Plaza Suite Charms Audiences
Newport Playhouse has opened their season this year with Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite. This charming show is a bit different from the farces I’ve grown accustomed to seeing at the […]
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The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Fascist Mash-Up: Send in the Clown
In Wilbury’s “Fascist Mash-Up” of three plays – although really two plays and an epilogue – director Josh Short deserves praise for conceiving a radical experiment well carried out. Interweaving […]
Wicked Flies In To PPAC
There is so much theater out there that when you come across a show that has that ever lasting endurance, you know you’ve stumbled upon a classic — an iconic […]
AD World: 2nd Story’s Ed Shea
This continues a series of interviews where Epic artistic director Kevin Broccoli interviews other ADs in the area to create a more in-depth conversation about theater in Rhode Island. This […]
Einstein and the Polar Bear: Of Books and Men
Einstein and the Polar Bear is an offbeat play filled with eccentric characters in a rural setting. Bill Allenson (Christian O’Brien) is a former author in a home in the […]
Beowulf: Hard-Rocking English Version of “The Greatest American Hero”
Trinity Rep’s production of Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage is a lot more fun than the average high school English class, and there won’t be a quiz afterward. The […]
School Theater Spotlight: TAPA
When I’m not writing articles for Motif, I can be found in a classroom teaching high school English classes. I feel as passionate about teaching as I do about theater. […]
Black Coffee Won’t Keep You Awake
Best selling mystery novelist Agatha Christie sold millions of books by sticking to a tried and true formula: stick a colorful batch of characters together, murder someone and then […]
Sister Act Ends Summer on a High Note
Theatre by the Sea is ending their season this year with Sister Act. This was my first time visiting the venue this summer, and the first thing I have to […]
Fall Dance Is En Pointe
While August gives way to September, area dance companies are busy preparing for their 2016/2017 season. Leading the way is Providence’s resident professional ballet company Festival Ballet Providence. Their season […]