‘Around the World in 80 Days’ reviewed

by | May 29, 2009

The Seattle Times has doneĀ a review for the latest play at Taproot, the rollicking adaptation of Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days,” that does a betterĀ job of describing the fast-paced play than we could do as amateur theatergoers.

TaprootĀ should beĀ pretty happy about the writeup, considering the concern they’ve voiced about not having their last play reviewed by the papers, which they believe negatively affected ticket sales.Ā To combat the recent loss of newspaper arts critics with the P-I’s closure, their marketing people are coming up with ways to encourage the audience to virally promote their shows, including handing out slips of paper reminding people to post critiques online and tell their friends.

Director Scott Nolte said they saw an uptickĀ in sales for “Tuesdays with Morrie” when people started postingĀ about it on Facebook.Ā 

Left to right: Nolan Palmer, Ryan Childers and Alyson Scadron Branner. Photo by Erik Stuhaug.

The play runs through June 20 and even though we were lucky enough to haveĀ already seen it once during a Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of CommerceĀ eventĀ held before the play officially opened, we had such a good time weĀ plan to be back to see how it evolves.

ā€œAround the World in 80 Daysā€ runs from through June 20 at Taproot Theatre at 204 N. 85th St.Ā For tickets, call Taproot Theatreā€™s box office at (206) 781-9707 or Ticketmaster at (206) 292-ARTS, or online.

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