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Review: THE WITCHING HOUR SOCIAL CLUB at Burbage Theatre Company
When I heard Burbage had added a special Halloween show that they said was 'largely inspired by classic horror anthologies like Creepshow, Tales from the Crypt, and of course, Are You Afraid of the Dark?' how can you not attend? And this show did not disappoint....
Review: SLEUTH at The Granite Theatre
“Let the games begin” is a phrase most often associated with an Olympic event, but it also holds true for the characters in ‘Sleuth,’ Anthony Shaffer’s engrossing thriller, now at Granite Theatre, where two adult men play a cunning, intriguing game of cat-and-mouse, each ready to strike an...
Review: LONE STAR LOVE POTION at The Arctic Playhouse
English poet Thomas Tusser penned, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Such can be said of the foolish individuals in Michael Parker’s bedroom farce, ‘Lone Star Love Potion,’ now at The Arctic Playhouse, a ridiculous, racy, mostly enjoyable comedy about adults behaving badly for a supp...
Review: MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT. 2B at Trinity Repertory Company
'Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – APT. 2B,' Kate Hamill’s fun, remarkably clever comic murder mystery, now at Trinity Rep, reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary literary sleuths as two contemporary women who join forces by happenstance to investigate and solve crimes in post-pandemic Lond...
Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Wilbury Theatre Group
Read BroadwayWorld's review of Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me at Wilbury Theatre Group. Learn more about the production....
Review: THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON at The Players At The Barker Playhouse
The Players at the Barker Playhouse kick off their 106th season with Laurel Ollstein’s compelling historical drama, “They Promised Her the Moon,” the untold true story of Jerrie Cobb, an accomplished pilot and aspiring astronaut who dreamt of visiting outer space at a time when women in aviati...
Review: THE EFFECT at The Gamm Theatre
It’s fun to say that romantic love is a matter of chemistry - fun, that is, as long as “chemistry” is metaphorical shorthand for the qualities and quirks that, when brought together, ignite emotions that feel like alchemy. But what if personal chemistry is not figurative, but literal: a combin...
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Providence Performing Art Center
The National Tour of 'A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical' kicked off last night at the Providence Performing Arts Center with the crowd eating up the classics like 'Sweet Caroline', 'Cracklin' Rosie' and 'Forever in Blue Jeans' to name a scant few....
Review: ONE PROVIDENCE PLACE: A MALL MUSICAL at AS 220
It was only a matter of time before someone put the story of that secret apartment on stage. You know the one, from back in the aughts, when a group of local artists built a hidden room in the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years. Well, another local arts collective, The Harpies, hav...
Review: LAMPEDUSA at Contemporary Theater Company
Allow me to introduce Stefano and Denise, the anguished characters in Anders Lustgarden’s powerful two-hander, ‘Lampedusa,’ now at Contemporary Theater Company, so the next time you’re having a bad day at work, I want you to think of these two....
Review: THE MOUSETRAP BY AGATHA CHRISTIE at Attleboro Community Theatre
The Attleboro Community Theatre kicked off its 67th season in style with Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap', a play said to be the longest running play of any kind ever, and you can see why....
Review: SCANDALOUS CONDUCT: A FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA at The Great Friends Meeting House
What did our critic think of SCANDALOUS CONDUCT: A FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA at Brown Arts IGNITE Series?...
Review: Trinity Rep's POTUS is the Antidote to Election Season Overload
Trinity Rep’s production of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, is the perfect antidote to politics overload. This whip-smart, farcical production offers catharsis and the perfect amount of raunchiness, delivered by an across-the-board phenomenal cast....
Review: THE (ONE-ACT) PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at Burbage Theatre Company
Burbage Theatre Company (BTC) kicks off its season with the delightfully disastrous “The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong,” a howlingly funny play-within-a-play written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer....
Review: 42ND STREET at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of 42ND STREET at Theatre By The Sea?...
Review: A Hilarious Caper Under the Stars: 'THE 39 STEPS' in Wilcox Park
Review: A HILARIOUS CAPER UNDER THE STARS: 'THE 39 STEPS' IN WILCOX PARK: Colonial Theatre mounts delightful spy thriller spoof...
Review: R.U.R. (ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS) at Head Trick Theatre
Head Trick Theatre’s captivating, well-acted production of Karel Čapek’s unsettling play, ‘R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots),’ tackles the age-old question, “What happens when machines outnumber humans?”...
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Contemporary Theater Company
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Contemporary Theater Company offers charming summer Shakespeare on the Saugatucket...
Review: TOOTSIE Sparkles at Theatre by the Sea
The plot requires a lot of suspension of disbelief...but the actors in Theatre by the Sea’s production are talented and charismatic enough that you want to stick around a see how it turns out....
Review: TO BE CONTINUED...AN IMPROVISED SOAP OPERA MEDICAL DRAMA at Contemporary Theater Company
Comtemporary Theater Company is my family's go-to Improv theater and considering I have three teens, having a go-to anything is pretty impressive for kids who hate everything....
Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES dazzles at Trinity Rep
What did our critic think of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Trinity Rep?...
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL) at Attleboro Community Theatre
Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) brings its 66th season to a close with an amusing, highly entertaining production ‘Twelfth Night (Or What You Will),’ William Shakespeare’s boisterous comedy of mistaken identity, entangled romance, and unapologetic tomfoolery....
Review: THE CEMETERY CLUB at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant presents ‘The Cemetery Club’ written by Ivan Menchell and attentively directed by Tony Annicone, a dramatic comedy about three Jewish widows who gather monthly for tea and to visit their late husbands’ graves....
Review: A CHORUS LINE at Theater By The Sea
Theater By The Sea welcomes the summer and kicks off its 91st season with a dazzling, spirited production of the revered, legendary Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, ‘A Chorus Line.’...
Review: THE MOTHERF--KER WITH THE HAT blazes at Burbage Theater Co
What did our critic think of THE MOTHERF--KER WITH THE HAT at Burbage Theater Co?...
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Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
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Weird Al Yankovic Providence Performing Arts Center (7/14-7/14) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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The Hope of Loving: Music for Chorus, String Quartet, and Piano Saint Mary of the Bay (5/30-5/30) |
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Pageant The Little Theater Of Fall River (7/09-7/19) |
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FirstWorks Summer Beats Concerts: Pedro Pastor 195 District Park (8/14-8/14) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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The Moors The Contemporary Theater Company (5/01-5/28) |
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The Hope of Loving: Music for Chorus, String Quartet, and Piano Grace Episcopal Church (5/31-5/31) |
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Burbage Theatre Co presents MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Shakespeare's darkest comedy Burbage Theatre Company (5/14-6/07) |
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