When I saw The Great Game: Afghanistan during a full-day marathon on October 22 at the Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre, there was so much information and history to digest that, at times, it felt as if I was sitting through a lecture series that would never end.
The production can be seen in full-day marathons that include a dinner break or across three evenings.
We spent the full day in a marathon of meetings with a number of key members of Congress, staff, and committee members, literally running back and forth through the maze of buildings on the Hill.
I saw "The Demons," part of the Lincoln Center Festival, which as many probably know was a full-day marathon production.
(Last year, the theater selections were richer: the great Irish theater company Druid in a full-day marathon of works by Tom Murphy, as well as Cate Blanchett in "Uncle Vanya").
"A full day of waiting leaves me more tired than running a marathon, and I've done both," said Barbara Silberman of Miami, the mother of an 8-year-old named Sam.
Absolutely YES," she types onto her Facebook page to let friends and fans know that she has finished the seven-day marathon of crocheting and directing a full team of volunteers and St+Art Delhi organizers.
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio presented Beethoven's complete works for piano trio — seven full-fledged piano trios, two variation sets and an allegretto — at the 92nd Street Y in an all-day marathon on Sunday.
It consists of a mile race on Friday, a 10-kilometer run on Saturday, and a half or full marathon on Sunday.
Raiders of the Lost Ark IMAX continued its solid limited run, including a full-series marathon on Saturday at certain AMC theaters.
