Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center

201 Mercer St.
Seattle, WA 98109
United States

  Directions

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Saturday, July 22, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Friday, July 21, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Thursday, July 20, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Sunday, July 16, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Saturday, July 15, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Saturday, July 15, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore'

Friday, July 14, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A timeless tale of class struggle and a dash of incompetent leadership.

$40/$37/$16

The Esoterics: Approaching Ecstasy

Saturday, June 10, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length dance collaboration based on the life and poetry of the Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy.

$25-$50

The Esoterics: Approaching Ecstasy

Friday, June 9, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length dance collaboration based on the life and poetry of the Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy.

$25-$50

Seattle Opera's Frost Fest: Cinderella en España

Saturday, February 4, 2017 @ 12:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A modern, bilingual take on the timeless rags-to-riches tale explores the beauty of kindness and the ugliness of mistreating others.

$5 (kids free)

Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0

Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.

$20-$40

Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0

Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.

$20-$40

Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0

Friday, February 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.

$20-$40

Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0

Thursday, February 18, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.

$20-$40

Seattle Opera Frost Fest

Saturday, February 6, 2016 @ 12:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Make an instrument, try on costumes, play music, and hear (and sing along with) classical and folk music from around the world.

$5 (free under age 18)

Peace Symphony by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky featuring Nouveau Classical Project

Friday, December 4, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) weaves together a sound and visual portrait of one of the most powerful moments of the 20th Century.

$24-$34

Celebration of Song

Sunday, February 15, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Student and faculty singers from Cornish College of the Arts present an evening of vocal music from the lyric stage. The evening features members of the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Adam Stern.

$10 (students $5; Cornish students free)

Baroque Music for the Theater: Purcell, Lully and Handel

Sunday, November 16, 2014 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Henry Purcell – Suite from Abdelazer
Godfrey Finger – Trio-sonata in C Major for trumpet, violin, and continuo
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Passacaille d'Armide
Handel – Sonata for flute and continuo
Handel – Trio-sonata in C Minor for recorder, violin and continuo
Handel – Aria "Lascia ch'io piango" from Rinaldo
Handel – Aria "Destero dall' emptia dite" from Amadigi

$32 ($22 seniors; $10 students with ID)

Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano

Thursday, November 13, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Nico Muhly – Color and Light (2012) (Sunday in the Park with George)
Fred Hersch – No One Is Alone (2010) (Into the Woods)
Jherek Bischoff – The Ballad of Guiteau (2014) (Assassins)
Duncan Sheik – Johanna in Space (2014) (after “Johanna” – Sweeney Todd)
Wynton Marsalis – That Old Piano Roll (2014) (Follies)
Eric Rockwell – You Could Drive A Person Crazy (2010/14) (Company)
Rodney Sharman – Notes on 'Beautiful' (2010) (after “Beautiful” – Sunday in the Park with George)
Steve Reich – Finishing the Hat – Two Pianos (2010) (Sunday in the Park with George)
Film Interlude: Onstage interview with Stephen Sondheim, conducted by Mark Eden Horowitz at LIAISONS’ NYC premiere (Symphony Space April 2012)
Andy Akiho – Into the Woods (2013) (Into the Woods)
Ethan Iverson – Send in the Clowns (2011) (A Little Night Music)
Mason Bates – Very Put Together (2012) (after “Putting it Together” – Sunday in the Park with George)
Paul Moravec – I Think About You (2010) (after “Losing My Mind” – Follies)
Jake Heggie – I’m Excited. No You’re Not. (2010) (after “A Weekend in the Country” – A Little Night Music)

$32 ($27 seniors; $20 students; $20 Cornish alumni)