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Articles by Margaret Friedman
The Mystery of Love & Sex Is a Funny, Distressing Stumble Through Self-Acceptance
The Mystery of Love & Sex Is a...
By Margaret Friedman • June 8, 2016 1:30 am

It’s a crowd-pleaser, if laugh meters are the measure of pleasure.

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A Different Kind of Mental-Illness Drama
A Different Kind of Mental-Illness Drama
By Margaret Friedman • April 6, 2016 1:30 am

In contrast to most theater about mental illness, which capitalizes on the dramatic irony of the audience knowing more than the sick person, The Other Place’s exchanges deliberately whip by at an audience-confusing pace.

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Opposites attract? Olson and Dooly.Paul Bestock
When it comes to all-American 31-year-old “spinster” Sally...
By Margaret Friedman • May 15, 2015 10:41 am

When it comes to all-American 31-year-old “spinster” Sally Talley (Rebecca Olson), 42-year-old Jewish bachelor accountant Matt Friedman (Mike Dooly) has…

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Kennan as the crafty Iago. Photo by John Ulman
Few will forget the extraordinary ending director John...
By Margaret Friedman • May 5, 2015 5:10 pm

Few will forget the extraordinary ending director John Langs added to his 2010 Hamlet, in which—after umpteen poisonings and stabbings…

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Sieber and Chisholm represent rival farms and old grudges.Chris Bennion
Nobody goes to a romantic comedy looking for...
By Margaret Friedman • May 4, 2015 10:00 pm

Nobody goes to a romantic comedy looking for surprises. We go for affirmation that, in the face of suspicious data,…

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Andrews (left) and Mboligikpelani Nako.John Ulman
In Book-It’s version of Chris Cleave’s 2008 novel...
By Margaret Friedman • April 27, 2015 4:19 pm

In Book-It’s version of Chris Cleave’s 2008 novel (adapted and directed by Myra Platt), who in the world gets to…

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Mootz’s Becky is running away from something.
As Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox have incidents...
By Margaret Friedman • March 30, 2015 5:21 pm

As Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox have incidents in their youth that will shadow their lives forever, so too does…

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Sell! Sell! Sell! Gehringer as Bette.Alan Alabastro
The characters in Laura Schellhardt’s custom-built comedy about...
By Margaret Friedman • March 16, 2015 2:52 pm

The characters in Laura Schellhardt’s custom-built comedy about status-grubbing female real-estate agents in Manhattan gaze imperiously at you in the…

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Thomas as the lively Wining Boy.Michael Davis/Syracuse Stage
The age-old dilemma of whether to preserve sad...
By Margaret Friedman • January 27, 2015 11:24 am

The age-old dilemma of whether to preserve sad history or plow right over it undergirds many of August Wilson’s plays,…

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Kenison as Elaine, the mayor’s wife.Anthony White
Buried in the boilerplate of the real-estate contract-cum-program...
By Margaret Friedman • January 20, 2015 1:01 pm

Buried in the boilerplate of the real-estate contract-cum-program for Washington Ensemble Theatre’s world premiere is a term I had not…

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Isabella (Im) appeals to Angelo (Farwell).
Sex! Politics! Religion! Measure for Measure bulges with...
By Margaret Friedman • January 12, 2015 6:01 pm

Sex! Politics! Religion! Measure for Measure bulges with dinner-party taboos and municipal dilemmas. This succinct yet itchy “unfestive comedy,” per…

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Mohrbacher (left) and Jones.
Civic Rep’s program notes read: “While the playwright...
By Margaret Friedman • January 5, 2015 10:14 am

Civic Rep’s program notes read: “While the playwright suggests a specific time and place for the story, we have chosen…

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Above: LBJ (Willis) flanked by his political friends and enemies. Below: The president applies pressure to J. Edgar Hoover (Richard Elmore, right).
One is hard-pressed to imagine a more productive...
By Margaret Friedman • November 19, 2014 3:30 pm

One is hard-pressed to imagine a more productive presidency than Lyndon B. Johnson’s, yet how rarely does one imagine it…

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Daleka (Jerger) meets the general (Neel).Truman Buffet
I Never Betrayed the Revolution West of Lenin,...
By Margaret Friedman • November 11, 2014 10:00 am

I Never Betrayed the Revolution West of Lenin, 203 N. 36th St., 
352-1777, westoflenin.com. $15–$20. 
8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., 2 p.m….

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Malicious mistress and servant: Weagant (foreground) and Stewart.Dangerpants Photography
Blood Countess Annex Theatre, 1110 Pike St., 728-0933,...
By Margaret Friedman • November 3, 2014 3:13 pm

Blood Countess Annex Theatre, 1110 Pike St., 728-0933, annextheatre.org. $5–$20. 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat. plus Mon., Nov. 10. Ends Nov. 22….

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Ewald as the young Danish prince. John Kazanjian
Four years after Seattle Shakespeare’s indelibly satisfying Hamlet,...
By Margaret Friedman • October 27, 2014 2:11 pm

Four years after Seattle Shakespeare’s indelibly satisfying Hamlet, there’s another notable local production of the play that shouldn’t be missed….

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Wait, is smoking permitted in the Bible? Jackson and Hill.Michael Brunk
The Ferguson, Missouri, shooting death of Michael Brown...
By Margaret Friedman • September 23, 2014 1:03 pm

The Ferguson, Missouri, shooting death of Michael Brown and its ongoing national fallout provide a sadly auspicious moment in which…

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Captive and captor: Toms (left) and Alexander.Chris Bennion
There are many reasons to go to the...
By Margaret Friedman • September 15, 2014 3:10 pm

There are many reasons to go to the theater, but to see something that feels like a film or a…

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Moore (left) and Kennan as Beckett's sad-happy duo.John Ullman
If you were looking for the play that...
By Margaret Friedman • September 9, 2014 9:57 am

If you were looking for the play that most comprehensively distills the gestalt of the human condition, you’d probably settle…

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Illustration by Kelly Thompson
Five hours, folks. That’s what we were in...
By Margaret Friedman • August 2, 2014 9:12 pm

Five hours, folks. That’s what we were in for at Book-It’s epic June adaptation of Michael Chabon’s epic Pulitzer-winner The…

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Ensweiler (below) and Anderson in Riverside Drive.
A confident cast, savvy direction by R. Hamilton...
By Margaret Friedman • July 24, 2014 4:10 pm

A confident cast, savvy direction by R. Hamilton Wright, and superior staging and effects boost this comely production beyond the…

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Boyd as the imaginative Josef.John Ulman
The Amazing Adventuresof Kavalier & ClayCenter Theatre at...
By Margaret Friedman • June 17, 2014 3:43 pm

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Center Theatre at the Armory (Seattle Center), 216-0833, book-it.org. $25–$43. 6 p.m. Wed.–Sat.,…

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Lohnes gives Walter an ambiguous mien.Photo by Chris Bennion
The Price ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676,...
By Margaret Friedman • June 9, 2014 11:18 am

The Price ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, 
acttheatre.org. $20 and up. 
Runs Tues.–Sun. Ends June 22. Overshadowed by his…

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