Reviewed by Tony Annicone Ocean State Theatre Company’s fifth season’s winter comedy is “Born Yesterday” by Garson Kanin. An uncouth, corrupt rich junk dealer, Harry Brock brings his showgirl mistress Billie Dawn with him to Washington, D.C. When Billie’s ignorance becomes a liability to Brock’s business dealings, he hires a journalist, Paul Verrall, to educate his…
Author: Mike Hoban
Hamlet (Providence College Blackfriars Theatre)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Providence College Blackfriars Theatre’s second show of their season is “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare. The play is set in the kingdom of Denmark and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, firstly for murdering the old King Hamlet, Claudius’ brother and the Prince’s father, secondly for then succeeding…
Trinity Rep’s “Mountaintop”
by Mike Hoban ‘The Mountaintop’ – Written by Katori Hall; Directed by Kent Gash; Set Design by Jason Sherwood; Costume Design by Kara Harmon; Lighting design by Dawn Chiang, Sound Design by Justin Ellington, Projection Design by Shawn Duan. Presented by Trinity Repertory, 201 Washington St, Providence, RI through February 12th. When I was a…
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (The Players, Barker Playhouse)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The third show of The Players’ 109th season is the comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by Christopher Durang. Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up. However their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns…
