Reviewed by Tony Annicone Rhode Island Stage Ensemble’s current show is “Around the World in 80 Days” which is based on Jules Verne’s 1873 novel and this version is written by Mark Brown. In 1872, on a gentleman’s wager, Phileas Fogg and his French manservant, Passepartout attempt to traverse the globe in just eighty…
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“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE” (Attleboro Community Theatre)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at Attleboro Community Theatre is the comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by Christopher Durang. Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up. However their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with…
“GREASE” (Smithfield High School)
“GREASE” Reviewed by Hen Zannini The Smithfield High School Music Department’s current musical is “Grease.” “Grease” opened off-Broadway in 1972 and moved to Broadway to run for another eight years. In 1978 it was made into a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John and grossed nearly $400 million. Aiden Travers opens the play…
“THE SCHOOL FOR LIES” (University of Rhode Island’s winter show)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone University of Rhode Island’s winter show is “The School for Lies” by David Ives which is a comic adaptation of “The Misanthrope” by Moliere. This show is set in the 1660’s and tells the comic tale of Frank, who shares with Moliere’s Alceste, a venomous hatred of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. Like…
