Mark Waldstein
Mark Waldstein is a founding member of SecondStory Repertory Theatre, a long-time arts and culture writer and a frequent contributor to City Arts and other Encore Media Group publications.He authored our scoop on the author of Next to Normal, Issaquah-raised Brian Yorkey, in May.
Recent Articles
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Half Dead or Still Breathing?
Star developer John Su’s Ten20 Theatre just lost its lease on life – but can it snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?
A year ago, we brought you the thrilling tale of the Ten20 Theatre in Bellevue (“Got Funding?” March 2009). John Su, a...
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Evolution of Revolution
The University of Washington Playhouse Theatre helped transform the cultural climate of Seattle, while changing its own shape along the way.
(from top) Outside the theatre after the 1967 remodel; outside the theatre after the most recent 2009...
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Hard Times Guide
How Not to Fail in Theatre: Drop the Half-priced Period Costumes and Buy a Little Common Sense Instead
How many theatres out there — how many arts organizations — heck, how many nonprofits in general — are running in the black? Fewer and fewer...
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Tweet Charity
How the musical Next to Normal, which got its start at Village Theatre, hit the Broadway jackpot by using Twitter in ways nobody ever had the audacity to think of before. (Read this story in our September Eastside Edition.)
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Tweet Charity
How Next to Normal twittered to triumph and revolutionized the business of Broadway
When Next to Normal won three Tony Awards this June, the triumph was so utterly unexpected that City Arts was the only magazine in the country with a feature story...
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A Musical about Manic Depression Is All the Rage
Issaquah-based playwright Brian Yorkey blows the minds of Broadway.
The Broadway cast of Next to Normal | Photo by Evan Kafka
Brian Yorkey, 38, is the first Broadway playwright whose career was launched in Issaquah. “If there had been a rock...
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Who Killed Kirkland’s Galleries?
With about a dozen venues dead or relocated, can this once thriving art scene bounce back?
Illustration by Cristin Ford for City Arts
Kirkland defines itself by its devotion to the fine arts. Its wealth of galleries and public art is one of the...
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Got Funding?
In downtown Bellevue, a prime theatre space stands empty waiting for money.
Photograph by Aaron Locke
Bellevue’s building boom has so many cranes looming above the skyline that the city looks like the creation of a puppeteer — glass and steel...
