RHODE ISLAND THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 104

It's hard to believe that the musical RENT is 20 year old, but watching it in 2017 it remains shockingly relevant, and strangely stuck in time.

Some good things, some not quite so good things going on in Woonsocket.

Granite Theatre of Westerly, will be holding auditions for the Tim Firth's delightful comedy "Calendar Girls".

With "Taking Sides" by Ron Harwood the Granite Theatre is stretching into even greater, more challenging contemporary works of theatre allowing the audience to enjoy the depth of artistic experience of great theatre and the breadth of skills of our performers.

Trinity Rep's sixth annual playwriting competition for New England High School students, Write Here! Write Now!, announces this year's winning playwrights.

Ocean State Theatre Company Artistic Director Amiee Turner introduced Friday night's production of INHERIT THE WIND by saying that she was somewhat surprised and saddened that a play about what's appropriate to teach in public schools, written in 1955 but based on events of the 1920's, is still so t

???????Counter-Productions Theatre Company wraps up their tenth season with Steven Dietz's Lonely Planet, an absurdist comedy exploring friendship and fear at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Daydream Theatre Company and The Arctic Playhouse are proud to present the world premiere is the play Barry Weintraub: Legacy, Written and directed by Lenny Schwartz, opening on April 13, 2017 and running April 14, 15, 21, 22, 27,28, 29 2017 all at 8pm.

Treat yourself to She Would if She Could, Head Trick Theatre's delicious production of Sir George Etherege's bawdy comedy of manners, this weekend at AS220.

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), currently celebrating its fifth season in its comfortable stadium-style theatre in Warwick, presents Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's Tony Award-winning play, Inherit the Wind, which will run at Ocean State Theatre from March 29 - April 16.

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) today announced that seats in the first two rows of the orchestra section will be available for $23 for each performance of RENT, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical.

Does your child like to sing, dance and use their imagination?  If so, Camp OSTC (ages 9-14) or Camp OSTC Jr.

Jo-Ann Ragosta, Chairperson of the ARTS Scholarships 2017 program, along with the members of the Community Outreach Committee of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), are pleased to announce the winners of the ARTS Scholarships 2017 program, sponsored by the Textron Charitable Trust an

The NEXT STOP BROADWAY program, presented by the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) Monday through Friday, August 14 - 18, 2017, will consist of classes, workshops, and rehearsals focused on classic Broadway shows.

She Would If She Could, Head Trick Theatre's spring 2017 show, follows the clever, the lustful, and the oblivious through the houses, public gardens, and restaurants of Restoration London.

Epic Theatre Company is proud to present a limited run of Harold Pinter's twisted and triumphant comedy "The Homecoming.

They've kept you sane.

CARMEN is a classic story, and one that Festival Ballet has mounted before with great success due to the talents of resident choreographer Viktor Plotinkov and dancers Jennifer Ricci and Mindaugas Bauzys.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) closes its 2016-2017 season with the world premiere of King Elizabeth, a new version of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, freely adapted and directed by Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella.

When it comes to classic song-and-dance theater, it doesn't get much more "Broadway" than 42ND STREET.

For one night only, on Saturday, May 6, 2017, Providence's Wilbury Theatre Group will awaken the historic 1927 Industrial National Trust Bank for its annual fundraiser REVEL! A Gala for the Wilbury Group.

Trinity Rep continues its 53rd season with the world premiere comedy, Faithful Cheaters by Deborah Salem Smith,directed by Melia Bensussen.

Disney's The Lion King continues to reign across North America with a sold-out record-breaking engagement in Providence, which concluded on Sunday, March 19 at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).

Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC), currently celebrating its fifth season in its comfortable stadium-style theatre in Warwick, presents Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's Tony Award-winning play, Inherit the Wind, which will run at Ocean State Theatre from March 29 - April 16.

BOB DYLAN & HIS BAND are set to perform on June 21, 2017 at 8 p.