Few will forget the extraordinary ending director John Langs added to his 2010 Hamlet, in which—after umpteen poisonings and stabbings effectively eradicated the royal house… Continue reading
Nobody goes to a romantic comedy looking for surprises. We go for affirmation that, in the face of suspicious data, dubious reasoning, endless distractions, and… Continue reading
In Book-It’s version of Chris Cleave’s 2008 novel (adapted and directed by Myra Platt), who in the world gets to live in peaceful prosperity is… Continue reading
As Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox have incidents in their youth that will shadow their lives forever, so too does Becky, the flashier half of… Continue reading
The characters in Laura Schellhardt’s custom-built comedy about status-grubbing female real-estate agents in Manhattan gaze imperiously at you in the Rep’s lobby, their fictional bios… Continue reading
The age-old dilemma of whether to preserve sad history or plow right over it undergirds many of August Wilson’s plays, including this, the fourth of… Continue reading
Buried in the boilerplate of the real-estate contract-cum-program for Washington Ensemble Theatre’s world premiere is a term I had not heard before: “American Terriblism,” there… Continue reading
Sex! Politics! Religion! Measure for Measure bulges with dinner-party taboos and municipal dilemmas. This succinct yet itchy “unfestive comedy,” per my old Bevington edition in… Continue reading
Civic Rep’s program notes read: “While the playwright suggests a specific time and place for the story, we have chosen to create a world that… Continue reading
One is hard-pressed to imagine a more productive presidency than Lyndon B. Johnson’s, yet how rarely does one imagine it today. Launched into office on… Continue reading
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. Sun. Ends Nov. 23. According… Continue reading
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. Feeling anemic? Luckily it’s easy… Continue reading
Four years after Seattle Shakespeare’s indelibly satisfying Hamlet, there’s another notable local production of the play that shouldn’t be missed. The prodigiously pliable Mary Ewald… Continue reading
The Ferguson, Missouri, shooting death of Michael Brown and its ongoing national fallout provide a sadly auspicious moment in which to mount a play about… Continue reading
There are many reasons to go to the theater, but to see something that feels like a film or a TV episode usually isn’t one.… Continue reading
If you were looking for the play that most comprehensively distills the gestalt of the human condition, you’d probably settle on either Hamletor Samuel Beckett’s… Continue reading
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 Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &… Continue reading
