By Richard Pacheco “Shirley Valentine” is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad. Russell turned the acclaimed play into a film staring the actress who did the show on stage…
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“Shirley Valentine” at 2nd Story Theatre
Reviewed by Tony Annicone 2nd Story Theatre’s current show is “Shirley Valentine”, a comedy by Willy Russell. Inside Mrs. Joe Bradshaw, a 42 year old mother of two grown children, is the former Shirley Valentine longing to get out. Her schoolgirl dreams have faded and she is reduced to talk to the kitchen wall…
“A Night of Durang” (Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, Rhode Island)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The opening show of the Arctic Playhouse’s new season is “Sister Mary Ignatius/The Actor’s Nightmare” by Christopher Durang. They are two one act companion piece plays. Sister Mary Ignatius, a teaching nun who is more concerned with sin in all its various forms, delivers a cautionary lecture to her charges….
MARVIN’S ROOM (Rhode Island College)
MARVIN’S ROOM Reviewed by Tony Annicone Rhode Island College Theatre’s current show is “Marvin’s Room” by Scott McPherson. It won the Outer Critic’s Award, the Drama Desk Award and the John Gassner Award for Best New American Play in 1992. The show is about two sisters, Lee, a wisecracking, psychologically unstable free spirit who has…
