‘Amadeus’ – Written by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Tony Estrella. Music Direction and Composition by Judith Lynn Stillman. Set Design by Jessica Hill Kidd. Costume Design by Mikayla Reid. Lighting Design by Steve McLellan. Sound Design by Peter Sasha Horowitz. Presented by The Gamm Theatre, Warwick, Rhode Island, through December 7th.

By Linda Chin

With the power of music to soothe one’s soul and heal, create, and unite communities, seeing The Gamm Theatre’s production of Amadeus may be the perfect panacea for daylight savings – and/or post-election – blues. Set in 1781-1791 & 1823 Vienna, Amadeus tells the fictionalized story of a rival relationship between two 18th-century composers, the Salzburg-born young prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the more senior but lesser-known Italian composer Antonio Salieri.

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