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News & Reviews 2001



Yesterday's plays

A Christmas Carol
Trinity Rep
Review #1
Review #2
Ticket Info

Through Dec. 28

25 years of Carols:
Slideshow Read the storyPlay datesA who's who of Scrooges


The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Attleboro Community Theatre
Attleboro

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Closes Dec. 30.




A Kwanzaa Song
Providence Black Repertory Theatre
Providence

ReviewTicket Info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3.
Closes Dec. 30.

A Doll's House
Intimate Theatre Company at Perishable Theatre
Providence

ReviewTicket Info
Thu 7 pm; Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2, 7 pm.
Closes Dec. 22.

Nuncrackers
Mill River Dinner Theater
Central Falls

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 7 pm, Sun 1 pm.
Closes Dec. 23.

Aladdin
A Pantomime
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre

StoryTicket Info Review
Closes Dec. 23


Annie
City Nights Dinner Theatre
Pawtucket

Ticket Info
Through Dec. 23


It's A Wonderful Death!
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

Ticket Info
Radisson Hotel, Providence: Sat, Dec. 22

A Deadly Christmas Carol
Murder On Us Dinner Theater
The Barnsider, Providence.

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 8 pm.
Closes Dec. 23.


Oliver
All Childrens Theatre at the Vartan Gregorian School
Providence

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 7 pm; Sun 2 pm.
Closes Dec. 15.

A Chorus Line
URI Fine Arts Center

ReviewTicket Info
Thu-Sat, 8 pm. Sun. 5 pm. Closes Dec. 8



Little Eyolf
2nd Story Theatre
Warren

ReviewTicket Info
Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 3, 7 pm.
Closes Dec. 2

Saturday Night Fever
Providence Performing Arts Center

Ticket Info Review
Thu 7:30 p.m; Fri 8 p.m; Sat 2, 8 p.m; Sun 2, 7 p.m. Closes Sun., Dec. 2.

Self Defense or death of some salesmen
Perishable Theatre,
Providence

ReviewTicket Info
Through Dec. 2




Lizzie Borden
Goodspeed-at-Chester/The Norma Terris Theatre
Chester, Connecticut.

StoryTicket Info
Wed 2, 7:30 pm; Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 4, 8:30 pm; Sun 2, 6:30 pm.
Closes Nov. 25.


Sherwood Diaries
All Childrens Theatre Ensemble
Vartan Gregorian School Theatre, Providence.

Ticket Info
Sat 10:30 am
Closes Nov 17




Lend Me a Tenor
Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
Newport

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 8:15 pm; Sun 1 pm.
Closes Nov. 18.


Fashion Show at the Castle of Blood
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

Ticket Info
Radisson Hotel, Providence: Sat, Nov. 17



Cats
Providence Performing Arts Center,
Providence

Review
Jim Seavor's Cats makeover
Slideshow
Ticket Info

Through Sunday Nov 11

Dinner With Friends
Trinity Rep

Review StoryTicket Info
Thu-Fri, 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 2, 7 pm;
Through Nov. 11


Fences
Providence Black Repertory Company
Providence

ReviewTicket Info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm.
Closes Nov. 11.

Closer
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Providence

ReviewTicket Info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm.
Closes Nov. 11.



Bermuda Avenue Triangle
Granite Theater Company
Granite Theatre, Granite Street, Westerly

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 8 pm; Nov. 8 at 8 pm; Nov. 11 at 2 pm.
Closes Nov. 11.


End of the World Party
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston

ReviewTicket Info
Wed-Fri 8 pm; Sat 5, 8:30; Sun 7 pm.
Through Oct. 27



Dracula
Attleboro Community Theatre

Story/Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 8 p.m.; Sun 2 p.m
Closes Oct. 28.


Lights! Camera! Whodunit?
All Childrens Theatre Ensemble
Vartan Gregorian School Theatre, Providence.

Ticket Info
Fri, Sat 7 pm; Sun 2 pm
Closes Oct. 28



If You Should Find
University of Rhode Island, Feinstein College of Continuing Education, 80 Washington St., Providence.

Ticket Info
Thu-Sat 1, 8 pm; Sun 3 pm.
Ends Sun.

