Theater Review: The Rep's new play melds Shakespeare, a regicidal plot, some score-settling English history, and modern themes, all enjoyably though not classically.
In going from thriller novel to onstage comedy, the slapstick adaptation of Hitchcock's classic '39 Steps' tries just about everything to get a laugh, when maybe none was needed.
The Seattle Times Co. is on its way back to profitability, a glowing New York Times article reported recently, but the paper's own numbers raise doubts.
Estimates put the sale price at $30-40 million, about a $200 million loss from the 1998 purchase price. And the Seattle company apparently has to carry unfunded pension liabilities as part of the deal...
