Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current musical at Ocean State Theatre Company is “Victor Victoria”, the 1995 musical which is based on the 1982 movie starring Robert Preston and Julie Andrews. The 1982 movie was a remake of movie from 1933 called “Viktor Viktoria”, a German film comedy. A penniless soprano, named Victoria Grant, colludes with a…
Author: Mike Hoban
Lunch With Mrs Baskin (The Newport Playhouse)
by Sue Nedar The latest offering from Rhode Island Monthly’s 2016 Best Live Theater venue – The Newport Playhouse – is Lunch With Mrs. Baskin by Sam Bobrick, and directed by Tony Annicone.
Avenue Stage’s ‘Fish Schticks’ a Delight
By Beverly Creasey Michael O’Halloran’s cheeky comedy, FISH FOOD (playing in Avenue Stage’s DOT 2 DOT space through this weekend only) is a delightful send-up of the hotel business. From management to bellhops, they’re all a little nutty, as one might full well expect after listening to the country’s first Hotelier-President carry on. O’Halloran writes…
“THE BEST OF EVERYTHING” (2nd Story Theatre)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone 2nd Story Theatre’s latest show is “The Best of Everything”, by Julie Kramer is the adaptation of Rona Jaffe’s 1958 novel. It shows how young women were treated in a paperback publishing company when men ruled the roost. The lone female editor is 36 year old Miss Farrow. The original…
