Sheldon Whitehouse

Trinity Repertory Company announced today that the Indigo Girls will be honored with the 2019 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts in recognition of their artistic achievements and advocacy at the theater's 23rd annual Pell Awards Gala on Monday, June 3, 2019 at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI. Tickets and more information can be found at TrinityRep.com/pell.

Saturday Night Live began its latest season last night with one of its iconic political cold opens. This time, Matt Damon was brought on board to bring to Judge Kavanaugh to the show.

Get ready for a wicked take on the Ocean State! The Granite Theatre welcomes to Westerly the infamous Charlie Hall 's Ocean State Follies for one-night only Friday October 5, 2018! Show starts at 8 PM and tickets are $25.

According to Variety, Super LTD has acquired Jack Bryan's documentary “Active Measures,” which details the decades-long connection between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, has been acquired by Super LTD. A release date has been set for August 31st. 

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) today welcomed the introduction of S. 2823, the Music Modernization Act (MMA), by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Original cosponsors include Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chris Coons (D-DE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Kennedy (R-LA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bob Corker (R-TN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Doug Jones (D-AL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and David Perdue (R-GA).

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) today announced the honorees and keynote speaker for its annual meeting in Manhattan on June 13, 2018.

Trinity Repertory Company announced today that actress Mary McDonnell will be honored with the 2018 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the theater's 22nd annual Pell Awards Gala on Monday, May 21, 2018. A two-time Oscar nominee for Dances with Wolves and Passion Fish, McDonnell's theater, film and television career has spanned more than four decades with dynamic character portrayals in period and present-day roles, including TNT's The Closer and Major Crimes, Syfy's Battlestar Galactica, Donnie Darko, and Sneakers.

Today, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Music Modernization Act to the Senate. The bill mirrors the House bill introduced in December by Congressmen Doug Collins (R-GA) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN?, a one-night-only staged presentation edited and directed by Nicolas Kent, presented by The Public Theater in New York and London's National Theatre, took place last night, May 11, at Town Hall. BroadwayWorld has photos from the staging below!

New York's Public Theater and London's National Theatre announced final casting today for the special one-night-only public staged reading of ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN? Scenes from the Senate Confirmation Hearings of President Trump's Cabinet on Thursday, May 11 at 8:00 p.m. at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street).

Get all the scoop on REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO, airing today, March 17, 2017!

Trinity Repertory Company is commemorating 50 years of the student matinee program, Project Discovery, with the Project Discovery Gala today, September 17, 2016, kicking off a year-long celebration of the education program.

Trinity Repertory Company is commemorating 50 years of the student matinee program, Project Discovery, with the Project Discovery Gala on Saturday, September 17, 2016, kicking off a year-long celebration of the education program.

The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, have announced the ninth round of Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships recipients. The program is designed to support actors' professional and artistic development, to enrich relationships between actors and nonprofit theatres and to ensure continued professional commitment to live theatre. Funded by the Fox Foundation and administered by TCG, the fellowship is one of only a few programs of its kind for actors in the country.

On last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central, The Today Show features twerking, Senator Rush Holt champions public education, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse chats about his book, 'On Virtues.' Check out highlights from the August 12th broadcast below!

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will be commemorating a quarter-century of Alias Stage/Gamm theatre history at its upcoming fundraising party, Gamm 25: A Silver Celebration an evening of reminiscences and rollicking fun. The Gamm Theatre Board of Directors along with Honorary Chairs U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Dr. Sandra Whitehouse invite arts supporters to join them at the non-profit theater s eighth annual fundraising event on Saturday, April 10 at 6 p.m. Festivities include the honoring of Board President Coline Covington, Board Member and Resident Actor Samuel F. Babbitt, and Alan Shawn Feinstein and the Feinstein Family Foundation, plus a re-cap of the theater s season-long celebration of 25 pivotal players throughout its history.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will be commemorating a quarter-century of Alias Stage/Gamm theatre history at its upcoming fundraising party, Gamm 25: A Silver Celebration an evening of reminiscences and rollicking fun. The Gamm Theatre Board of Directors along with Honorary Chairs U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Dr. Sandra Whitehouse invite arts supporters to join them at the non-profit theater s eighth annual fundraising event on Saturday, April 10 at 6 p.m. Festivities include the honoring of Board President Coline Covington, Board Member and Resident Actor Samuel F. Babbitt, and Alan Shawn Feinstein and the Feinstein Family Foundation, plus a re-cap of the theater s season-long celebration of 25 pivotal players throughout its history.