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Must List: Symphony Performs ‘Psycho’ Score, ‘If/Then’ at the Paramount
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff October 29, 2015
Must Scream
Seattle Symphony to Perform Psycho Score
(10/30 to 10/31, 8 p.m.) End the month with a scream as the orchestra performs Bernard Herrmann’s terrifying Psycho score live while the film plays on the big screen.
Must See
KT Niehoff’s A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light
(10/30 to 11/14, times vary) Glam rock meets cabaret meets modern dance in A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light, an immersive performance/party directed by longtime Seattle choreographer KT Niehoff and featuring a cast of fine, very feathery friends. Don your most flamboyant get-up and join the fun.
Must Watch
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Mother Courage and Her Children
(Through 11/22, times vary) Seattle Shakespeare Company takes a break from the Bard to present Bertolt Brecht’s masterful antiwar play, featuring a brassy and clever matriarch, vaudeville music elements and biting satire.
Must Sing Along
If/Then Takes the Stage at the Paramount
(11/3 to 11/8, times vary) With a libretto written by Issaquah’s Tony Award–winning lyricist Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal), this new musical features Idina Menzel as a 38-year-old divorcee who does something we all wish we could do: plays out two life paths to see which is the better choice.
Must Listen
Kristin Hersh reading at Elliott Bay Book Co.
Thursday (10/29, 7 p.m.) The former Throwing Muses singer has penned a personal tribute to her dearly departed fellow musician: Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt.
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