Judith Swift

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Parlor games

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

Nixon being Nixon

Gamm’s funny night at the White House
Nixon’s Nixon is to Richard Nixon what Dante’s Inferno was to Satan, though less sympathetic.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 30, 2007

Our Sgt. Schultz society

Know-nothing nation sleepwalks well into the future
“I know noz-ZINK!” That was the catchphrase of John Banner’s character, the Nazi prison guard Sergeant Schultz.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 24, 2007

Another hummer

The Dunk cost overrun takes taxpayers for a soaking
What do the new Jamestown Bridge and the renovation of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center have in common?
By PHILLIPE + JORGE | May 18, 2007

Sin and forgiveness

A Cardinal Deposed at Gamm
Theater is always trying to impress us by heightening reality, one way or another.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | March 27, 2007

Bruised brothers

Passion at play in The Lonesome West
The culmination of a grim trilogy from Martin McDonagh, the bad boy of modern Irish theater.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | February 01, 2006

Money counts

Sheeler has a gripe about attention given to better-funded rivals
Your superior correspondents are as guilty as most for ignoring the many legitimate candidates who seek office, but are not given much chance of winning because of their reluctance (or inability) to link up with deep-pocketed contributors.
By | January 19, 2006