“THE LARAMIE PROJECT” Reviewed by Tony Annicone The second show of Providence College’s Blackfriars Theatre is “The Laramie Project” by Moises Kaufmann and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the October, 1998 murder of University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder is widely considered to be…
Theater Reviews
“FAME JR.” (Footlights Rep Jr., Morton Middle School)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Footlights Rep Jr.’s first show of 2017 is “Fame Jr.” “Fame” began as an Academy Award winning movie in 1980. Then it became an Emmy Award winning TV series and finally, an international musical production. The show follows a group of gifted students through four grueling, exhilarating years at New York…
Davenport Artfully Celebrates the Life of Marshall in New Rep’s ‘Thurgood’
Johnny Lee Davenport as Thurgood Marshall (by Andrew Brilliant/Brilliant Pictures) by Mike Hoban Thurgood – Written by George Stevens, Jr.; Directed by Benny Sato Ambush; Scenic Design by Ryan Bates; Lighting Design by Bridget K. Doyle; Composer & Sound Designer, Dewey Dellay. Presented by New Repertory Theatre at the Black Box Theater at…
Black Lives Matter: Speakeasy’s “Scottsboro Boys” A Spectacular Reminder (5 Stars)
by Michele Markarian The Scottsboro Boys – Book by David Thompson, Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Directed by Paul Daigneault. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston through January 26th. Despite the fact that you just know things are not going…
