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…
Author: Mike Hoban
“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…
“Noises Off”, URI Theatre
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of URI’s season is “Noises Off”, a 1982 play by Michael Frayn. The idea for it was born in 1970 when Frayn was standing in the wings watching a performance of “Chinamen”, a farce he had written for Lynn Redgrave. According to Frayn, “It was funnier…
