Reviewed by Tony Annicone Walpole Footlighters second show of their 93rd season is the French farce, “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” This show is about Bernard planning an intimate evening with his mistress and packs his wife off to her mother’s house. Unfortunately his wife, Jacqueline, stays in town and his best friend is to be…
Category: Short Takes (3min read)
“The Children’s Hour” (Gamm Theatre)
By Richard Pacheco Lillian Hellman was one of the most significant women playwrights in American History. This work, “The Children’s Hour,” proved to be quite scandalous in 1934 when it was first produced, but seems tame and somewhat dated in contemporary times. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two…
Echoes of the Past Pulse through the Present in “Incident at Vichy”
By Michele Markarian Incident at Vichy, by Arthur Miller. Directed by Hatem Adel and Daniel Boudreau. Presented by Praxis Stage, Inner Sanctum, 1127 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, through January 26. The year is 1942. Nine men and one fifteen-year old boy find themselves in a detention center in Vichy, France. With one exception, none of…
“LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE” (Little Theatre of Fall River)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Little Theatre of Fall River’s opening show of 2017 at the Firebarn is “Love, Loss and What I Wore” by Nora and Delia Ephran. Based on the best selling book by Ilene Beckerman, this show is a series of monologues. It is an ensemble piece about ensemble pieces, covering all the…
