Culture A chamber Julius Caesar set in feudal Japan Seattle Shakespeare Company mounts a vigorous, mostly successful version of a good play for this political season. by Ben Rankin / January 18, 2008
Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen,' but with tanning lotion and texting Russ as Crab and Chris Ensweiler as Lance in 'Gentlemen' by Ben Rankin / March 26, 2010
Well-crafted 'Jammer' has a curious charm Ray Tagavilla, Nick Edwards, Jay Irwin, and Monica Wulzen in 'The Jammer' by Ben Rankin / March 23, 2010
Pinter's darting shadows and lights Frank Corrado and Suzanne Bouchard in 'Ashes' by Ben Rankin / January 28, 2010
Of two minds on 'Equivocation' Theater Review: The Rep's new play melds Shakespeare, a regicidal plot, some score-settling English history, and modern themes, all enjoyably though not classically. by Ben Rankin / December 1, 2009
Culture At Intiman, a potent rendering of a hardscrabble world Intiman's new artistic director, Kate Whoriskey, restages the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Ruined' by Ben Rankin / July 28, 2010
Trying to make 'Henry V' into an anti-war play David S. Hogan as Bedford and Evan Whitfield as Henry V by Ben Rankin / April 26, 2010
Seattle Rep's 'Iliad' an outstanding adaptation Hans Altwies in <i>An Iliad</i> by Ben Rankin / April 23, 2010
Culture A quarter-century later, standing ovations for 'Fences' Playwright August Wilson by Ben Rankin / April 6, 2010
Depression-era 'Paradise Lost': Intiman's timely parable Intiman Theatre's production of Odets' 'Paradise Lost' by Ben Rankin / March 31, 2010