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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Just in time for Halloween, The Academy Players Company will present The Addams Family in concert this weekend on Friday, October 26 and Saturday October 27 at 7pm. The first installment in their new Musicals in Concert series, The Addams Family will be presented in its entirety as a concert reading season in the newly […]
In the first five minutes of Last of the Red Hot Lovers, we learn just about everything we need to know about the main character without a word of dialogue, as he bumbles around his mother’s apartment, obsessively trying to odor-neutralize his fingers, blanching at the taste of scotch and anxiously preparing for his coming […]
AR Gurney’s play, Sylvia, has been around for just about as long as I’ve been a self-proclaimed theater geek. And I’ve never read or watched the play. What took me so long? Well I’ll first admit (and please don’t go reporting me to ASPCA), I’m not really a dog person. Don’t get me wrong — […]