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News & Reviews 2002

A Kwanzaa Song
Providence Black Repertory Company,
R. I. College, Roberts Auditorium
Ticket info • Review
Thu 10 am; Fri 10 am, 8 pm; Sat 8 pm; Sun-Mon 2 pm.
Closes Dec. 29.

Dear Liar
Island Theatre Company,
William P. Hall Library, Cranston

StoryTicket info
Sat 7 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Continues at various locations
through Dec. 19.

A Christmas Carol
Granite Theatre, Westerly.

Ticket info
Thu-Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 1, 4 pm.
Closes Dec. 22.

God's Favorite
Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8:15 pm; Sun 1 pm.
Closes Dec. 31.

Miracle on 34th Street
Mill River Dinner Theater
Central Falls

Ticket info
Fri-Sat 7 pm; Sun 1 pm.
Closes Dec. 22.

Coppelia
State Ballet of Rhode island
Roberts Hall, Rhode Island College

Story • Ticket info
Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 3 pm.
Closes Sat.

Nutcracker
PPAC
Story Ticket info
Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat- Sun, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Candida
Island Theatre Company at Perishable Theatre

Story Ticket info
Wed-Thu 7 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Closes Dec. 15.

The Music Man
Providence Performing Arts Center

Ticket info
Thu. 7:30 pm, Fri, 8 pm; Sat, 2, 8 pm, Sun 1, 6:30 pm
Closes Dec. 8

A Christmas Carol
City Nights Dinner Theatre
Pawtucket

Ticket info
Sat 2, 7 pm.
One Day Only.

The Heiress
Community College of Rhode Island Players, CCRI's Knight Campus, Warwick.

Ticket info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Closes Dec. 8

Anna Karenina
Brownbrokers
Brown University Theatre

Ticket info
Thu-Sat 8 pm; Sun 3, 8 pm.
Closes Dec. 8


TEXTplosion: Staged readings
Perishable Theatre

Return To The Upright Position
A collaborative text, conceived and edited
by Caridad Svich
Thu., Nov. 21, 7 pm and Sat. Nov. 23, 8 pm

Wed. Nov. 20th at 7 pm, Fri. Nov. 22nd at 8 pm
A Single Prayer
by Kathleen Jenkins

Ticket info

1776
Pawtucket Community Players
Jenks Junior High School, Pawtucket

Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Closes Nov. 24.

The Odd Couple
Jewish Community Center, Providence

Ticket info
Thu, 7:30 pm, Sat. 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Closes Nov. 24.

Cinderella
University of Rhode island Theatre,
Kingston

Ticket info
Wed -Fri 7:30 pm, Sat. 2, 7:30, Sun 5 pm, Sun 8 pm.
Closes Nov. 23.

Merrily We Roll Along
Blackfriars Theatre
Providence College
Providence

October 25 - 27 and November 1-3.
Fri-Sat at 8:00 p.m.
and Sun at 2:00 p.m.
Ticket info


Cloud Nine
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence

Thu-Fri 8 p.m.; Sat, Wed 2, 8 p.m.;
Sun 2 p.m.; Tue 7 p.m.
Closes Nov. 3.
Ticket infoReview

My Baby
Perishable Theater
Providence

Thur. 7 p.m., Fri-Sat at 8 p.m.
Closes Oct. 26
Ticket infoReview


PAM MURRAY

The Case of the Double-Crossing Crook
Who Dunnit Murder Mystery Theater
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Warwick
Saturday, October 19 & 26;
November 2
Show starts at 7:00 p.m.
Ticket info

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
Dinner Theater
Central Falls
Fri-Sat 7 p.m.; Sun 1 p.m.
Closes Oct. 20.
Ticket info


Lord of the Dance
Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence

Thu 7:30 p.m.; Fri 8 p.m.; Sat 2, 8 p.m.;
Sun 2, 7 p.m.
Closes Oct. 13
Ticket info

Skin of Our Teeth
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence

Thu-Fri 8 p.m.; Sat, Wed 2, 8 p.m.;
Sun 2, 7 p.m.; Tue 7 p.m.
Closes Oct. 13.
Ticket info


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre,
Providence

Closes Oct. 6
Ticket infoRead the review


Passing It On - Mother to Daughter
University of Rhode Island
Paff Auditorium Providence

Fri-Sat 8 pm. Closes Oct. 5
Ticket info


Murder by Midnight: The Case of the Missing Identity
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Theater,
Providence Harbor Radisson, Sat., Oct. 5

Ticket info

An Evening with Mark Twain
Orpheum Regional Performing Arts Center,
Foxborough Mass,
Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.
Closes Sept. 28.

