Director Steven Spielberg's heartwarming masterpiece is one of the brightest stars in motion picture history. Filled with unparalleled magic and imagination, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial follows the moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world, complete with John Williams’ Academy Award-winning score performed live by a full symphony orchestra in sync to the film projected on a huge HD screen! ™ & © Universal Studios

North America's longest-running genre TV series, Supernatural keeps delivering thrills, chills and humor in its 14th season, and Creation Entertainment is thrilled to celebrate by bringing The Official Supernatural Convention to the Westin Seattle. With appearances from some of TV's hottest stars, like Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins and more, the convention is an action-packed weekend that includes parties, panels, contests, photographs, full musical concerts, photo and autograph opportunities, and more surprises. See the website for up to date info on guests and ticket availability.

Join Pacific Northwest Ballet for The Sleeping Beauty, the dreamiest of classical ballets. This performance is filled with romance, enchantment and fairies that really fly! The treasured tale of a young princess thwarted by an evil fairy comes to PNB's stage in grand fashion at McCaw Hall in Seattle, featuring gorgeous scenery and costumes, plus the live PNB Orchestra!

The stage is set for the big comedy varieté show, the theater is packed, the band is ready -- but the tour bus with all the performers has broken down! Now Frank Olivier must pull off the show of his life and perform all 16 twisted variety acts himself, aided only by Flynch, his loyal hunchback assistant. The Twisted Cabaret Orchestra accompanies as Olivier delights with juggling, mind reading, knife-throwing, magic, fire-eating and other unbelievable feats. See the madcap variety show that the New York Times called "wickedly funny" at the Hale's Ales Palladium Theater in Seattle.

If you love your kids, but hate children's shows, The I Hate Children Children's Show is just the ticket. It's a smart, funny magic show for kids that won't leave adults bored. Magician Paul Nathan (HBO, MTV, Star Trek: Voyager) brings his acclaimed show to Seattle after taking home the Editor's Choice Award for "Best Children's Show" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. For someone who claims to hate rugrats, "Unkle Paul" sure is good with them. Accompanied by guitarist John Anaya, he combines dry humor with magic tricks that keep kids entranced and adults laughing. Everyone is a star in this interactive show where children are invited to help create the magic on stage.

Something Magical combines comedy, illusions, audience interaction, acrobatics, escape and mind-reading into a thoroughly enjoyable entertainment experience. You won't believe your eyes on this hilarious rollercoaster ride at Hale's Ale Palladium in Seattle. Each month, you'll witness a world-renowned magician create an evening of dazzling mystery and wonder. The show is performed under the watchful eye of a video camera and projected as large as can be, so you won't miss a thing.

An intimate and nostalgic musical chronicling 50 years of life and love, this two-person Broadway classic was created by the writing team behind The Fantasticks and garnered seven Tony Award nominations in 1967. The story begins on the wedding day of Michael and Agnes and follows the perils and triumphs of marriage, children, arguments and more. Village Theatre’s production features Kendra Kassebaum (RENT, Wicked) and Peter Saide (Desperate Measures, Cinderella). Together with director Michael Arnold, they will tell a story that crosses generations and connects us all in the very real (and ultimately human) journey of love.

A story so controversial in its time that party guests were asked not to discuss it for fear of starting a fight, Henrick Ibsen’s A Doll’s House features Nora Helmer: a woman in the role of a typical housewife, treated like a doll while harboring a secret debt for saving her husband’s life. Her debtor, now an employee to her husband, threatens to reveal her secret to her husband in order to save his own job. Nora finds herself faced with a difficult moral dilemma between the sacred values of her marriage and family versus her independence. Tacoma Little Theatre first presented this classic in 1935, and now you can see for yourself why it still resonates today.

When Henrietta Leavitt starts working at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, her dreams of studying the stars are dashed when she finds that she won't be allowed to touch a telescope and instead will be laboring with a group of other female "computers" to crunch numbers for a renowned male astronomer's project. As Henrietta attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, balancing her passion for science with family obligations and the possibility of love. Silent Sky, the true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, comes to the Wade James Theatre in Edmonds.

