The Grinch Who Stole The Nutcracker
For the dancers at Festival Ballet Providence, the year’s production of The Nutcracker will be remembered as the year “The Grinch Tried to Steal Misha’s Nutcracker.” For nearly 20 years, the […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Carol’s Christmas at Arctic Playhouse Puts the Community Back into Theater
I must admit that my jaw dropped when I opened my program and saw there were over 30 people involved in The Radioactive Theatre Company’s holiday show Carol’s Christmas. […]
Gentleman Is Jolly Good Fun
A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder is a clever comic confection with wonderful songs and excellent performances. Kevin Massey is tremendously appealing as Monty Navarro, a man who kills […]
Apocalypse Now: The Art of War
Apocalypse Now, based on the Francis Ford Coppola film, is set during the Vietnam War and examines the impact violence has on a man’s soul. Director Shane Inman adapted the […]
The Roots Report: Once at PPAC
Okee dokee folks … I had the opportunity to experience the musical Once on its first night of a four-show run at the Providence Performing Arts Center. I needed to […]
Hecuba: It’s Not Easy Being Queen
Hecuba is a modernized retelling of the classic tragedy by Euripides. In this first-rate production at Brown, the titular character is the Queen of Troy. Throughout the story there […]
Dreaming of a White Christmas?
In a recent Twitter poll conducted by the National Weather Service, 70% of respondents voted they would welcome a Christmas Eve snowstorm if it meant a white Christmas. But, if […]
James Franco and Me: Playful Theater at its Finest
It is hard to find someone who hasn’t heard of Kevin Broccoli or his theater, Epic Theatre Company. They are known for taking risks and experimenting with the art of theater, […]
A Quintessentially American American Buffalo
David Mamet’s American Buffalo is an assemblage of all things American: profanity, thievery, greed, the American Dream and toxic masculinity. Naturally, when it premiered in 1975, audiences were scandalized by […]
2nd Story Theatre’s Prelude to a Kiss Proves to be a Romance for All Ages
Is there a moratorium on the need for spoiler alerts after the 28-year mark? In the interest of any readers under the age of 30, I’ll give you a […]