Sep 11, 2019 | News, Theatre
One could argue that 1959, when Eugène Ionesco wrote Rhinoceros, was a time far removed from our own. World War Two was little more than a decade over. The Cold War was vigorous. Yet sixty years on, the play is chilling in its indictment of the problems of 2019, and...
Aug 21, 2019 | News, Theatre
In a month-long residency, South African company Abrahamse and Meyer to perform their acclaimed Noh play September 12-22 World-renowned South African theatre artists Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer have been bringing vibrant works to the Provincetown Theater stage in...
Aug 14, 2019 | News, Reviews, Theatre
How do you keep a legend alive? By embalming the body, of course, and that’s exactly what Josef Stalin (Robin Bloodworth) has decided to do: preserve the body of dead Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (Robin Haynes) so that it may be viewed by the masses—permanently...
Aug 3, 2019 | Events, Music, Theatre
Provincetown Piano Bars View the Full Calendar The Club193A Commercial Streetwww.theclubptown.comFeaturing a rotating roster of world-class musicians, the house band performs nightly free of charge.When open:Nightly house band music is at 10:00 pm Dive Bar at the...
Aug 3, 2019 | Events, Music, Theatre
Provincetown Theater Shows View the Full Calendar Cabaret A Peregrine Theatre Ensemble production, Cabaret is a Tony- and Oscar-winning classic with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. Set between 1929 and 1930 in Berlin, Cabaret...
Aug 2, 2019 | News, Theatre
Provincetown Drag Shows View the Full Calendar BenDeLaCreme, Ready to be Committed Always the Drag Queen and never a drag, RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite BenDeLaCreme returns to Provincetown with her latest theatrical blend of burlesque, comedy and music:...
Jul 31, 2019 | News, Reviews, Theatre
They’re perfectly miserable. It’s obvious as Three Sisters opens that these girls have seen better days—or at any rate believe they have. Against a simple and dark background, surrounded by music that underscores their situation (the brilliant repetition of “my days...
Jul 16, 2019 | News, Reviews, Theatre
Sometimes the best stories are the tried-and-true ones. In London of the 1840s, “penny dreadfuls” offered Victorian readers a cheap escape into a world of ghoulish murder and gruesome violence, twisted guilty pleasures. One such story was that of a barber who murdered...
Jul 13, 2019 | New to Provincetown 2019, News, Reviews, Theatre
Okay. Let’s get this out of the way immediately: there are simply not enough superlatives in the English language to describe the Peregrine Theatre Ensemble’s production of Cabaret. Anything written here is a poor reflection of this brilliant theatrical performance…...
Jul 7, 2019 | News, Reviews, Theatre
It’s a comedy. It’s a musical. It’s a vaudeville production. It’s a mystery. It’s Murder for Two, playing at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater through July 27, and it’s a wacky, playful, wondrous romp through the staid drawing-room murder genre by two piano-playing...
Jul 1, 2019 | News, Reviews, Theatre
What if, as an avid movie-watcher, you were suddenly transformed into Marty McFly from Back to the Future? Feel a little disoriented? Then hold on to your popcorn, because that’s just the beginning of what happens to the first of Owain Rhys Davies’ characters in The...
Jun 16, 2019 | News, Theatre
Okay, I just have to start with the program: there’s a credit given for “nail design.” Nail design? All will be revealed, and this is just one of the delightful surprises awaiting audiences coming to see The Hermitage at Harbor Stage Company. It’s a ponderous title,...
Jun 9, 2019 | Art in Provincetown, Events, New to Provincetown 2019, News, Theatre
It’s the sixth month of the year, so we’re bringing you six cool things you can do in town! Celebrate, try something new, or just relax with old favorites. Films, film, films! Provincetown International Film Festival: You don’t have to go to every film or...
Jun 9, 2019 | News, Theatre
The Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater production of David Mamet’s Race—the first in a stellar lineup celebrating the theater’s 35th anniversary—is more nuanced, thoughtful, and ultimately satisfying than the play itself deserves: WHAT delivers a tour de force of...
Jun 8, 2019 | Events, News, Theatre
The Provincetown Theater and the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill have partnered this year to produce the annual Provincetown Dance Festival. Now in its 14th season, the festival will include seven companies, totaling some 20 dancers of various and eclectic...
