Review: TRUE WEST at Brown/Trinity MFA
As written—and as typically performed—Sam Shepard's 1980 dark comedy True West can feel like it skates around some of the troubling issues lurking beneath America's self image.
Rhode Island Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Rhode Island.
Review: The Gamm's Deliciously Dark HANGMEN
The trouble with a Martin McDonagh play performed at The Gamm, is that it’s inevitably going to be too good.
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Contemporary Theater Company
Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) revisits the Prohibition Era with its enchanting, sumptuous production of William Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy, ‘Much Ado About Nothing.
Review: TERAPIA (THERAPY) at Teatro ECAS
Teatro ECAS (Education Center of Arts and Science) kicks off its 26th season with Martín Giner’s play, ‘Terapia’ (Therapy), an intriguing, highly entertaining dramatic comedy that invites the audience to be a fly on the wall during a series of sessions between a psychiatrist and his most chal
Review: MRS. DOUBTFIRE: THE NEW MUSICAL COMEDY at Providence Performing Arts Center
The Providence Performing Arts Center's Mrs.
Review: LOVE, SEX & THE IRS at The Arctic Playhouse
What did our critic think of LOVE, SEX & THE IRS at The Arctic Playhouse?
Review: 2216: THE REMIX OF A GLOBAL EXPERIMENT at Wilbury Theatre Group
The Wilbury Theatre Group kicks off the season with the world premiere of “2216: The Remix of a Global Experiment,” a powerful, immersive performance piece that showcases “melodies, memories, and stories not yet told” by a variety of individuals representing ethnicities and cultures from acr
Review: BECKY NURSE OF SALEM At Trinity Repertory Company
What did our critic think of NECKY NURSE OF SALEM at Trinity Repertory Theater?
Review: FUNNY GIRL at Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) kicks off the 2023/2024 theater season with the national tour launch of the long-awaited revival of the legendary Broadway musical, “Funny Girl.
Review: THE VIEWING ROOM at Attleboro Community Theatre
What did our critic think of THE VIEWING ROOM at Attleboro Community Theatre?
Review: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Contemporary Theater Company
Outstanding performances light up the stage in this twisty futuristic tale.
Review: THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR at Trinity Repertory Company
What did our critic think of THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR at Trinity Repertory Company?
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.
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
What did our critic think of RED VELVET AT BURBAGE THEATRE COMPANY?
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?
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Get Merry! Swamp Meadow Community Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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Carmen Ballet RI (5/25-5/27) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |
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Motion State Arts presents Jenna Riegel: Varvara Wilbury Theatre Group (11/07-11/07) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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WITCHING HOUR: SECRET CELLAR, a new Horror Anthology play by James Lucey Burbage Theatre Co (10/22-11/01) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Ballet Meets The Beatles Ballet RI (3/12-3/21) |
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Kaleidoscope Newport Elks Lodge Room (10/16-10/18) |
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Almost, Maine The Arctic Playhouse (11/05-11/22) |
