Review: THE CEMETERY CLUB at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
by Christopher Verleger - June 05, 2024
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant presents ‘The Cemetery Club’ written by Ivan Menchell and attentively directed by Tony Annicone, a dramatic comedy about three Jewish widows who gather monthly for tea and to visit their late husbands’ graves....
Review: A CHORUS LINE at Theater By The Sea
by Christopher Verleger - June 05, 2024
Theater By The Sea welcomes the summer and kicks off its 91st season with a dazzling, spirited production of the revered, legendary Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, ‘A Chorus Line.’...
Review: AWAKENING OF SPRING at Reverie Theatre Group
by John McDaid - May 31, 2024
For its first show in Rhode Island, the Reverie Theatre Group offers a superb — and sadly short — run of Frank Wedekind's challenging 1891 drama The Awakening of Spring. With a fine ensemble cast, thoughtful directorial choices, and intense in-the-round staging, this is an outstanding debut producti...
Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at The Arctic Playhouse
by Christopher Verleger - May 22, 2024
The small Southern town of Hazelhurst, Mississippi is brought to life here on the Arctic Playhouse stage in its charming, touching production of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, ‘Crimes of the Heart.’...
Review: FRAMES OF MIND at Newport Contemporary Ballet
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - May 17, 2024
Just in time for Mental Health Awareness month, Newport Contemporary Ballet presents a captivating evening of three mind-focused pieces, FRAMES OF MIND, at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center....
Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at The Arctic Playhouse
by Christopher Verleger - April 24, 2024
The Arctic Playhouse in West Warwick dutifully pays tribute to mystery maven Agatha Christie with its sleek, suspenseful production of her renowned best seller and the basis of numerous stage, film, and television adaptations, ‘And Then There Were None.’...