BWW Reviews: OSTC Begins First Full Season on High Note with Excellent LES MISERABLES
Warwick's Ocean State Theatre Company made an ambitious choice in selecting 'Les Miserables' as the opening production for the 2013-14 season.
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BWW Reviews: Broadway's Outstanding ONCE Kicks Off National Tour at PPAC
There is no denying that the transition from film to musical can be a tricky one.
BWW Reviews: Wilbury Group Lights Up the Stage with High-Energy DETROIT
In terms of longevity and legacy, The Wilbury Group is still one of the newest kids on the block in the Rhode Island theater community.
BWW Reviews: Gamm's Impressive Double Bill A NUMBER and FAR AWAY Gets Season of to Exciting Start
One of the many great aspects of Rhode Island's theater community is the presence of companies and artists who are willing to take some risks.
BWW Reviews: 2nd Story Opens New Space with Funny, Thoughtful LOBBY HERO
As a theater company grows in success and reputation, expansion is to be expected.
BWW Reviews: Trinity Rep Opens 2013-14 Season with Potent, Absorbing GRAPES OF WRATH
Trinity Repertory Company starts off the 2013-14 season with a solid, hard-hitting production of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
BWW Reviews: Uneven National Tour of EVITA Debuts at PPAC
While the new touring production of EVITA is solid overall, individual elements never quite mesh and the performance is missing the sparkle it needs to soar.
BWW Reviews: Theater By the Sea Ends 80th Season with Flawed LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
For those outside of theatrical circles, La Cage Aux Folles might be best known as the basis for the hit movie The Birdcage.
BWW Reviews: Turbulent Waters at the Second Wave of Artists' Exchange's ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL
A one-act play can be a tough nut to crack, as they say.
BWW Reviews: 2nd Story Finds Hilarious Absurdity in THE MURDER ROOM
One of the tricks to great satire, and great comedy in general, is the ability to play it straight.
BWW Reviews: Sparkling, Delightful ANNIE Graces the Stage at Theatre by the Sea
Don't dismiss Theatre by the Sea's current production as 'just another' summer stock ANNIE.
BWW Reviews: 2nd Story Pieces Together Entertaining, Mysterious MOUSETRAP
Typically, summer theater is a place for big, bright, fluffy musicals.
BWW Reviews: LEGALLY BLONDE Brings Spirited Song and Dance to OSTC
Warwick's Ocean State Theatre Company stages a colorful, campy summertime production with the feature-film-turned-stage-musical, LEGALLY BLONDE.
BWW Reviews: Solid, Original Offerings Launch First Wave of Artists' Exchange's Annual ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL
The first wave of this year's One-Act Play Festival, very ably directed by Artists? Exchange actors Tom Chace and Kate Lester, features five selections highlighting the work of both local and national dramatists.
BWW Reviews: Theatre by the Sea Stages High-Energy, Highly-Entertaining CATS
Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS is an ambitious undertaking for Matunuck's Theatre by the Sea.
BWW Reviews: Wilbury Group's IT'S A SPACESHIP NOW Is a Bumpy Ride to Nowhere
New play development is one of the most essential and necessary elements to a thriving theatrical world.
BWW Reviews: Artists' Exchange Hosts Powerful, Personal BOB
Writer/actress Anne Pasquale graciously and gracefully shares her family's very personal history of heartbreak, endurance, love, and laughter through her compelling performance in 'BOB: Blessed be the Dysfunction that Binds.
BWW Reviews: Counter-Productions Excels When They Keep it Simple With SPEED-THE-PLOW
Once upon a time, a director told a group of young students of the theater to, "keep it simple, stupid.
BWW Reviews: Award-Winning WAR HORSE Dazzles Audiences in Providence
The touring production of WAR HORSE, now at the Providence Performing Arts Center, is a visual delight and a masterwork of theatrical craftsmanship.
BWW Reviews: Trinity's Triumphant GARDEN Blooms with Love and Laughter
In most cases, when you have a pair or set of something, one is bound to be stronger or better than the other.
BWW Reviews: Trinity Gets its HOUSE in Order With Unique Theatrical Event
It's not every day hat playwright can come up with something completely unique or different.
BWW Reviews: Mixed Magic and 2nd Story Present Eloquent, Gripping THE EXONERATED
The source material is captivating all on its own, and in the hands of the talented storytellers from Warren's 2nd Story and Pawtucket's Mixed Magic Theatres, 'The Exonerated' becomes a hard-hitting, living history of the endurance and determination of these six individuals.
BWW Reviews: Touring BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Missing Some of its Fairy-Tale Enchantment
Despite its Disney pedigree, the NETworks tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST runs into difficulties early on.
BWW Reviews: Heavenly Fun Fills the Stage at Theatre By the Sea's NUNSENSE
Sometimes, all a writer/producer/director has to do is find one perfect combination of elements, that one elusive perfect formula, and it immediately takes off.
BWW Reviews: Wonderful Cast Brings Brecht to Providence in Wilbury Group's THE THREEPENNY OPERA
For many, if not most, plays and musicals are an escape.
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A Real Life Fairy Tale: Princess Diana Ballet RI (4/25-5/02) |
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In Motion Ballet RI (10/23-10/25) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Little Theater Of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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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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Gunhild Carling at Stadium Theater Stadium Theater (9/11-9/11) |
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PVDFest Downtown Providence (9/18-9/19) |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! The Little Theater Of Fall River (6/17-6/27) |
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The Secret Garden The Little Theater Of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |