Must see entertainment in Seattle

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    T-Mobile Park

    Home of Seattle's pro baseball team, the Mariners, the $517 million T-Mobile Park (originally Safeco Field) opened in July 1999. With its retractable roof…

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    5th Avenue Theater

    Built in 1926 with an opulent Asian motif, the 5th Avenue opened as a vaudeville house; it was later turned into a movie theater and then closed in 1979…

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    Seattle Repertory Theatre

    The Seattle Repertory Theatre (the Rep) won a Tony Award in 1990 for Outstanding Regional Theater. The largest non-profit resident theater outfit in the…

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    Husky Stadium

    With room for 70,000, the Husky is a scenic giant with splendid water and mountain views. Once Seattle's largest sports stadium, it has undergone four…

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    Sunset Tavern

    One of the two pillars of Ballard's thriving live-music scene along with the Tractor, the Sunset has been spruced up since its grungy heyday and sports a…

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    Comedy Underground

    The best comedy club in Seattle has shows most nights, with a second show common on Friday and Saturday. Talent is mainly local and there's a full bar,…

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    Atlas Theater

    Spend more than five minutes in Fremont and you'll quickly glean that it's got a healthy sense of humor. So it'll come as no bombshell to discover this…

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    Central Cinema

    Welcome to a bona fide dine-in cinema. What might be par for the course in Portland, OR, is a rare sight in Seattle, which makes this small neighborhood…

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    Showbox

    This cavernous 1137-capacity showroom – which hosts mostly national touring acts, ranging from indie rock to hip-hop – reinvents itself every few years…

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    Market Theater

    The Market Theater is Seattle's bona fide improv comedy theater with shows staged by Unexpected Productions. It was patrons queuing for this theater who…

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    Chop Suey

    Chop Suey is a small, dark space with high ceilings and a ramshackle faux-Chinese motif. Reborn under new ownership in 2015, it now serves burger-biased…

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    Big Picture

    It's easy to miss Big Picture when exploring Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. For those in the know, it's an 'underground' cinema experience with…

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    Seattle Mariners

    Seattle's battling baseball team might not have enjoyed the recent success of the Seahawks (NFL) and the Sounders (MLS), but they're vociferously…

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    Tractor Tavern

    One of Seattle's premier venues for folk and acoustic music, the Tractor books local songwriters and regional bands, plus quality touring acts. Music runs…

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    Tula’s Jazz

    Tula’s is an intimate jazz club with live music seven nights a week, from big bands and Latin jazz to up-and-coming names on tour. It focuses mainly on…

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    Nectar Lounge

    This small and comfortable live-music venue in Fremont outgrew its humble beginnings to become a well-established club that includes a covered patio with…

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    Jewel Box Theater

    The restored Jewel Box Theater, tucked away behind the sleek Rendezvous cocktail bar, has live music and independent theater events including burlesque…

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    LANGSTON

    LANGSTON is a new non-profit arts organization in the CD dedicated to 'cultivating black excellence.' It hosts programs at the Langston Hughes Performing…

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    Northwest Film Forum

    A film arts organization whose two-screen cinema offers impeccable programming, from restored classics to cutting-edge independent and international films…

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    On the Boards

    The place for avant-garde performance art, the non-profit On the Boards makes its home at the intimate Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance and…