Theater Reviews
Review: Jersey Boys – The Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Tonight, I went to see the touring production of the hit Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys. And while it is true that on a Friday night especially, I stood out as being perhaps one of the youngest audience members, I certainly enjoyed myself nevertheless.
Jersey Boys tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four [...]
Trinity’s “Twelfth Night” has lots of fun
Trinity Rep’s fast-paced “Twelfth Night” is a wonderful complement to a night out.
XANADU: Come Learn About Love, Artistic Creation and How To Prance Around in Roller Skates
The Providence Performing Arts Center is now hosting XANADU, the magical world of roller discos, artistic creation and ever-present Greek muses. Enter Sonny Malone, the boyish and naïve artist struggling to tap into his deep artistic soul so that he can produce a work of art he can truly be proud of. In order to [...]
A Tale As Old As Time: “Beauty and the Beast” at the PPAC
It’s the “tale as old as time,” and we all know it well: Belle, the small town girl with big hopes and dreams, gets taken prisoner by the Beast, a prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress who punished him for judging her based on her appearance. If the Beast can learn to love, [...]
A spectacular “Wicked” defies gravity at the Providence Performing Arts Center
I had the absolute pleasure to attending Wicked this week at the PPAC. It was stupendous in scale, the singing was perfect, the costumes just… popped. But I have to stop gushing. Let’s make this professional.
A Magical “Christmas Carol” at Trinity Rep
Christmas has come back to Providence! Trinity Rep’s newest production of perennial fave, A Christmas Carol is ringing all the right bells this year.
Theater Review: RENT with Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp
As an unabashed theater lover, I have, of course, seen RENT before. The huge cultural phenomenon that is this musical probably has one of the largest and most dedicated fan bases I have ever encountered. The RENTheads range from those who have seen the show dozens of times and are on a first name basis [...]
“Avenue Q” Review
“Avenue Q” is the hilariously irreverent story of a young man named Princeton who arrives on Avenue Q in New York (in Brooklyn?) to find his purpose. Oh, yeah and it’s done with humans and puppets!
Theater Review – Young Frankenstein, The Musical
If you know anything about Mel Brooks, you know he’s what one would call a funny man. And if you’ve seen his 1974 movie version of Young Frankenstein, you know more or less what to expect from Young Frankenstein: The Musical. Basically, it’s a shameless parody as tacky as Broadway gets, jazz hands and all.
The [...]
Musical Review: Annie
This weekend, the Providence Performing Arts Center presents Annie. The classic musical about the red-headed orphan who gets to spend Christmas with Oliver Warbucks, billionaire, comes with the classic songs “It’s The Hard Knock Life,” “Easy Street” and “Tomorrow” to either plunge you back into childhood (if you were into that kind of thing,) or [...]
