The Rhode Island Theater Awards, sponsored and produced by a team at Motif magazine, have a little less than two months to find a new venue. The event was to take place at McVinney Auditorium, a venue owned and operated by the diocese of Providence. Last year’s event in this location was a rousing success, […]
Dada Woof Papa Hot is a humorous and thoughtful slice of the LGTBQ struggle for mainstream bliss that any parent can identify with. Epic ends its 9th season with Peter Parnell’s Dada Woof Papa Hot, a beautifully executed piece of storytelling from start to finish. A relatively new work by Parnell, Dada Woof Papa Hot […]
Out Loud usually does serious theater, but The Rocky Horror Show is not intended to be taken seriously. When it first hit the London stage in 1973, it was an obscure production in a small attic performance space, about as far off-off-off-Broadway as possible, but it became a surprise must-see hit for everyone who had […]
In search of a light hassle-free evening with your special someone? Or maybe you’re looking for a fun ladies’ night out? Saccharin southern farce meets feel-good dinner theater with Always a Bridesmaid playing through July 1 at the Newport Playhouse. Dinner. Theater. Individually these are two of the most promising words in the English language. […]
Summertime is a changing of the guard in theater. Many companies call it quits for the season, or substantially shift their programming away from mainstage offerings while others are only getting started once the days are at their longest. With the dizzying array of choices available in RI theater, it’s a daunting task to figure […]
Admittedly, I love a big swing. Keep that in mind as you read this review. Every so often, the folks at Trinity Rep like to remind us that when it comes to innovative theater in RI, they set the bar a long time ago with cutting-edge work and fascinating takes on classical and contemporary work […]
Fans of musical theater are often hard-pressed these days to find new offerings that aren’t based on movies, television shows, other plays or someone’s Greatest Hits collection. It’s understandable, given the time and financial effort required to stage an untested prospect at the professional level, that producers will tend to shy away from new work. […]
Popular Broadway musicals have always classically been about fanfare, big spectacle numbers and broad smiles all around. While there is a place in the canon for the traditional shows of the past, newer shows have paved the way for depth of character, intimate stories and connecting with our emotions. Fun Home was originally a graphic […]
“We watch the war and we write about the great deeds done or the horrors done. And that is how God remembers you – the way we write you. And no other way.” Johnna Adams, Gidion’s Knot The term “Gordian Knot” is commonly used to describe a complex or unsolvable problem that is resolved with […]
Set during “a 24-hour period, during the summer of 1955” in “a small you-never-heard-of-it town somewhere in the Midwest,” All Shook Up is a jukebox musical based on recognizable and familiar songs from the Elvis Presley era that is ideal for a fun date night. It’s a light-hearted, upbeat story of small-town romance that plays […]