Arts Alive offers an amazing array of talented performers, from aspiring students of all ages to accomplished professional performers. You’ll find music of all genres: jazz, rock’n’roll, blues, bluegrass, Americana, folk, country, Celtic, classical, old-time fiddle, New Age, alternative rock, light opera, choral, a cappella, singer/songwriter, and more. There will be classical and contemporary ballet, … Continue reading
The busy Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory (All photos courtesy of Force 4 Photography.) There is still time to see Buzzard Play Productions’ exuberant “Pajama Game,” directed by Corinne Cameron, with music direction by Nancy Sparklin. The rollicking musical closes this weekend after a three-week run. Final performances are Friday June 27, and Saturday, June 28, at … Continue reading
The Woods Hole Plays are two one-act plays written by playwright friends Bronwen Prosser of Woods Hole and Danny Mitarotondo of New York. Both plays were written to be performed in Cotuit Center for the Arts’ Black Box Theater, both are directed by Kathryn Walsh of Chicago, and both make use of the same three … Continue reading
The Barnstable Comedy Club’s “The Sound of Music” is rich with glorious voices, fine acting, and the beauty and power of the songs of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, and the timelessness of the multifaceted plot. The production, directed by Marcia Wytral, with music direction by Geraldine Boles and choreography by Geralyn Moquin, is fresh … Continue reading
Caitlin Backholm as Columbia, Rob Minshall as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and Samantha McMahon as Magenta. Photo by Corinne Cameron. “The Rocky Horror Show” opened last weekend, and runs through November 2, with performances Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, and special midnight shows on Halloween, Thursday, October 31, and on November 2. Tickets are $18. The theater … Continue reading
“Talking With…,” by Jane Martin, is a well-written, engaging, and fast-paced series of monologues by or about quirky, compelling people. I can’t imagine a better production of it than the one director Holly Erin McCarthy of Theatre Under the Stairs has put together for Cotuit Center for the Arts. It runs through December 16. McCarthy’s … Continue reading
The cast of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” Corrine Minshall, as Grace Bradley, takes a bow, while Kit Palmer (Beth Bradley) and Kristina Thimme (Imogene Herdman) stand in center. The Falmouth Theatre Guild’s production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is charming, heartwarming, and full of holiday spirit. Directed by Lisa Jo Rudy, with music … Continue reading
“Dear Liar” is the delightful story of the charming and volatile 40-year relationship between playwright George Bernard Shaw and the woman for hom he wrote the role of Eliza Doolittle in “Pygmalian,” an actress who went by the name of Mrs. Patrick (Stella) Campbell, one of the most popular actresses of her day. Campbell was … Continue reading
At an elegant, ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, mansion, five women escape the festivities for a moment of calm in the bride’s sister’s bedroom. As the evening progresses, the women get to know each other and find they have more in common than a dislike for the bride—who seems to have everything but … Continue reading
First of all, “Ava Gardner and the Pizza Boy,” written and directed by Larry Marsland, is only peripherally about Ava Gardner. Those who saw Marsland’s one-man show, “Night Falls on the Emerald City,” in which he channeled Judy Garland might be thinking this show is a similar examination of Ava Gardner’s life. It isn’t. “Ava … Continue reading
Notes on The Arts 