Chita Rivera the Broadway musical actress and Tony Award winner is coming soon to the Paramount Theater. The Dancer’s life is an awesome combination of story, song, and dance. Based on the life of Chita Rivera this production charts her life from a aspiring ballerina to a Broadway legend — If you can’t find the tickets you want to this show at the box office here are the places to shop for after market tickets:
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The Harlem Globe Trotters still put on a great show after all these years. They have a tour stop planned in the Seattle area in February at the Tacoma Dome. I guess they will play a game against the Washington Nationals. Anybody care to place a wager on the winner of that game?
If you can’t find the tickets you need to this show at the box office here are the places to shop for after market tickets:
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You’ve seen them on TV but have you seen them in person? I haven’t, but I want to. I’m told they put on an extremely entertaining live show which has been perfected over the years with various performers under the Blue. Their wiki says this about the group:
Blue Man Group’s theatrical acts incorporate rock music (with an emphasis on percussion), odd props, audience participation, sophisticated lighting, and large amounts of paper. It is also noted for having a “poncho section” of the audience; in the front rows, audience members are provided with plastic ponchos in order to protect them from various foods, substances, paints, and so on, which get thrown, ejected, or sprayed from the stage. The shows are family-oriented, humorous, energetic and often employ thought-provoking satire on modern life. Much of the humor breaks the fourth wall, for example, interrupting the show to ridicule latecomers in the audience.
If you aren’t finding the tickets you want to this performance here is where we recommend you look:
AIW Tickets has tickets to three shows starting at $100
Stubhub has tickets tickets starting a $148
TicketsNow is worth checking out too.
Be blue.
It says something about a band when a tribute group can sell out the Paramont Theatre more than three decades after they break up. But then this is not just some band I’m talking about, the is THE band; The Beatles. There are a lot of Beatles Tribute acts out there so this one must be pretty darned good if they ticket brokers are swooping in and picking up tickets to this upcoming show.
I suspect you must already know that though. If you aren’t finding the tickets to this show you want at the box office here is where you should look next for after market tickets:
AIW Tickets has tickets to three shows starting at $129
Stubhub has tickets tickets starting a $152
TicketsNow is worth checking out too.
Yeah, I know it ain’t the Beatles. But it might be as close as you’re gonna get so why not enjoy yourself? Happy hunting.
I am clearly not the target market for this show…
Ok, so I guess Chita Rivera is a famous dancer from back in the day. She became a huge star on Broadway in the 50’s. Apparently she remains a star in the eyes of a lot of people because the ticket brokers have bought up a lot of tickets to this show (and that means they expect it to sell out.) Well if that is the case then I say good for Ms. Rivera. (I must admit; she does have a pretty cool name.)
Anyway, if you are looking to see this show at the Paramont Theater and aren’t finding what you need at the box office here is where you should shop:
AIW Tickets has tickets to three shows starting at $150
Stubhub is worth checking
TicketsNow has tickets at $170
Viva Chita
Funny man Brian Regan is coming to Seattle for a show. Regan has a very funny shtick but is becoming best known for a startling and disconcerting approach he has taken to stand-up… he keeps it clean. Yup, the man is a outright revolutionary or something by taking the road less traveled and avoiding “blue” humor. I know, you thought that skill had been lost 50 years ago but apparently not so. If you are interested in getting tickets to this show and aren’t having much luck at the box office here is where we recommend you look online:
AIW Tickets usually has the best prices
Stubhub and TicketsNow are always must looks too.
Good luck
David Copperfield has some magic shows coming in January to the Paramount Theater here is Seattle. For those of you (like me) who wondered — no that is not he real name. His wiki says:
David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin on September 16, 1956) is a world-renowned American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of spectacular illusions and storytelling. His most famous illusions include making the Statue of Liberty “disappear”, “flying”, “levitating” over the Grand Canyon, and “walking through” the Great Wall of China.
I guess that if you are going to lift a name from a Dickens book that is a pretty good one. But I have to wonder why he didn’t just go for a snazzy Dickens name like The Artful Dodger…
Anyway, he has a couple of shows scheduled. If you are having trouble getting tickets here is where I recommend you look:
AIW Tickets has tickets to three shows starting at $105
Stubhub has tickets tickets starting a $129
TicketsNow is worth checking out too.
Happy hunting.
