Seattle Opera: looking ahead
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In announcing its 2008-09 season Seattle Opera is upping the ante and showing some possible aspects of what the company will be like after Speight Jenkins retires.
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January 03, 2008: Headlines
You never know which Jersey Boy is going to be which at the 5th Avenue
Posted Thu, Jan 3, 1 p.m.
Professional shows have understudies, sometimes great ones, and that's how we got Shirley MacLaine. But they're making a practice of it with the run of the Tony-winning Jersey Boys road production.
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Score one for Googie
Posted Thu, Jan 3, 7 a.m.
While three charming old Capitol Hill buildings are sentenced to be razed by Sound Transit, two modern buildings get approval from the Seattle landmarks board: a sleek International-style office building and a quirky Ballard diner.
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Seattle's transportation malaise is nothing special
Posted Thu, Jan 3, 5 a.m.
Seattle perversely prides itself on its transportation stalemates, as if they're part of our brand. Alas, thinking locally, defying regional scale, and torpedoing big governmental projects is a grand American tradition, widely shared.
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