If there is one thing I love about community theater, it is the obvious heart and soul that go into each production, and Granite Theatre did not disappoint in that department. This company has a lot of heart, and it shows in their production of Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn, running through April 9. Communicating […]
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.” Aristotle Beethoven suffered from severe depression and had been self-medicating with alcohol for many years before he died of liver failure in 1827. Vaslav Nijinsky was considered the greatest male dancer of his era. His innovative modern choreography in ballet bordered on heresy, once […]
Boston art punk act Pile are on the verge of smashing through something. Whether they have a shot at being the next darlings to come out of New England or they’ll increase their artistic abilities to even higher levels, these angsty noisemakers have a chip on their shoulder and they’re going to let you know […]
What separates the singer-songwriter type of musician from their contemporaries is how they can shine in different situations. Whether it’s by themselves or with a band, they know how to captivate an audience while showing their soul through song. New York artist Laura Stevenson knows how to do just that while expressing a versatile style […]
WED 29 Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood: Featuring some of the funniest women in New England and if you don’t go, we can’t be friends. 9pm – 1am. AS220 Blackbox Theatre, 95 Empire St, PVD. as220.org PechaKucha Night Providence #95: See presenters try to keep up with 20 slides of exactly 20 seconds each, presenting whatever […]
Burbage Theatre Company’s production of Nicky Silver’s The Altruists is about a group of liberal activists who claim to care about women’s rights, gay rights, the plight of the homeless and other social issues, but are so self-centered and shallow they really seem incapable of doing anything. Director Vince Petronio says of the characters, “They […]
Okee dokee folks … I spoke with comedian Kathy Griffin last week about her upcoming show at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in Providence on Sunday, April 9. This is how it all went down. Kathy Griffin: How are you doing? John Fuzek: Exhausted. We had a snow storm and it froze into black ice. I’m trying […]
Telling people that I was going to review the Wilbury Group’s production of Mr. Burns, I got a few variations on the same response: “Maybe I don’t know a lot about theater – the only Mr. Burns I know is the one on ‘The Simpsons!’” That is, in fact, the one. Anne Washburn’s play, subtitled […]
Anyone who knows Rhode Island knows that Rose Weaver is an icon who works in stage, film and television. She sometimes graces the steps of the state house with her powerful singing voice and has numerous awards to match her endless credentials. Now she’s bringing dinner theater to the state with her show Menopause Mama. […]
The latest in a series of biography plays written by Leonard Schwartz, Goodbye and Hurry Back is about the romance between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall that began in 1944 on the set of her first movie, To Have and Have Not, when she was 19 and he was 44. Although at the Arctic Playhouse, […]