Babes in Arms
Goodspeed Opera House,
East Haddam, Conn.
Wed 2, 7:30 pm; Thu-Fri 7:30 pm; Sat 4, 8:30 pm; Sun 2, 6:30 pm.
Closes Sept. 28.

Murder by the Sea: The Dark Veil Mystery
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Theater,
White's of Westport, Westport, Mass.
Ticket info
Saturday, August 24, 7 pm

World Goes Round
Orpheum Theater, Foxboro

Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.
August 9-11
More info at www.orpheum.org

World Goes Round

Mourning to Morning
The Firehouse Theatre, Newport

Saturday, July 27, 8 pm. only
Read the story

As You Like It
Publick Theatre, Christian Herter Park, Brighton, Mass.
Thu, Sun 7:30 pm; Fri-Sat 8 pm.
Closes July 28.

Witness for the Prosecution
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Theater
Ticket info
-- at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick Saturday, July 27 -- at the Riviera, Bristol, Saturday, July 20.

The Comedy of Errors
Colonial Theatre, Wilcox Park, Westerly.
Tue-Sun 8 pm. Closes July 28.


Mystery At Twicknam Vicarage
One of four one-act plays in Wave 1 of
Short Attention Span Comedies in 3/4 Time
2nd Story Theatre,
Review Ticket info
Thu.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun., Tue.- Wed. 7 p.m.
Through July 7

Wit
Trinity Repertory Company
Ticket info
Tue 7 pm; Fri (pay-what-you-can),
Wed 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm.
Closes June 30

Anything Goes
Theatre-by-the-Sea, Matunuck
Ticket info
Review
Tue, Wed, Fri 8 pm; Thu 2, 8 pm; Sat 5, 9 pm; Sun 5 pm. Closes June 23.

The American Dream
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Ticket info
Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm, Tue 7 pm.
Closes June 23.

Death to the Future
WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Theater
Ticket info
June 15, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick

Peter Pan
Trinity Rep

Tickets
Feature story

Closes June 9

Women's Playwriting Festival
Perishable Theatre
Ticket info
Thu, 7 p.m.,
Fri-Sat 8 p.m.
Sun June 2, 9, 2 p.m.
Closes June 9th

Sylvia
Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
Fri-Sat., 8:15, Sun 1 p.m.
Ticket info
Closes June 9

Knock 'Em Dead
City Nights Dinner Theatre, Pawtucket
Ticket info
Fri-Sat dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm;
Sun dinner 12:30 pm, show 2 pm.
Closes June 1

Beau Jest
Mill River Dinner Theater, Central Falls
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m.
Closes May 12

Short Attention Span Classics: Wave Four
Second Story Theater
5 short works.
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $10, Thu 8 p.m. $5;
series closes April 27.

The Scarlet Pimpernel
Actor's Collaborative
Orpheum Foxborough
Foxborough, Mass.

Ticket info
Fri 8 pm, Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Closes April 27

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Our Town
University of Rhode Island Theatre
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 5 pm.
Closes April 27.

The Weir
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
ReviewTicket info
Thu- Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Closes April 14

Short Attention Span Classics: Wave Three
Second Story Theater
5 short works.
Ticket info Review
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $10, Thu 8 p.m. $5.
Wave Three ends March 31; series closes April 21.

Fame
East Providence High School Musical Theatre Group
Ticket info
April 4, 7 pm, April 5-6 8 pm

The French Revolution: Part Deux


Acme Miniature Circus
(Victorian-style flea circus)
Newport Art Museum
Ticket info
Sunday, April 7, 2 pm

Judges 19: Black Lung Exhaling
(a "proletariat operetta")

Perishable Theatre
Ticket info
Thu 7 pm, Fri, Sat 8 pm
Sun Mar 31 only: 2 pm
Closes March 31

The French Revolution: Part Deux

Burn the Floor
Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence

Ticket infoReview
Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm.

Nixon's Nixon
Huntington Theatre, Boston
ReviewStoryTicket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm.
Closes March 31.


