BWW Review: Another Stunning UP CLOSE ON HOPE from Festival Ballet Providence
Festival Ballet's Spring offering of their Up Close on Hope series offers a charming mix of old favorites and exciting new works.
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BWW Review: Festival Ballet Providence Stages Ethereal, Effervescent THE LITTLE PRINCE
Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) opens its Black Box Theatre to imagination and adventure with an utterly captivating staging of THE LITTLE PRINCE.
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Providence Performing Arts Center
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL playing right now at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is the most jukebox of juke box musicals.
BWW Review: S'Wonderful - AMERICAN RHAPSODY: THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK at Veterans Auditorium
In addition to seeing some wonderful performance, the great things about wring reviews are that you to get to think, learn, and write.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL at Burbage Theatre
The Burbage Theatre continues its inaugural season in its new home at 249 Roosevelt Ave.
BWW Review: OTHELLO at Trinity Rep
Trinity Rep's Othello is macho, engaging and spirited
BWW Review: DIRECTOR'S CHOICE at Festival Ballet Providence
A new adaptation of Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale made its world debut at the VETS, Providence last night in a Festival Ballet Providence's production where it was, as per the ballet's direction, "read, played and danced.
BWW Review: Trinity Rep's World Premiere INTO THE BREECHES is an Absolute Delight
Playwright George Brant seems to have a strange hold on the state of Rhode Island.
BWW Review: Rhythm is Gonna Get You ON YOUR FEET! at PPAC
If you notice more smiling faces "downcity" this week, chances are you've spotted audience members fresh from a showing of ON YOUR FEET! at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
BWW Review: UNCLE VANYA at The Gamm is Close to Perfection
Occasionally the name Anton Chekhov invokes the same kind of anxiety one may get from Shakespeare or other heavy literary writers who we feel like we should go see to appear educated/ arty, but who no one really enjoys.
BWW Review: THE ILLUSIONISTS--LIVE FROM BROADWAY at Providence Performing Arts Center
If you hurry, you still have time to get over to the Providence Performing Arts Center to catch THE ILLUSIONISTS-LIVE FROM BROADWAY.
BWW Review: Highs and Lows at THE BODYGUARD: THE MUSICAL
The musical THE BODYGUARD is based on the 1992 film of the same name, which is best known for Whitney Houston's cover of the song I Will Always Love You .
BWW Review: Despite Outstanding Talent, LOVE NEVER DIES Proves Merely a Ghost of Lloyd Webber's PHANTOM
On paper, LOVE NEVER DIES should have everything going for it.
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER at Festival Ballet Providence
Beautifully choreographed by Mihailo Djuric, The Festival Ballet welcomes the audience with a first act full of charm and humor, inviting the viewer to enjoy the excellent dancing to follow, making this production ideal for both the first-time ballet goer as well as the seasoned ballet lover.
BWW Review: The Gamm's THE SANTALAND DIARIES Is a Snarky Christmas Delight
THE SANTALAND DIARIES, based on the essay of the same name by David Sedaris, tells the story of his working as an elf at Macy's Santaland in the early 1990's.
BWW Review: The Wilbury Theatre Group Takes Us To CHURCH
There is nothing quite like a powerfully delivered sermon.
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS Kicks Butt at Providence Performing Arts Center
KINKY BOOTS, book by Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles and Torch Song Trilogy) and songs by Cindy Lauper and inspired by true events, is in Providence at the Performing Arts Center for a very short run.
BWW Review: Gotta Crow! Radiant FINDING NEVERLAND Soars at Providence Performing Arts Center
FINDING NEVERLAND touches every emotion and offers a real measure of theatrical magic for audiences of all ages.
BWW Review: Fully Immersive KING LEAR at OUT LOUD Theatre
OUT LOUD Theatre's production of KING LEAR is an incredibly ambitious undertaking both in terms of performance and also technical elements.
BWW Review: THE WIDOW'S BROOM at The Festival Ballet - Too Lovely for Words!
I have not been to a ballet since I took my daughter to a performance of The Nutcracker some thirty years ago, so it was with some trepidation that I accepted the assignment to review the Festival Ballet's performance of THE WIDOW'S BROOM, based on the story by Chris van Allsburg.
BWW Review: 40th Anniversary CHRISTMAS CAROL is Merry and Bright at Trinity Rep
The 2017 staging of Trinity Repertory Company's A CHRISTMAS CAROL fairly effervesces with the joys of the season.
BWW Review: The Gamm's INCOGNITO Will Make Your Head Swim
INCOGNITO is an incredibly ambitious play--not in terms of sets, but in terms of what is asks both the actors and the audience to comprehend.
BWW REVIEW: UP CLOSE ON HOPE Has Something For Everyone
The UP CLOSE ON HOPE productions are always a delightful way to see the range of talents--both in dance and choreography that Festival Ballet brings to the table, and this Fall program continues that standard of excellence.
BWW Review: FUN HOME is a Touching Coming of Age Story with Real Heart
FUN HOME, the Tony Award winning musical based on the graphic novel style memoir by Alison Bechdel initially seems like something that just can't work.
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Ballet Meets The Beatles Ballet RI (3/12-3/21) |
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Kaleidoscope Newport Elks Lodge Room (10/16-10/18) |
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Carmen Ballet RI (5/25-5/27) |
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WITCHING HOUR: SECRET CELLAR, a new Horror Anthology play by James Lucey Burbage Theatre Co (10/22-11/01) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |
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In Motion Ballet RI (10/23-10/25) |
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Plaza Suite The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (4/15-4/25) |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (6/17-6/27) |
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Get Merry! Swamp Meadow Community Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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The Secret Garden The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
