It’s the 35th year of continuous operation for the Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant and while most theaters would be celebrating such a milestone with special performances or nostalgic retrospectives, owner Jonathan Perry is basking in the glow of simply being open at all. On January 7, a pipe burst due to the frigid conditions […]
Sometimes The Rain, Sometimes The Sea is a whimsical fable about love between humans and non-humans. Brown University’s production, written by Julia Izumi and directed by Kate Bergstrom, was inspired by the classic Hans Christian Andersen story The Little Mermaid. Karishma Swarup had an appealing sweetness as the Rain Cloud, who falls in love […]
Festival Ballet Providence brings a New England Premiere for its final performance of the 2017-2018 season, Little Mermaid. The ballet was originally created for Charlotte Ballet in 2008. In 2016 choreographer Mark Diamond reimagined the production, bringing to it more color, more scenery and more whimsical costumes. “This is an all-new version with elaborate […]
As the saying goes, “good fences make good neighbors.” But when it comes down to deciding the placement of said fence, with someone’s prized garden at stake, good neighbors are quick to sour. Such is the premise of Karen Zacarías’ Native Gardens, now playing at Trinity Rep. On the surface, it sounds light-hearted enough – […]
“The hardest thing to do is to hold onto God…it’s easy to see the darkness.” – Zoe, The Healing The tenets of Christian Science dictate that illness is a spiritual, rather than a physical, matter and that life can be handled with a return to what they see as a “primitive Christianity and its lost […]
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 […]