Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Arctic Playhouse’s holiday presentation this year is the premiere production of “A Christmas Carol” adapted and directed by John Martorella with gorgeous and lush original music by his husband, Philip Martorella. John assembled a huge cast of 30. The underlying themes of charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence found in “A Christmas…
Author: Theater Mirror
Praxis’ Successfully Blends Comedy, Political Commentary in ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’
By Mike Hoban Accidental Death of an Anarchist – Written by Dario Fo; Adapted/Translated by Gavin Richards & Gillian Hanna; Directed by James Peter Sotis. Presented by Praxis Stage at First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston through December 17 Who says political theater has to be dour? Not Praxis Stage, which has updated Dario…
“Cabaret” Little Theatre of Fall River
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Little Theatre of Fall River’s current show at the Fire Barn is “Cabaret”. This Kander and Ebb Tony Award winning musical is set in the tumultuous city of Berlin right before Hitler’s rise to power. “Cabaret” won it’s first Tony for best show in 1967, the second Tony for best revival in 1998…
THE BUTTERFINGERS ANGEL – The Players, Providence, RI
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of The Players season is William Gibson’s “The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut and the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree” originally written for a church pageant. Hard to believe that he also was the author of the dramatic “The Miracle Worker.” An imaginative…
