The Next to Normal audience is exposed to waves of raw emotions drowning your soul and dampening your eyes. You may wish you had premedicated with any of the behavioral health medications lacing the lyrics. The rock musical, now performing at Trinity Repertory, is one prolonged gut punch stretching two and a half hours as […]
French playwright Marc Camoletti’s Boeing Boeing has landed at Attleboro Community Theatre with all the speed, chaos, and comic turbulence audiences could hope for! This 1960s classic farce features Parisian philanderer Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful air hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down, and one […]
Artistic Director Tony Estrella tells the audience that Gamm Theatre saved the best for last with a riveting season-ending production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and he is not wrong. The Tennessee Williams classic is an epic (close to three hours with two intermissions) and painfully sobering look at human frailties and the […]
At Wilbury Theatre Group, Girl from the North Country settles in Depression-era Duluth, Minnesota, hauntingly restless and unexpectedly tender. It’s 1934. A group of wayward travelers’ gritty lives intersect in a rundown guesthouse filled with music, misery, life’s trials, and hope. Disparate transients gather here, each bearing the baggage of their own personal burdens. Financial […]
Theatre By The Sea has unleashed the hysterically campy cult classic Little Shop of Horrors on the unsuspecting public. This deviously delicious sci-fi smash musical, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for decades. Set in the rundown flower shop of Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, […]
Favorite Free Verse Spoken Word 2026 Ashley Hosa Sending out a big congrats to Ashley Hosa, who came to the Spoken Awards with a multitude of wonderful supporters (shoutout to Ryan!). During the post-announcement interview, Ashley stated, “I came here not knowing what was going to happen, and this is just such an incredible feeling. […]
The founder of the long-standing hipster-ish West Side restaurant Julians hadn’t been involved directly with the restaurant in quite some time. But his legacy persisted. A larger-than-life personality, you never knew at what event Julian might show up, his square jaw ready-to-fire sarcasm preceding him by a few paces. He pioneered the “this wait staff […]
Renowned supporter of local music and arts Lisa Gourley (Sometimes Lisa Gourleyx) passed away on June 15. Reading reactions on social media, you can’t help but notice how often the words “nice,” “kind,” and “photography” come up. Lisa won Motif’s Favorite Photographer award a few times, most recently in 2023. Here’s how our reporter Bobby […]
This beautiful Solstice moment, June 21, 2026 brings the winds of change into our lives. The pivotal points among the planetary movers and shakers of the Zodiac find Gemini, with Uranus and Ceres, reaching across the heavens to connect with Pluto – who is ever ready to muck things up – in Aquarius. There’s a […]
I pulled into the Swansea YMCA not knowing what to expect or where to go. The fields were full of youth sports and I didn’t see any signs advertising RiverStock. I walked aimlessly around the parking lot for a bit, and was heading towards the building entrance when I heard a guitar soundchecking. I navigated […]