Like the nuclear disaster that inspired it, The Children is a simmering, explosive morality play and eco-drama that festers in its audience’s belly until a final blinding burst fades to black after a whirlwind 90 minutes. On stage now at the Gamm Theatre, British playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s Tony-nominated piece gives a jarring look at a […]
Bobbing green strobe lights and eerie music playing as the audience fills seats are a harbinger of the off-beat adventure ahead, but nothing can truly prepare viewers for the inanity of a character self-described as “Ghost Zombie Jesus.” Welcome to Beetlejuice! The musical adaptation – truly, only the first act was adapted; the second offers […]
As the saying goes – the more things change, the more they stay the same, and while Trinity Repertory Company’s latest play is set in 1972, its themes may as well be current. Or from 1922. The premier of Jacqueline Lawton’s “Inferior Sex” probes familiar inequalities women and minorities face. But, her writing is poignant […]
If ever you wanted to hear the unapologetic roar of womanhood, playwright Whitney White is the maestro cueing up the estrogen. White, a graduate of the Brown University/Trinity MFA program, returns to Trinity Repertory Company with the world premiere of her piece “By the Queen,” an energetic look at Shakespeare’s male-centric plays based on the […]
Few can weave a tale that casts a spell of mystery and enlightenment as well as the Irish, and Brian Friel was one of the nation’s most talented 21st-century examples. His “Faith Healer” – now on stage for a limited run at The Gamm Theatre – is an honest look at the complexities and frailties […]
It’s a familiar story that has been shown for several years at Gamm Theatre and spans decades on TV in black and white, but the feeling of It’s a Wonderful Life never diminishes. Like the scent of pine in the air and the sparkle of twinkling lights on a tree, the story of how a […]
It’s as if Director Aileen Wen McGroddy threw out the rule book when coaxing her vision of the classic “A Christmas Carol” to life at Trinity Repertory Company this year. And we are all so much better for it. Charles Dickens’ powerful Christmas tale of greed, penitence, and second chances is an annual treat at […]
“Sweat” is the epitome of working-class theatre, offering a gritty and raw look at the lives of factory workers struggling to stay afloat in an uncertain economy. But, as explained by Rachel Walshe, who is directing the Lynn Nottage play at The Gamm now, “the great tragedy of ‘Sweat’ is not the collapse of the […]
Deception has a way of weaving a complex, strangling web that changes lives and the course of history, a theme that basically defines life in Russia, historically and today. That culture of suspicion and fear permeates Describe the Night, the Gamm Theatre season opener. Moving between three distinct times – 1920 during Russia’s invasion of […]
Epic might seem a fitting word to describe the season opener at Trinity Repertory Company because it implies grandiosity, but while The Inheritance, Part 1 is certainly grand, it is so much more. An astonishing three and a half hours – and Part 2 opening later this month to run in rep – this is […]