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Agnes of God is still a blank slate
Absolute opinions, whether divinely or intellectually inspired, can ironically lead to confusion rather than certainty.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 29, 2008

Horribly nice

Trinity seeks the truth in the lies of Richard III
Talk about a bad rap.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 23, 2008

Sexual politics

PC vs. The Vagina Monologues
Eve Ensler’s play is as much a manifesto as a dramatic production, not so much agitprop but an animated display of wordy protest signs condemning violence against women.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 22, 2008

Straight talk

FUNDA’s communal communication
“It’s better than a movie.”

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | January 16, 2008

Best of show

Providence theatre: 2007 in review
After all, every nominee for a best actor or actress Tony or Oscar usually deserves to win.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 18, 2007

Trinity looks inside Memory House
Memory Lane is a blocked road for high-school senior Katia, who’s asked to pound on the barricade for a college-application essay that must be postmarked by midnight tonight, New Year’s Eve.

By CAROLYN CLAY | December 12, 2007

Christmas cheers

Huzzahs for Gamm’s Santaland and Greetings
Both mini-plays are stirring up non-stop giggles and guffaws at the Gamm.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | December 11, 2007

Girls to Women

URI Theatre stages the novel-as-musical
A good college production of a weak musical like Little Women is certainly a better deal than a weak production of a Broadway favorite.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 04, 2007

A stellar Scrooge

Trinity’s Christmas Carol sets a new standard
Yes, this Christmas Carol sets a new standard for Trinity. Don’t miss it.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 09, 2007

Words in action

Wild Porcelain lives up to its name
Have you ever had one of those dreams where a lot of wacky things don’t make much sense, but your psyche is having such a good time pumping them out that you wake up shaking your head laughing?

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 04, 2007

O funny night

Away in a manger with 2nd Story
When not seen as a theological argument, the story of Christmas can be taken as a humanistic encouragement of peace on Earth and goodwill to humanity.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 27, 2007

Heart to heart

Trinity Rep’s hurtful, humorous Memory House
It’s a wonder, Gilmore Girls notwithstanding, that our species keeps producing mothers willing to produce daughters.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 27, 2007

Old meets new

Trinity Rep preps its 31st Christmas Carol
At regional theaters around the country, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol , that cash cow successfully mated with a golden goose, might as well be called Déjà Vu .

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 20, 2007

Mood swings

Brown’s Melancholy Play is seriously funny
As national defining traits go, the reputation of Americans for giddy optimism, whistling through the boneyard of existential adversity, is probably better than France’s rep for producing rude waiters.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 13, 2007

Future schlock

Weightless’ allegories need more emotion
Academics with lifetime job security aren’t the only ones living in ivory towers, says playwright Christine Evans with Weightless .

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 07, 2007

Slowly they turn

RITE's melodramtic take on The Bells
We are heading toward a sentimental season of holidays, so the Rhode Island Theatre Ensemble is preparing the way with a wintry 19th-century melodrama, Leopold Lewis’s The Bells .

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 06, 2007

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

Role playing

PC acts up in Noises Off
For a couple of hours, this talented troupe has us believing that it’s just that simple — and that funny.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 30, 2007

Intense states

Logic meets emotional truth in Weightless
English-born, Australia-raised playwright Christine Evans appreciates any style of theater if it’s done well.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 24, 2007

Detective comics

Brown’s playful City of Angels
Tough guys and loose women populate the lighthearted musical City of Angels like tykes playing dress-up.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 24, 2007

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