The Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) lives up to its name with 2013 summer-season opener Fuddy Meers, written in 1999 as a first professional work by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Unlike his more well-known 2006 Rabbit Hole that won a Pulitzer Prize and was turned into a film, Fuddy Meers is a genre-defying black comedy and domestic […]
Stu is on a mission to repurpose a forsaken Soviet missile into a functioning spacecraft. He’s going to space. For fuel, Stu will harness the combustion power of Seasons 1 & 2 of “Battlestar Galactica” on DVD. The right chair and the right seatbelt are crucial. All Stu wants to do is circle the Earth’s […]
CATS is playing at Theatre by the Sea. If your first reaction to this was “Ouuhh,” go get your tickets now. If your reaction was more along the lines of, “Oh,” keep reading. I’m familiar with CATS. I was in kindergarten in 1998 when the movie version of the play had just gone straight to […]
Summer often ends up being the time when frivolous theater rears its ugly head. Not to sound snobbish, but lately, it seems like finding anything meatier than No, No Nanette would be a challenge. That’s why it’s so refreshing to have 2nd Story Theatre presenting a gripping piece of theater that’s sure to leave an impact that’ll last through the […]
Of all of the technology spawned by and for the theater, from computer-driven lighting instruments and sound cue software to glow tape and thundersheets, none has proved as useful and ubiquitous as the coat rack. For the solo performer, in particular, the coatrack serves as wardrobe department, scenery and home base. A trip to the […]
Fire Island, by Charles Mee, is the current offering at Epic Theatre Company. Directed by Kate Lester, this Rhode Island premiere explores the ups and downs of various couples as they spend a weekend on Fire Island. The Fire Island script is cinematic and poetic. Mee, a current playwriting professor at Columbia University, has an […]
The thrill of live theater lies in the implied promise that something could go wrong at any moment. A forgotten line, a failed prop, a disruptive audience member – anything can and often does happen in a live setting that cannot be accounted for in rehearsals. Audiences adore watching actors navigate the shaky precipice of […]
Speed The Plow, by playwright David Mamet, is a cross between the popular television show, “Mad Men” (about cut-throat ad salesmen) and Mamet’s earlier work, Glengarry Glen Ross (about cut-throat real estate men). In the new Theatre 82 in Cranston, Mamet’s classic tale of how Hollywood works is brought to life with great energy by […]
Trinity Rep is currently outdoing itself with one of the most unique theatrical experiences you’re likely to have anywhere. Right now, both of Trinity’s theaters are occupied with Alan Ayckbourn’s House and Garden, a show about a garden party that features French movie stars, young love, dissolving marriage and a lot of rain. Actors run from the […]
Go see The Liar, a play of quick wit. It serves up such laughter, you’ll guffaw and spit! Admittedly, that is silly poetry. But it is the faintest hint of what you will experience at the Burbage Theatre Company’s riotous production of The Liar. The Liar is an inventive David Ives adaptation of a play from the 1600s French farce by Pierre Cornielle. Ives is a favorite […]