Ironbound: Harnessing the immigrant spirit for a powerful punch
The premise – a Polish blues musician, a frustrated factory worker, a misunderstood prep student and a blustery Italian mailman meet at a bus stop – sounds like the lead-in […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Chilling with the Academy Players: Extraterrestrial mind control is not the solution to teenage angst
The story of how the musical Be More Chill came to see its day on Broadway speaks to the digital age and the power of a dedicated cult-following. After the […]
Fun, Yet Profound: The Prom at PPAC entertains and teaches valuable lessons
I recently read an article online that posed the question, “Can’t Broadway just be for fun?” The article stepped into the debate on perhaps the biggest existential question at the […]
A Not-So-Hidden Gem: Trinity Rep’s Gem of the Ocean awes and inspires
The Gem of the Ocean was a slave ship, but the gem of Trinity Repertory Company is the searing emotion conjured as part of a riveting retelling of August Wilson’s […]
If a Tree Falls, Does it Make an Impact?: Motif gets the scoop on the Community Players’ A Tree Falls In Brookline
The world premiere of A Tree Falls in Brookline, written by local playwright David W. Christner and directed by Richard Griffin, is a comedy you don’t want to miss. Considering […]
A Life In Letters: Trinity Rep’s Tiny Beautiful Things impresses and inspires
In 2010, writer Cheryl Strayed was offered the opportunity to take up the mantle of Sugar, an advice columnist on the literary website The Rumpus. She reluctantly accepted the unpaid […]
Slow Down and Enjoy the View: Players’ Ripcord is worth the jump
In the midst of a wintery pandemic surge, every heart needs to see Ripcord, a light but purposeful show on stage at Barker Playhouse. The RI premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s […]
An Octoroon at The Gamm: A powerful mix of past and present
It’s deep in the second act when the purpose of the painful scenes and demeaning words becomes clear; as one actor says, “The point of this whole thing is to […]
The Gems of August Wilson: A conversation with Michelle Cruz of Trinity Rep
In 1987, when August Wilson’s Fences received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Providence Journal’s arts critic William Gale hailed the Pittsburgh playwright: “His plays leap from his own gut. […]
Superstar, Schmuperstar: Musical about the son of God falls short
Okee dokee folks… I am not a religious person by any stretch of the imagination. I fall somewhere between atheist and agnostic but more towards atheism every day. I don’t […]