Rhode Island Theatre Newsroom

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.

Brown/Trinity Rep presents student thesis ALABASTER, a compelling play exploring the power of connection and healing.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) has announced 5 additional performances of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, extended by popular demand through February 25. Edward Albee's masterful 3-act play directed by Steve Kidd has been playing to full houses and critical praise since it opened in previews on January 25.

Performing Arts Center will host an expert presentation on the discovery of the unique profile of each music lover by a brilliant and courageous trailblazer in the music industry. Learn more about the presentation here!

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 between the pair marks the beginning of a veritable conflagration of barbs, jabs, and insults delivered with continuously elevating anger and ferocity that only two people who know each other as well as they do—and love to hate each other as much as they appear to—could ever achieve, and with such audacity and eloquence.

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.

What did our critic think of WHODUNIT? AN IMPROVISED MURDER MYSTERY at Contemporary Theater Company?

The Community Outreach Committee of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) has announced that applications for the ARTS Scholarships 2024 program are available now!

Indigenous Musicians from the Blue Continent Unite to Sing for our Changing Seas in Multimedia Concert Presented by FirstWorks. International performance collective Small Island Big Song spotlights Pacific and Indian Ocean island nations on the front lines of climate change through sweeping cinematography and deep musical heritage.

Jimmy Carr is coming to The VETS in Providence. Learn about performance dates and see how to purchase tickets!

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee is now running at The Gamm Theatre through February 18th. Check out photos from the production here!

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.

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 language (translation), or shape into other shape (transformation). Regardless of the type of boundary it invites us to cross, trans- always invites us to trace the edge of what is, and then venture beyond that edge to create something new.

CTC'S ANNUAL 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL DAZZLES AGAIN at Contemporary Theater Company. Written, produced, and performed in a day. Amazing.

Cotuit Center for the Arts will unveil this incredible list of highly anticipated performances and events.

Wilbury Theatre Group presents the professional Rhode Island premiere of Hir by Taylor Mac and directed by Brien Lang from January 18 – February 4, 2023. Check out all new photos here!

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Rhode Island! Winners include Stadium Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company and more.

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and WPRI 12 are hosting a community blood drive to benefit the Rhode Island Blood Center on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (Valentine’s Day) from 10A to 3P.

The Contemporary Theater Company is back with its annual theatrical feat, The 24-Hour Play Festival on January 13 at 8 pm. This celebration of creativity and collaboration is a collection of six short plays written, rehearsed and performed in a single day.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre opens the new year with Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? next month. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Cotuit Center for the Arts has announced the organization's schedule for upcoming events.

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 songs and showcases some exceptional sets and lighting that really make this production feel new on the stage.  While jukebox musicals can feel tedious, this is a refreshing re-envisioning that sparkles with well-chosen songs and outstanding vocal performances.

Trinity Repertory Company’s first production of 2024 will be the world premiere of La Broa’  (Broad Street) by Orlando Hernández, inspired by “Latino History of Rhode Island: Nuestras Raíces,' oral histories collected by Marta V. Martínez.

Wilbury Theatre Group presents the professional Rhode Island premiere of 'Hir' by Taylor Mac, directed by Brien Lang.