Brighton Beach Memoirs
University of Rhode Island Theatre
Upper College Road, Kingston

Ticket Info
Thu-Sat 8 pm.
Closes Sat.



Snowing at Delphi
Community College of Rhode Island
Flanagan Campus, Lincoln

Ticket Info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm.
Ends Sun.

A Little Family Business
City Nights Dinner Theatre
Pawtucket

Ticket Info
Fri Oct 19; Sat Oct, 20; Sun Oct 21 at 7 pm
Through Oct. 21



Social Security
Mill River Dinner Theatre
Central Falls

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 7 pm, Sun 1 pm
Through Oct. 21

Blast!
Providence Performing Arts Center

Ticket InfoReview
Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 2, 7 pm.
Through Sun



Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act!
Greenwich Odeum
East Greenwich

Ticket Info
Sat 3, 8 pm.
Saturday only

Mama Mia!
Colonial Theatre
Boston

Ticket Info Story
Tue-Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 2, 7:30 pm
through Oct. 14



Noises Off
Trinity Rep
Providence
Ticket InfoReviewStory

Through Oct 7

The Tempest
North Kingstown Town Beach Outdoor Theater

Ticket Info
Saturday and Sunday 2 pm



Bradshaw's Shadows
Perishable Theatre
Providence

ReviewTicket Info Story
Tues Oct. 2 at 7 pm; Thu Oct. 4 at 7 pm; Fri Oct. 5 at 8 pm; Sat Oct. 6 at 2 & 8 pm; Sun Oct. 7 at 2 pm;
Free - seating is limited

Lost in Yonkers
Granite Theater Company
Westerly

Ticket Info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Through Oct. 7


When the Cat's Away
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant
Newport

Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 8:15 pm; Sun 1 pm
through Sept. 30


Macbeth
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Providence
Review

Through Sept. 23


They All Laughed
Goodspeed Opera House
East Haddam, Conn.

Ticket Info
Review
Wed-Thu 2, 7:30 pm; Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 4, 8:30 pm; Sun 2, 6:30 pm
through Sept. 22



A Clockwork Orange
Moses Brown School
Providence

Ticket InfoStory about Anthony BurgessStory about the series Review
This weekend
and weekend of September 14

Barefoot in the Park
Mill River Dinner Theater
Central Falls
Ticket Info
Fri-Sat 7 pm; Sun 1 pm
Through Sept. 9


Sweet Charity
Theatre-by-the-Sea
Matunuck
Ticket Info Review

Through Sept. 9



The Tempest
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
La Salle Academy

ReviewTicket Info
Fri 7 pm, Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm through Aug. 26


The Case of the Smokin' Gunn
Whodunnit Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

Ticket info
Saturdays: Radisson Hotel, Providence Aug. 25;




Quilters
First Stage Providence in conjunction with Brown Summer Theater
Leeds Theatre
Brown University

Story
Thur-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm
through Aug. 26


The King & I
Theatre-by-the-Sea
Matunuck

ReviewTicket Info
Thur 2, 8 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 5, 9 pm; Sun 5 pm. through Aug. 19


Midsummer Night's Dream
Trinity Rep's
Summer Shakespeare Project

Review
At various sites around R.I. through Aug. 11
(See full schedule for tour dates)

Ferdinand the Bull
The Hudson Vagabond Puppets
Theatre-by-the-Sea's
2001 Children's Festival

Story
Fridays, 10 am and noon
through Aug. 17


Bermuda Avenue Triangle
Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
Ticket info
Fri-Sat evenings, Sun. matinee
Closes Aug. 5

Macbeth
Trinity Rep's
Summer Shakespeare Project

StoryReview
Various sites around R.I. (See full schedule for tour dates) •

Anything Goes
Fantasy Works
Ticket info
Main Stage, Greenwich Odeum Theater
Fri-Sun 7:30 pm
Closes Sun.
July 29


Moon Over Buffalo
City Nights Dinner Theater
Theatre-by-the-Sea's
2001 Children's Festival

Ticket and more info
Thursday through Sunday
through Aug. 5



Art
Trinity Rep
Ticket infoStoryReview
Through July 1


The Grapes of Wrath
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm
Theater

