In Seattle Rep’s Rothko Play, <em>RED</em> Is Better Than Dead

In Seattle Rep’s Rothko Play, RED Is Better Than Dead

John Logan’s play RED (at Seattle Rep through March 24), about the painter Mark Rothko, won the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle awards. (You may also remember Logan from his screenplays for such movies as Hugo, The Aviator, and Gladiator.) Here in Seattle, the Rep has already extended its run.

It’s a talky two-hander, starring Denis Arndt as Rothko and Connor Toms as his atelier assistant Ken…and Kent Dorsey’s moveable feast of a set. Continue reading In Seattle Rep’s Rothko Play, RED Is Better Than Dead