The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Rhode Island.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Burbage Theatre Company?
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’).
A quirky rom-com about cats, as the Director Debora Sadler, introduced the play, was indeed quirky throughout.
The word is “special.
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.
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.
One could be forgiven for feeling a little burned out on Wicked these days.
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.
What did our critic think of HENRIK IBSEN'S GHOSTS at The Gamm Theatre?
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.
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.
The Pawtucket-based Community Players continued their record-breaking 104th season with the dark humored but stunningly still relevant 'Harold and Maude'.
Jen Silverman’s The Roommate is a tight two-hander about empty-nesters who move in together due to economic necessity (and other, spoilery reasons), and end up in a situation neither could have predicted.
THT REP'S SHARP, SHIMMERING MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
What did our critic think of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at Wilbur Theatre Group?
Lauren Gunderson’s fascinating play, ‘anthropology,’ presented by The Players at Barker Playhouse, is foremost a drama with plenty of humor and social commentary that examines the arguable benefits of AI and whether ultimately it does more harm than good.
That loaded question—which speaks volumes—is posed by Mary, the middle sister who has returned home for her mother’s funeral in Shelagh Stephenson’s powerful albeit flawed drama, ‘The Memory of Water,’ now at Burbage Theatre Company.
White Women in the United States didn’t earn the right to vote until 1920, and Black women weren’t allowed to vote until 1965.
What did our critic think of CLUE LIVE ON STAGE! by the Providence Performing Arts Center, based on the beloved board game which inspired the 1985 movie, Clue, starring Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn.
The Gamm Theatre welcomes the new year with its compelling, timely production of Jonathan Spector’s insightful, thought-provoking dramatic comedy, “Eureka Day,” that carefully and amusingly examines such hot button issues as inclusion, wokeness, progressive politics, and public health safety.
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The Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff Rosecliff Mansion (11/25-12/04) |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (6/17-6/27) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |
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Finding Neverland The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (8/05-8/15) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Carmen Ballet RI (5/25-5/27) |
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Kaleidoscope Newport Elks Lodge Room (10/16-10/18) |
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Get Merry! Swamp Meadow Community Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