The opioid crisis hits too close to home for a small community in rural Washington when a twelve-year-old boy overdoses on Oxycontin. At turns both comic and starkly straightforward, this world-premiere play by the winner of the Seattle Public Theater's inaugural Emerald Prize explores the struggle of everyday, working-class Americans who face the failure of systems designed to help them. Fire Season is sure to spark discussion when it comes to the stage at Seattle's Bathhouse Theater.

Join expert Paranormal Investigator Ross Allison for a one-hour guided tour of Spooked in Seattle's Death Museum, featuring its collection of morbid curios, Victorian mourning wear, haunted dolls, and much more! Your tour ticket will also entitle you to a 10 percent discount on the purchase of any one of Ross's books, such as Spooked in Seattle, Ghostology 101, Tacoma's Haunted History, My Haunted Journal, and Haunted Toys and Haunted Ships and Lighthouses. Ross Allison has been a well known paranormal investigator for nearly 20 years. He has been featured on many television and radio shows, such as SyFy's Ghost Hunters, Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures, Scariest Places On Earth, ABC's Nightline, Food Network’s Freaky Sweets and many more, and lectures around the world on ghost hunting.

Fading stars of the 1950s, George and Charlotte Hay are now in Buffalo, New York, playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac with five other actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re performing, caused by Charlotte’s deaf, old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body. Written by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), see the delightful Moon Over Buffalo at Renton Civic Theatre.

Get dolled up and join some sassy gals for a vintage burlesque and variety show that supports hospitalized veterans at the High Dive in Seattle. Pin-Ups On Tour works to recreate the bawdy fun of vaudevillian theaters so popular across America during and post-WWII. From the moment guests enter the event, they will be treated to something special. Pin-Ups on Tour's goal is to recreate the magic of the Hollywood Canteen that operated during the 1940s as a club offering dancing, drinks and entertainment for servicemembers, usually on their way overseas. The evening will feature dancing showgirls, comedy, variety acts, soulful lounge singers, vintage tray girls, and more than a few surprises! With entertainment and atmosphere around every turn, you'll feel like you stepped into another era.

The successful performance of the Harold is the Holy Grail of any seasoned improv ensemble. It begins with a single audience suggestion. From that point on, anything can happen. It's unpredictable. The improvisers are off and running, creating a humorous improv jam session, that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. The popular form of improv is simply called, the Harold, created by improv legend Del Close in the 1960s. Join Unexpected Productions Improv Thursdays, as their resident narrative ensemble Improv Anonymous creates meaning from your suggestion, by forming different stories scenes and games, crafting characters and themes that weave together to create the Harold, at Market Theater in Seattle.

ComedySportz is Seattle's leading improv comedy show. Two teams battle for laughs and points as they make up scenes, games and songs on the spot, in the spirit of TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway? A referee governs the action, calling fouls and keeping the match moving at a blistering pace. The audience is always a part of this interactive, family-friendly show, and audience volunteers sometimes even wind up on stage. It's perfect for dates, a night out on the town, or even quality time with the family, since kids love it as much as grown-ups.

Watch CSz Seattle's finest free-styling lyricists as they perform improvised hip-hop acrobatics in Boom Bap. This show mixes freestyle rap and improv comedy, creating a show for fans of hip hop and rapid-fire laughs alike. Some of Seattle's best improvisors will take on your suggestions in new games, create stories, and square off with one another in a rap battle. You definitely don't want to miss this show at the Atlas Theatre.

Raise a pint to The Choir of Man, an across-the-pond hit now importing its singing, dancing, stomping concert show to American shores for the very first time. You're invited to a friendly night at a working pub, where nine of the handsomest, sweetest-voiced blokes you'll ever meet proceed to let loose with all manner of musical revelry, from pub and folk tunes to Broadway hits and classic rock faves. And all you've got to do is sit back, relax (or get up and dance) and have an awesome time. This revue hits the Moore Theatre in Seattle with tunes on board from Guns 'n' Roses, Adele, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fiddler on the Roof, Katy Perry, Avicii and more.

