The Community Players present the “heavenly” musical, Forever Plaid, April 13-22. Singing group “The Plaids,” played by Nick Mercurio, Joe Catanzaro, Dan Thompson and Matt Fagan, recreate the close harmony of their idols: The Four Freshmen, The Hi-Lo’s and The Crew Cuts, and soon start rehearsing their music together. The group’s 1950s songs include “Three Coins […]
The “in concert” format for presenting popular West End/Broadway musicals came into its own with the 1995 presentation of Les Miserables’ 10th anniversary. Featuring a “dream cast” of performers from around the globe, the format allowed for multiple actors handling the same part while losing none of the musical continuity. Staging is kept to a […]
“Is it any less true than if it were true?” – Louis, Le Dernier Repas: A Love Story Counter-Productions Theatre Company starts its New Works series with a remarkable world premiere of a piece by David Eliet, a prodigious playwright whose works have been seen on Rhode Island stages for many years. Eliet has never […]
Counter Productions Theatre Company is kicking off a series of new works that represents a broad scope of story and local talent. “I’m a serious fan of all of the playwrights we’ve worked with,” says Counter Productions artistic director Theodore Clement, “To enable the creative theatrical process from the first draft to final production is […]
Burbage Theatre truly knocks it out of the park with their current production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (or What You Will). Over the years, I have come to the conclusion that this particular Shakespearean confection should come with a warning label – or at least some sort of a cautionary clause that it only be […]
“We were expected to destroy one another and ourselves collectively in the worst racial conflagration. Instead, we, as a people, chose the path of negotiation, compromise and peaceful settlement. Instead of hatred and revenge we chose reconciliation and nation-building.” – Nelson Mandela “Eugene (de Kock) is no longer radically ‘other’ for me. He is, for […]
Head Trick Theatre, under the helm of artistic director Rebecca Maxfield, is making quite a name for themselves by staging some of the more controversial, challenging and politically fueled scripts on the local scene. What makes this fact doubly intriguing is that most of these scripts that are written by and about marginalized and repressed […]
In the 1950s, the death penalty was still widely legal across the country — though falling out of fashion — and only men served on juries in many states. This is the world in which Reginald Rose wrote the teleplay 12 Angry Men. Throughout the past half century, the story has received multiple adaptations on […]
Fast-talking, pop-culture obsessed, stylish, leggy and lean. An apt description for both playwright Kevin Broccoli and his latest new play, Marshall, a crafty two-hander with a clever hook now seeing its world premiere at Epic Theatre Company until March 24. As anyone who has followed this prolific playwright’s career knows, Broccoli is no stranger to coming […]
While many in the local theater scene have earned the moniker of “hardest working man (or woman) in local theater,” hands down, David & Beth Jepson deserve a huge hat tip for their years of dedication to Westerly’s historic Granite Theater. Under the artistic leadership of the couple’s Renaissance City Theatre Company, the venue is […]