The Roots Report: An Interview with Paula Poundstone
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Bristol Theatre’s Tommy Is a Champ
As anyone who attends plays regularly knows, community theater is the biggest of crapshoots. Due to the limitations of space, resources, money, manpower and talent base, each production has a host of hurdles to overcome before it gets to opening night. Because of this, I typically expect certain things when I attend community theater: small […]
DITKO Brings the Man to Life on Stage
Lenny Schwartz is known for writing new plays, his terrific sense of humor and his love of comic books. He has skillfully combined these into his newest work, DITKO, now playing at RISE in Woonsocket. This is Schwartz’s return to his popular bio-plays, having previously delved into the worlds of Charles Schultz, Lucille Ball and Bill Finger, […]
With a Rubber Hose: Is “The Hypochondriac’s” enema a metaphor?
Molière seems truly modern despite having lived in France in the 1600s: His sharp satire was aimed at superstition and hypocrisy, attracting criticism from religious authorities and the entrenched nobility. Careful never to direct his satire against the monarchy, Molière was protected by the Duke of Orléans, who was the brother of King Louis XIV, […]
Greg Geer Keeps His Eye on the Ball as Director of The Who’s Tommy at Bristol Theatre Company
The Tony Award-winning musical The Who’s Tommy is based on the classic rock opera about the deaf, dumb and blind boy who “sure plays a mean pinball.” Safe to say that most people would be able to recognize many of the show’s classic rock hits, among them “Pinball Wizard,” “I’m Free” and “See Me, […]
Lenny Clarke and Christine Hurley Return to the Greenwich Odeum
On November 10, Lenny Clarke and Christine Hurley will be returning to the Greenwich Odeum in East Greenwich. Lenny Clarke is a storied comedian from Boston who’s been performing comedy all over the country for over 30 years. He’s appeared in more than 50 television and film projects, including Ted 2, Here Comes the Boom and […]
Next to Normal Handles Mental Illness with Grace and Humor
At one point in the first act of Next to Normal, one character poses the question “Who’s crazy?” Though it seems straightforward enough, this questions ends up proving much more complex than it initially appears. Is it really the mother mourning her son who died in infancy by wondering what he might have become? Or […]
5 Questions With: Playwright & Actor Nick Albanese Talks About Many Sides to the Reaper
Many Sides to the Reaper is the newest play from local playwright and actor Nick Albanese, author of the popular (and Motif award-winning) one man show The Last Sicilian. Reaper is based on the true story of the life and family of a Mafia hit-man living in 1980s Brooklyn, NY. Sal is a family man, […]
Mixed Magic Presents The Spirit Warrior’s Dream for One Night Only
“I have often been aware of the wolf behind the wall,” says Mixed Magic’s Ricardo Pitts-Wiley. “But the thing about the wolf, is that it must come out from behind the wall so that it may be defeated.” Pitts-Wiley makes this observation in the context of discussing the presentation of his musical, The Spirit Warrior’s […]
Inside His Head: Lenny Schwartz draws his plays from infamous comic book history
Local playwright Lenny Schwartz has made a name for himself with his award-winning Daydream Theatre Company and such plays as Co-Creator, Subject 62, The Scarecrow, The Inside of His Severed Head and many others. His screenwriting credits include everything from dark drama (The Assassination of Western Civilization, Higher Methods, Long Night in a Dead City, Normal) to […]