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BWW Review: Wilbury Theatre Group's Meandering JERUSALEM
Wilbury Theatre Group closes out their 2015-2016 season with JERUSALEM by Jez Butterworth.
BWW Review: Counter-Productions Theatre Group's World Premiere of KILL THE VIRGIN is Sexy and Smart
KILL THE VIRGIN, the latest offering by playwright Kevin Broccoli and produced by Counter-Productions Theatre Company is a cheeky and self-aware look at the cliches in horror movies.
BWW Review: Epic Theatre's Perfectly Twisted TOTAL STRANGERS
Based on the classic novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, Epic Theatre's page to stage season re-write imagines a deftly wrought twist both in the gender of the protagonist and antagonist as well as almost everything else that happens.
BWW Review: You're Doin' Fine - OKLAHOMA! at Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company sings out its 52nd season with an entertaining, high-energy production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! The show is a fitting conclusion to Trinity's year-long "Rebels, Renegades, and Pioneers" theme as it celebrates the trailblazing spirit of the Oklahoma Territory'
BWW Review: Step Right Up! Brown/Trinity Rep Steals Spotlight with Sensational SIDE SHOW
Theater world, take notice: The Brown/Trinity Rep M.
BWW Review: Stately and Spellbinding SWAN LAKE Closes Festival Ballet's Season
Festival Ballet Providence concludes its 38th season in high style with one of the grandest, most iconic ballets of all time: SWAN LAKE.
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at Providence Performing Arts Cewnter
JERSEY BOYS has opened at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), 220 Weybosset St.
BWW Review: Enthralling WINTER'S TALE Spins a Storybook Ending to Gamm's Season
Pawtucket's Gamm Theater has taken this complex, unique blend of storytelling and staged a glorious WINTER'S TALE, proving once again why the company is critically and popularly lauded as the gold standard for Shakespearean productions in Rhode Island.
BWW Review: Wilbury Group Slays with MURDER BALLAD
At its core, MURDER BALLAD is a simple and timeless story of a love triangle (or quadrangle) gone wrong.
BWW Review: Let CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS School You!
CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS by Casey Kurtti, the current offering at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren, follows MASS APPEAL and continues the theater's exploration of the Catholic Church in the second half of the late, lamented Twentieth Century.
BWW Review: Charming and Familiar ARNIE LOUIS AND BOB
Trinity Rep's world premiere of Katie Pearl's ARNIE LOUIS AND BOB is a charming take on getting older, family and whether or not men ever really grow out of being a lost boy.
BWW Review: Community Players Creates Heavenly Hilarity with NUNSENSE 2: THE SECOND COMING
You might be hard pressed to come up with a musical that is or has a sequel.
BWW Review: Resplendent RAGTIME Brings Elite Syncopations to Providence Performing Arts Center
Rhode Island audiences, prepare to be dazzled.
BWW Review: Ocean State Theatre Stages Inspiring, Uplifting MIRACLE WORKER
Ocean State Theatre Company's staging of THE MIRACLE WORKER, under the direction of Amiee Turner, brings this compelling story to life with dignity and warmth.
BWW Review: MASS APPEALs at 2nd Story
2nd Story Theatre in Warren is on a pretty good run in 2016: HYSTERIA, LOVE DEATH AND WHAT I WORE, and now MASS APPEAL by Bill C.
BWW Review: Stirring RIPPLE OF HOPE Traces Teacher's Journey with Heart and Humor
For more than a decade, Karen Sklaire has worked with inner-city students as an educator in the New York school department, and now she compellingly relates stories of her time in the classroom through the one-woman show RIPPLE OF HOPE.
BWW Review: Tepid THE SOUND OF MUSIC at PPAC
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the classic tale of love, music and Nazis is having its 50 year anniversary, and while it's very exciting to see this much-loved production back on the road, there are quite a few hiccups that make this production a little underwhelming to watch.
BWW Review: Wilbury Theatre Group's Hyper-Local INVISIBLE UPSOUTH
Stories of police brutality are all over the news these days, but they may still seem like something that happens “elsewhere”.
BWW Review: Compelling, Eloquent TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Shines at Trinity Rep
Trinity's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is unquestionably a must-see performance this spring and, a scarce three months into the new year, can easily be considered in the running for best production of 2016.
BWW Review: Festival Ballet's Exceptional UP CLOSE ON HOPE
Festival Ballet's productions are always exciting and beautiful, but the UP CLOSE ON HOPE series is a rare treat.
Burbage Theatre Creates Bloody but Shallow Spectacle with TITUS ANDRONICUS
One might argue that Titus is the perfect kind of play for a bold young company like Burbage Theatre Company.
BWW Review: The Gamm's Delectably Dark A SKULL IN CONNEMARA
Dark humor can be a challenge at times, but when it works, it can be so completely satisfying that it sticks in your mind long after the show is over.
BWW Review: LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE at 2nd Story
You are almost out of time to go see LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE by Delia and Nora Ephron, currently running Downstage at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren.
BWW Review: Ocean State Theatre Tells a Timely Story of Politics and History with 1776
Some events in history cry out to be made into a movie or a book or a stage play.
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A Real Life Fairy Tale: Princess Diana Ballet RI (4/25-5/02) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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The Secret Garden The Little Theater Of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! The Little Theater Of Fall River (6/17-6/27) |
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Art The Little Theater Of Fall River (8/20-8/30) |
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Get Merry! Swamp Meadow Community Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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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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Little Women The Arctic Playhouse (10/01-10/18) |