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Annie: Bet yer bottom dollar that Annie is awesome at PPAC

When a book is first published, it’s anybody’s guess whether it will be liked, never mind becoming a long-running musical. Annie, based upon both the book by Thomas Meehan and Harold Gray’s comic strip Little Orphan Annie, includes music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and has been enthralling audiences since 1977. Annie continued […]

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A Christmas Carmella: Yo, Ant’ny, who is Christmas Carol?

What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to spend it on Miserable Spring, Italian style! The Academy Players present A Christmas Carmella, written and directed by Comedian Frank O’Donnell (and co-directed by Shannon Donnelly, also plucked from the audience as Bella) so it’s sure to make you laugh. Dickens would be rolling […]

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‘Tis the Season to Celebrate Neurodiversity: Spectrum Theatre Ensemble hosts holiday fundraiser, new play readings in PVD

Do you love live theater? Are you passionate or curious about neurodivergence? Spectrum Theatre Ensemble (STE), a company of neurodiverse theater artists, will be hosting a Holiday Fundraiser and new play readings on Saturday, Dec 10, from 6:30pm – 9:30pm at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse in PVD. The reading will feature four of six new […]

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A Christmas Carol: Tweaking the tradition turns this holiday classic inclusive

It’s as if Director Aileen Wen McGroddy threw out the rule book when coaxing her vision of the classic “A Christmas Carol” to life at Trinity Repertory Company this year. And we are all so much better for it. Charles Dickens’ powerful Christmas tale of greed, penitence, and second chances is an annual treat at […]

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“Sweat” Theatre Review: A gritty glimpse into the life of factory workers

“Sweat” is the epitome of working-class theatre, offering a gritty and raw look at the lives of factory workers struggling to stay afloat in an uncertain economy. But, as explained by Rachel Walshe, who is directing the Lynn Nottage play at The Gamm now, “the great tragedy of ‘Sweat’ is not the collapse of the […]

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Kinda Kinky, Boots and All: KINKY BOOTS comes to Theatre by the Sea

Happy 89th birthday to Theatre By The Sea! The 300-seat converted barn theater opened on August 7, 1933 with a production of Strictly Dynamite. The tradition of providing local audiences with exhilarating energy, joy and laughter continues with KINKY BOOTS! “It’s hard to believe we are opening the final production of our 2022 season,” said […]

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