Back in the late 1990s Brown University professor Paula Vogel won a Pulitzer Prize for her play “How I Learned to Drive,” a startling work about guilt, need and levels of responsibility. Now Providence’s Wilbury Group has brought the play back. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale says its more vibrant, and necessary, than ever.
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Theater Review: Pirates Of Penzance, A New Spin On An Old Warhorse
“The Pirates of Penzance,” that 19th Century view of a Great Britain long gone, is rarely seen these days. But the Wilbury Theater Group has revived it.
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Theater Review: The British Invasion! Comes To RI Theater Scene
The Gamm Theatre is dashing through Oscar Wilde’s ever-popular comedy with a point, “The Importance of Being Earnest” while the Wilbury Group is…
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Theater Review: Wilbury Group Takes A Step Back In Time With ‘Spring Awakening’
With the summer theater scene about to begin, Providence’s Wilbury Group has taken a step back in time. Maybe it’s a trend, says Rhode Island Public…
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Theater Review: Wilbury Group Gets Up Close With Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’
Providence’s Wilbury Group is doing Harold Pinter’s 1978 play “Betrayal” a drama of many turns, many changes. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale has…
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Theater Review: Checking The Privilege Of ‘Straight White Men’ At Wilbury Theatre Group
Providence’s Wilbury Theatre Group has never avoided doing the controversial. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale says their current play, “Straight…
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Review: Wilbury Theatre’s ‘Stupid F—ing Bird’ A Rude, Rowdy, Romp
Providence’s Wilbury Theatre Group is staging another provocative drama, filled with humor and music. Rhode Island Public Radio’s theater critic Bill…
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Wilbury Theatre’s Risky ‘Dry Land’ Not For The Faint Of Heart
Using the same theater space where Trinity Rep began more than 50 years ago, The Wilbury Group is another young theater willing to take a chance. Bill…
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Wilbury Theatre’s Heartfelt ‘Next To Normal’ Confronts Mental Illness
Serious mental illness might well seem an unlikely jumping off point for musical theater. But with “Next to Normal,” now at the Wilbury Group in…
