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Submissions Close 10/31 for Nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards
by BWW Awards - October 28, 2024
Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!
Review: SHUCKED at the Providence Performing Arts Center
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - October 25, 2024
What did our critic think of SHUCKED at Providence Performing Arts Center?
Ballet RI Unveils 47th Season: 'Art & Literature Meet Ballet'
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2024
Ballet RI's 47th season at the Woodman Center features 'Art & Literature Meet Ballet,' a performance blending sculpture, opera, poetry, and Don Quixote through captivating choreography. Learn more!
Brown/Trinity Rep Presents FUGITIVE SONGS
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2024
Brown/Trinity Rep has announced the presentation of FUGITIVE SONGS, a musical exploring themes of escape and self-discovery.
Cotuit Center For The Arts Unveils New Brand Identity
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2024
Cotuit Center for the Arts has announced the launch of its new brand identity. This rebrand reflects the Center's evolution as a hub for artistic expression and community engagement while celebrating its vibrant role in Cape Cod's cultural landscape.
Jason Isbell To Bring 2025 Solo Tour To Providence Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2024
Jason Isbell jas announced a 2025 solo tour including the Providence Performing Arts Center.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Comes to PPAC
by BWW News Desk - October 22, 2024
Trinity Repertory Company will present its 48th annual production of A Christmas Carol, adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens, with original music by Richard Cumming. Due to planned renovations of Trinity Rep’s Chace Theater, the production will run at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC). 
Review: THE WITCHING HOUR SOCIAL CLUB at Burbage Theatre Company
by Jay Pateakos - October 22, 2024
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.
Last Chance To Submit Nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards
by BWW Awards - October 21, 2024
Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Begins Performances Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - October 19, 2024
With political tensions high as the election approaches, The Contemporary Theater Company is bringing to the stage What the Constitution Means to Me, a show that tackles big questions around our founding document.
Review: SLEUTH at The Granite Theatre
by Christopher Verleger - October 17, 2024
“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 and unable to hide, with no clear victor worthy of commendation.
Cast and Creative Team Set for NOISE, a New Musical at Wilbury Group
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2024
Wilbury Theatre Group has revealed the cast and creative team for the Rhode Island premiere of NOISE, a new musical by César Alvarez, directed by Dante Green. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Full Cast Set For North American Tour of ANNIE
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2024
The complete cast has been set for the 2024-25 North American Tour of ANNIE! Learn more about the full cast here including who will be in the cast for it's New York City stop at Madison Square Garden opposite Whoopi Goldberg!
AMADEUS Comes to The Gamm
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2024
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present Amadeus, Peter Shaffer’s multi-award-winning play reimagining the lives of 18th-century composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
Tickets On Sale This Week For SOME LIKE IT HOT at PPAC
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2024
Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced that single tickets for the upcoming engagement of SOME LIKE IT HOT in Providence will go on sale Friday, October 18, 2024 at 10A for performances running from Tuesday, April 22 through Sunday, April 27, 2025. 
Review: LONE STAR LOVE POTION at The Arctic Playhouse
by Christopher Verleger - October 15, 2024
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 supposed fortune, courtesy of a romance-inducing elixir. (Yes, you read that right.)
Judith Lynn Stillman Hosts Star-studded Business Of The Arts Event
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2024
Multi award-winning pianist, composer, music director, filmmaker and entrepreneur Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman (r.) - an Artist in Residence at Rhode Island College (RIC) in Providence - is the force behind the inaugural 'ArtsBiz,' a free-to-the-public, star-studded event that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the business of the performing arts.
Submit Nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards – 2 Weeks Left!
by BWW Awards - October 14, 2024
There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Review: MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT. 2B at Trinity Repertory Company
by Christopher Verleger - October 14, 2024
'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 London. See what our critic had to say.
Oskar Eustis and Kate Burton Will Headline Free 'ArtsBiz' Conference
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2024
Multi award-winning pianist, composer, music director, filmmaker and entrepreneur Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman (r.) – an Artist in Residence at Rhode Island College (RIC) in Providence – is the force behind the inaugural “ArtsBiz,” a free-to-the-public, star-studded event that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the business of the performing arts.
& JULIET On Sale Providence Performing Arts Center At This Friday
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2024
Tickets for the Providence Performing Arts Center's engagement of & JULIET will be available starting October 11.
The Providence Performing Art Center Awarded a Save America's Treasures Grant
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2024
The Providence Performing Arts Center received a SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES grant to support the preservation of its historic building, ensuring the continuation of its cultural contributions. Learn more!
Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Wilbury Theatre Group
by Christopher Verleger - October 03, 2024
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
by Christopher Verleger - October 02, 2024
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 aviation were an anomaly.
Review: THE EFFECT at The Gamm Theatre
by Jessica Tabak - October 02, 2024
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 combination of controlled substances and their effects that can be created in a laboratory as easily as on a date?

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