Powerful and Thought-Provoking Parade Is Must-See Theater
Parade is an ironically cheery title for a musical that is unapologetically dark. Based on a true and pivotal event in American legal, social and political history, Parade dramatizes the […]
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Epic’s Suddenly Last Summer Is a Stand-Out Performance
Suddenly Last Summer began its off-Broadway run in 1958, and was adapted into a movie one year later. Sixty-two years after its initial release, this Tennessee Williams one-act is still […]
A Story to Tell: Funda Fest celebrates storytelling in its 22nd year
Funda Fest, the annual celebration of black storytelling presented by Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS), will take place throughout the state from January 25 through February 2. The Festival is […]
Magic, Music and Merriment: Wilbury kicks the year off with a Rhody premiere
Scottish border ballads, rhyming couplets and site-specific performances at local bars make Wilbury’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart seem more like an offering better suited for the annual FringePVD […]
The Puppet that Tested and Reaffirmed My Faith in Humanity: A review of Burbage’s Hand to God
Though the play involves hand puppets, Robert Ashkin’s Hand to God explores issues like sexual repression, sexual deviance, violence, alcoholism, compulsive overeating and death; and, therefore, is NOT meant for […]
Fade: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time
Fade is a play you really, really want to like. It has characters you rarely get to see onstage, a playwright with an interesting perspective, and an environment that seems […]
GAMM’s Wonderful Life Is Simply Charming
Christmas plays can be a quick and easy way for a theater to grab some cash and provide an easy holiday junket for folks who want to revel in the […]
Wilbury’s You Got Older Deals with Life’s Curve Balls
Dysfunctional families are pretty much a dime-a-dozen on stage. In Clare Barron’s You Got Older, however, the dysfunction is not attributed to family, but to life in its many ups […]
Come From Away at PPAC Focuses on the Light in a Dark Moment
It’s a Christmas miracle. The lights came up, the actors bowed, and the audience didn’t head for the doors. Anyone who knows me knows about my never-ending gripe with the […]
Art Imitates Life: 210-year-old drop curtain depicts a PVD moment in time
“I call it a curtain, but it’s, of course, a drop scene,” says Richard Ring, deputy executive director for collections and interpretation at the Rhode Island Historical Society, as he […]