Light-hearted 'Coppelia' a technical triumph PNB's Jonathan Porretta as Franz in 'Coppélia.' by jeanlenihan / June 4, 2010
At ACT, a tale of unstated hopes and disappointments Marianne Owen as Carrie Watts, Mary Kae Irvin as Jessie Mae Watts, and Paul Morgan Stetler as Ludie Watts in 'The Trip to Bountiful' at ACT. by Ben Rankin / June 1, 2010
Dreamy costumes, strong dancing carry PNB's 'Cinderella' The perfect tulle skirt, as virtuous as Cinderella herself. Above, PNB corps de ballet dancer Stacy Lowenberg in Kent Stowell's 'Cinderella.' by jeanlenihan / February 10, 2011
Culture Charles Johnson: on the meaning of Obama Author and UW professor Charles Johnson by Robin Lindley / April 27, 2009
Dostoyevsky and the cancer of intellect Galen Joseph Osier and Hana Lass, in Intiman's 'Crime and Punishment' by Ben Rankin / April 8, 2009
Are these Pinter times? A love affair told backwards in the Rep's 'Betrayal' by Ben Rankin / March 24, 2009
Politics Arsenic: Victorians' secret Arsenic wove its ways deeply into British society. by Robin Lindley / September 2, 2010
Conspiracy theory sets the stage for a respectable 'Yankee Tavern' Charles Leggett as Ray and R. Hamilton Wright as Palmer, in 'Yankee Tavern' at ACT by Ben Rankin / August 13, 2010
Politics 2008: Year of Hope, Year of Fear. Essay 12 Yes, we can. Will we? by Ben Rankin / January 4, 2009
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