By Richard Pacheco Theatre One finishes its season with a production of Glyn Jones’ “Thriller of the Year,” a play about a thriller writer who suddenly finds her life in jeopardy after winning a major award find a copy of her latest award winning book has been delivered with no note and no indication as…
Category: Plays
“AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS” (Rhode Island Stage Ensemble)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Rhode Island Stage Ensemble’s current show is “Around the World in 80 Days” which is based on Jules Verne’s 1873 novel and this version is written by Mark Brown. In 1872, on a gentleman’s wager, Phileas Fogg and his French manservant, Passepartout attempt to traverse the globe in just eighty days….
“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE” (Attleboro Community Theatre)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at Attleboro Community Theatre 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 unannounced with her…
“THE SCHOOL FOR LIES” (University of Rhode Island)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone University of Rhode Island’s winter show is “The School for Lies” by David Ives which is a comic adaptation of “The Misanthrope” by Moliere. This show is set in the 1660’s and tells the comic tale of Frank, who shares with Moliere’s Alceste, a venomous hatred of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. Like…
