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…
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“WAIT UNTIL DARK” (The Players, Providence, RI)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Players’ third show of their 107 season is “Wait Until Dark” by Frederick Knott. This mystery thriller’s heroine is Susy Hendrix, a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three thugs searching for heroin hidden in a doll that her husband unwittingly transported from Canada as a…
Our Town (Mansfield Arts and Music Society)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Mansfield Arts and Music Society’s first show in 2017 is “Our Town”, Thorton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning play. The show tells the life of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913. This version is intimate, engaging and timely. It features a female stage manager who not only explains…
“THE ADDAMS FAMILY” (Beacon Charter High School for the Arts)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Beacon Charter High School’s current show is “The Addams Family”, a musical which ran on Broadway for 722 performances and is a sentimental tribute to Charles Addams’ beloved characters. This macabre tale explores the deliciously dark world of Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandma, Uncle Fester, Lurch, and Thing. This weird and wonderful family…
