(Left to right: Donald Webber Jr. as BeBe Winans, Liisi LaFontaine as Whitney Houston, and Loren Lott as CeCe Winans in BORN FOR THIS. Photo ©Joan Marcus 2018) By Mike Hoban Born for This – Music and Lyrics by BeBe Winans. Book by Charles Randolph-Wright, BeBe Winans, and Lisa D’Amour. Directed by Charles…
Category: Musicals
Theatre by the Sea’s ‘MAMMA MIA’ Great Summer Fun
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Rhode Island regional premiere of “Mamma Mia” celebrates Theatre by the Sea’s second show of their 85th Season. Owner and producer Bill Hanney spares no expense with costumes and sets in bringing this musical to the historic theatre.The much loved 1999 jukebox ABBA musical focuses on finding emotional moments…
NEWSIES – Academy Players of RI
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Academy Players of RI’s 63rd season starts off with a bang with the Rhode Island premiere of “Newsies” by Walt Disney. Disney’s “Newsies” is based on the 1992 Disney film and is inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899,” when Newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and…
Summer Fun with “Dirty Dancing”
By Michele Markarian Dirty Dancing by Eleanor Bergstein. Directed by Sarna Lapine. Presented by Amber Jacobsen, Networks Presentations LLC, Col Joye in Association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions at the Boch Shubert Theatre Stage, 265 Tremont St, Boston, MA through June 17. It would be hard to find anyone who hasn’t…
