The goal of a 12-step program is not to get you to climb up high enough to jump and kill yourself, but playwright Young Jean Lee seems to employ that as her model for Christianity. Repeated references to going through “doors to God” make the afterlife sound so attractive that Lee presents Christianity as a […]
[See “Wilbury’s Church: Drinking the Kool-Aid” for our review.] Motif writer Kevin Broccoli talks with Brien Lang and Phoenyx Williams — the director and the lead actor of Young Jean Lee’s Church currently playing at the Wilbury Group. Kevin Broccoli: What I find so interesting about Church is that it’s a play and an actual church service […]
It’s New Year’s Eve. The holidays are over. You’ve seen all of your family, you’re fat with love/comfort food and now it’s time to celebrate 2018 with friends. You want to go out and you want to have fun. Providence has so many options. How to choose? You can go to a show. You can […]
The Gamm Theatre is providing a burst of holiday cheer with its presentation of The Santaland Diaries, a hilarious tour de force for Steve Kidd. The show, adapted by Joe Mantello, is based on an essay by humorist David Sedaris, who pokes fun at his own experiences working as a Macy’s elf. Kidd is […]
Men telling women what women want in defiance of their own expressed wishes is a long tradition, eerily echoed in a recent (2003) controversy over whether to dig up and relocate to Paris the remains of novelist and playwright George Sand, who died in 1876 and was buried in the family cemetery behind her house […]
In regard to your recent review of The Slave, I had to read it more than a few times to be sure I understood this critic’s detailed negativity toward the production and her position on why this play was too offensive to be produced (*and with full disclosure, said critic is a longtime colleague and local […]
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein explores the internal struggles faced by a pair of young working women in Isn’t It Romantic, a bittersweet comedy/drama being performed by The Players at Barker Playhouse. Set in the 1980s, the story focuses on Janie and Harriet, who are longtime best friends juggling romance and careers. Janie is a freelance […]
Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol is an irresistible parable about redemption. The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to partake in the spirit of the holiday and seems destined to live a life of gloomy solitude. Arctic Playhouse presents the story as a live radio broadcast in the 1940s. The characters are brought to life by […]
Ed note – This review has generated some controversy and some very aggressive criticism online. It bears reminding folks that all reviews include an element of subjectivity. Our reviewers all make a commitment to give you their most honest impressions – whether popular or not. And because theater is subjective, other reviewers may vary dramatically […]
Finding Neverland has flown into the Providence Performing Arts Center, and you don’t want to be left behind! I admit I love Peter Pan; it was one of my favorites growing up, and I’ve always found JM Barrie a fascinating person to study. Of course, I love the movie, so I went into this show assuming […]