Avenue Q meets improv comedy in this adult puppet show at Unexpected Productions' Market Theater. Where do puppets hang out after their day jobs? Well, after singing songs and dancing at the children's theater, they head down to their local watering hole and pull up a bar stool. And when the Cotton Gin gets a little rowdy, marionettes and sock puppets alike bust out with bawdy songs and risqué jokes. Come join the fun with the puppet regulars at The Cotton Gin, located in Pike Place Market.

For those of you who love to hate those groan-worthy flicks, whether they be terrible rom coms or "over-action-packed" adventures (there is such a thing as too many car explosions), then CSz Seattle has the perfect "movie" for you. B-Rated is an entirely improvised film based on audience suggestions that's supposed to be straight up awful -- but in a funny way! You pick the title, and they'll handle the rest at Seattle's Atlas Theatre.

Catch a trio of exciting new Seattle Public Theatre stage productions at the Bathhouse Theater with this three-show package. First up is the world-premiere play Fire Season, about a small town left reeling when a 12-year-old boy overdoses on Oxycontin in rural Washington. It's an at times funny and always unflinching look at strong, working-class Americans hoping to make it through another day. In Dry Land, Amy and Ester must find a way to terminate Amy’s unwanted pregnancy -- soon. Limited by their age and the legal restrictions on reproductive health services in their locality, the two best friends meet in the locker room of their Florida high school and do their best to manage the situation. And The Call centers on a white couple who face unexpected challenges after deciding to adopt a child from Africa. Politically-charged and tack-sharp, it's a startling portrait of cultural divide, casting global issues into the heart of an American home.

Race -- often times considered a four-letter word that no one wants to talk about, the big elephant in the room in today’s political and social climate. Lifting the veil on what it means to be black in America and offering a profound and sometimes unsettling insight into the emotional and physical toll racial division can cause, Unapologetically Black is a collection of true stories as told by those who lived through them. Each story is a profound display of humanity and triumph amid racial and ethnic division across a variety of topics including mental health, law enforcement, education, relationships, identity and more. Join Allegory: Stories That Shape the Soul for this groundbreaking debut at Center Theatre in Seattle.

Imagine the greatest pub gig you’ve ever been to and multiply it by 10 and you’ll still be nowhere near the fun that this show exudes throughout The Choir of Man. Featuring pub tunes, folk, rock, choral and opera numbers, the nine “landlords” showcase music that has wide appeal. The cast features world class tap dancers, tumblers, singers, instrumentalists and even a UK Poetry Slam champion, ensuring that there is something for everyone in this joyous and uplifting show for all ages. Not only is the concert set in a pub, but it has a real working bar from which the cast will pull pints and invite audience members to get up close and personal with the show -- witnessing the action from chairs and tables among the guys -- come ready to drink in the action! Winner of the best overall Pick of the Fringe award at the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival, the world’s second largest annual arts festival with over 1200 acts, The Choir of Man is the runaway hit from the creative minds of Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay -- the team behind The Soweto Gospel Choirs. This show is 90 minutes of unadulterated entertainment that combines high energy dance, live percussion and foot stomping choreography with the incredible talent of nine ordinary guys who perform everything from sing-along classics to classic rock. See it at Tacoma's Pantages Theater at Broadway Center for the Performing Arts.

From the producers of Le Faux, Seattle's longest-running celebrity impersonation show, comes Julia's Queen of the Brunch, a fabulous, fun-filled weekly drag extravaganza. Every Sunday, your hostess-with-the-mostess Kristie Champagne will roll in the pink bus to Julia's on Broadway filled with Seattle's greatest local drag talent. With a new lineup of local performers each week and monthly themed shows, this gender-bending show promises a unique, exciting experience every time. Along with the over-the-top entertainment, you can purchase items from the full brunch menu, including pitchers of mimosas to enjoy throughout the show.

Spend a Las Vegas-style evening with Seattle's best female impersonators as they take on the personas of Cher, Lady Gaga, JLo, Celine Dion, Liza Minnelli and more. The perfect gender-bending show for celebrating any occasion -- a birthday, anniversary, bachelorette party or a night out with friends -- Le Faux is the longest-running show of its kind in the city, with exciting and outrageous performances every night and a full cast of dancers. Julia's on Broadway also offers a full bar and appetizers for purchase before and during the show, and the host will even bring your special guest on stage for a little embarrassment in front of the entire audience.

