Seattle Rep: One too many steps In going from thriller novel to onstage comedy, the slapstick adaptation of Hitchcock's classic '39 Steps' tries just about everything to get a laugh, when maybe none was needed. by Ben Rankin / October 6, 2009
Culture ACT's fascinating collage on race and identity At ACT: a fusion of movement and theater by Ben Rankin / July 10, 2009
'Burning the boards' at New Century Hans Altwies and Jennifer Lee Taylor in 'Orange Flower Water' by Ben Rankin / June 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 2008: Year of Hope, Year of Fear. Essay 12 Yes, we can. Will we? by Ben Rankin / January 4, 2009
Culture ACT's Noel Coward show: joyful and unrestrained Anna Lauris in ACT's <i>A Marvelous Party</i>. (Chris Bennion) by Ben Rankin / June 24, 2008
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
Doing Shakespeare proud at the Seattle Rep Christine Marie Brown as Viola and Barzin Akhavan as Orsinio in Shakespeare's <i>Twelfe Night</i> at the Seattle Rep. (Chris Bennion) by Ben Rankin / September 27, 2007
