Black Nativity at Intiman Theatre

Tickets required (box office 206-315-5838, boxoffice@intiman.org; box office at the hall opens 1 hour before curtain). At Family Night/Family Day performances lap children under 4 do not need a ticket.

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Intiman Theatre brings back Langston Hughes' gospel song-play Black Nativity for its fourth year at Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hill, December 10–27, with a Family Night preview on December 9. The production features 30 performers, a live band, powerful vocals and a citywide gospel choir, and the audience gets a chance to sing along. The first half is a gospel retelling of the Christmas story in which pageantry, music and dance combine with Hughes' text. The show has been a Seattle holiday tradition for audiences of all backgrounds and beliefs since 1998, and this all-new production debuted in 2024. It runs about two hours with one intermission. Intiman marks three performances as family performances that welcome children of all ages: Family Night on Wednesday, December 9 and Saturday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m., and a Family Day matinee on Tuesday, December 22 at 2 p.m. At those performances lap children under 4 and babies in arms do not need a ticket, and the code INTI-FAMILY gives buy three, get one free.