Based on Verdi’s beloved 19th century opera, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida is a timeless story of forbidden love set on the banks of the Nile. Elton John and Tim Rice’s iconic styles manifest with eclectic reggae, gospel, Motown, African, Indian and Middle Eastern influences. With nearly 2000 Broadway performances and countless revivals, Aida has earned its place in history. Featuring a Tony- and Grammy award-winning score, Troy Wageman directs the talented local cast through rousing rock numbers and heart-wrenching ballads in this production at Seattle Musical Theatre.

Filmmakers from across Washington State have submitted their "short short" films, and now's your chance to see the best of the best. See a jury-selected lineup of 3- to 10-minute films made by the area's up-and-coming talents, and stick around for a brief Q&A session with the attending filmmakers after the screenings. This community-based arts celebration returns to the Shoreline Community College Theater for the third year in a row.

Delve into the deep, dark history of Pioneer Square on this adults-only jaunt under the streets of Seattle. During this intimate 75-minute walking tour, your friendly and knowledgeable tour guide will lead you through several key sections of the historic 1890s-era subterranean passageways, while cluing you in on the drinking, gambling and other illicit activities that ran rampant in the area around the turn of the century. In fact, you'll learn how Skid Road (Yesler Way) became America's very first Skid Row and much more.

The Improvised Man is performed in the style of Ray Bradbury. Bradbury was a known for his "Twilight Zone-type" work in science fiction, dystopian fiction, horror, and his pulp fiction stories (Fahrenheit 451, The October Country, I Sing the Body Electric!, Something Wicked This Way Comes). Each show consists of three stories tied together by a single theme from you, the audience, but otherwise unrelated, all framed by a host. Bradbury is known for recurring themes like individuals of giving up one’s individual rights, the government is the enemy of creativity, darkness is to be feared, robots are not our friends, and clowns, carnivals and sideshows are the scariest things of all. See these themes and more in The Improvised Man. Catch The Improvised Man at Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater in Seattle.

Romantic entanglements upset life on a Russian estate in Chekhov's tragicomic masterpiece of yearning and regret. Equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious, Uncle Vanya centers on a professor who moves back into his rural home with his young wife, disturbing the quiet lives of everyone in the household. The desires of the family, including Uncle Vanya, Sonya, Dr. Astrov, and the rest of the estate, begin to boil under these new circumstances until the family's relationships reach a crisis point. Watch the sparks fly in one of Chekhov's most acclaimed dramatic works at the Falls Theatre at ACT in Seattle.

Writer/performer Devin Bannon and director Keira McDonald bring to life historical TV interviews of the actual Klaus Sperber, while re-imagining the musical acts of his rock alter ego Nomi in nine soaring numbers in Alien/Angel. In between the songs, Bannon-as-Klaus tells a moving narrative of his life as a young, queer German gifted with a soprano vocal range, who moved to Manhattan in the 1980’s with a generation of youth inspired by Warhol’s Factory. Klaus Nomi did the impossible: struck NYC speechless with his latex costumes, clown makeup and angelic voice. Now, on his comeback tour from outer space, Klaus tells the tale of his brush with fame and all-too-young death as one of the first celebrity victims of the AIDS epidemic. Accompanied by Annastasia Workman on the keys and Kathy Moore on guitar, Alien/Angel also features twin back-up dancers joining Klaus onstage with choreography by Waxie Moon.

Kids, grown-ups and grands can all indulge in Can Can Culinary's latest sweet treat, the Bonbon Brunch. Your hilarious host Sensible Paul will guide you through a multimedia spectacle of exquisitely choreographed dance and music against a backdrop of high-definition visual technology installations, while you enjoy mimosas and dining from a market-fresh brunch menu in their cozy theater beneath Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. This delectable show promises an unforgettably funny and sparkly spectacle of dance, song and laughter for all ages to enjoy.

A thunderstorm. In a windswept country house, a family of failures wrangles over a will: a detective who has never solved a case; a writer, an artist and a composer whose works have never been published, shown or performed, and a dysfunctional teenager. Here are the prime ingredients for a murder mystery, but this diversion is by Alan Ayckbourn and it has a number of surprises. The victim is not who it should be, the murderer’s identity changes overnight and the thrills are leavened with tongue in cheek humor.

