Dramatic works based upon historical events sometimes twist reality into an unrecognizable opposite well beyond what can be justified by legitimate theatrical license. No one expects what transpires on stage to be a strictly faithful account, but it is going too far to have George Washington support monarchy or Abraham Lincoln support slavery. Playwright William […]
Epic Theatre Company is presenting Three Sisters, a drama from acclaimed Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. The show opened in previews on April 10. This production, adapted by Sarah Ruhl, focuses on Olga, Masha and Irina, the “three sisters” of the title. They live together in a Russian village and yearn for their hometown of Moscow. […]
Don’t tell me that the current generation of young people has fried its collective brain with too much screen time. Don’t tell me either that teenagers spend their days playing video games, eating Cheetos and wasting time while draining their minds of good old-fashioned creativity. Well, tell me if you must, but be ready for […]
Festival Ballet Providence closes its 37th season with their popular Up Close On Hope dance series and the best way to describe this program, which leans a bit more toward contemporary dance than past programs, is “open for interpretation.” With classical ballet, even when presented in excerpts, which is generally the case for UCOH, audiences […]
You might know him as a big ball of perpetual frustration and furious anger who has a knack for telling it like it is. You might know him from his political commentary on one of the biggest talk shows on the planet. But no matter where he does it, stand-up comic Lewis Black has a […]
Though a bit dated, Ocean State Theatre Company’s current offering, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Tenor, is a nod toward good old-fashioned comedy. It is loud, crass and filled with mistaken identities and is, in a word, hilarious! Then there are all the slamming doors. The room to room chases and near misses bring one […]
A case could easily be made that there are too many plays about too many privileged white people bemoaning their fate in too many tastefully decorated rooms. The line from Chekov to Philadelphia Story to Gurney’s Dining Room to Albee’s The Goat is really a study in white privilege burdened by ever-increasing cynicism and mounting […]
Trinity Repertory Company took a huge risk staging A Flea in Her Ear, a bawdy bedroom farce from French playwright Georges Feydeau (adapted by Curt Columbus). In lesser hands, this story about romantic complications and cheating spouses could have fallen flat. Fortunately, a stellar group of actors, under the smooth direction of Tyler Dobrowsky, have delivered […]
This Is the Future, This Is the Past, presented by Epic Theatre Company, is not a play in the traditional sense. Writer/Director Kevin Broccoli has created more than a dozen monologues, all dealing with a common theme: our memories of the past and our fears of the future. Like any anthology of stories, it’s a […]
March Masterpiece Madness is a murder mystery written by Jessica Chace about an art competition set in Cranston. The competition is a tournament that has now come down to the Final Four; during the competition someone is murdered and it is up to audiences to decipher the clues and see whodunnit. Jessica Chace and her cast create […]