Peter Marks
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Articles by Peter Marks
'Marat/Sade,' From Time Out of Mind (July 24, 2008)
'Welcome Home': The Hollow of A Veteran's Heart (July 23, 2008)
Actor Has Springer in His Step (July 20, 2008)
At Fringe Festival, A Finely Tuned Fury (July 14, 2008)
In N.Y., Comedies Bursting the Seams (July 8, 2008)
Signature Receives $300,000 Grant for 'Next Generation' of Musicals (July 3, 2008)
The Circle Is Unbroken: 'Lion King' Still Roars (July 1, 2008)
Pushing the Envelope (June 29, 2008)
Hare's Strong 'Stuff,' Weakened by Time (June 27, 2008)
Source Fest Playwrights, Making Every Minute Count (June 26, 2008)
'This Storm': Partly Cloudy, With Lightning (June 25, 2008)
At the Kennedy Center, a Quixotic 'unPossessed' (June 23, 2008)
The Short, Cool Summer On 14th Street (June 22, 2008)
In 'This Beautiful City,' Musical Storytelling Is Born Again (June 19, 2008)
An Enchanted Evening for 'South Pacific,' 'In the Heights' (June 16, 2008)
'World of Jewtopia': Populated With Shtick Figures (June 10, 2008)
Woolly Mammoth's Ribald Period Piece Drags Out the Joke (June 3, 2008)
From Synetic, A 'Carmen' That's Lithe On Its Feet (June 2, 2008)
Dancing in The Dark: 'The Visit' With Chita Rivera (May 29, 2008)
'The Internationalist' Checks Americans' Cultural Baggage (May 21, 2008)
The Story of David, Modern & Muddled (May 20, 2008)
Folger's 'School for Scandal': Give It a C (May 15, 2008)
'Antony': Kahn Gets to The Heart of It (May 12, 2008)
A 'Caesar' for a Political Season (May 9, 2008)
'Glory Days' Graduates Too Soon To Broadway (May 7, 2008)
The Actor Musters His Forces at Shakespeare (May 6, 2008)
Beltway Boys No More, They're Broadway Men (April 27, 2008)
Hey, 'Cry-Baby,' Grow Up! (April 25, 2008)
'Schwartz Project' Adds Its Own Verve To Spirited Tunes (April 15, 2008)
'Smokey Joe's Cafe': Same Old Same Oldies (April 12, 2008)
Arena Stage to Expand Its Season From Eight to 10 Plays This Fall (April 10, 2008)
Arena's 'View': A Revealing Look at Desire's Dark Side (April 9, 2008)
Turn of the Century: A Fitting End to August Wilson Cycle (April 8, 2008)
'Salesman' Can't Get Its Foot in the Door (April 7, 2008)
Tipping Their Hats to Tradition (April 5, 2008)
'South Pacific': An Island of Musical Perfection (April 4, 2008)
'In the Heights': Beats With a Latino Pulse (April 2, 2008)
Making the Grade: Studio Repeats 'History Boys' (April 1, 2008)
Female Voices Strike a Vibrant Chord In Wilson's '20th Century' (March 26, 2008)
A Leading Lady of D.C. Theater (March 23, 2008)
A Lighter, Brighter 'Night Music' (March 22, 2008)
To Showcase August Wilson, Actors Show Their Strengths (March 15, 2008)
Kander & Ebb, A Musical Team That Death Did Not Part (March 11, 2008)
'August Wilson's 20th Century' Is Teeming With Rich Portrayals (March 8, 2008)
A Short-Lived Sizzle in the Mississippi Heat (March 7, 2008)
'Slug Bearers,' a Musical That Breaks the Mold (March 6, 2008)
At the Folger, A Wickedly Good 'Macbeth' (March 4, 2008)
A 'Major Barbara' That Commands Attention (February 27, 2008)
A Grand 'Sunday in the Park' (February 22, 2008)
In Over Their 'Hedda' (February 16, 2008)
Too Many Subplots Crowd This 'Book Club' (February 14, 2008)
Catalyst's 'Swimming': Fin and Dandy (February 12, 2008)
Teller, Casting a Dark Spell (February 10, 2008)
'Shintoku-Maru': At a Loss for Words (February 9, 2008)
'High School': Squeaky-Clean Tween Musical (February 7, 2008)
'25 Questions': The Answer Is Mom (January 30, 2008)
'Romeo and Juliet': Such Sweet Sorrow (January 29, 2008)
Signature's 'Glory Days' Gives Voice to Bittersweet Youth (January 25, 2008)
