“BAGGAGE” Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at the Newport Playhouse is the romantic comedy “Baggage” by Sam Bobrick. Two difficult and single people, Bradley and Phyllis, both trying to heal from their respective disappointing relationships, get their luggage mixed up at the airport. After a very disagreeable first encounter, the two decide to help…
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ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (Contemporary Theater Company, Wakefield, RI)
“ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS” Reviewed by Tony Annicone Contemporary Theater’s second comedy of their summer season is “One Man, Two Guvnors” by Richard Bean, an English adaptation of “Servant of Two Masters”, a 1743 Commedia dell’arte style comedy play by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. The play changes the Italian locale to 1963 Brighton. Francis…
“CALENDAR GIRLS” Renaissance City Theatre Inc, (Westerly, RI)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Renaissance City Theatre Inc., the producing entity of the Granite Theatre’s fourth show of their 17th season is Tim Firth’s delightful comedy “Calendar Girls” which is the true and “revealing story” of a women’s group in England who decided to drop everything and raise money for a new settee for the…
Delicious Storytelling Dished Up in “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti”
By Michele Markarian “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti.” Adapted by Jacques LaMarre from the memoir by Giulia Melucci. Directed by Ilyse Robbins . Presented by Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, through June 25. “I can count on my breasts the number of times I’ve missed a meal”, Giulia (Kerri…
