Category: Short Takes (3min read)

Reviewed by Tony Annicone Rhode Island College’s third show of the year is Donald Margulies’ 2000 Pulitzer winning play, “Dinner with Friends.” It opened Off Broadway in New York in 1999 playing 654 performances, having played in California and Paris before that. This comedy/drama, which is set in Connecticut, is an examination of the nature of friendship through the prism of…

Reviewed by Tony Annicone Ocean State Theatre Company’s fifth season’s winter comedy is “Born Yesterday” by Garson Kanin. An uncouth, corrupt rich junk dealer, Harry Brock brings his showgirl mistress Billie Dawn with him to Washington, D.C. When Billie’s ignorance becomes a liability to Brock’s business dealings, he hires a journalist, Paul Verrall, to educate his…

Reviewed by Tony Annicone Providence College Blackfriars Theatre’s second show of their season is “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare. The play is set in the kingdom of Denmark and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, firstly for murdering the old King Hamlet, Claudius’ brother and the Prince’s father, secondly for then succeeding…

By Michele Markarian Intimate Exchanges, Written by Alan Ayckbourn; Directed by Olivia D’Ambrosio. Presented by The Nora Theatre Company, 450 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge through February 12. Lionel is a gardener, who is employed – like his elderly father before him – by the wealthy Celia Teasdale and her alcoholic headmaster husband, Mr. Teasdale. Sylvie…