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Performing Arts

While Seattle is well known as the birthplace of grunge, we’re also home to more traditional musical delights, such as one of the world’s most recorded symphony orchestras and our renowned Seattle Opera, both of which enchant audiences year after year with their compelling performances. This “City of Music” offers more than eighty clubs and venues presenting live music on a regular basis, allowing you to choose anything from a sizzling jazz trio to your new favorite rock band. We’re also recognized as one of the county’s great theatre centers.

Groups like Seattle Repertory TheatreACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre offer everything from world-premieres and new works to award-winning interpretations of the classics. The historic Paramount Theatre and the Moore Theatre host touring concerts and Broadway shows, while over fifty other theatres produce inspired work by emerging artists. And that’s just the beginning. From the grand artistry of Pacific Northwest Ballet to a poetry reading in the most intimate setting, Seattle will set the stage for you.

Upcoming Performing Arts Events

Sanctuary City

Now through 3/31/2024

This searing and captivating new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning Martyna Majok asks what we’re willing to risk for …

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My Name is Rachel Corrie: Play Reading

3/20/2024

Join Intiman Theatre for a staged reading of My Name is Rachel Corrie, followed by a panel conversation …

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The Moors

3/22/2024 through 4/14/2024

The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.

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Harold and the Purple Crayon

3/23/2024 through 3/30/2024

This hour-long, narrated production features performances by PNB School students and is the perfect introduction to ballet for …

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God’s Child

3/29/2024

Willow Pill is spreading the good word across the world. The RuPaul’s Drag Race winner is going on …

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Manual Cinema

4/3/2024

Love, loss, and creation merge in unexpected ways as Manual Cinema presents its thrilling version of the classic …

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One Thousand Pieces

Now through 3/24/2024

Four years after its originally scheduled PNB premiere, Alejandro Cerrudo’s complete One Thousand Pieces will finally take to …

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Beetlejuice

4/2/2024 through 4/7/2024

Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange …

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The Seasons’ Canon

4/12/2024 through 4/21/2024

This mesmerizing work features 54 dancers moving as one organism to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, recomposed by Max …

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