I really didn’t want to write this review. That’s become a common phrase for me, and it might be because I find it daunting to approach a production with as much baggage as a Hamilton tour or restoration comedy or Trinity Rep’s current offering, The Prince of Providence. But before the play even began on […]
She didn’t want me to write about her. Oh, don’t misunderstand me. She gave me permission, but she had no interest when I pitched my idea to her. The Queen of Providence “No, no,” she said, “That’s not me. That’s not who I am.” I assured her that I’ve gotten used to disguising the identity […]
For some of us, the year begins in September. It’s not a unanimous feeling that Providence is a college town, but something about Labor Day weekend, when the students return and the city seems to fill up a bit more, gives the impression that we still adhere to a schedule once followed by television and […]
If you’re a student arriving in PVD for the first time, or one who’s grown up here but wants to make theater a part of their college life, you’ve come to the right place. And by the right place, I mean Motif, and this article in particular, because I’m going to give you the rundown […]
On the same day that Robert Mueller testified before Congress, I had the pleasure of interviewing MacArthur Fellow, Tony-nominated performer and playwright, and gift to us all, Taylor Mac. You’re probably thinking that it’s inappropriate to gush like that in what is ostensibly a feature promoting Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Abridged) which […]
One of the true pleasures of summer in Rhode Island is spending an evening at the Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield, where they’ve built a reputation for offering any and every kind of programming you can think of to fill up the warmest nights of the year. The theater produces engaging shows year-round, but there’s […]
The very idea of this review is ridiculous. A review of Hamilton. Honestly, what could be the point? Now that Hamilton is touring the country with two separate companies (We’ve got the Angelica cast), I imagine a flurry of critics from the Carolinas to California hitting their thesauri to look up new ways of saying […]
The first and only time I ever got called a “f_g” was on Thayer Street. It was 2010 and Brown University was on winter break. I remember thinking the situation was laughable. Imagine getting called a gay slur on Thayer Street of all places. But it was then I realized that Thayer Street is a […]
It’s not uncommon for RI’s theater scene to be taken over by Shakespeare in the summer months. This season, we’ve already seen TRIST present The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Burbage is getting ready to revive their production of Julius Caesar, which was fantastic when I saw it five years ago at the William Hall […]
On November 18, 2016, newly elected Vice President Mike Pence attended a performance of the global phenomenon Hamilton and experienced something very rare in the world of theater. An address from the cast of the show: “We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our […]