On Monday, December 10, from 5-8pm, the Seattle Theatre Group presents over 25 vaudeville-inspired performers around the lobby, stage and house areas.
Free food and drink, including a giant cake in the shape of The Moore, will be shared.From 7:30 to 8pm, the public can “Rock Out” on stage as the house band commemorates over 40 years of music. Historic photos, guided tours and spot lighting on architectural details allow the public unprecedented insight into what this theatre has hosted over the decades.
ACTS
- Hosted by emcee Kevin Joyce, creator and host of Seattle Channel’s Big Night Out.
- Broadway Bound performing selections from DREAMGIRLS
- Buskers: Balloon Man Adam Lee (celebrity balloon art); Artis the Spoonman; The Slimpickins Band (bluegrass/cajun); Reggie Miles (junkart guitar & hand saw); Sukuma Avery (African American magician); Haruko Nishimura (Butoh dance); Ye Olde Carolers On High (holiday songs)
- Laura Drake & Joanne Klein performing “Two Woman Act” from 1920’s vaudeville review and Ms. Klein singing Sophie Tucker’s “Some of These Days”
- Ladies Musical Club presents violinist Helena Emery playing Jasha Heifetz
- Hallie Kuperman & Riki Mason from The Century Ballroom demonstrate and teach the lindy hop and swing dance (audience participation)
- Tamara the Trapeze Lady & Quynbi Horton from Columbia City Cabaret
- Lily Verlaine of Atomic Bombshells
- Sydni Deveraux Columbia City Cabaret’s singer pays homage to Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
- Alicia Murillo, the Spanish opera singer from Opera Café performs an aria from Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” & a tango piece from “Three Penny Opera”
- Michael Matthews tributes Charlie Parker
- NW Tap Connection kid & teen tappers honor Bojangles & Savion Glover
- Sing-a-long to HAIR
- STG House Band featuring Josh LaBelle, Jeff Rouse, Andrew McKeag, Jeff Angell, Nabil Ayers, Benjamin Anderson, Victoria Wimer, Alex Chadsey, Zach Davidson, Leif & Levi Andersen, Ty Willman, Kurt Bloch, Scott Giampino, Kim Virant & guests.
- Kara O’Toole of Velocity Dance Center performs Pat Graney’s “Jesus Loves the Little Cowgirls”
- Teatro Zinzanni – featured performer Sergiy Krutikov, Russian juggler
Cited at its opening on December 28, 1907, as the “epitome of architectural elegance,” The Moore Theatre remains to this day the oldest operating theatre in Seattle, with a rich programming and architectural history. Originally built by architect Edwin Houghton as a stage venue for future Broadway magnate John Cort (1861-1929), the building’s original design was considered revolutionary for its time with massive steel girders instead of support columns, gently sloping inclines instead of stairwells and an exquisite lobby of marble and onyx. The third largest theatre in the United States at the time, its grand foyer was the largest of any theatre in the country.
The Moore Theatre’s first performance was the original musical comedy, “The Alaskan,” by Joe Blethen and it has subsequently been part of the Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit as well as home to the broadest range of theatrical, dance, vaudevillian, road show and concert performances. Celebrating the Moore 100 will continue until December 28, 2008.
The Moore Theatre has been home to many significant artistic milestones over the past 100 years including legendary performances by Jack Benny, Al Jolson, Sarah Bernhardt, Kathryn Dunham, Ella Fitzgerald, Bette Midler, Bob Dylan and Nirvana, just to name a handful. Along with these artistic highlights, the theatre was also the original home to many Seattle arts institutions including Seattle Symphony (1908, 1910, 1911 and 1956) and Seattle International Film Festival (1976–1981).
