Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at The Gamm Theatre
What did our critic think of TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at The Gamm Theatre? The Gamm theatre launches its 2023-24 season with Suzan-Lori Parks’ multi-award winning play, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG.
Rhode Island Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Rhode Island.
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Burbage Theater Co.
While Shakespeare famously bragged that “Never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo,” the Burbage Theater Co.
Review: OCEAN STATE BLACK & FUNNY IMPROV FESTIVAL at Contemporary Theater Company
What did our critic think of OCEAN STATE BLACK & FUNNY IMPROV FESTIVAL at Contemporary Theater Company?
Review: JERSEY BOYS at Theatre By The Sea
Theatre By The Sea concludes another incredible season with its sleek, energetic, exciting production of “Jersey Boys,” the 2006 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical about one of the biggest pop music sensations in American history, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
Review: THE BOOK OF WILL At Contemporary Theater Company
Unlike any other name in literature, the words and works of William Shakespeare have stood the test of time, so try to imagine a period in history when his plays—as he wrote them—were on the brink of obscurity.
Review: THE TEMPEST at The Colonial Theatre
Shakespeare, late in his career, braided many of his preoccupations—love, the machinations of court, magic, low comedy, visual spectacle, theatre itself—into what may be his culminant work, 'The Tempest.
Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Contemporary Theater Company
What did our critic think of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Contemporary Theater Company?
Review: THE BODYGUARD: THE MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of THE BODYGUARD: THE MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea? I generally don’t get into love stories all that much-just a general preference-but Theatre By The Sea’s third entry into its 90th season, “The Bodyguard: The Musical” was so much more.
Review: AIRNESS at Contemporary Theater Company
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about air guitar? Now try to imagine a national championship with actual stage performances and musical accompaniment.
Review: Timely, powerful INCIDENT AT VICHY at Head Trick Theatre
Arthur Miller's 1964 drama explores how fascism paralyzed even those who considered resistance; this production at the Head Trick Theatre strips the play to its bones, focuses on the characters, and delivers a visceral punch.
Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Shines at Theatre By The Sea
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is both a fantastic showcase for the staggering amount of famous songs King and Goffin wrote together, and an interesting look into one of the aspects of the music industry that doesn’t get as much attention–the music factory of the Brill Building in New York.
Review: RED VELVET At Burbage Theatre Company
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Review: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET At Trinity Repertory Company
What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Trinity Repertory Theatre?
Review: MY WAY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of MY WAY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO FRANK SINATRA at Theatre By The Sea?
Review: GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT at Wilbury Theatre Group
Wilbury's world-premiere production of GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT is a feast for the senses and a pointed modern feminist take on the work of Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.
Review: THERE'S A BURGLAR IN MY BED at The Arctic Playhouse
What did our critic think of THERE'S A BURGLAR IN MY BED at The Arctic Playhouse? The Arctic Playhouse closes their exciting season with a crowd-pleasing, titillating production of Michael Parker’s screwball comedy, “There’s a Burglar in My Bed.
Review: CATCH FIRE! At Newport Contemporary Ballet
What did our critic think of CATCH FIRE! at NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET?
Review: THE CHILDREN at Gamm Theatre
What did our critic think of THE CHILDREN at Gamm Theatre?What would you do if faced with the chance to make a difference that would risk your way of life in your twilight years? Would you go or take the safer route?
Review: PURE DANCE at FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE
What did our critic think of PURE DANCE at FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE?
Review: BEETLEJUICE At The Providence Performing Arts Center
What did our critic think of BEETLEJUICE at Providence Performing Arts Center?
Review: INDECENT at The Wilbury Theatre Group
Much like a movie within a movie, a play within a play is always a risky endeavor, and The Wilbury Theatre Group's powerful, gripping production of Paula Vogel's Tony-winning drama, 'Indecent,' proves that not only are they up to the task, but confirms their status as veritable masters of this uniqu
SIX Brings Feminist Fun to PPAC
Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived–this handy little rhyme is likely what most Americans know best about the six wives of Henry VIII.
Review: WITCH provokes at Burbage Theater Co
What did our critic think of WITCH at Burbage Theater Co? In the world of WITCH - written by rising playwright Jen Silverman - demons are self-proclaimed 'merchants of hope' for people whose desires and fears have been forged by capitalism and patriarchy.
Review: ELEMENTS at Newport Contemporary Ballet
What did our critic think of ELEMENTS AT NEWPORT CONTEMPORARY BALLET at Newport Contemporary Ballet?
REVIEW: THE INFERIOR SEX at Trinity Repertory Company
Directed with intricacy and precision by Tatyana Marie-Carlo, 'The Inferior Sex' takes place in 1972, when Vietnam, Watergate and women's lib dominated the headlines, and Shirley Chisholm (portrayed with an eloquent ferocity by Jackie Davis), the first Black woman elected to Congress, is making a hi
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Bernard John Album Release Party Uptown Theater (8/08-8/08) |
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1776 Little Theatre of Fall River (8/07-8/09) |
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Bell, Book and Candle The Arctic Playhouse (8/27-9/13) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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In Motion Ballet RI (10/23-10/25) |
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Pageant The Little Theater Of Fall River (7/09-7/19) |
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Almost, Maine The Arctic Playhouse (11/05-11/22) |
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PVDFest Downtown Providence (9/18-9/19) |
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FirstWorks Summer Beats Concerts: The GroovaLottos Roger Williams Park Boathouse Lawn (7/24-7/24) |
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Made On Hope Ballet RI (4/16-4/25) |