Our Rhode Island Critics
View All »
Review: THE LION KING at Providence Performing Arts Center
The Lion King swept the Tony awards when it was on Broadway, and even for this semi-skeptical theatre reviewer, it’s easy to see why. It seems impossible to translate a cartoon about the lives of animals into a stage production performed by people, or at least, it seems like it will be corny. ...
Review: A searing MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Burbage Theatre Co
A searing MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Burbage Theatre Co. offers a gripping production of Shakespeare's 'problem play'...
Review: TALK RADIO at The Players At The Barker Playhouse
Just like a radio host’s shift, the show moves at lightning speed, following the conversations of Barry Champlain who is as enigmatic as he is exhausting to listen to. Nearly 40 years after the play was originally staged, the issues throughout the show still ring true today....
Review: A FINE 'DINING ROOM' AT GRANITE THEATRE
he set immediately grabs you when you walk into the theatre: An intricately crafted dining room, set on a stage with a pronounced tilt, in front of which sits one of those little museum gallery cards in a frame: 'Dining Room. American. 20th Century.' It is immediately clear that director and set des...
Review: Kimberly Akimbo at Providence Performing Arts Center
At it’s most basic, Kimberly Akimbo tells the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who has a chromosomal disorder that makes her age rapidly. While that’s already an interesting premise, this musical goes much further than a typical ‘issues’ play and creates something wholly unexpected and qui...
Review: HIEROGLYPHICS CURRENCY at Daydream Theatre Company
Nowadays when you tune in to watch the news or read the latest headline in your social media feed, it’s difficult to differentiate between fact and fiction. Furthermore, there is no middle ground, and everything is described as a superlative—like the “least” effective or the “most” offen...
Review: EDGES at Reverie Theatre Group
Reverie Theatre Group presents ‘Edges,’ a funny, thoughtful, highly entertaining four-person song cycle, with no spoken dialogue or discernible plot, that explores the challenges of young adults, including family dynamics, career opportunities, and most significantly, the trials and tribulations...
Review: PRIVATE LIVES at The Arctic Playhouse
Arctic Playhouse’s remarkably stylish, extraordinarily well-acted production of Noël Coward’s 1930 farce, ‘Private Lives,’ pokes fun at the idea of marriage as little more than a social construct while speculating whether a toxic relationship is conceivably better than one without any passi...
Review: PRIMARY TRUST at Trinity Repertory Company
All of us have our safe space, our comfort zone amidst the chaos of the world but what if that's where you spend most of your time and suddenly, that safe space is shattered? Can you even recover? Where would you go from there?...
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Providence Performing Arts Center
The Outsiders musical struck a seminal chord at the Providence Performing Arts Center last night, combining richly harmonic music with songs that speak to your very soul. Believe the Hype! This Tony Award winner sets itself apart from the pack early on and never looks back!...
Review: The Cripple of Inishmaan at The Gamm
The Gamm has dipped back into Martin McDonagh’s canon (previous productions include Hangmen, 2023, A Skull in Connemara, 2016), for their latest production–The Cripple of Inishmaan. Set in the remote Aran Islands, this play shows what feels like a softer side of McDonagh in that it’s a peek ...
Review: ACTOR ON PAROLE at Everett Company Stage School
What did our critic think of ACTOR ON PAROLE at Everett Company Stage School?Ari Brisbon is the Actor on Parole, whose show opened on Everett Stage on April 10th. A fusion of a one-actor play and stand-up comedy, it tells a personal story of a Providence actor, just out of prison, where he spent two...
Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Wilbury Theatre Group
In the 1983 film, 'The Big Chill,' starring Glenn Close and Kevin Kline, a group of middle-aged, lifelong friends are reunited at a funeral after a member of their college clique commits suicide. The character Chloe, played by Meg Tilly, asks, “I haven’t met that many happy people in my life. Ho...
