September 2023 by David B.
The Pawtucket Arts Festival sponsored a free showing of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet by the Burbage Street Theatre Co. on Saturday September 2 at 6:30pm. It was at the Pawtucket Veteran's Memorial Amphitheater on Roosevelt Ave next to the fire station. Unfortunately, the Pawtucket Arts Festival also sponsored the Battle of the Show downtown at 8 pm which was amplified! Bad timing as you could not hear while at the amphitheater because the sound was drowned out by the Battle of the Show!! So a free concert in the park at the amphitheater was worth just that; nothing! It had nothing to do with the professionalism of the actors on stage but, everything to do with the Arts Festival poor planning. Sad.
