Theater

When you picture going to the theater, in your mind … what do you see? Some people might imagine a traditional Broadway experience, with huge casts performing on an elevated […]

A fundamental but strange and counter-intuitive idea of quantum mechanics is that all possible states are in superposition together until resolved by observation. A quantum bit, or “qubit,” in a […]

This is a golden age of immediate gratification, of binging on serial dramas and Ben & Jerry’s. We can fulfill our every need with ease. So why would we leave […]

The poster for RISE’s production of Saint Joan features the titular character’s face composed of four different images, posing the question: “Who do you say she is?” This graphic sets […]

Our Town by Thorton Wilder is a deceptively simple play to perform, famously requiring neither set nor scenery and few props, and for this reason is popular as a staple […]

The newly refurbished AS220 black box at 95 Empire is still familiar, but very finely polished and cleaned up around the edges. Upon entering, the set is what looks to […]

One of musical theater’s favorite masked men returns to Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) courtesy of the touring company of Phantom of the Opera. The blockbuster Andrew Lloyd Webber musical […]

Some plays are simply comfort food – warm, satisfying and faintly nostalgic. Joe DiPietro’s cleverly sentimental Over The River and Through The Woods falls squarely in this category and manages […]

Motif recently caught up with Lynne Collinson, founder and creative director of WomensWork, a creative collective designed to provide theatrical opportunities for women, particularly women over the age of 40 Their […]

“We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?” “Come buy,” call the goblins Hobbling […]