This is not a theater review. Kelly Robertson performed the one-woman show Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Erin Cawley, for a single sold-out night at Wilbury Group on Feb 18. Robertson has demonstrated impressive ability on stage, as I’ve noted previously in such shows as Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo […]
Phoebe Bean presented “Relics, Rebels, and Rum” at the RI Historical Society (RIHS) where she works as librarian in their Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center. Particularly striking was a small part of her talk using a few images from the collection to illustrate the routine details of the North American Triangular Trade in which RI […]
A shooting on New Year’s Day that resulted in the death of Cheryl Smith, 54, at her home at 100 Baxter St, Pawtucket, has led to felony charges for murder in the first degree and conspiracy against Jack Doherty, 23, and Shaylyn Moran, 18. While homicides are uncommon in Rhode Island and extremely rare in […]
There is no question that HP Lovecraft, influential writer of horror fiction and son of Providence, held views that were clearly racist, outdated outliers even by the standards of his time. My goal here is not to excuse his racism, but to place it in a context of Lovecraft as a human being with very […]
Board President Terry Shea of the West Bay Community Theater – they emphatically and unpretentiously spell it “-er” – spent their first year making sure they are on a sound financial basis before putting on shows. “We will definitely be consciously picking musicals in particular that don’t get done a lot, yet are still quality […]
Singin’ in the Rain is an outstanding production from Theatre by the Sea in every way: the singing, the dancing, the music, and the acting are top-notch.
The best thing about The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theater (TRIST) is that founding artistic director Bob Colonna does not treat the plays with undue reverence, fearful of messing with an entombed classic like a ship in a bottle. Rather, Shakespeare is among the most dynamic of playwrights, intending his work from inception to be adapted […]
The seventh annual Red Bandana award ceremony was held Sunday, June 9, at the Providence Fire Fighters Hall. The awards are bestowed each year recognizing persons or organizations carrying on the social activism of the late Richard J. Walton, who from 1988 to 2011 threw a pot-luck birthday party for himself on the first weekend […]
Out Loud usually does serious theater, but The Rocky Horror Show is not intended to be taken seriously. When it first hit the London stage in 1973, it was an obscure production in a small attic performance space, about as far off-off-off-Broadway as possible, but it became a surprise must-see hit for everyone who had […]
There are a lot of things to like in Vault, the new crime film about the legendary 1975 Hudson Bonded Vault robbery from director Tommy DeNucci and producer Chad Verdi. The heist netted an estimated $31 million of loot from organized criminals who stored it in private safety deposit boxes. The acting is superb, the […]