Ever since Book of Mormon became a runaway hit, skewering a religious viewpoint via musical theater seems almost de rigueur, but this is fertile ground and Elemental Theatre’s latest iteration of their evolving (yes, evolving) musical, A Brief History Of The Earth And Everything In It does it better than most. Motif’s publisher briefly considered […]
Déjà vu is a singular experience shared by all. We all know how that ephemeral sensation can be maddening and heartbreaking all at once. Technically, of course, déjà vu has nothing to do with past lives, kindred spirits or wandering souls, but talking about the corpus callosum and misfiring synapses is a sure fire way […]
Burbage Theatre Company is performing The Bald Soprano, a piece of absurdist theater by Eugene Ionesco. The performances are June 19 through the 28th. The setting is the London suburbs. A stuffy upper-crust couple, the Smiths (David De Almo and Cassie De Almo), invite the Martins (Andrew Iacovelli and Lauren Odenwalder) to their home. The […]
The book reads like a poetic journal, as if a different day in the life of one person Rosalynde Vas Dias’s book Only Blue Body proved to be an amazing read, thick with images. Each line stands on its own, as it should, and draws a picture in the mind. Sometimes subtly like water colors […]
The quintessential story of AIDS in America during the 1980s. Perestroika is the subtitle of the second installment of the epic theatrical saga, Angels in America by Tony Kushner. This ingenious Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece is presented by Epic Theatre Company at Theater 82 in Cranston on Rolfe Street. Kevin Broccoli and his […]
The life of country western music legend Patsy Cline was cut short due to a plane crash in 1963, but her songs live on in Always … Patsy Cline, which opened at Ocean State Theater Company on June 4 and runs until the 22nd. Erin McCracken delivers a stellar performance as Cline. McCracken is an […]
What would happen if you put two highly intellectual individuals in a room and let them debate the existence of God? Freud’s Last Session, a witty and provocative play by Mark St. Germain, isolates the legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud and the author C.S. Lewis in Freud’s office for a riveting 60 minutes at Warren’s […]
3heARTS Productions Recreates a Classic If MacBeth took place in 2014, would the play have ended differently? Rather than behead MacBeth, could Macduff forgive his rival for butchering his wife and son? Could MacBeth ever rid himself of those pesky ghosts and obtain peace, despite his horrific crimes? Probably, but only if the process aired […]
An Exploration of Gay Lifestyle Staging Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, especially in an intimate space like Epic Theatre’s 82 Rolphe Square, is a daunting task that takes artistic courage and strong acting. This production has both. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, is a 1993 Pulitzer Prize-winning play in two parts. […]
Entertainment lineages are nothing new as Barrymores, Reitmans, Sheens and Hustons have filled stage and screen with their names and talents. Closer to home, it’s not unusual to see some family names appear multiple times in one program as parents and children band together to keep artistic vision alive in the Ocean State. Pitts-Wiley is […]