20 Years Ago

Festival Ballet presented “Sleeping Beauty” at Vets.

Gamm Theatre presented “Barrymore,” directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr., and with Sam Babbitt in the lead role.

“The Graduate” was at PPAC.

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Shawnn Monteiro gave performances at Bryant and RIC.

Remember Catfish Grill on West Shore Rd. in Warwick? They were a great place to hear cajon and bluegrass music and enjoy good BBQ and jambalaya. Unfortunately, they didn’t last too long.

Dennis Quaid played Sam Houston and Billy Bob Thornton was Davy Crocket in “The Alamo.” Anne Hathaway played Ella in “Ella Enchanted.”

40 Years Ago

Robin Williams starred in “Moscow on the Hudson.” Goldie Hawn starred in “Swing Shift.”

“Amadeus” was at Trinity, starring William Damkoehler as Salieri and Brian McEleny as Mozart.

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band was at the Vets.

Parish House Players presented “Romantic Comedy” starring Lynne Colinson and Mike Flanagan of Cranston.

The Coventry Players did “The Down Staircase, starring Cranston’s Erica Koch, directed by Warwick’s Richard Blue.

Anne Scurria starred in Trinity’s “Crimes of the Heart.”

Bentley’s in Warwick held at Quahog Shuckoff.

Joe Pizzi of Cranston starred as Pinocchio in Kaleidoscope Theater at PPAC.