Stadium’s Sister Act Is a Fun Night of Theater
The Stadium Theatre’s production of Sister Act may not take you to heaven (especially considering some of the devilish humor you’ll find yourself laughing at), but it does make for […]
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The Court: Art in Play
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Something Wicked This Way Comes: Trinity’s Macbeth fails to recognize the price of ambition
For those who prefer their Shakespeare done “traditionally,” times are tough. The idea of what constitutes traditional staging of Shakespeare’s work is elusive, at best, since at least eight of […]
The Revolutionists: A Retelling of Herstory
You know you’re about to have a few laughs when the curtain speech over the sound system starts with, “Bonjour Bitches.” Good writing, good direction and good acting intersect perfectly […]
Arctic’s Life in the Theater — it’s About Time
David Mamet used to be one of the most heavily produced playwrights in the country with smash hits such as Glengarry Glen Ross and Oleanna regularly appearing at any theater […]
Everett’s Good Grief Explores the Trauma Beneath Our Masks
The moment the lights go to black, the audience is captivated by a film of water that slowly becomes backlit to reveal dancers moving, floating and drowning behind the screen. It […]
Three Point One Four
Dust off your rolling pins, kiddies. It’s contest time! In honor of their May performance of Waitress, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is holding a pie recipe contest, open […]
A Conversation about Black Odyssey with Joe Wilson Jr.
It’s commonplace in theater for a show to get a lot of press leading up to its opening, then reviews, then disappear off our critical radar even though most professional […]
Director Tony Annicone Reflects on His Life in Local Theater
Whether you are a theater-lover or a theater-maker, odds are ridiculously high that you have been witness to — or directly involved with — one of Tony Annicone’s many contributions […]
PPAC Wins the Golden Ticket When Charlie Comes to Town
The National Tour of the hit musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory comes to Providence Performing Arts Center February 5 through 10. Based on a children’s novel by Roald Dahl, […]
The Shadow Box Is a Poignant Study on Death
In the program of Barker Playhouse’s production of The Shadow Box, director Jeff Sullivan notes the definitions of “shadow box” as: “to spar with an imaginary opponent as a form […]