Granite Throws its Soul into Communicating Doors
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 […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Alt-Health: A Touch of Madness
“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 […]
Album Of The Week: Pile’s A Hairshirt Of Purpose
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 […]
Laura Stevenson Plays Newport On March 30
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 […]
Motif Event Picks for March 29 – April 4
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, […]
Fantastic Performers Shine in The Altruists
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 […]
Kathy Griffin Is Ready for The Vets!
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 […]
Mr. Burns Survives the Apocalypse
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 […]
Menopause Mama Brings Dinner Theater to Providence
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 […]
Bogart and Bacall – Goodbye and Hurry Back: Missed Opportunity
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 […]