Alison O'Donnell

ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE: A Heartfelt Homage to a Country Legend

Theatre by the Sea (TBTS) is presenting Always… Patsy Cline, a musical that intertwines the soulful tunes of country music legend Patsy Cline with the heartfelt true story of her friendship with devoted fan Louise Seger. Directed by Kat Moser-Priddy, this production isn’t so much the life story of Patsy Cline as an intimate and […]

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AMERICAN IDIOT: Rocking with raw energy and rage

There’s something electrifying about watching a stage tremble under the weight of pure, unfiltered angst, and that’s exactly what happens at Wilbury Theatre when American Idiot explodes onto the boards, bringing with it Green Day’s snarling punk ethos, a barrage of raw emotion unleashed by Billie Joe Armstrong’s intense lyrics, and more black eyeliner than a Hot Topic clearance […]

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SLY FOX

Greed Never Felt so Funny! BY ALISON O’DONNELL Attleboro Community Theatre’s production of Sly Fox, Larry Gelbart’s uproarious adaptation of Ben Jonson’s Volpone, delivers a fun and farcical comedy. Directed by Jeanne Smith, this play marks her 19th production with ACT. Set in 19th-century San Francisco, Sly Fox traces the deception of Foxwell J. Sly, […]

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Laughter on the 23rd Floor: Wit, warmth, and a wink to mid-century chaos

In an age when comedy writers are influencers and punchlines are tweets, Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a nostalgic trip back to when humor came with nicotine, neurosis, and the steady clack of a typewriter. This production captures the manic charm and underlying melancholy of Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play with an effervescent energy that […]

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Some Like it Hot: Depression never looked so spectacular

Winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, Some Like It Hot is a non-stop fun fest of top-notch singing, dancing and heartfelt jocularity! PPAC presents this tap-dancing, razzle-dazzling Broadway hit that won more theater awards than any show in its season, including a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Based […]

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Picnic: Sometimes the ants show up uninvited!

The Arctic Playhouse presents “Picnic” by William Inge and directed by Karen Besson. In 1953, when the play premiered on Broadway, Picnic won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Picnic explores themes of love, family, sexuality, repression, rites of passage, disappointment, and the complexities of human […]

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Merrily We Roll Along: “I’d rather be me any day!”

The Community Players proudly present Merrily We Roll Along. The production follows three friends— Frank, Charley, and Mary— in reverse chronology, from the 1970s to the 1950s. In 1976, Franklin Shepard is a wealthy Hollywood producer, and as the story moves backwards in time the audience learns of his meteoric rise from penniless dreamer to […]

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Fat Ham: Reinventing a Shakespearean classic

FAT HAM by James Ijames, directed by Don Mays, is a funny, poignant play that deftly transposes Hamlet to a family barbecue in the American South to grapple with questions of identity, kinship, responsibility, and honesty. Wilbury Theatre presents this 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama in a candid, hilarious and thought-provoking tragedy that presents more as […]

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