Providence’s Wilbury Theatre Group has never avoided doing the controversial. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale says their current play, “Straight…
Bill Gale
Bill Gale has had a widely varied career (including a stint as an air traffic controller) before dedicating himself to The Providence Journal for 35 years — 25 of those as the Journal's theater and dance critic. He is the former executive committee chair of the Foundation of the American Theater Critics Association and currently serves on their board.Gale has received a variety of awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New England Theatre Conference. He has taught at Rhode Island College and Roger Williams University, and is currently an Admiral at Hope High School. He is married to clinical social worker Peggy Gale and is the father of two children. And he loves working in radio.
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Theater Review: ‘American Buffalo’ At The Gamm Theatre
Playwright David Mamet is well known for works such as “Glengarry Glen Ross” and “Speed-The-Plow.” But many think “American Buffalo” is his masterpiece….
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Theater Review: ‘The Flu Season’ And ‘Franco And Me’ Are Strong Experiments
Rhode Island is currently enjoying a theatrical surge. New theater companies have arrived, often with plays – and ideas – that are far from the usual….
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Theater Review: Ocean State Theatre’s ‘Billy Elliot’ & Burbage Theatre’s ‘Desdemona’
Rhode Island’s booming theater scene is in full pulse these days Which has lead Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale to double up.
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Theater Review: Science Versus Romance At Gamm Theatre’s ‘Arcadia’
The Czechoslovakian-born English writer Tom Stoppard’s 1993 play “Arcadia” was a huge hit in London and well-enough received in New York. Now the Gamm…
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Review: Trinity Rep’s ‘Beowolf’ A Slice-And-Dice Rock Musical
Trinity Rep opens the theater season with a musical called “Beowolf. A Thousand Years of Baggage.” Rhode Island Public Radio Theater Critic Bill Gale…
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Review: Diverse Dance Companies Share An Intimate Space In Newport
After a trip half-way around the world to Kazakhstan, Newport’s Island Moving Company is home and holding it’s annual Great Friends Dance Festival.
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Theater Review: A Deal With The Devil And Baseball, At Ocean State Theatre
“Damn Yankees” is a musical from the 1950s that’s not really about the New York Yankees. Instead it’s about being faithful, caring and decent.
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Former Trinity Rep Artistic Director Honored At Pell Awards
This year’s Claiborne Pell Award for Lifetime Achievements in the Arts were presented to Trinity Rep’s former artistic director Oskar Eustis and his…
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Review: ‘Anything Goes’ Schemes And Dreams Aboard An Oceanliner At Ocean State Theatre
“Anything Goes” is a classic Broadway musical that first appeared in 1934. Now the Ocean State Theatre Company is doing a re-done version from 1987….
