Reviewed by Tony Annicone Bristol Theatre Company’s current show is “The Drowsy Chaperone”, a five-time Tony Award winning musical. The show first opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006 and starred Georgia Engel as Mrs. Tottendale. It won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score. The hilarious show-within-a-show begins when a die-hard musical fan…
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“THE FOURSOME” (Newport Playhouse)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of Newport Playhouse’s 34th year is “The Foursome” by Norm Foster. Rick, Ted, Donnie and Cameron are home for their 25th college reunion. During the weekend the men go out for a game of golf. During this game, they catch up on what they have been doing…
“LEND ME A TENOR” (RISE Playhouse)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone RISE’s current show is “Lend Me a Tenor”, a Tony Award winning farce by Ken Ludwig. The show is set in 1934 and revolves around renowned tenor, Tito Merelli, who is scheduled to sing the lead in “Otello”, produced as a fundraiser for the Cleveland Opera Company. Unfortunately, even before the star…
“The Nether” at the Gamm Theatre
By Richard Pacheco The Jennifer Haley play, “The Nether” currently at the Gamm is an excursion into the dark side of the virtual worlds of the Internet. It is not lasting literature but more like a lurid side trip that leaves you disgusted by the virtual haven for pedophiles and its seamier aspects of murder…
