Murderous Aunts and a delusional nephew make for a wacky family dynamic in Aresenic and Old Lace The Community Players are having a bloody good time bringing the classic farce Arsenic and Old Lace to life on the stage of the Jenks Auditorium in Pawtucket. The show runs until January 19. Written in 1941 by Joseph […]
” This is a show that deals with life, death and everything in between–” The Lyons at 2nd Story The lives of a dysfunctional family take center stage in the black comedy The Lyons, which opened in previews January 10 and is running through February 9 at Warren’s 2nd Story Theatre. The Lyons was written by Nicky Silver […]
Universal health care is a noble idea. Not just from a humanitarian perspective, but economically – everyone who needs treatment becomes a burden on someone – their future earnings, through debt. Society, if they declare bankruptcy. Relatives, if they take responsibility, or the health care provider that took care of them, if their bills […]
It’s an established expectation that your employer will offer health insurance. The cost, logistically, of offering it on an individual basis used to make it excessively costly for insurance companies to offer it to individuals. But with the onus of managing the benefits moved to employers, it was more affordable through work. Now that […]
I was skateboarding in the South Attleboro Kmart parking lot with a couple friends of mine. It was about 10 pm and that’s what we did at night if we didn’t have a show to go to or decided not to venture to the beach for some late night boogie boarding. The year was 1995 and […]
As a screen and teleplay writer, I can always tell when movie dialogue was crafted by a playwright. Perhaps it was my years studying Shakespeare at UMass Amherst, or learning the art of screenwriting by watching great playwrights turned screenwriters, like David Mamet or Aaron Sorkin. Whatever the case may be, stage dialogue is crisp, […]
Ok, ok I’ll admit it… I’ve had more eggnog than should be legally allowed, and now with the “holidaze” starting to wear off, I turn my attention to back to my first love, beer – sweet provider of merriment and carbohydrates. And what better way to get through the cold New England winter than with […]
The recent legalization in Denver precursor for what’s to come As the sun rose on January 1, 2014, a line of people had already formed in front of one of the many marijuana stores cleared to open their doors to recreational users throughout Colorado. The first sale took place in Denver, where dispensaries were forced […]
Do you have a nickname? Weltsy What’s your biggest pet peeve? People who don’t know how to use their directionals while driving Favorite Rhode Island spot to spend a cold winter day? Starbucks on Thayer or Iggy’s Did you make any resolutions for 2014? No, because I think if you want to do something badly […]