Washington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Signature Theatre set out to solve problems in its revival of the inherently difficult "Show Boat," and in the process coughed up some new ones. Sapped of its vivacious epic strength, starved for any trace of the flavors of its evocative locales, the musical now comes across as wan and bloodless --...
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Seattle Post Intelligencer Theater review of "Ragtime" at Neil Simon TheatreWashington PostThe Gang's All Here: The visually stripped down production of "Ragtime" remains a warm rendering of the EL Doctorow story. (Joan Marcus Via Associated Press) By Peter Marks NEW YORK — Like many out-of-town arrivals to Manhattan, Broadway's new …This musical quilt still weaves...
Grahame's KBB blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Once again the National Business Awards (NBA) has held a successful event, and once again the vast majority of the suppliers and retailers in KBB-Land were not represented. It was left to Ian Cheshire, Group CEO of Kingfisher plc to carry the lone KBB flag. (Make of that what you will kitchen and bathroom companies.) Sadly for Ian, Co-op boss Peter Marks who won this year's Orange Leader of the Year...
Software Cooperative News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
As well as being a member of TTLLP, I’m a member of the Co-operative Group, which (amongst other things) runs the co-operative shops in areas where there is no regional cooperative society, including Weston-super-Mare and Worle. Congratulations to our Chief Executive Peter Marks for being named Business Leader of the Year this week. Co-operatives employ 10% [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Peter Marks chief executive of the Cooperative Group the farmingtofunerals and supermarket group owned by its customers beat a star studded list of entrepreneurs and business personalities to be named Orange Leader of the Year at the National Business Awards last night.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The audience wanders during the multi-room staging of "Full Circle." Unfortunately, so does the mind. Director Michael Rohd hatches a whimsical scheme for experiencing Charles Mee's overstuffed play about a chaotic clash of ideologies and principles in post-communist eastern Germany: He turns...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
It wasn't supposed to end like this. Certainly not after the warm reception "Brighton Beach Memoirs" received from many of the New York critics a week ago, a response that seemed to augur if not a boffo commercial run, then at least a fairly healthy one.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Holly Twyford might not be able to settle all the globe's concerns. But she sure knows how to hold the world of a play in her hands.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The professional reviews were already in, but the notice that seemed to strike Sir Ian McKellen most meaningfully came from a 10-year-old who had just seen him as King Lear.
The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Well what a series it has been – and it climaxes with another cracking episode, featuring a cliffhanger and, of all things, a stunt Read Julia Raeside's episode five blog It's a time for reflection this week as we reach the sixth and final episode of series six *pause for pathetic sobs to subside*. Over too soon, as always. And, on reflection, I'm tempted to herald this the best series yet....
WordPress Planet (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Finally, at last, it’s here . And now, on to 2.8. There were several areas that we didn’t have time to re-design for 2.7. 2.8 will focus on making the media and widgets UI as good as the rest of WP. There will be a few new features as well. Theme browsing and one-click theme install is a likely one. After a short rest to recover from 2.7, we’ll start brainstorming new features and...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
In the desert of menial employment, the creators of the blistering "Adding Machine: A Musical" find something astonishing: a symphony. Assembled on the stage at Studio Theatre, six actors playing drones in a 1920s accounting office let us eavesdrop on their thoughts, spewed in a cascade of...
So anyway, (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Victoria Wood directs her 1978 play Talent at the Menier, about the backstage buildup to a talent show at Bunter's, a grotty Manchester club. The production's had some pretty scathing reviews, but for the most part I enjoyed it. Yes, the references may have dated but the whole thing now comes across as a period piece and a lot of the gags still work. Unfortunately there are a lot of awkward silences...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
You know you're on thin comic ice when all the best entrances are made by the clothes.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
For its absorbing revival of the sprawling "Angels in America," Forum Theatre chooses a direct route, which also happens in this case to be rewardingly scenic. All 3 hours and 20 minutes of "Millennium Approaches," Part 1 of the Pulitzer Prize-winning tragicomedy, play out on the bare floor of a...
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