When Josh Short decided to join the Fringe fray and include the Creative Capital in the ever-growing list of cities producing annual festivals, he was a reluctant curator. Not wanting to stray too far from his role as Wilbury Group’s Artistic Director, Short was certainly willing to lend his name, his theater and his experience […]
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The Community Players are finishing their 94th season July 10 – 19 with Doubt, A Parable by acclaimed playwright John Patrick Shanley. Doubt takes place in a Catholic school in the Bronx in the early 1960s. Father Flynn, a charismatic priest, is supected of paying too much personal attention to a young student. The unfolding […]
Last year’s first-rate production of My Fair Lady at Ocean State Theater Company set the bar pretty high for other acting companies to reach. Fortunately, Theatre By The Sea managed to capture the magic with some charming performances accented by a brilliant book and music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Television star Charles Shaughnessy […]
Writing about something like the One-Hour Theater Challenge, CTCs’ current offering, is a bit like trying to nail a bag of jelly to the wall – there’s no way to keep it contained or centered. In one sense, it’s a new play festival, with short works written primarily by CTC company members and associates. In […]
Playwright David Ives is a polarizing figure: audiences either love him or hate him. His work often has an irreverence that some find hilarious and others find off-putting. At his best, Ives can be as funny as Monty Python, as in his classic six-minute short play Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread (performed by […]
I always believed that big flashy musicals don’t work in intimate black box theaters. You need the large stage, the cat walks and the separation of the house from the stage. I am happy to announce that Academy Players’ production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has proven me wrong. This production envelops you in the world […]
With an ever-increasing number of new theater companies cropping up, fewer and fewer spaces remain in which they can perform. Salve Regina’s Reggie Phoenix has sidestepped that limitation by facilitating the opening of Newport’s Casino Theatre to accommodate a college-professional hybrid production of The Fantasticks that succeeds fairly well and ushers in a glorious new […]
Charles Shaughnessy, the stage and television veteran, is starring as Professor Henry Higgins in Theatre by the Sea’s new production of My Fair Lady, opening Jun 24. The story is based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. “It’s the best musical created,” said […]
Ocean State Theatre Company kicked off their summer season with Richard Dresser’s Rounding Third. And, while it has many funny moments, it falls a bit short of being a home run. Perhaps a solid triple. This baseball version of The Odd Couple pits the loud, gruff, “winning is everything” little league coach Don, played by veteran […]