Jan and I have “Thursday Preview” Season Tickets to the Bathhouse Theatre in Seattle. For those of you who don’t know about the Bathhouse, it’s a very small community theatre on the ever-popular Green Lake. This is our second year having season tickets for the Thursday Previews and I’d highly recommend them to anyone – they’re cheaper than standard tickets, it’s pretty easy to get good seats, and you still gain access to high-quality local theatre.
A representative will tell you up-front that Thursday Previews are a practice run before opening night and that the director may choose to stop the action at any time but it hasn’t happened on anything we’ve seen. Tonight is the preview showing of Bryony Lavery’s ” A Wedding Story.” While I’m sure there will be more hoopla for the Opening Night tomorrow, tonight you’ll get the benefit of a seeing the show with a bunch of budget conscious theater fans, along with the family and friends of the actors. This is a really enjoyable way to get your local theatre and a nice reminder of just how accessible it can be. Here is The Guardian’s quote on Lavery’s “A Wedding Story”:
“A moving story about marriage and the nature of love…with its mix of comedy, tragedy, movie culture and popular song…Lavery is riding the crest of a wave.”
