An Apple Turnover From Mike Daisey’s Oven

One of the more compelling responses to Mike Daisey’s hilarious, blistering monologue, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (at Seattle Rep through May 22), comes from a surprising source: the “forgotten” Apple genius, Steve Wozniak.

The Woz told the New York Times: “I will never be the same after seeing that show.” Saying he was brought to tears, Wozniak offered this thumbnail review: “Mike was living the pain of what he was describing as he told it.” Continue reading An Apple Turnover From Mike Daisey’s Oven

Seattle Rep’s <em>This</em> Isn’t All That, But It’s Pretty Cool (Review)

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Seattle Rep’s This Isn’t All That, But It’s Pretty Cool (Review)

I don’t want to tell you the ending of This, because I didn’t like it and am trying to forget it. I wonder if it’s simply that plays like This shouldn’t have endings. It’s a play that ought, if true to its characters, reject the cathartic, everything’s-gonna-be-different moment. L.B. Morse’s set features–besides a kitchen, living room, apartment, and piano nightclub–a number of doorways that people hang around in, emphasizing their inability to escape the liminal. They prefer the ambivalent space. It’s fascinating how the attraction to maintaining live options can leave you with none. Continue reading Seattle Rep’s This Isn’t All That, But It’s Pretty Cool (Review)