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Review: AWAKENING OF SPRING at Reverie Theatre Group
For its first show in Rhode Island, the Reverie Theatre Group offers a superb — and sadly short — run of Frank Wedekind's challenging 1891 drama The Awakening of Spring. With a fine ensemble cast, thoughtful directorial choices, and intense in-the-round staging, this is an outstanding debut prod...
Review: ONCE at Wilbury Theatre Group
What did our critic think of ONCE at Wilbury Theatre Group?...
Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at The Arctic Playhouse
The small Southern town of Hazelhurst, Mississippi is brought to life here on the Arctic Playhouse stage in its charming, touching production of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, ‘Crimes of the Heart.’...
Review: FRAMES OF MIND at Newport Contemporary Ballet
Just in time for Mental Health Awareness month, Newport Contemporary Ballet presents a captivating evening of three mind-focused pieces, FRAMES OF MIND, at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center....
Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE at Gamm Theatre
DOUBT: A PARABLE at Gamm Theatre. Shanley's tight, twisty meditation on truth and belief gets a fine production...
Review: PREDICTOR at Contemporary Theater Company
What did our critic think of PRECITOR at Contemporary Theater Company?...
Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at The Arctic Playhouse
The Arctic Playhouse in West Warwick dutifully pays tribute to mystery maven Agatha Christie with its sleek, suspenseful production of her renowned best seller and the basis of numerous stage, film, and television adaptations, ‘And Then There Were None.’...
Review: National Tour of 'COMPANY' at Providence Performing Arts Center
Review: NATIONAL TOUR OF 'COMPANY' at Providence Performing Arts Center: The innovative, gender-swapped version makes its Providence debut...
Review: THE PROM at The Community Players
The Community Players concludes its 102nd season on the highest of notes with its energetic, spirited, emotionally charged production of the musical comedy, ‘The Prom.’...
Review: COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES at Burbage Theatre Co.
What did our critic think of COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES at Burbage Theatre Co.?...
Review: FENCES at Trinity Rep
FENCES at Trinity Rep: Crisp production of the August Wilson classic...
Review: WOLF PLAY at Wilbury Theatre Group
At the beginning of ‘Wolf Play,’ Hansol Jung’s gripping, intense drama, now playing at Wilbury Theatre Group, an individual casually walks on stage, faces the audience, and poses the question, “What if I said I am not what you think you see?” ...
Review: DELIGHTFUL 'TWELFTH NIGHT' AT GAMM THEATRE
Twelfth Night is possibly Shakespeare's most brilliant comedy, packed with ribald wordplay, mistaken identities, and revenge, tied up in a tangled web of unrequited love. The slick, energetic production at the Gamm Theatre gets every bit of it. This is a dazzling show, stuffed with talent in every r...
Review: FROZEN at Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence Performing Arts Center presents ‘Frozen,’ the 2018 Broadway musical based on Disney’s top-grossing 2013 animated film, featuring the beloved Grammy and Academy-Award winning anthem, “Let It Go.”...
Review: PLAYHOUSE CREATURES at Burbage Theatre Company
After last season’s splendid ‘The Oldest Profession,’ Burbage Theatre Company and WomensWork Theatre Collaborative join forces again for ‘Playhouse Creatures,’ April De Angelis’s fascinating portrait of five females from late 17th-century England who were able to pursue careers on stage ...
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at the Providence Performing Arts Center
Aaron Sorkin’s dramatic adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, pulls no punches, showing how racial injustice and the attitudes and issues related to it are all still relevant to the modern day....
Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at The Gamm Theatre
Early on in Edward Albee’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’, husband George nonchalantly responds to his wife who has just insulted him with the declarative statement, “That’s not a very nice thing to say, Martha.” That sarcastic albeit loaded moment of seemingly civil interplay betwe...
Review: LA BROA' (BROAD STREET) at Trinity Repertory Company
What did our critic think of LA BROA’ (BROAD STREET) AT TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY at Trinity Repertory Company? Opening night for La Broa’ at Trinity Rep felt like a party, a long-awaited homecoming for a community represented both on and off the stage....
Review: WHODUNIT? AN IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY at Contemporary Theater Company
What did our critic think of WHODUNIT? AN IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY at Contemporary Theater Company?...
Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD at Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence Performing Arts Center celebrates the new year with the return of ‘Ain’t Too Proud,’ the stylish, spirited 2019 Tony-winning musical about the unparalleled career and personal trials and tribulations of one of the most successful soul acts in history, The Temptations....
Review: HIR transfixes at The Wilbury Theatre Group
What did our critic think of HIR at The Wilbury Theatre Group? Before trans entered our vernacular as a standalone word, we used it mostly as a prefix to indicate something was being changed into another version of itself — be it energy into other energy (transduction), language into other languag...
Review: ANNUAL 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL Dazzles Again at Contemporary Theater Company
CTC'S ANNUAL 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL DAZZLES AGAIN at Contemporary Theater Company. Written, produced, and performed in a day. Amazing....
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Dazzles at PPAC
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, debuted in Boston in 2018, and seems like an incredibly logical adaptation of a wildly successful musical film. The stage version, showing at PPAC through December 31, hews very closely to the film in terms of plot and the bigger musical numbers, but also adds some new s...
Review: Wilbury Offers Compelling INDECENT
The breathtaking production of Paula Vogel's Indecent at the Wilbury tackles this challenge head on, and the result is one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the season. Top line: Go see this show before it closes on Dec. 23....
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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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