“Today you get to see two plays for the price of one,” Tony Estrella told the sold-out opening performance audience of Joshua Harmon’s provocative play, “Bad …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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3/21/23
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Welcome back WomensWork, the theatre collaborative of “mature” Rhode Island actresses who search for and produce works that provide them with opportunities to practice their …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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2/7/23
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The national tour of the time-honored family musical “Annie” kicked off Jan. 31 at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC). The tour, which runs through 2024 and is scheduled to stop …
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By STEPHANIE BERNABA
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2/1/23
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Playwright Young Jean Lee has been called “the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation” by the New York Times.
Wilbury Theatre Group Artistic Director Josh Short agrees, …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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1/24/23
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Director Brian McEleney has been involved in a multitude of Shakespeare plays over his 40 years at Trinity.
Who better to direct a play about one of the bard’s most complicated characters. …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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1/24/23
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Brian Friel’s profound and imposing tale of faith healer Frank Hardy (Tony Estrella), his wife Grace (Jeannine Kane) and his manager Teddy (Brandon Whitehead) is told in a series of monologues, …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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1/17/23
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Faith Healer, a modern masterpiece by the acclaimed Irish author Brian Friel brings together the stories of an erratic, itinerant faith healer with those of his embittered but loving wife and his …
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1/17/23
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West Bay Community Theater will hold auditions on Saturday, January 21st (2pm-4pm) and Monday, January 23rd (6:30pm – 8:30pm) for Noel Coward’s comedy of manners, PRIVATE LIVES, directed …
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1/10/23
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Something quite different in original Broadway musicals is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) from Jan. 17 to the 22.
Actor Dillon Klena, who plays the role of Nick Healy, the …
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By Don Fowler
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1/10/23
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“We are live in five, four, three, two….”
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre’s production of “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” returned to the …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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12/13/22
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Wilbury Theatre Group announced Thursday the extension of the Rhode Island premiere of Tony-Award winner for Best Play (2016) “The Humans” by Stephen Karam, directed by Josh Short. Now …
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12/6/22
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(A note from Don: After over 45 years of theatre reviewing, I hit a brick wall. My hearing aids died, I was in a bad mood, and I just wasn’t into the play I needed to review. Joyce, who has …
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Theatre Review by Joyce Fowler
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11/29/22
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