Plaza Suite Charms Audiences
Newport Playhouse has opened their season this year with Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite. This charming show is a bit different from the farces I’ve grown accustomed to seeing at the […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Fascist Mash-Up: Send in the Clown
In Wilbury’s “Fascist Mash-Up” of three plays – although really two plays and an epilogue – director Josh Short deserves praise for conceiving a radical experiment well carried out. Interweaving […]
Interview with Pete Bernhard from The Devil Makes Three
When it comes to music, keeping it real is usually the way to go. What do I mean by keeping it real? Being straight to the point and just writing […]
Is This Jazz? Old Is New
Purchasing a new album has always been a thrill. The only problem I have is learning when enough is enough. I don’t buy a lot of stuff, but when I […]
Beer Does a Body Good
The next time your partner, roommate or mother starts bitching about the bottles piling up in your recycle bin, here’s a whole new belt load of ammunition to defend your […]
Wicked Flies In To PPAC
There is so much theater out there that when you come across a show that has that ever lasting endurance, you know you’ve stumbled upon a classic — an iconic […]
Letter to the Editor: Lardaro Misses the Boat Again
The little note about Professor Lardaro’s index of the RI economy that appeared on Wednesday August 10 again reflects a set of biases that distort how the RI economy […]
Album Of The Week: Beach Slang’s A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings
Every time Beach Slang’s James Alex writes a song, it seems he makes a conscious effort to discover the communal essence of punk rock. It doesn’t consist of bouncing around […]
Film Review: SEED, the Untold Story
SEED, the Untold Story would be worth watching if only for the lush beauty of its visuals; the opening sequence is pure art, glowing and smoldering with fecund life. Jewel-like ovules […]
AD World: 2nd Story’s Ed Shea
This continues a series of interviews where Epic artistic director Kevin Broccoli interviews other ADs in the area to create a more in-depth conversation about theater in Rhode Island. This […]