Thunder Knocking on the Door
Trinity Rep
ReviewTicket info
Feb. 15 - March 24


Godspell
Light of the World Ministry
Ticket info
Sun 1:30 pm
St. Charles Borromeo Church Hall, Woonsocket

The French Revolution: Part Deux

The French Revolution: Part Deux (a new jersey play)
Perishable Theatre
  ReviewTicket info Story
Thur 7pm, Fri - Sat at 8 pm, Sun matinees on March 10, 17 at 2pm. Closes March 17

Mamma Mia!
Providence Performing Arts Center
Ticket infoStoryStory about ABBA Review
Tue 7 pm; Wed and Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 2 pm and 8 pm; Sun 2 pm and 7 pm
Closes March 10.

The French Revolution: Part Deux

Short Attention Span Classics: Wave Two
Second Story Theater
5 short works.
Ticket info Review
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $10, Thu 8 p.m. $5.
Wave 2 closes March 10.
Series of 4 waves ends April 21.

Weekend Comedy
City Nights Dinner Theatre, Pawtucket
Ticket info
Thu 8 pm (show only); Fri-Sat dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm; Sun dinner 12:30 pm, show 2 pm.
Closes March 9

The Graduate
Colonial Theatre, Boston
Ticket info Review
Tue, Thu-Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 2, 7:30 pm; Wed 7 pm. Closes March 31

Lady Anderly's Rose -
A Mystery

WhoDunnit Murder Mystery Theater
Ticket info
Mar 2, Radisson Airport Hotel, Warwick

This weekend!
A Couple of Blaguards
Rhode Island College
Ticket info Review
Fri-Sat 8 pm


Never the Sinner
Blackfriars Theatre
Providence College, Providence
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Feb. 22 - 24

The Door Inside The Book
Perishable Theatre at
Bishop McVinney Auditorium, Providence
Ticket info
February 16 - 20, 10 am

Lost in Yonkers
Academy Players
East Greenwich

Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Closes Feb. 24.

Short Attention Span Classics: Wave One
Second Story Theater
Short works: Bedtime Story, The Sandbox, Killer's Head, The Sexes and Margaret's Bed.
ReviewTicket info
Fri-Sun 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $10, Thu $5. Wave closes Feb. 17;
series closes April 21.

Another American: Asking and Telling
Trinity Rep
Review
Ticket info
Marc Wolf's story
Jan. 4 - Feb. 10

The Front Page
The Community Players
Jenks Junior High School, Pawtucket
Ticket info
Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm.
Closes Feb. 10.


The Seagull
Island Theatre, Westerly.
ReviewTicket info
Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3 pm.
Closes Feb. 10.

Rumors
City Nights Dinner Theatre
Pawtucket
Ticket infoStory
Thu 8 pm, show only; Fri-Sat dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm; Sun dinner 12:30 pm, show 2 pm.
Closes Feb. 9

The Miracle Worker
Lyric Stage Company, Boston
Ticket info
Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 4, 8 pm; Sun 3 pm.
Closes Feb. 2.


Annie Get Your Gun
Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence
Ticket infoReview
Thu7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 2, 7 pm.
Jan. 31 - Feb. 3

Last weekend!
Heartbreak House
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston
Ticket infoReview
Thu 7:30 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 2, 7 pm.
Closes Feb. 3.


Dead Man Talking: from the hearts of hell
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Review Ticket infoStory
Fri & Sat 8 pm Sun 3 pm
Jan. 11 through Jan. 27


Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out
Providence Performing Arts Center

Story Ticket info
Jan 25-27: Thu, 7 pm; Fri, 10:30 am and 7 pm; Sat 10:30 am, 2 pm and 5:30 pm, Sun 1 pm and 4:30 p.m.


Funda Fest 4

The Rhode Island Black Storytellers.
Story Ticket info: 273-4013
Jan 26-27: Sat., 2 p.m., Providence Public Library; Sun, 2 pm Martin Luther King Center, Newport, both free. RISD Auditorium.
Ages 12 and up, Sat 8 pm, RISD auditorium, $5 donation


Temujin the Storyteller


Stomp!
Providence Performing Arts Center
Ticket infoReview
Fri 8 pm; Sat 2, 8 pm; Sun 1, 6:30 pm. Closes Sun

Last weekend!
TEXTplosion
Two week staged reading series
Perishable Theatre, Providence
Ticket infoStory
Thu 7 pm; Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm
Jan. 10 through Jan. 20


Playwright Aishah Rahman


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