Arts

A high-flying Catch Me If You Can at PPAC

Man on the move
The subject and story of Catch Me If You Can sound like the flights of fancy that customarily keep musicals aloft, but it's propelled by an actual rascal and the unlikely high points of his actual career(s).

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 10, 2012

New works by Monica Shinn and Allison Paschke

Capturing a feeling
Providence artist Monica Shinn's paintings at Buonaccorsi + Agniel (1 Sims Ave, #102, Providence, through November 3) feel something like diaries.

By: GREG COOK | October 09, 2012

Theresa Ganz at Brown; plus, Ed Osborn’s soundscapes

Another green world
Theresa Ganz, who teaches photography at Brown University, grew up in New York City.

By: GREG COOK | October 02, 2012

Unusual soulmates in 2nd Story’s The Goat

Animal attraction
Edward Albee has always managed to drill deeply into the human heart and not stop until he gets a gusher, never more so than in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 02, 2012

Leigh and Melissa’s delightful Hamlette

It takes two
A two-person female Hamlet set in contrast to the drudgery of office work?

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 26, 2012

Jensen and Warchol’s ‘Precious Objects’

The fabric of life
Maren Jensen's subject is memory. How do we hold onto, how do we honor our memories?

By: GREG COOK | September 26, 2012

The horror of genocide in Yermedea RAW

This brutal world
As difficult as it is to capture onstage an enormity such as genocide, a play at Brown University Theater is doubling the stakes by also addressing the maternal consequences of the deaths of young innocents.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 26, 2012

Trinity Rep’s superb King Lear

A triumphant tragedy
It's not a new thing, the complications of elder care.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 19, 2012

The Gamm’s powerful After the Revolution

Truth and consequences
Family pressures are troublesome enough in the best of circumstances, but when they involve politics they can blow off the roof.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 19, 2012

Two sides of Daniel Heyman; plus, RIC’s faculty exhibit

War and peace
Beginning in 2005, Daniel Heyman traveled to Jordan and Turkey with American lawyers, collecting testimony from Iraqis of human rights abuses.

By: GREG COOK | September 18, 2012

Jon Laustsen’s miniatures; and AS220’s ‘Print Lottery’

Works-in-progress
Jon Laustsen of Woonsocket makes miniature construction sites — tiny rebar, scaffolding, wood framing for concrete, and cinderblocks being assembled into buildings on dollhouse-sized or model railroad-sized plots of dirt.

By: GREG COOK | September 11, 2012

Couples run amok in God of Carnage

Uncivilized unions
Not since Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? have theater audiences been treated to such there-but-for-the-grace-of-marriage-counselors relief over their match not being so bad after all.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 11, 2012

Dracula's new digs

Plus, Fusionworks turns 25, and a world of exotic moves
Take a quick glance at the fall calendar for performance events and you'll see there's a whole lotta dancin' goin' on!

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | September 12, 2012

Ain't that America

Sassy signs, obsessive patterns, and more
The bad news of this season is that the sharp-eyed folks behind R.K. Projects will be closing up shop in November after their fall exhibits, which include a group of Providence psychedelics and site-specific installations in Pawtucket (461 Main St from October 5-7).

By: GREG COOK | September 12, 2012

Bestiality, a parade of presidents, and two takes on Yermedea

Running the gamut
The array of theater this fall runs the usual entertainment-to-edification gamut of comedies and tragedies, but 2nd Story Theatre is packing both into their opener, Edward Albee's THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? (September 21-October 2).

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 12, 2012