Pleasingly nuts
Not quite a neo-noir, still less a martial-arts movie, David Mamet’s taut, dank drama has a foot in each camp.
By GRAHAM FULLER | May 07, 2008

Winner takes all

The Four of Us at Merrimack Rep; Spin at Zeitgeist Stage Company
Itamar Moses takes the buddy vehicle and twists it early and often in The Four of Us.
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 22, 2008

Gamm’s Boston Marriage is a ticklish toss-off
The 19th-century practice of the lesbian “Boston marriage” was packed with enough human urgency and necessary social hypocrisy to supply any number of plays.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | March 25, 2008

Shocker: RI GOP in disarray

A real two-party system requires an effective minority party
An internecine battle has broken out between the couple dozen or so people who claim to be members of the Rhode Island Republican Party.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 19, 2008

Killing time

Theater of Thought’sBash is a must-see
Every once in a while a playwright comes along with a distinct point of view and a voice that can’t be ignored.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | March 12, 2008

The people's choice?

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, in case you hadn’t heard, is the 26-year-old Venezuelan conductor who’s going to save classical music.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | November 08, 2007

Grief encounter

The Huntington’s Brendan and the Lyric’s Dying City
The protagonist of Ronan Noone’s Brendan bestrides the narrow world, but hardly like a colossus.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 25, 2007

Thirtysomething

tick, tick ... BOOM! at New Rep; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by BTW; American Buffalo at WHAT
When Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer-winning composer of Rent , wrote tick, tick . . . BOOM! , he could not have known what the “boom” would be.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 03, 2007

Armies of the light

Norman Mailer’s primal screen at the HFA
Maybe the trauma of another intractable war has sparked the movies’ recent interest in ’60s headliners.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 18, 2007

The play's the thing

Paul Grellong has learned that less is more
The Gamm has come a long way since its 1984 birth as Alias Stage in a derelict Olneyville mill building.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 23, 2007

Hit or myth

Persephone debuts at the Huntington; Valhalla comes to Zeitgeist
From Shakespeare to Shaw, statues have come to life on stage.
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 17, 2007

Sleight of hand

Ricky Jay releases an album
Ricky Jay laughs when I tell him he reminds me of Fred Astaire.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | February 20, 2007

Feel-bad cinema

Gerald Peary's year in movies
This critic's been carping for decades about feel-good cinema, how lousy it makes me feel, and this year I got the misery I begged for.
By GERALD PEARY | December 21, 2006

Stamping grounds

Mauritius ; Stuff Happens ; 9 Parts of Desire
Theresa Rebeck’s new Mauritius makes philately seem almost as exciting as the activity it sounds like.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 24, 2006

Body language

URI’s Fat Pig digs beneath the surface
Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig has flown from one college campus to another since it was first produced in New York in late 2004. Now it has landed at the University of Rhode Island (through October 22) under the capable direction of Bryna Wortman.
By JOHNNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 17, 2006

Class acts

Stan Strickland , Thom Pain (based on nothing) , and Augusta
Stan Strickland doesn’t play an instrument; he is an instrument.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 03, 2006

Edmond

Gordon serves up both kitsch and gore
If the notion of Stuart Gordon, who made the cult hit Re-Animator , directing David Mamet material sounds odd, bear in mind that Gordon cut his teeth with Mamet in the Chicago theater. Watch the trailer for Edmond (QuickTime)
By TOM MEEK | August 30, 2006

Local color

Michael Corrente draws on his roots
Michael Corrente will be presented with the Creative Vision Award for his influential and ambitious work next week at the 10th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival.
By BOB GULLA | August 02, 2006

Whose Zoo?

Duck — it’s all you
There are several ways to visit the zoo.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | July 19, 2006

No sex please, we’re bookish

Nicholas Martin tackles Love’s Labour’s Lost
A not so funny thing happened on the way to the Huntington Theatre Company’s planned run of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum : the lead actor accepted a part in a Broadway show.
By IRIS FANGER | May 03, 2006

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