Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 2, Volume 43, January 9, 2015
Michael Brunk
Paul Bestock
Heather Hawkins and Rebecca Olson in Gidion’s Knot
Brianne A. Hill and Reginald André Jackson in The Mountaintop Tim Durkan Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Daniel Christensen (below) and Eric Mulholland in The Lisbon Traviata
Scene from Captain America: Winter Soldier Scene from The Invisible Hand
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer The theater critics circle in Seattle, the Seattle Theater Writers, has gotten together for the fourth year to present a slate of nominees for the annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards. The 2014 calendar year is the basis for eligibility and was a busy, productive year of theater. Named after the iconic stage star, Gypsy Rose Lee, who was born in Seattle, the award categories are divided into Large Budget and Small Budget and some individual categories where such a divide isn’t productive. There are 32 categories total. Our nominations include 57 productions from 32 different producing companies. That’s an enormous acknowledgement of the vibrancy of our theatrical community. Winners will be announced January 15, 2015. In addition to the 32 categories named below, a Special Award of Recognition will be given to Mr. Robert Schenkkan for Excellence in Playwriting, named for his exceptional history of Lyndon Baines Johnson in his two plays, All the Way and The Great Society, pre-
sented at Seattle Repertory Theatre. The 2014 Gypsy Rose Lee Award Nominations are (in alpha order): EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (Large Budget) Tails of Wasps – New Century Theatre Company The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Book-It Repertory Theatre The Boy at the Edge of Everything – Seattle Children’s Theatre The Invisible Hand – ACT Theatre The Normal Heart – Strawberry Theatre Workshop (Small Budget) A Small Fire – Sound Theatre Company Blood Countess – Annex Theatre Gidion’s Knot – Seattle Public Theater Seascape – Theater Schmeater The Lisbon Traviata – Theatre22 EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL A Little Night Music – SecondStory Repertory In the Heights – Village Theatre see Gypsys page 4
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Phoenix
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer How ‘bout them Seahawks? The team earned home field advantage through the playoffs, putting them in the drivers seat for a repeat Super Bowl appearance. A win against the Carolina Panthers this weekend
and a victory over Dallas or Green Bay next weekend would punch their ticket to Arizona. The 2015 football championship is scheduled for February 1 in Glendale, just outside of Phoenix, which will also host the Pro Bowl on January 15. The Cactus Bowl, that pitted another hometown sports club, the University of Washington vs. Oklahoma State, took place New Year’s
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
When looking at possible 2015 Academy Award contenders for Best Picture, the conversation starts with Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman and Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game, all films mentioned after those three just jockeying for a nomination and nothing else. Based see Phoenix page 6 on all of the award precursors, in-
cluding this Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards where those three should duke it out for supremacy, these are without a doubt the frontrunners, and it is more than likely the eventual winner will be one of them. Not that films like Ava DuVernay’s Civil Rights drama Selma, James Marsh’s Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything or Wes Anderson’s eccentric, freewheeling The Grand Budapest Hotel are completely out of the
conversation, they just don’t appear to have the same sort of momentum as that aforementioned trio does. All have their strengths, each has perceived weaknesses, and as such it’s unlikely any are making the same impact on Academy voters as Linklater’s, Iñárritu’s and Tyldum’s latest all seem to be having. This isn’t a reflection on qualsee Awards page 8