'Argonautika' Charts a New Course for the Mythic Voyage (January 24, 2008)
A Laughingstock Of a President (January 22, 2008)
'Life's a Dream': A Tangle of Tales Pleasingly Told (January 16, 2008)
'Is He Dead?': Butz, Twain Make for a Tour de Farce (January 14, 2008)
'Little Mermaid': On Broadway, Just A Fish Out of Water (January 11, 2008)
Studio's Powerful 'Brothers' (January 8, 2008)
'Ella': Only the Patter Is Off-Key (January 7, 2008)
'Wilson's 20th Century': An August Occasion (January 6, 2008)
'Children's Scientology Pageant': Mind Control Over Matter (January 1, 2008)
Nunn's 'Fair Lady' Is Imbued With Class (December 31, 2007)
THEATER (December 30, 2007)
More Applause for Fine Performances (December 30, 2007)
'Shlemiel': What's Not To Like? Oy, Don't Ask. (December 22, 2007)
'Sweeney Todd': A Savory Pie, Any Way You Slice It (December 21, 2007)
More 'Tamburlaine' Shows Scrapped Due to Star's Injury (December 19, 2007)
With Medieval 'Shepherds,' Folger Tends to Delight (December 18, 2007)
'August: Osage County': A Soapy Drama With No Guiding Light (December 13, 2007)
Playwright Tony Kushner Comes Into the Light in PBS's 'Angels' (December 12, 2007)
Destination: Dullsville Via 'Treasure Island' (December 6, 2007)
Delightful Smut Puppets, Brought to You By 'Avenue Q' (November 29, 2007)
At Arena & Synetic, New Twists on the Same Old Dickens (November 27, 2007)
'Happy Days': It's a Mud, Mud World, And Beckett Wallows in It (November 26, 2007)
The Whos Rejoice As 'Grinch' Reopens on Broadway (November 24, 2007)
For Short-Run Plays, the Odds Grow Longer During Strike (November 19, 2007)
Fiona Shaw, Emerging From a Mountain of Words (November 18, 2007)
What's the Pointe, Exactly? 'The Studio' Isn't Saying. (November 16, 2007)
In 'Shining City,' Haunted Souls (November 14, 2007)
Where Frankness Is King (November 12, 2007)
'Young Frankenstein' Sure Could Use Some Better Funny Bones (November 9, 2007)
A Beautiful Place for an Uphill March (November 9, 2007)
'Current Nobody': Modern Take on An Epic Absence (November 6, 2007)
Stoppard Gets His Groove On (November 5, 2007)
'Black Watch': Embedding Drama With War Reality (November 3, 2007)
'Cyrano' Has a Nose for Human Nature (November 2, 2007)
Barbara Cook, Spring Fresh at 79 (October 22, 2007)
Msg to Rude Playgoers: Trn Tht Drnd Thng Off! (October 21, 2007)
A Stuttering 'Pygmalion' but A Rich 'Estate' (October 19, 2007)
The Emperor Reigns Absolutely in 'Caligula' (October 18, 2007)
'I Love You': Out of Tune With the Times (October 11, 2007)
'Trial': A Case of the Blahs (October 10, 2007)
'The Word Begins': Slam-Bang to Whimper (October 9, 2007)
Theater Tickets for Movie Prices: Behind the Dramatic Reductions (October 7, 2007)
A 'Shrew' That's Tamed But Wildly Entertaining (October 5, 2007)
If the Walls Could Talk: Synetic's Expressive 'House of Usher' (September 26, 2007)
'Well': A Witty Prescription For a Healthy Family (September 25, 2007)
A Journey Worth Taking (September 24, 2007)
Any Rabbits in the Hat? (September 23, 2007)
'Arsenic' With a Spoonful of Sugar (September 22, 2007)
Amy Ziff's 'Accident': She's Doing Fine (September 15, 2007)
'Traces': A High Five for Acrobatic Hands (September 15, 2007)
Sondheim's 'Merrily' Rolls Bumpily Uphill (September 12, 2007)
A Searing Flame That Illuminates: Athol Fugard's Apartheid Drama (September 11, 2007)
'Unmentionables' Airs America's Dirty Laundry (September 7, 2007)
Director's Styling Gives The Film Its Holding Power (July 20, 2007)
'Reefer Madness': A Drag on a Joint (July 18, 2007)
Well-Endowed 'Gypsy' in New York (July 17, 2007)
