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ENTERTAINMENT
Downtown
A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
THEATER
(ACT;
www.acttheatre.org
; 700 Union St; University St)
One of the three big companies in
the city, the theater fills its $30-million home at Kreielsheimer Place with performances
by Seattle's best thespians and occasional big-name actors. Terraced seating surrounds
a central stage and the interior has gorgeous architectural embellishments.
SHOWBOX
LIVE MUSIC
( 206-628-3151;
www.showboxonline.com/market
;
1426 1st Ave; University St)
This cav-
ernous 1137-capacity showroom - which hosts mostly national touring acts, ranging
from indie rock to hip-hop - reinvents itself every few years and successfully rode the
grunge bandwagon while it lasted. Between sets, hop over to the attached Green Room,
the venue's smaller bar and restaurant.
TRIPLE DOOR
CLUB
( 206-838-4333;
www.thetripledoor.net
;
216 Union St; University St)
This club down-
stairs from Wild Ginger restaurant (
Click here
)
has a liberal booking policy that in-
cludes country and rock as well as jazz, gospel, R&B, world music and burlesque per-
formances. There's a full menu and valet parking; the club is all-ages before 9:30pm.
5TH AVENUE THEATER
THEATER
( 206-625-1900;
www.5thavenue.org
;
1308 5th Ave; box office 9:30am-5:30pm Mon-Fri;
University St)
Built in 1926 with an opulent Asian motif, the 5th Avenue opened as a
vaudeville house; it was later turned into a movie theater and then closed in 1979. An
