Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'twohourstraffic'
February 14, 2008
On this Valentine's Day, we also take the time to honor the kind of love that exists between two straight dudes -- the primarily heterosexual feelings that a man has for his BFF. Exhibit A: Stan and Kyle. Exhibit B: Jay and Silent Bob. Exhibit C: Matt and Ben, the celebrity spoof of the relationship between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, focusing on the period right before they became famous (i.e., the making of......
Continue Reading "Get Out This Weekend: Matt & Ben at Freehold Theater"November 16, 2007
It's been said that Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot was a play in which all that was left to the characters was hope; if that's the case, then Endgame is what you get when you lose even that. In one long act, the play features a cast of four characters in increasing states of immobility and decrepitude, the last dismal dregs of humanity gasping their final breaths, telling incoherent stories and hoping for a bitter......
Continue Reading "Get Out: Samuel Beckett's Endgame @ Stone Soup"January 8, 2007
Twelfth Night reminded us of that Capitol Hill party where you drink too much and spend all your time flirting with someone who puts you off and then later you see them begging someone else to take them home, but by then you just shake your head and stagger off to the Canterbury to meet up with friends. The young Two Hours Traffic puts together a sometimes creditable stab at the play. The Chamber......
Continue Reading ""I Didn't Mean To Turn You On": Shakespeare's Twelfth Night"