October 2018.

The Seattle International Film Festival is here
SIFF is the largest film festival in North America and celebrates the best and brightest in world cinema. Encore produces the SIFF Guide, the best way to track all the Festival happenings.

Seattle Men's Chorus & Seattle Symphony Together
The Seattle Symphony and Seattle Men’s Chorus have teamed up for the first time in their histories. Under the baton of Steven Reineke, the groups will perform the great Broadway hits, from such shows as Wicked, Hairspray, Phantom of the Opera and many others.

Coming Up in City Arts

Photo of Anastacia Renee' Tolbert by Natasha Marin

In the July issue of City Arts, we'll cover writer and performance artist Anastacia Renee Tolbert, local indie rock band Pickwick and the rise of rock' n' roll bars springing up and thriving in the area.

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Upcoming Deadlines

Encore Stages
Wooden O, Alex & Aris, Persuasion
Jul/Aug
Closing: May 19

The 5th Avenue Theater
Fun Home
Jul 7 – Jul 30
Closing: May 26

Broadway at the Paramount
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Jul 25 – Jul 30
 Closing: Jun 9

Seattle Opera
Madame Butterfly
Aug 5 – 19 
Closing: Jun 16

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
2017/18 Season
Closing: Jun 30

The 5th Avenue Theater
Something Rotten
Sep 12 – Oct 1 
Closing: Jul 28

Broadway at the Paramount
Sound of Music
Sep 6 – 11 
Closing: Jul 28

Seattle Repertory Theatre
Public Works:  The Odyssey
Sep 8 – 10 
Closing: Jul 28

Village Theatre
Into the Woods
Sep 14 – Nov 19
Closing: Aug 4

Pacific Northwest Ballet
Jewels
Sep 22 – Oct 1
Closing: Aug 4

Seattle Symphony
Renee Fleming, Mahler, John Williams, Lang Lang
Sep 16 – Oct 1 
Closing: Aug 4

Seattle Repertory Theatre
Pride & Prejudice
Sep 29 – Oct 29 
Closing Aug 18

Seattle Children's Theatre
Go, Dog. Go!
Sep 28 – Nov 26 
Closing: Aug 18

Seattle Opera
The Barber of Seville
Oct 14 – 28 
Closing: Aug 25

Seattle Symphony
Enigma Variations, Elgar Untuxed, Gidon Kremer, Shostakovich
Oct 5 – 27 
Closing: Aug 25

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In Great Detail

Humaira Abid rebels against taboo with painstaking miniatures and wood sculptures.

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Taste Test with Curtis Bright
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Supra-Human
Google’s Artists and Machine Intelligence program grants artists computing power

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