Dance has made a TV comeback. Between Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, cutting the rug is all the rage on TV now. Well the traveling road show is coming to Seattle at Key Arena. The Ticket brokers have been getting their hands on a lot of the best seats so if you are in need of good seats to the show here are the best places to hunt online:
AIW Tickets has seats starting at $85
Stubhub has a few tickets now and will let you sell your extra seats too
TicketsNow is always worth checking out too
Here is some info from the U.S. Dancing with the Stars wiki:
Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States. The show is based on the British BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the international Dancing with the Stars franchise.
The concept of the show is to pair a celebrity with a professional dancer in an attempt to win a high score from a panel of three judges and then a high number of votes from the viewers, who can call in and vote online. The person who receives the lowest score is eliminated, but they are allowed to dance one last dance at the end of the show.
The current co-hosts are Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris. In season 1, Bergeron’s co-host was Lisa Canning. The panel of judges is Len Goodman (head judge), Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli. Harold Wheeler is the musical director. The announcements for the show’s titles and dance introductions were recorded in the United Kingdom by Alan Dedicoat.
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Season three (premiered September 12, 2006) expanded from ten couples to eleven. Celebrity participants for season three of the USA edition of Dancing with the Stars are:
* Tucker Carlson, political pundit/MSNBC news anchor – partner Elena Grinenko (eliminated first)
* Monique Coleman, actress - partner Louis van Amstel
* Sara Evans, singer - partner Tony Dovolani (withdrew during sixth week)
* Willa Ford, singer - partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy (eliminated fifth)
* Vivica A. Fox, actress – partner Nick Kosovich (eliminated fourth)
* Harry Hamlin, actor – partner Ashly DelGrosso (eliminated third)
* Joey Lawrence, actor – partner Edyta Sliwinska
* Mario Lopez, actor/TV host – partner Karina Smirnoff
* Shanna Moakler, beauty queen/reality television star - partner Jesse DeSoto (eliminated second)
* Emmitt Smith, NFL running back – partner Cheryl Burke
* Jerry Springer, talk show host/former politician – partner Kym Johnson (former champion of Australian version of Dancing with the Stars) (eliminated sixth)* As part of Slim Fast Dance Challenge: Tysonia Sichinga and Christian Perry
You gotta hand it to the folks at Disney — they know how to promote their cra… err… stuff. They batch of that stuff in in the form of High School Musical - The Concert. If I have this right, I guess this is the traveling road show of the made for tv movie that my 9 year old daughter and her friends were very interested in called High School - The Musical, of High School Musical or something. I could bring myself to watch it but based on the ads it looks like dreamy hoops star longs to sing or some such nonsense. I’m sure drama and hilarity abounded…
Anyway, if you need to get tickets for yourself and a daughter or something we have done some research and here are the best after market sources for excellent seats to this tour stop at Key Arena:
AIW Tickets will hook you up with primo seats from $50-300
Stubhub will sell you tickets from $60-400. They’ll let you sell your tickets too
TicketsNow has a pretty good selection too
Here is more info from the wiki:
High School Musical is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM). The made-for-TV musical film tells the story of two students, Troy, the captain of his school’s basketball team, and Gabriella, a shy new student who excels in mathematical fields. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their school musical. Despite some students’ attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella persist and inspire others along the way.
Cast:
* Zac Efron - Troy Bolton
* Vanessa Anne Hudgens - Gabriella Montez
* Ashley Tisdale - Sharpay Evans
* Lucas Grabeel - Ryan Evans
* Alyson Reed - Ms. Darbus
* Monique Coleman - Taylor McKessie
* Corbin Bleu - Chad Danforth
* Olesya Rulin - Kelsi Nielsen
* Chris Warren Jr. - Zeke Baylor
* Bart Johnson - Coach Jack Bolton
* Ryne Sanborn - Jason Cross
* Socorro Herrera - Ms. Montez
* Joey Miyashima - Principal Dave Matsui
Good luck — make that little girl in your life happy!
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is coming to Seattle’s Parmount Theater. Can you spell? Want to test your spelling skills on stage with the actors? You can’t try if you don’t have tickets! Here’s what you do. (more…)
Alright, I admit it: The Doodlebops kinda creep me out. My toddler likes the show well enough but I cringe every time it comes on. Seems too similar to the weird psychedelic stuff from decades past like HR Puff n Stuff and that always creeped me out as a kid. Plus, the whole music dance theater thing that the doodle bops reek of just ain’t my thing.
But let’s face it — The Doodlebops are not targeted toward dads; the Doodlebops are targeted toward little kids and little kids eat this kind of stuff up. So if you are looking for primo seats to their Seattle shows we have you covered. They have performances scheduled at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, The Everett Events Center in Everett, and the Paramount Theatre in Seattle.
