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Light lifting

A pair of trifles at Cornerstone Playhouse
Come summertime, when you’re sunning on the sand all day and evening rolls around, sometimes the theater equivalent of light beach reading is just what you need.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 23, 2008

Royal fun

Colonial’s rousing As You Like It
As You Like It accomplishes what every production of a Shakespeare comedy tries to do.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 22, 2008

Mind games

RWU’s intriguing Proof
The troupe at Roger Williams University’s Barn Summer Playhouse is taking on the delicate drama Proof with satisfying finesse.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 16, 2008

Clothes call

A fully entertaining Monty
The musical version of The Full Monty comes across as bawdy and hilarious as intended in this version by Center Stage Productions.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 16, 2008

Summer stock

The pleasantly diverting Beaux’ Strategem
The 2nd Story troupe roasts all of the chestnuts here in fine style, clichéd characters deliciously recognizable.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 09, 2008

Play time

A snappy Inspector Hound
The Barn Summer Playhouse is currently staging a snappy rendition of some of the most original and intellectually entertaining theater in the English language.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | June 24, 2008

Never say die

Revisiting George M !
George M! is a trip back to a time when entertainers were bigger than life, and flag-waving patriotism set off applause as easily as puppies and cute babies prompt aaahs.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | June 24, 2008

Walking wounded

Perishable’s thought-provoking tig
It’s a contemporary adaptation of the Greek legend, most famously presented in Sophocles’s Antigone , aiming to make the story of duty and honor relevant to modern audiences.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | June 17, 2008

Stridin’ with Fats

Ain’t Misbehavin’ by the Sea
Long live Theatre by the Sea! The shuttered Matunuck barn theater is open for business after being dark for four summers.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | June 04, 2008

Anything but tame

A smart take on Shakespeare’s Shrew
Director Peter Sampieri and an ace troupe are mounting a slam-bang production of the comedy that sparkles with originality and resolves a feminist objection to the play that we can assume is older than the play itself.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 20, 2008