Review: THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON at The Players At The Barker Playhouse
by Christopher Verleger - October 02, 2024
The Players at the Barker Playhouse kick off their 106th season with Laurel Ollstein’s compelling historical drama, “They Promised Her the Moon,” the untold true story of Jerrie Cobb, an accomplished pilot and aspiring astronaut who dreamt of visiting outer space at a time when women in aviation wer...
Review: THE EFFECT at The Gamm Theatre
by Jessica Tabak - October 02, 2024
It’s fun to say that romantic love is a matter of chemistry — fun, that is, as long as “chemistry” is metaphorical shorthand for the qualities and quirks that, when brought together, ignite emotions that feel like alchemy. But what if personal chemistry is not figurative, but literal: a combination ...
Review: ONE PROVIDENCE PLACE: A MALL MUSICAL at AS 220
by John McDaid - September 20, 2024
It was only a matter of time before someone put the story of that secret apartment on stage. You know the one, from back in the aughts, when a group of local artists built a hidden room in the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years. Well, another local arts collective, The Harpies, hav...
Review: LAMPEDUSA at Contemporary Theater Company
by Christopher Verleger - September 19, 2024
Allow me to introduce Stefano and Denise, the anguished characters in Anders Lustgarden’s powerful two-hander, ‘Lampedusa,’ now at Contemporary Theater Company, so the next time you’re having a bad day at work, I want you to think of these two....
Review: Trinity Rep's POTUS is the Antidote to Election Season Overload
by Andria Tieman - September 12, 2024
Trinity Rep’s production of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, is the perfect antidote to politics overload. This whip-smart, farcical production offers catharsis and the perfect amount of raunchiness, delivered by an across-the-board phenomenal cast....