Re-bar is the best theater because it isn't a theater - it's a bar. They do what every theater in Seattle strives to do: present some of Seattle's funnest, cutting edge, and original theater - without pretense or stuffiness.
The Reason they succede where others fail is because it is a bar first and foremost; so when you go to theater at Re-bar and you find yourself, mid-beer, watching a great piece of theater, it totally catches you off gaurd; all of a sudden you can't pull yourself away to refill the beer you didn't realize you had already finnished. And they do all kinds of different events and plays so I beleive that, at some point, every body will see something they like at Re-bar; be it rock musicals like Hedwig and the Angry Inch to the ridiculousness of The Brown Derby Series to artsy rock/concept shows like the band Awesome's play/concert "Delaware" to the campy sensibilty of choral ensemble Captain Smartypants, or maybe the one-night-only monthly events like Burlesque shows or the newest craze, The Seattle Spelling Bee - what ever it is it'll go well with booze!
It says something that On The Boards, an incredibly a well funded and nationally respected performing arts center, has picked up at several shows and artists that made their debut at not so well funded nor internationally respected Re-bar. So go to Re-bar to see the best local talent in the coolest shows (sure every now and again you get a lemon, but at worst you have drink and have something to talk about afterwards between dancing to that nights DJ). You never know what you'll get at Re-bar, I guess that's part of the fun, but I have found that more than often you'll see a gem that you wouldn't have seen anywhere else in Seattle!
I love this place and think of it as one of Seattle's character defining places!
Pros: Theater, events, friends of Dorothy and Ellen
Cons: No free parking lot, at the bottom of Capitol Hill (a walk up if starting a "hop"), dance nights have a small cover ($3- $5)
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