Review: CLYDE'S at Burbage Theatre Company
What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Burbage Theatre Company?...
Review: WHISKEY at Roundabout Productions
Terrence McNally’s one-act comedy, ‘Whiskey,’ now at Roundabout Productions, is not so much a play but rather an extended skit that features five television personalities performing in the shadow of an unseen horse who is the titular star of a wildly popular series (á la ‘Mister Ed’). ...
Review: INDOOR/OUTDOOR at The Little Theater Of Fall River
A quirky rom-com about cats, as the Director Debora Sadler, introduced the play, was indeed quirky throughout. The two-act play follows Samanatha the cat as she tells her life story speckled with drama and self-discovery....
Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at The Players
The word is “special.” While several adjectives come to mind, the one that does the most justice when describing The Players’ cheerful, heartfelt production of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’—as well as each of the actors in the cast, and the musical itself—is indisputably...
Review: THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS at Granite Theatre
There ain’t nothin’ dirty goin’ on at the Granite Theatre’s lively, enjoyable production of ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,’ the 1978 Broadway musical written by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson with music and lyrics by Carol Hall, nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Mu...
Review: Head Trick Theatre's AGNES DE CASTRO
In a time where stage productions seem to be getting bigger and more technical, there is something magical about watching an exceptional script brought to life through skilled performance and direction....
Review: WICKED at Providence Performing Arts Center
One could be forgiven for feeling a little burned out on Wicked these days. After two super-sized movies and a press tour that seemed to last a decade, Wicked-mania feels a bit on the wane. However, there is no substitute for seeing this show live on stage. This show is more relevant than ever...
Review: Trinity Rep's THE WINTER'S TALE Delivers Flashes of Pure Theater
Midway through Trinity Repertory Company’s production of The Winter’s Tale, a handful of courtiers gather scattered objects from the stage — a painter’s palette, a bodhrán, a pair of tambourines — and begin, slowly, to move together. For a moment you can’t quite decipher what you’re s...
Review: HENRIK IBSEN'S GHOSTS at The Gamm Theatre
What did our critic think of HENRIK IBSEN'S GHOSTS at The Gamm Theatre?...
Review: THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at The Arctic Playhouse
Two comedians who aren’t quite the talk of the town yet, and a dancer who is vague about her training, arrive for an audition. The production crew — the librettist, music writer, director, and producer — last seen together 2 years ago, reunite....
Review: A GIRL IN SCHOOL UNIFORM WALKS INTO A BAR at Reverie Theatre Group
When the lights go out, two accidental acquaintances have no one but each other to share the horrific experience - a bartender who knows more than she’s willing to reveal, and a teenager in a school uniform. An unlikely visitor at a bar...
Review: HAROLD AND MAUDE at The Community Players
The Pawtucket-based Community Players continued their record-breaking 104th season with the dark humored but stunningly still relevant 'Harold and Maude'....
Next »
Page 1 of 34
Videos
|
MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Shakespeare's Darkest Comedy Burbage Theatre Company (5/14-6/07) |
|
Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
|
Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
|
Bell, Book and Candle The Arctic Playhouse (8/27-9/13) |
|
MTV Unplugged Tribute Band at THE MET RI On June 14, 2026 The Met (6/14-6/14) |
|
FirstWorks Summer Beats Concerts: ETIENNE CHARLES GULLAH ROOTS Roger Williams Park Boathouse Lawn (7/10-7/10) |
|
FirstWorks Summer Beats Concerts: Pedro Pastor 195 District Park (8/14-8/14) |
|
Plaza Suite The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (4/15-4/25) |
|
The Hope of Loving: Music for Chorus, String Quartet, and Piano Saint Mary of the Bay (5/30-5/30) |
|
The Secret Garden The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
| VIEW ALL SHOWS ADD A SHOW | |
Get Rhode Island's #1 Theatre Newsletter
Get the best news & discounts for Rhode Island Shows & beyond.