StoryReview
Weekends through July 8


A Thousand Clowns
starring Tom Selleck

Review
Shubert Theatre, Boston through July 1

Swan Lake
Royal Ballet
StoryTicket Info
Wang Theatre, Boston
Through June 30


Saturday Night
Speakeasy Stage Company
ReviewTicket Info
Through June 30
Lyric Stage, Boston

Murder in the Court I: Murder in Shades
of Grey

WhoDunnit Mystery
Dinner Theater

Ticket info
At the Radisson Hotel, Providence, Sat. June 30
At the Ramada Inn, Seekonk, Mass.: Friday, June 29


International Festival of Arts & Ideas
in New Haven
Story
Through June 30

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Community Players

Jenks Junior High School, Pawtucket, Fri-Sat 8 pm,
Sun 2 pm. Closes Sunday.


An American Millionaire
City Nights Dinner Theatre
Pawtucket
Ticket Info
Fri- Sat nights, Sun afternoons through June 24


The Gays of Our Lives
Providence Black Rep
ReviewTicket Info
Friday and Saturday nights at 8 pm through June 23

My One and Only
Theatre-by-the-Sea
Matunuck

StoryReviewTicket Info
Thur 2, 8 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 5, 9 pm; Sun 5 pm.
Through June 24


Cider House Rules
Trinity Rep
Ticket info Story
Part 1: April 13 - June 17 • Review
Part 2: April 27 - June 17 • Review


The Frangipani Door (one of 3 plays)

9th Annual Women's Playwriting Festival
Perishable Theatre
Ticket info Festival site Review
Sat-Sun 7 pm, through June 17


Fosse
Providence Performing Arts Center
Ticket info Story Review

Tue. June 5 through Sun. June 10

Six Deceptive Truths
Trinity Seekonk Ambassadors
Story
Seekonk High School Auditorium
Friday 7 pm



 

9-Ball
Cape Rep Theatre
(Brewster, Mass.)
Ticket info
Through June 2

Providence Black Repertory Company's
First Look

Ticket info Story
Providence Black Repertory Company
May 24-26 8 pm

Silhouette of a Silhouette( one of four plays)

#14
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
     Review Ticket info 
Thu-Sat 8 pm
through May 19

Murder in the Court II: Retribution!
WhoDunnit Mystery
Dinner Theater
Ticket info

At the Radisson Hotel, Providence: Sat. May 26


Murder at Howard Johnson's
Ticket info
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant
Fri-Sat 8:15 pm; Sun 1 pm

Mr. Roberts
Ticket info and photos
Theatre Works Auditorium, Woonsocket
Weekends through end of May

Once On This Island
Academy Players
ReviewTicket info
Greenwich Odeum,
E. Greenwich
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 5 pm through May 20

Godspell
Providence Performing
Arts Center

ReviewTicket info
Thu-Sun (May 10-13)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Ticket info
City Nights Dinner Theatre
Fri-Sat through May 20

Birdbath
by Leonard Melfi
New England Repertory Co.
ReviewTicket infoStory
One of three plays in an evening of More Strange Romances at Bell Street Chapel Thu-Sun (May 10-13)

Tartuffe and The School For Wives
by Moliere

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Ticket infoStory Review
The School for Wives and Tartuffe are performed in repertory on alternate nights
through April 29

Fiddler on the Roof
starring Theo Bikel
Providence Performing
Arts Center

  Story Review
Apr. 17 - 22

Hamlet
Royal National Theatre
Story Review
Wilbur Theatre, Boston,
through April 22

A Lie of the Mind
by Sam Shepard

NewGate Theatre
Review
Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
through April 22

The New England Sonata
Trinity Rep
The leading lady
The author
Review
March 16-April 15

A Midsummer
Night's Dream

Review
Salve Regina U., Newport.
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm.
Closes April 8

Snoopy, the Musical
Providence Performing
Arts Center

Ticket info
Sunday, April 8, 2 pm


Hansel and Gretel
Spindle City Ballet

Ticket info
Bristol Community College, Fall River, Mass.
Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm,
April 7-8

SKINning the surFACE
Maura Nguyen and In Mixed Company

Ticket info Story
Carriage House Theatre
Fri, Sat 8 pm, April 7-8


Grand Derangement musicians and dancers
Ticket info
URI Fine Arts
Recital Hall

Fri., April 6, 8 pm

Bedside Manners
City Nights Dinner Theatre, Pawtucket.
Ticket info 
Saturdays through April 8


Killjoy
Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
Ticket info
Fri-Sun. Closes April 8.

