By Dikla Tuchman, Arts Editor, JTNews Friday, July 27 at 8 p.m. Michael Feinstein’s “The Good Life” Music Grammy-winning singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, along with his 17-piece big band, return to Seattle to present “The Good Life,” the second volume of his popular Sinatra Project. Hailed as the “AmbassadorContinue Reading

Chris Bennion

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Seattle’s beleaguered Intiman theater has reopened this summer with a festival, four plays presented in rotation for two months, one of which is John Patrick Shanley’s “Dirty Story.” This article begins with the same warning as any other piece you’ll read about this play:Continue Reading

Andreas Terlaz

By Marvin Glassman, Special to JTNews At 71, singer/songwriter Neil Diamond could easily settle into retirement, looking back on his nearly 50-year recording career, 125 million records sold and 39 top-40 hit songs. But Diamond is not ready to get out of the limelight yet. He is currently on aContinue Reading

By Danielle Berrin, other (L.A. Jewish Journal)—Aaron Sorkin, the playwright, television writer and Oscar-winning screenwriter of “The Social Network,” is causing a stir with his new HBO series, “The Newsroom,” about the inside antics of a cable news show and its commentary on American journalism. Sorkin’s “The West Wing” andContinue Reading

Obelis Productions

By Herb Krohn, Special to JTNews The 36th Annual Seattle International Film Festival kicks off 25 days of non stop cinema on Thurs., May 17. Tickets can be purchased online at www.siff.net, by phone at 206-324-9996, as well as during business hours at any SIFF venue on festival days, subjectContinue Reading

Nic Dahlquist

By Alice Kaderlan , JTNews Correspondent In the mid ‘60s, in the small German village of Efringen-Kirchen on the French border, a preteen boy and his friends came upon an old, overgrown cemetery. The headstones, many of which were falling over, had strange writing on them; the boys had neverContinue Reading

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By Alice Kaderlan, JTNews Correspondent It will come as no surprise to anyone who has seen Frank Ferrante at Teatro ZinZanni that this is a man who knows how to ad-lib. The wisecracking Ferrante has starred in several ZinZanni productions, most recently in “Hail Caesar!” but he has a wholeContinue Reading

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By Dikla Tuchman , Special to JTNews As the spring quarter launches into full bloom at the University of Washington, the Stroum Jewish Studies Program prepares for a special visitor to arrive on campus from Israel. Selected as one of 10 sites nationwide to participate in the Schusterman visiting artistContinue Reading