Stubhub has excellent tickets (including front row seats) ranging from $86-160.
AIW Tickets has similarly excellent seats ranging from $60-85 (though only in Everett it seems)
Ticketsnow has many of the same seats ranging from $75-165
And for your reading pleasure here is some more info on the Doodlebops:
The Doodlebops is a Canadian musical comedy series for preschool children. Beginning its broadcasting run in 2004, the series, produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment airs on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada in the CBC Kids morning block, and on the Disney Channel in the USA as part of the Playhouse Disney morning programming schedule. The series stars are Lisa J. Lennox as Deedee Doodle, Chad McNamara as Rooney Doodle, and Jonathan Wexler as Moe Doodle.
The Doodlebops’ characters are members of a kids’ band, not unlike The Wiggles.
The show features a mix of music, humor and skits that teach pro-social lessons. The show always includes scenes from a concert in front of a preschool audience who actively participate in the singing and dancing.
The band members wear heavy make-up and/or prosthetics to look like live-action cartoon characters. They wore cloth hoods with fake ears during the show’s first season only. In the show’s second season, the band changes to flashier versions of their standard costumes, including sequins and other metallic fabrics, during their concert segments.
Hey, what screams “Christmas” more than a ballet about a girl who gets magically shrunken and then fights a evil rat king? (Or maybe he is just a mouse king… at any rate, he’s the bad guy.) Apparently not much. And once again there is a top-flight production of the Nutcracker playing this December in Seattle. The music is as beautiful as ever and the dancing makes for a lovely experience every year. Here is a little trivia on the Nutcracker from the wiki:
The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, English: Shchelkunchik), Op. 71, is a fairy-ballet in two acts, three tableaux, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed in 1891–1892, and based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Nußknacker und Mausekönig), a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (1816). Alexandre Dumas’ adaptation of the story was set to music by Tchaikovsky (after the libretto of Marius Petipa) and has become the most popular ballet performed around Christmas time. It is appealing to children and adults alike and has been a standard yearly feature of theatres in many cities. A selection of eight of the more popular numbers from the ballet was made by the composer, forming The Nutcracker Suite, designed for concert performance. The titles of the ballet (simply The Nutcracker) and the suite (The Nutcracker Suite) are frequently confused.
Tchaikovsky composed the ballet in 1891–1892, but he was unsatisfied with it and considered it to be one of his less successful pieces.
The first performance of the ballet was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky’s last opera Iolanta on December 6/18, 1892, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. The ballet was conducted by Riccardo Drigo and choreographed by Lev Ivanov. However, this performance had just limited success.
The current popularity of The Nutcracker is due in part to Willam Christensen, former Ballet master of the San Francisco Ballet, who imported the work to the United States in 1944. The success of the ballet and George Balanchine’s choreography for his own 1954 version created a winter tradition of Nutcracker performances in the United States.
Ok, so on to where you should hunt for tickets. The box office is always a good place to start, but tickets sell out fast so here is where you should look to find just to the tickets you want:
AIW Tickets has tickets starting at $110
Stubhub is coming in at about $120
TicketsNow has good seats too
You ought to find what you need between all of these choices.
Happy mouse (king) hunting.
Comedian George Lopez from The George Lopez Show is coming to share his comedic genius with Seattle! He will be at the Paramont Theater. That seems to be a big night for concerts! If you want to have a fun night laughing and enjoying yourself go see him.
Here’s where you should hunt for tickets:
AIW Tickets definitely has the cheapest seats from $65-$195
TicketsNow is selling seats for between $70 and $220
StubHub has seats from $73-$230 and
Here is a bit of bio from George Lopez’s wiki page:
He was born to a Mexican-American family and grew up in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, California. He became a popular stand-up comedian, especially among the Latino community for his satirizing of Mexican-American life and culture in the United States. Much of his humor was drawn from the financial poverty of his upbringing and of the Latino community in general. He has released four albums of recorded stand-up comedy shows, including Right Now Right Now and Team Leader, which was nominated for a 2004 Grammy for Best Comedy Album [1]. He appeared in The Latin Kings of Comedy, where he was special guest along with other top Latino stand-up comedians. Alien Nation in 1996 was his first album released of his stand-up comedy shows. His current stand-up comedy DVD is Why You Crying?. He recently released “El Mas Chingon” in September of 2006.
