Theater

The Odd Couple in Newport Makes for an Oddly Pleasant Night

The Odd Couple, now playing at Newport Playhouse, is a bachelor-centric story about the relationship between two recently divorced men, their lovable card playing cronies and, albeit vaguely, the women who satellite around them. Oscar, played by Fred Davison, is an easy going, devil-be-damned sports writer who lives in a dirty, eight-room apartment in New […]

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Tyranny Dies, but Shakespeare Lives on at Trinity Rep

Sitting down for Trinity Repertory’s production you know one thing: This is not going to be your run-of-the-mill production. We all know the story. Julius Caesar is killed by conspirators in Rome. We know the famous lines uttered by Caesar, “et tu Brute?” and Marc Antony’s famous “friends, Romans, countrymen.” So how does a theater […]

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Beautiful – The Carole King Musical Launches National Tour at PPAC

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 […]

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Despite Outstanding Performances, “Bitches” Is Disappointing

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 […]

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