[NEohioPAL]2 Reviews of QED at Actors' Summit
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Thackaberr at aol.com
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Quirks and quarks: =20
Smaller but just as challenging, Peter Parnell's "QED" takes us to the Cal=20
Tech office of Feynman, a Nobel-winning pioneer of quantum electrodynamics,=
a=20
member of the team that invented the atomic bomb, a bongo player and a=20
practical joker. =20
It's a fascinating examination of a quirky guy who didn't mince words,=20
particularly as a co-author of a report on the Challenger disaster. Quarks=20=
and=20
photons fly, and so do ideas about existence and defining it. =20
And it's a chance for an actor to command a stage in near-solitude (a=20
student shows up a few times) as a huge personality (as did Alan Alda in Ne=
w York).=20
=20
Actors' Summit artistic director Neil Thackaberry acquits himself well unde=
r=20
the steady, sure direction of Wayne Turney. =20
Thackaberry stumbles a few times on the play's voluminous and complex=20
language but touches us with Feynman's exuberance about the Southern Siberi=
an state=20
of Tuva, his lasting love for his dead wife and his own battle with the=20
cancer that would eventually kill him in 1988. =20
Continues through Sunday, Jan. 28, at 86 Owen Brown St., Hudson. $22-$25.=20
330-342-0800. =20
Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer
_REVIEW: PHYSICIST LARGER THAN LIFE AT ACTORS=E2=80=99 SUMMIT_=20
(http://kerryclawson.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/physicist-larger-than-life-at-=
actors-summit/)=20
Posted on January 17th, 2007.=20
Anyone who thought scientists were just dry, nerdy, solitary types should=20
take a look at Actors=E2=80=99 Summit=E2=80=99s QED to learn about the hig=
hly colorful=20
Richard Feynman, an exuberantly eccentric, real-life American physicist.=20
As director Wayne Turney said, this guy did break the mold: The famous Nobe=
l=20
Laureate who reinvented how physicists think worked on the atom bomb and=20
served on the federal commission that investigated the space shuttle Challe=
nger =20
disaster.=20
But Feynman also was a thespian and a bongo drummer, and developed a wacky=20
obsession for the Russian land of Tuva.=20
The story takes place in Feynman=E2=80=99s office at the California Institu=
te of=20
Technology in 1988. Feynman =E2=80=94 who is musing over his life as he con=
templates=20
death =E2=80=94 is continually interrupted by phone calls and visitors.=20
This is largely a one-man show, and actor/artistic director Neil Thackaberr=
y=20
is up to the part.
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<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Quirks and quarks:=20
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Smaller but just as=20
challenging, Peter Parnell's "QED" takes us to the Cal Tech office of Feynma=
n, a=20
Nobel-winning pioneer of quantum electrodynamics, a member of the team that=20
invented the atomic bomb, a bongo player and a practical joker.=20
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>It's a fascinating exam=
ination=20
of a quirky guy who didn't mince words, particularly as a co-author of a rep=
ort=20
on the Challenger disaster. Quarks and photons fly, and so do ideas about=20
existence and defining it. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>And it's a chance for a=
n actor=20
to command a stage in near-solitude (a student shows up a few times) as a hu=
ge=20
personality (as did Alan Alda in New York). <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Actors' Summit artistic=
=20
director Neil Thackaberry acquits himself well under the steady, sure direct=
ion=20
of Wayne Turney. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Thackaberry stumbles a=20=
few=20
times on the play's voluminous and complex language but touches us with=20
Feynman's exuberance about the Southern Siberian state of Tuva, his lasting=20=
love=20
for his dead wife and his own battle with the cancer that would eventually k=
ill=20
him in 1988. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Continues through Sunda=
y, Jan.=20
28, at 86 Owen Brown St., Hudson. $22-$25. 330-342-0800. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3D3>Tony Brown, Cleveland P=
lain=20
Dealer</FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></H1>
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style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN> </H1>
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al"><A=20
title=3Dhttp://kerryclawson.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/physicist-larger-than-l=
ife-at-actors-summit/=20
href=3D"http://kerryclawson.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/physicist-larger-than-l=
ife-at-actors-summit/">REVIEW:=20
PHYSICIST LARGER THAN LIFE AT ACTORS=E2=80=99 SUMMIT</A><o:p></o:p></SP=
AN></H1>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Posted on=20
</SPAN><st1:date Year=3D"2007" Day=3D"17" Month=3D"1"><EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">January 17th,=20
2007</SPAN></EM></st1:date><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<o:p></o:p></SP=
AN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyone who thoug=
ht=20
scientists were just dry, nerdy, solitary types should take a look at Actors=
=E2=80=99=20
Summit=E2=80=99s <EM><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial">QED</SPAN></EM> to l=
earn about the=20
highly colorful Richard Feynman, an exuberantly eccentric, real-life America=
n=20
physicist.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As director Wayn=
e=20
Turney said, this guy did break the mold: The famous Nobel Laureate who=20
reinvented how physicists think worked on the atom bomb and served on the=20
federal commission that investigated the space shuttle Challenger=20
disaster.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But Feynman also=
was a=20
thespian and a bongo drummer, and developed a wacky obsession for the Russia=
n=20
land of Tuva.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The story takes=20=
place=20
in Feynman=E2=80=99s office at the California Institute of Technology in 198=
8. Feynman =E2=80=94=20
who is musing over his life as he contemplates death =E2=80=94 is continuall=
y=20
interrupted by phone calls and visitors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is largely=20=
a=20
one-man show, and actor/artistic director Neil Thackaberry is up to the=20
part.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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