Curtain Up on a New Year and New Seasons
The Puget Sound’s weekly roundup of arts, culture, and community | January 2 to 8, 2026
As we all come down from the celebration of the holidays and the (sometimes anticlimactic) countdown to the new year, we still have things to look forward to. As we all make our resolutions, we can suggest one that can be immediately achieved: add more live performance and art into your life.
If you’re already a season subscriber or frequent purveyor of the theatre, maybe go out of your tried and trusted terrain and explore something completely new. If you love musicals, check out a drama; if you know Vivaldi and Beethoven backwards and forwards from frequenting the symphony, check out a dance company where the music fuels the movement.
If live performance is a once a year occurrence for you, try going to two or three shows this year. An easy way to commit to this resolution, is becoming a season subscriber for the 2026 season. While most performing arts organizations begin their seasons in September and end in June, there are a few that begin at the turn of the new year. Two of these organizations are Taproot Theatre Company and Harlequin Productions. Taproot Theatre is celebrating their 50th season this year, an achievement that is only possible through sustained patronage and inventive performances. Harlequin has announced that this season they will be introducing accessible performances into their programming, taking a huge step toward expanding their audience.
If this is a newsletter that you normally scroll through, glance at, or even delete right away, we hope that this time you’ll take a deeper look, and find something that speaks to you.
On the Stage
The Heart Sellers
Theatre | Seattle Rep
Now – February 1 | Tickets
Alone on Thanksgiving in 1973 while their husbands work long hours, young immigrants Luna and Jane meet as strangers over the frozen turkeys at the grocery store and decide to celebrate this unfamiliar holiday together.
More Events
- The Lion King | Broadway at The Paramount | Now – January 4 | View Program
- 9 to 5 | Village Theatre | Now – January 4 | View Program
- The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza | Seattle Children’s Theatre | Now – January 4 | View Program
- Bernstein & Rachmaninov | Seattle Symphony | January 8 – 10 | View Print Program
Next Line
- We want to congratulate Intiman Theatre on their recognition in The Seattle Times’ Best Seattle Theater of 2025 list. Check out the rest of the standouts to help plan which theatre you’d like to explore next.
- To see what is achieved in a year at a local theatre, check out Seattle Rep’s year in review video. You’ll be amazed at what can be accomplished with passion and dedication.
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