“Stunned by the news that my friend/co-writer Tom Meehan has died. I’ll miss his sweetness & talent. We have all lost a giant of the theatre.” – Mel Brooks Theatre by the Sea closes out its 2017 season with the utterly ridiculous (in all the best ways) Mel Brooks musical, The Producers, running through Sep […]
Trinity Rep invites the theater community to its annual season kick-off party to be held this year on Sunday, Sep 10, from Noon – 7pm. The event is open to the public with free admission. In a significant change from prior years, most of the event will take place outdoors on Adrian Hall Way immediately […]
One hundred singers will gather at Easton’s Beach in Newport on August 21, during the upcoming solar eclipse, for a special choral performance: The Sea Pageant. This performance is the creation of Jed Hancock Brainerd and Rebecca Noon of theater group Strange Attractor. The couple is currently finishing a year-long residency at the Providence Athenaeum, where they researched […]
I don’t know about you, but as the national news has become scarier and more depressing by the minute, I look for moments of joy and pure amusement. This past weekend, I sat on a picnic blanket enjoying snacks with my kids in the middle of Westerly’s gorgeous Wilcox Park, and I watched one of […]
People are always asking us about the nomination process for the Theater Awards. Here’s how we do it, spelled out in as much detail as we can muster: First, we contact every theater company we know of in the area. This includes everyone who has sent us press releases, been in our listings, been covered […]
These are corrections we made after the nominations originally went to press: Butterflies are Free [Arctic Playhouse] opened in late June, after the cut-off for this year’s awards, and will be eligible for next year’s awards cycle. Both it and Yellow Wallpaper [Out Loud] received a few nods from our nominators, who didn’t realize their […]
One Man, Two Guvnors pulls out all the stops to give the audience a good time. Directed by Lee Rush, this is a polished production featuring a brilliant lead performance by Keith Eugene Brayne. Brayne displays an appealing manic energy as the lovable British buffoon Francis Henshall, who tumbles and fumbles about as he […]
Epic is rounding out their summer of satire — where life truly has imitated art — with David Adjmi’s embroiled show 3C. The show, which runs in rep with Kevin Broccoli’s Dorothy, Rose, Sophia & Blanche is not what you think it is … which is exactly what Epic is hoping for with this piece! […]