The Arts

From Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson: In case you hadn’t heard, Jinkx Monsoon (aka Seattle native and Cornish College grad Jerick Hoffer) has scored a hit at New York City’s Laurie Beechman Theatre with the drag variety show “The Vaudevillians,” which also features Cornish alum Richard Andriessen as Jinkx’s accompanist, Major Scales. A New York Times…

Here at ArtsPage HQ, we know the combination of artiness and free is irresistible. Here’s an event coming up on Monday (June 10) that fits the bill: Balagan Theatre invites all to its free season-preview party on Monday, which will feature not only music from the new season of shows, but also the unveiling of…

Fans of Seattle performer Jinkx Monsoon (aka Jerick Hoffer) cheered Monday night as the drag diva was crowned winner of Season 5 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Locals recognize Hoffer from recent well-received parts in “Rent” at 5th Avenue Theatre; “Spring Awakening” at Balagan; and in a Balagan/STG coproduction of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”…