Seattle Gay News
Issue 25, Volume 46, June 22, 2018
Arts & Entertainment
PNB’s Season Encore a warm and fitting tribute to Karel Cruz’ artistry
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Karel Cruz takes his final bows amidst flowers, confetti, and balloons during PNB’s Season Encore Performance, June 10, 2018. Photo © Lindsay Thomas
by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SEASON ENCORE PERFORMANCE MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL June 10
This special one-night-only evening of dance revisited some of the liveliest and most romantic moments from Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2017-2018 season. The entire company was on hand to perform eight dances and excerpts from larger
see PNB ENCORE page 3
Book-It’s The Picture of Dorian Gray both dark and amusing
Chip Sherman as Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray – Photo by John Ulman
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE Through July 1 If you know a little about the story of Dorian Gray, maybe you’ve heard of the novel about a man who doesn’t age and a
portrait of him that does. Oscar Wilde, better known as a British playwright in the late 1800s, wrote the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, in a serial fashion, which caught literary fancy and also was decried for destroying morality. Book-It Repertory Theatre has taken a stab at turning Wilde’s novel into a play, which
see DORIAN GRAY page 4
Majestic Rider a hauntingly Working and earning: Cowboy Brady Jandreau sits tall in the saddle intimate triumph in The Rider
Brady Jandreau in The Rider – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE RIDER Now playing
On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota sits a lonely trailer in the middle of the wide-open wilderness. Living there is cowboy Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau) with his gambling-addict father
see THE RIDER page 6
Brady Jandreau in The Rider – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE RIDER Now playing
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. I was given the opportunity to speak with The Rider star Brady Jandreau, a young one-time rodeo star and professional cowboy making his debut in writer/director Chloé Zhao’s
see THE RIDER page 6