SGN March 30, 2018 - Section 2

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Seattle Gay News

Issue 13, Volume 46, March 30, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Cho her some love:

Margaret Cho is performing in Bellevue this weekend and you shouldn’t miss her

“Everything is Hard” at Gallery 4Culture

Amanda Kirkhuff’s large-scale figurative oil paintings explore themes of queer community, militancy, and the homosexual agenda

Margaret Cho – Photo by Luke Fontana

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer MARGARET CHO “FRESH OFF THE BLOAT” PARLOR LIVE COMEDY CLUB March 29 @ 7:30pm March 30 & 31 @ 7:30pm & 10pm

The words “legend” and “icon” are often used loosely. It’s become a rubberstamp adjective to describe anybody who’s been around for a long time, regardless of whether they’ve done anything substantial with their life. But clearly deserving of both labels,

see MARGARET CHO page 5

Theatre22 presents The Happiest Song Plays Last

The Happiest Song Plays Last – Photo by Dangerpants Photography

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE HAPPIEST SONG PLAYS LAST THEATRE22 (AT 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through April 14

Quiara Alegria Hudes is one of our country’s powerful, female playwrights and her work is becoming more ubiquitous in production. Theatre22 brought us a gorgeous (and Gypsy-award winning) production of Water By the Spoonful in 2015, which was the second part of a trilogy. Now, they’ve

see HAPPIEST SONG page 6

Amanda Kirkhuff. Limp Wristed for Life, 2016. Oil on canvas. 45 x 60 inches – Image courtesy of 4Culture

AMANDA KIRKHUFF “EVERYTHING IS HARD” GALLERY 4CULTURE April 5-26, M-F 9am-5pm

Artist Reception & Opening Thursday, April 5, 6-8pm

see AMANDA KIRKHUFF page 7

Ride the Cyclone might be a fun ride – or might not

Connor Russell as Ricky Ports in Ride the Cyclone at The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer RIDE THE CYCLONE ACT THEATRE AND 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Through May 20

Someone said that the co-productions chosen by ACT Theatre and the 5th Avenue Theatre in their annual outing of togetherness have always been a bit dark and/or quirky and I ran my memory back over Assassins, Grey Gardens, Vanities, Little Shop of Horrors,

see RIDE THE CYCLONE page 4


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