Reviewed by Tony Annicone Renaissance City Theatre Inc., the producing entity of the Granite Theatre’s fourth show of their 17th season is Tim Firth’s delightful comedy “Calendar Girls” which is the true and “revealing story” of a women’s group in England who decided to drop everything and raise money for a new settee for the hospital waiting…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
Delicious Storytelling Dished Up in “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti”
By Michele Markarian “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti.” Adapted by Jacques LaMarre from the memoir by Giulia Melucci. Directed by Ilyse Robbins . Presented by Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, through June 25. “I can count on my breasts the number of times I’ve missed a meal”, Giulia (Kerri Jill Garbis) tells…
“SOCIAL SECURITY” (Little Theatre of Fall River)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Little Theatre of Fall River’s Fire Barn show is the hilarious comedy “Social Security” by Andrew Bergman. The domestic tranquility of David and Barbara Kahn, a couple of married art dealers is shattered by Barbara’s house wife sister, Trudy and her uptight CPA husband, Martin. They arrive on the scene to leave…
“YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU” (Community Players)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The final show of Community Players 96th season is “You Can’t Take It With You”, a 1937 Pulitzer prize winning comedy by Moss Hart and George F. Kaufman. Meet the Sycamore family, a collection of lovable eccentric incompetents who keep a printing press in the parlor, manufacture fireworks in the…
