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in the more intimate Leo K. Theatre. Productions range from classics to world
premieres. Ticket prices range from $15 to $46. When available, rush tickets are
available half an hour before shows for $20.
With a season that runs from March to December, the
Intiman Theatre Com-
pany
(
&
206/269-1900;
www.intiman.org), which performs at the Intiman Play-
house, Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St., fills in the gap left by those months when
the Seattle Rep's lights are dark. Ticket prices range from $35 to $42.
Performing in the historic Eagles Building theater adjacent to the Washing-
ton State Convention and Trade Center,
A Contemporary Theater (ACT),
700
Union St. (
&
206/292-7676;
www.acttheatre.org), offers slightly more adven-
turous productions than the other major theater companies in Seattle, though
it's not nearly as avant-garde as some of the smaller companies. ACT also puts
on Seattle's annual staging of
A Christmas Carol.
The season runs from July to
December. Ticket prices usually range from $30 to $45.
Fringe Theater
Not only does Seattle have a healthy mainstream performing-arts community, it
has the sort of fringe theater life once only associated with such cities as New
York, Los Angeles, London, and Edinburgh. The city's more avant-garde per-
formance companies frequently grab their share of the limelight with daring,
outrageous, and thought-provoking productions.
Seattle's interest in fringe theater finds its greatest expression each September,
when the
Seattle Fringe Theater Festival
(
&
206/342-9172;
www.seattle
fringe.org), a showcase for small, self-producing theater companies, takes over
various venues. The festival includes more than 500 performances by theater
groups from around the country.
Even if you don't happen to be in town for Seattle's annual fringe binge, check
the listings in
Seattle Weekly
or the
Seattle Times
' Friday “Ticket” entertainment
guide to see what's going on during your visit. The following venues are some of
Seattle's more reliable places for way-off Broadway productions, performance
art, and spoken-word performances:
•
Bathhouse Theater,
7312 W. Greenlake Dr. N. (
&
206/524-1300
). Seat-
tle Public Theater's performances at the old Green Lake bathhouse range
from original musicals to updated versions of Shakespeare. The location
right on the lake makes this a great place to catch some live theater.
•
Book-It Repertory Theater
(
&
206/325-6500;
www.book-it.org). This
theater company specializes in adapting literary works for the stage, and also
stages works by local playwrights. Performances are held at various venues
around the city.
•
Empty Space Theatre,
3509 Fremont Ave. N. (
&
206/547-7500;
www.
emptyspace.org). One of Seattle's biggest little theaters, Empty Space stages
mostly comedies and is popular with a young crowd.
•
Theater Schmeater,
1500 Summit Ave. (
&
206/324-5801;
www.
schmeater.org). Lots of weird and sometimes wonderful comedy, including
ever-popular live late-night stagings of episodes from
The Twilight Zone.
DANCE
Although it has a well-regarded ballet company and a theater dedicated to con-
temporary dance and performance art, Seattle is not nearly as devoted to dance
as it is to theater and classical music. That said, hardly a week goes by without
some sort of dance performance being staged somewhere in the city. Touring
