Review: LITTLE WOMEN at The Arctic Playhouse
The Arctic Playhouse welcomes autumn with a stylish, amusing, deeply moving production of “Little Women,” Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic about four sisters coming of age during the Civil War.
Rhode Island Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Rhode Island.
Review: PERFECT ARRANGEMENT at The Players
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT at The Players.
Review: SAME DIFFERENCE at The Wilbury Theatre Group
Wilbury Theatre Group kicks off the new season with the world premiere of “Same Difference,” a gritty, unsettling, profound, entertaining drama about the troubled lives of a group of twentysomethings trying to get along, make ends meet, and most importantly, survive.
Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT at Providence Performing Arts Center
The plot of Operation Mincemeat makes it a truly bizarre choice for a theatrical musical.
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Burbage Theatre Company
What did our critic think of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Burbage Theatre Company?
Review: THE SMUGGLER at The Gamm Theatre
What did our critic think of THE SMUGGLER at The Gamm Theatre?
Review: THE GETAWAY DRIVER at Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company kicks off the new theater season with the world premiere of “The Getaway Driver,” a compelling, poignant true crime drama told by two women who share a tragic connection, written by playwright-in-residence Deborah Salem Smith and company member Charlie Thurston, and dir
Review: WONDER OF THE WORLD at Attleboro Community Theatre
Dynamic, deep, and oh so funny! After seven years of what appears to be a solid, if not happy, marriage, Cass (Anna Hindman) leaves her husband and sets on a journey or self-discovery.
Review: YOU'VE STILL GOT A FRIEND at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of YOU'VE STILL GOT A FRIEND at Theatre By The Sea?
Review: THE GROWN UPS at Trial By Theatre
What did our critic think of THE GROWN UPS at Trial By Theatre?
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Contemporary Theater Company
Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” premiered on a London stage in 1895 and has since then become the wickedly witty master playwright’s most often produced play (I already know of two forthcoming productions in Massachusetts alone).
Review: TITANIC THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of TITANIC THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea?
Review: A DELIGHTFUL 'INTO THE WOODS' at Contemporary Theater Company
A DELIGHTFUL 'INTO THE WOODS' at Contemporary Theater Company
Review: GREASE at Theatre By The Sea
If the summer heat has you at wit’s end, there is no better way to stay cool than Theatre By The Sea’s stylish, energetic, remarkably entertaining production of “Grease,” the Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey musical that premiered on Broadway in 1972 and spawned the now classic 1978 movie starrin
Trinity Rep's NEXT TO NORMAL
What did our critic think of TRINITY REP'S NEXT TO NORMAL at Trinity Rep?
Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at The Gamm Theatre
As I am writing this for the Rhode Island section of Broadway World, I feel as though I am uniquely equipped to talk about Tennessee Williams, or at least the world that so often lives inside his work, being that I am a Southerner who has now spent roughly thirteen years in New England.
Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Wilbury Theatre Group
The Wilbury Theatre Group wrapped up it's 2025-2026 season with Conor McPherson's Tony-nominated stylistic musical 'Girl From The North Country'.
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.
Review: A searing MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Burbage Theatre Co
A searing MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
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Little Women The Arctic Playhouse (10/01-10/18) |
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The Nutcracker Ballet RI (12/17-12/27) |
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Made On Hope Ballet RI (4/16-4/25) |
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Almost, Maine The Arctic Playhouse (11/05-11/22) |
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In Motion Ballet RI (10/23-10/25) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |
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Get Merry! Swamp Meadow Community Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (6/17-6/27) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
