The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Rhode Island.
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'
Theater world, take notice: The Brown/Trinity Rep M.
Festival Ballet Providence concludes its 38th season in high style with one of the grandest, most iconic ballets of all time: SWAN LAKE.
JERSEY BOYS has opened at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), 220 Weybosset St.
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.
At its core, MURDER BALLAD is a simple and timeless story of a love triangle (or quadrangle) gone wrong.
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.
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.
You might be hard pressed to come up with a musical that is or has a sequel.
Rhode Island audiences, prepare to be dazzled.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stories of police brutality are all over the news these days, but they may still seem like something that happens “elsewhere”.
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.
Festival Ballet's productions are always exciting and beautiful, but the UP CLOSE ON HOPE series is a rare treat.
One might argue that Titus is the perfect kind of play for a bold young company like Burbage Theatre Company.
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.
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.
Some events in history cry out to be made into a movie or a book or a stage play.
There are some shows that tempt a reviewer to write a lengthy essay going into great detail about the many reasons why the show succeeds or fails.
At its core, BREAKING LEGS is the story of a well-meaning guy who gets an offer he can't refuse, and then quickly realizes he's in way over his head.
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Art The Little Theater Of Fall River (8/20-8/30) |
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In Motion Ballet RI (10/23-10/25) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Bernard John Album Release Party Uptown Theater (8/08-8/08) |
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Made On Hope Ballet RI (4/16-4/25) |
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Bell, Book and Candle The Arctic Playhouse (8/27-9/13) |
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Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
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Gunhild Carling at Stadium Theater Stadium Theater (9/11-9/11) |
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A Real Life Fairy Tale: Princess Diana Ballet RI (4/25-5/02) |
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The Nutcracker Ballet RI (12/17-12/27) |