Home on the Fringe (July 15, 2007)
'Camelot's' Crowning Moment (July 12, 2007)
'10 Million Miles' Tries to Give the Musical New Legs (July 10, 2007)
The Curtain Call (July 9, 2007)
Diversity Personified in Daniel Beaty's 'Emergence-See!' (July 9, 2007)
Bethesda Theatre To Reopen With Broadway Ties (July 4, 2007)
'Birds': A Tale Too Tangled To Fly (July 3, 2007)
A Family Torn Apart by Imminent Peace (June 30, 2007)
Softly, Deftly, You-Know-Who Is Back Again (June 25, 2007)
Injustice Gone Insane (June 21, 2007)
'Witches of Eastwick' Spells Wicked Fun (June 19, 2007)
'Dead Man's Cell Phone,' Answering Some Biggies (June 18, 2007)
A Less Than Noble Youth: 'Hamlet' the Childish (June 13, 2007)
It's a European Union As 'Awakening' and 'Utopia' Rule Tonys (June 11, 2007)
'The Witches' of Shirlington (June 10, 2007)
'Summer of '42': A Musical That Doesn't Quite Score (June 6, 2007)
The Risque Rites of 'Spring' (June 3, 2007)
'110' and Very Hot (June 2, 2007)
At Studio, a Player Steals Show From Stoppard's 'Dead' Heads (May 22, 2007)
From Solas Nua, Scintillating Belfast 'Scenes' (May 21, 2007)
A Meeting of Minds, Running Long (May 15, 2007)
Broadway Strikes Up the Brand With Bleached 'Blonde' and 'Deuce' (May 8, 2007)
'Peter And Wendy': We Believe (May 7, 2007)
And Here Lies Trust (May 6, 2007)
No Comfort in Signature's 'Nest' (May 2, 2007)
Synetic's 'Animal Farm' Needs a Few Yokes (May 1, 2007)
Elia Kazan, 'The Director' In His Own Harsh Spotlight (April 28, 2007)
'Saving Aimee': The Star Lights Up A Nebulous Musical (April 24, 2007)
Riveting 'Frost/Nixon': When Needy Met Seedy (April 23, 2007)
From the Rank and File, A Festival Leader Rises (April 20, 2007)
When War Runs In the Family (April 17, 2007)
In Arena's 'Heidi Chronicles,' She's Still Single but Seriously Dated (April 16, 2007)
Men, Take a Bow (April 14, 2007)
Lesser Shakespeare, Any Way You Slice It (April 11, 2007)
Woolly's 'Comedy': Ho Ho! Who's Who? (April 4, 2007)
Roger Rees's Shakespeare: Verily a Stand-Up Kind of Guy (April 2, 2007)
'Year of Magical Thinking' Is Less Than Spellbinding (March 30, 2007)
'John Doe' Makes for Some Names to Remember (March 27, 2007)
Roger Rees Tests His 'Will' (March 25, 2007)
Magical 'Tempest' Has Nothing Up Its Sleeve (March 24, 2007)
'The Pillowman': Bedtime Stories With Nightmares Built In (March 20, 2007)
Incubator for Theater Innovators (March 18, 2007)
Is He to Be Guilty, Or Not to Be Guilty? (March 17, 2007)
A 'Doubt' to Believe In: Cherry Jones at the National (March 15, 2007)
Hebrew 'Hamlet' Gives the Bard A Few Turns (March 9, 2007)
'Frankie and Johnny': Romance Over Easy (March 6, 2007)
Two Theaters Bank on Bigger, Better Venues (March 5, 2007)
'Journey's End': The Horrors Of War in The Trenches (February 23, 2007)
The Man With Quite a Hand in 'Carnival!' (February 22, 2007)
Tom Stoppard's 'Utopia' Sails to a Satisfying End (February 21, 2007)
'The Pillowman' Cometh; 'Cell Phone' Calls (February 11, 2007)
Lypsinka's 'Passion': Deeper Than Drag (February 9, 2007)
'Orson's Shadow' Casts a Sly Eye on Celebrity (February 8, 2007)
Woolly Mammoth's 'Vigils': Death and the Soul of Wit (February 7, 2007)
'Crave': It's Like Sand In Your Shoes (February 6, 2007)
Wilson's 'Gem': Flawed, But a Find Nonetheless (February 5, 2007)
'Inheritance' Still Pays (January 30, 2007)
Brilliantly Twisted: A 'Richard III' That Rules (January 24, 2007)
'King Lear' Without the Tears? It Is Madness (January 23, 2007)
Now Signature Has Room to Roam in 'Woods' (January 22, 2007)
The Unquiet Silence of Synetic's 'Macbeth' (January 20, 2007)
'Sleeping': Get the Alarm Clock (January 19, 2007)