We're going back to a sexier time -- The Reagan Era -- where the party has been raging hard in Hollywood. There, at one of the Sunset Strip's last legendary rock venues, the liquor flows freely, the Lycra is tight and the Aqua Net is in abundance. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and perspiring janitor) Drew longs to become the next David Lee Roth. But when he falls for a small-town girl, will the good times come to an end? One of the longest-running shows in recent Broadway history, the Tony-nominated Rock of Ages is jam-packed with eyebrow-scorching hits from Styx, Poison and many other monster bands of the '80s. Get ready to rock out at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle.

Celebrate the season of love with Bonbon, Can Can Culinary's latest cabaret treat, starring an oh-so-sweet cast of sultry singers and dancers. Your hunky and hilarious host Jonny Boy will guide you through a multimedia spectacle of exquisitely choreographed dance and music against a backdrop of high-definition visual technology installations, with performers so close you can almost taste the glitter. Treat yourself and those you love to Bonbon while enjoying craft cocktails and other items purchased from a specially curated, Pike Place Market-fresh menu.

A Vietnam vet struggles to comes to terms with his troubled memories in this fiercely funny play by longtime Seattle playwright Steven Dietz (Lonely Planet, Becky's New Car). Jeeter arrives in the Great Central Valley to the rusted-out trailer of his buddy Ben, a fellow Vietnam veteran, who's gone totally off the grid. Their beer drinking is interrupted by the arrival of Jeeter's new girlfriend, her volatile mother and ghosts from their shared past. Talkin' Broadway says, "Last of the Boys is to the Vietnam war what Angels In America was to the AIDS crisis." See this Seattle Rep production at the Bagley Wright Theatre.

An Evening With Julia Child With Chocolate Gâteau and Anecdotal Icing features host Julia Child Prud'homme, with remembrances, readings and literary amuse-bouche, followed by Anne Allgood, performing Bon Appétit! (an operetta written by Lee Hoiby wherein Julia makes chocolate cake on stage) with musical accompanist Mark Anders. Your ticket for this performance at Seattle's Jewelbox Theater at Rendezvous comes with a slice of cake, lovingly created using Julia's original recipe.

Thomas Nichols is headlining Laughs Comedy Club in Seattle -- and he's bringing some great comics along with him. You may have heard Nichols on his podcast, Dude, How Did You Not See This? or read his comic book Just Us Cops. Now he's joined by comics Vanessa Dawn, Luke Severeid and Timmy Booth for a night of huge laughs.

Right in time for Valentine's Day, Seattle's own burlesque super-troupe, the Atomic Bombshells, makes their return to the Triple Door for their 11th Valentine's extravaganza. The 'shells always put on an explosive performance, and this year's Valentine’s Day show should be no exception. Entitled J'Adore!: A Burlesque Valentine, this performance will feature an ensemble of fabulous ladies and gents dancing in the classic, tastefully titillating manner of burlesque striptease, all with good humor, style and a healthy dose of dazzle.

Whether you're a total square or a raging polkadot, families and kids of all sizes and shapes will dig this musical about acceptance and unexpected friendships. In Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Lily Polkadot has just moved into the "Squares Only" side of town in the small Rockaway. As the first polkadot in her school, she's not allowed to join anyone, do anything or even use their drinking fountains! Thanks to the shy square Sky, however, they'll form a friendship that outweighs any challenges along the way. Come hang out at the Tacoma Musical Playhouse to experience this fun-loving musical, inspired by Civil Rights pioneers Ruby Bridges and The Little Rock Nine.

Experience the best Seattle has to offer on a gorgeous and relaxing two-hour cruise on freshwater Lake Union and Washington as the captain narrates the sights. Take in the beautiful scenery and city skylines while enjoying a delicious dinner buffet of Northwestern favorites at your private table. You'll also have access to a full-service bar with cocktails, wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages available for purchase. You'll enjoy the sunset as the sky becomes a fiery spectacle, then the stars and sparkling city lights of Seattle come out. It all starts on the Sunday Supper Cruise at Waterways Cruises Homeport in Seattle.