A Well-Timed Murder
WhoDunnit Mystery Dinner Theater
Ticket info 
Fri., April 6 at the Radisson Hotel, Providence


Picasso at
the Lapin Agile
by Steve Martin
Blackfriars Theatre at Providence College
Ticket info
Thu-Sun, April 5-8



The Unexpected
by Paula Hunter



Body, Mind, Memory
by Melody Ruffin Ward
Rhode Island College Dance Company
Ticket info
Thu-Fri 8 pm.
March 30-31

Murder at the Irish Wake
Murder on Us Dinner Theater
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm., The Barnsider, through March 31


Fusionworks Dance Company
Ashamu Dance Theater, Brown University
Ticket info
Everybody Dance Now Thu-Sat 8 pm.
Children and Families Concert, Sat 2 pm.
March 30-31

Angel Wing's Productions Buffet Dinner Show
Bouffard Council Knights of Columbus, 15 Bassett St.
Ticket info
Sat., March 31, 7 pm (dinner),
8 pm (show)



Alan Himsey as Rod Stewart


Home Free
Theatre Company,
Pawtuxet Valley Center for Performing Arts

Ticket info
Thu-Sun 8 pm.
through April 1.

  Pantomime
Providence Black Repertory Company
Ticket info

Thu-Fri 8 pm;
Sat 3, 8 pm; Sun 3 pm.
Closes March 25.


The Scarlet Pimpernel
Providence Performing
Arts Center

Preview Diehard fans
Review
Ticket info

Mar. 20 - 25

Exchange at Cafe Mimosa
P
erishable Theater
Ticket infoReview
Feb. 24 - March 25


Under a Sheltered Sky
Island Moving Company
Ticket info
Sat, March 17, Roberts Hall,
R.I. College.


King Lear
Brown University Theater
Story
  through March 18

Murder in the Court!
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Ticket info
Sun., March 4, and Fri., March 9 at the Riviera Inn Restaurant, East Providence; Saturdays, March 3 and 10 at the Riviera Restaurant, Bristol.

The Piano Lesson
Trinity Rep through March 11
Review The director The piano

Tales of Two Cities: Anatevka & New York
Swanhurst Chorus's tribute to American Musical Theater
Ticket info
March 3, 9, 10

Target Stars on Ice
Providence Civic Center
Story
Wed. March 7

The Visit
CCRI, Lincoln

Ticket info
Thu-Sat, March 2-4, 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm.

Annie
Providence Performing
Arts Center
Ticket info Review
Fri., Feb. 23 - Sun, Feb.25

Murders & Acquisitions
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
Ticket info
Sat., Friday, Feb. 10, at the Riviera Restaurant, Bristol.

Only a Woman
AS220
Ticket info 
Read the story
Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 16 & 17.


First Night
or the Nun Most Likely To . . .
Mill River Theatre Company
Ticket info
Mill River Dinner Theater through Feb. 11

Cabaret
Providence
Performing Arts Center

Story Review
Tues.-Sun (Feb. 6 -11)
Henry
Flamethrowa


Trinity Rep
through Feb. 4


Review Interview with the author
The Sound and The Fury


Story

Perishable Theater
Jan. 11-28

Wait Until Dark
Ticket info 
City Nights Dinner Theatre, Saturdays through Jan. 28
Hedda Gabler
Review
Huntington Theatre, Boston, through Jan. 28

Lost in Yonkers
Jewish Theatre Ensemble
Ticket info 
Jewish Community Center of Rhode Island through
Jan. 21


Sound of Music

Barry Williams interview Review

Providence Performing Arts Center, Wednesday through Sunday, Jan 14

Fully Committed
Review
Huntington Theatre at the Wilbur Theatre, Boston, through Jan. 7.

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