by Mike Hoban ‘Blasted’ – Written by Sarah Kane; Directed by John Kuntz; Set Design by Ryan Bates; Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg; Sound Design by David Reiffel; Costume Design by Lara de Bruijn. Presented by the Off the Grid Theatre Company at the Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St. Boston,…
Category: Plays
THE MOORS (Providence College’s Theatre Department)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Providence College’s Theatre Department’s closing show of their season at Angell’s Blackfriars Theatre is “The Moors” by Jen Silverman. This dark comedy is a satire and is set in an eerie manor in a bleak, windswept landscape; shadowy corners and surreptitious staircases; secrets, mysteries and melodramatic revelations abound. This is the gothic…
FOREVER PLAID (The Community Players)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The final show of Community Players’ 97th season is “Forever Plaid” directed and choreographed by Andrew Bobola and musically directed by Ron Procopio. Once upon a time, there were four guys, Frankie, Jinx, Sparky and Smudge, who love to sing. They met in 1956 in high school when they all joined…
12 ANGRY JURORS – The Players, Barker Playhouse
by Tony Annicone The fourth show of The Players 109th season is “Twelve Angry Jurors” by Reginald Rose, adapted by Sherman L. Sergel and directed by Patricia Hawkridge. This popular play was adapted from a live 1954 teleplay that debuted on CBS Studios’ series “Studio One in Hollywood.” In 1957, the famous Henry Fonda movie was produced…