Medical Marijuana in the State Budget
The Rhode Island medical marijuana law has been on the books since 2006 but still remains controversial. As part of the fiscal year ending 2017 state budget proposed by Governor […]
Events:
Holiday Small Works
November 4 - December 31A Christmas Carol
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back. The timeless holiday tale of redemption and joy, Trinity Rep’s reimagined production always has a few new wrinkles, and has been a beloved
November 9 @ 10:00 am - December 31 @ 1:00 pm
Happy Birthday, Wanda June: You’ll Shoot Your ___ Out!
Despite its Homeric inspiration, Happy Birthday, Wanda June is not a play that wallows in subtlety, as emphasized in its opening lines: “This is a simple-minded play about men who […]
Out of the Woods: A Christmas Story
It was, fittingly, early December when I began to contemplate my own mortality. There was always a vague awareness that nothing lasts forever, but I am descended from a family […]
Cannabis: Jared Moffat, RI Point-Man for Legalization
Most lists of states likely to end prohibition within the next couple of years do not include Rhode Island, mainly because there is no opportunity for popular initiative referenda on […]
Planet Christmas: Until the Sea Shall Free Them
A new and original work of prodigious audacity, Planet Christmas by Contemporary Theater Company playwright-in-residence Andy Hoover, is unlike any holiday-themed stage production you’ve ever seen. It draws from a […]
Opinion: The College Conundrum
I’ve long contended that the overwhelming factor that accounts for the consistent increase in college tuition at about three times the rate of inflation over at least the past 30 […]
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol: Not Dead Yet
An impressively minimalist take on a very familiar story, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, written by playwright Tom Mula and performed by the Rhode Island Stage Ensemble (RISE) employs four actors, […]
Little Women: Not Exactly the Book
A musical stage version of a classic book beloved by young adults for over a century is a daring challenge inherently difficult to do. Despite many adaptations for the stage […]
Freelancing: Rising Creative Trend
As permanent employment in some fields shifts by employer choice to temporary and even outsourced workers, a complementary movement toward freelancing by employee choice is gaining strength in the creative […]
Rocky Horror Show: Punk Tranvestites from Transsexual, Transylvania
It’s difficult to review a production of a show after seeing it numerous times elsewhere on stage and literally many hundreds of times on screen, because the inevitable tendency is […]