'Countess's' Not-So-Consummate Critic (January 13, 2007)
'Virginia Woolf': The Marriage From Hell With A Heavenly Cast (January 12, 2007)
Black and White and Murky All Over (January 9, 2007)
'Twelfth Night': Bard Fest's Hot And Happy Ticket (January 8, 2007)
Michael Kahn and the Force of Will (January 7, 2007)
Can't Catch a Break: Intermission Falls Prey to Compressed Fare (December 31, 2006)
On Broadway, The Promise of 'Spring,' and a Fruitless 'Apple' (December 15, 2006)
'History Boys,' Earning High Marks Once More (December 8, 2006)
Tharp's Dancers Kick 'Movin' Out' to a Higher Plane (December 8, 2006)
'Vertical Hour': A Battle of Wits Over War (December 2, 2006)
A Charming Play That Sings: What's Not to Love? (December 1, 2006)
With Actor-Musicians, a 'Company' to Beat the Band (November 30, 2006)
'Coast of Utopia': Setting the Stage for Russia's Revolution (November 28, 2006)
A Little Too Much 'Little Prince' (November 24, 2006)
A 'Cinderella' Whose Stars Are a Nice Fit (November 22, 2006)
Studio's 'Ride' Drives Home a Family's Pain (November 21, 2006)
Broadway's 'Mary Poppins' Flies but Doesn't Soar (November 17, 2006)
There's Life In the Old 'Beaux' Yet (November 15, 2006)
Baby, This Julie White Does a Great Shtick (November 14, 2006)
Mixed Nuts, All Shook Up (November 14, 2006)
This 'Poppins' Is Floating on Eyre (November 12, 2006)
'Equus': Drama Smartly Put Through Its Paces (November 4, 2006)
Rorschach's 'Monster': More Guts Than Gory (November 2, 2006)
'Spring Forward': Autumn Sonata (October 28, 2006)
'Rent' Creator Gets His Due (October 25, 2006)
Studio's 'Crestfall': Beautiful Words for an Ugly World (October 24, 2006)
Catalyst's 'Rise' Skewers Fascism Masterfully (October 13, 2006)
'Get Your War On': Precision Weapons Of Mass Derision (October 10, 2006)
Dulling a Singular Sensation (October 9, 2006)
'9 Parts' For One Eloquent Actor (October 9, 2006)
'Twelve Angry Men' Returns With Conviction (October 6, 2006)
Cracking a Smile In the Cracked-Up World of 'Godot' (October 5, 2006)
Kennedy Center to Stage Entire Cycle By August Wilson (October 4, 2006)
Unencumbered Joys Of 'My Fair Lady' (October 4, 2006)
'Twelve Angry Men' Hits The Road Less Traveled (October 1, 2006)
Ford's 'State of the Union': Still a Winning Candidate (September 30, 2006)
Arena's 'Cabaret,' Heavy on the Makeup (September 18, 2006)
'Frankenstein': Synetic Creates A Monster To Remember (September 16, 2006)
'60s Satire 'MacBird!' Lays a MacEgg (September 13, 2006)
In 'Red Light Winter,' Now Is the Season of Our Discontent (September 12, 2006)
A Bard Bonanza, And 'Woolf' Is At the Door (September 10, 2006)
Alas, Poor Washington (September 10, 2006)
An 'Enemy' With Sights Set On Contemporary Times (September 6, 2006)
'In the Continuum': Solos and Togetherness (September 5, 2006)
When 'Courage' Is Not Enough, Even for Streep (August 23, 2006)
Martin Short: The Legend in His Own Mind (August 19, 2006)
Child Actors Who Made Quite an Entrance (August 6, 2006)
A Boffo Buffet With a Little Bit of Everything for Someone (August 1, 2006)
Yoda, Ukulele Too: A Galaxy of Acts Divine and Not (July 29, 2006)
Off-Broadway Sets Musical Stage With Birds, Bees, Buzz (July 26, 2006)
Arena Stage Delays Second Musical Premiere (July 25, 2006)
Studio's 'Dog Sees God': Aaugh! (July 19, 2006)
Fringe Benefits At Theater's Edge (July 16, 2006)
The Male of the Species, Under Withering Scrutiny (July 12, 2006)
'Arabian Night': A Telling Twist (July 8, 2006)
Forget Musical Comedies: Let Tonys Swing to 'Jersey' (June 4, 2006)
For Leigh Silverman, All Is 'Well' On Broadway (May 7, 2006)
