ART & CULTURE • On Stage
by Robert Isenberg
Holiday Spotlight Rhode Island playhouses are busy with Christmas classics and contemporary dramas fresh from Broadway
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MON-THUR 11AM-10PM FRI-SAT 11AM-11PM | SUN 11AM-9PM
50 Ann Mary Street, Pawtucket 401-365-6278 • PhoHorns.com On Providence/Pawtucket line behind LA Fitness
ROCK YOUR RIDE It’s a Wonderful Life, presented by The Gamm Theatre
1ST CLASS IS $10 FOR LOCAL RHODE ISLAND RESIDENT’S!
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL For 42 years running, Trinity Repertory Company has staged the Charles Dickens classic – but each production is unique. You can expect top-notch performances, inventive special effects, and original music by Richard Cumming. Make sure to nab tickets, as this Christmas Carol almost always sells out. Continues through December 29. Providence, TrinityRep.com
THE NUTCRACKER Tschaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is among the most anticipated events of the holiday season, and Festival Ballet Providence presents the most impressive production in the state. Sashay around the world with young Clara and her magical nutcracker prince. December 13-15. Providence, FestivalBalletProvidence.org
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE One of the great tear-jerkers of cinema’s Golden Age, It’s a Wonderful Life shows how a luckless banker enriched his town in countless ways. Catch this live “radio play,” performed in a vintage style at the Gamm Theatre. December 5-22. Warwick, GammTheatre.org
THE LION IN WINTER Theater is full of dysfunctional families, but none are as unhinged as Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their three bickering sons. The Players stage this complex historical drama at Barker Playhouse. December 6-15. Providence, PlayersRI.org
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ProvidenceOnline.com • December 2019
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