The classic pop and rhythm and blues songs from the 1960s and 1970s are brought to life in the rousing high-energy Motown: The Musical, which opened at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Tuesday. The show is about legendary record executive Berry Gordy, who launched the careers of superstars Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, […]
Encore Repertory Company’s production of the classic Walt Disney musical, Mary Poppins, which opened Friday at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, is an unqualified triumph. Every aspect of the show is first-rate, from the performances and music to the set design, costume and special effects. It is not just a children’s show, either. There is plenty […]
The Community Players have recreated the world of sock hops, convertibles, greasers, and teenage romance in their production of Grease. The guys and gals of Rydell High are obsessed with cars, celebrities in movie magazines and falling in love. Fresh-faced newcomer Sandy Dumbrowski (Kiki Maples) becomes friends with the Pink Ladies: Frenchy (Aubrie Bagdasarian), Marty […]
Everett Stage is presenting The Freedom Project, a multi-media theatrical experience interweaving dance, personal stories and videos detailing the lives of men and women in our nation’s prisons, specifically the lives of African-Americans. The United States has 5% of the world population and 25% of world prisoners. African-Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the […]
Just in time for Halloween comes a musical production featuring America’s spookiest family. Katie Clark stars as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family: The Musical, which opened at Ocean State Theatre Company on September 30 and runs through October 25. Clark is having a good time bringing Morticia to life. “She’s fun to play because she […]
Day of Absence, now being performed at Pawtucket’s Mixed Magic Theatre, is a scathing satire of racism set in the deep South. Written in 1965 by Douglas Turner Ward, a black playwright who founded the Negro Ensemble Theatre, the play examines the effect on the white residents of a small town when all the black […]
RI Future blogger (and Motif contributor) Steve Ahlquist was honored by the LGBT community Sunday at the Rhode Island Pride Honors with the Spirit of Pride Award. The event, which honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to promoting LGBT equality, was held at the Providence Marriott. RI Future covers politics from a progressive point of view. Ahlquist has […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will begin its national tour on September 15 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Based on the life of singer-songwriter Carole King, the show features many of her hits, including “It’s Too Late,” “So Far Away,” “The Locomotion,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and “Pleasant Valley Sunday.” King and her songwriter husband, Gerry […]
Take a little of “Orange is the New Black,” sprinkle in a bit of “Desperate Housewives,” and you get Epic Theatre Company’s new production, These Ruthless Bitches. The show is loosely based on Claire Booth Luce’s The Women, a comedy of manners in New York high society. These Ruthless Bitches transplants the milieu to a […]
That’s right fans of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” Joel Hodgson himself will be making a personal appearance at the Greenwich Odeum on September 18 and 19. There will be two nights of events, which will include screenings, Q and A s and a meet-and-greet. Joel Hodgson is one of the creators and stars of “Mystery […]