RHODE ISLAND THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 5

As a self-proclaimed theatre lover, for some time, I've made the decision to go into a show with little to no information so my reaction can be genuine.

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) has announced the 2025–2026 ARTS Showcase season, featuring six live and virtual performances designed for Rhode Island students in grades K–8.

Horror, they say, is a mood rather than a genre.

WaterFire Providence has honored PPAC President and CEO, J.

A new wave of live music is flowing through downtown New Bedford.

Wilbury Theatre Group has announced the cast and creative team of the Rhode Island premiere of Octet, a chamber choir musical by Dave Malloy.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) has announced a new play development initiative dedicated to adapting non-theatrical works — including novels, poetry, and film — into original stage productions.

Halloween season is upon us, and there is no better way to embrace its ghoulish spirit than Granite Theatre’s stylish, enticing production of ‘The Rocky Horror Show,’ Richard O’Brien’s deliciously tawdry cult classic musical about a young couple stranded at the mansion of a mad scientist,

The Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) will celebrate its 20th Anniversary Season with Peter and the Starcatcher, opening October 24 at 7 p.

Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Reverie Theatre Group will open its third season this fall with Wendy Wasserstein’s seminal feminist classic THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, directed by Gia Yarn.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will begin its 2025-26 subscription season with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and the producers of the SIX have announced details about their daily digital ticket lottery.

The Broadway blockbuster Wicked will return to the Providence Performing Arts Center from March 4–22, 2026, as part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.

The AIDS epidemic further takes its toll on a group of New Yorkers and their supernatural acquaintances in the second part of Tony Kushner’s award-winning drama, “Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika,” now at Gamm Theatre.

Trinity Rep will stage its 49th annual production of A Christmas Carol from November 6–December 31, 2025, in the Dowling Theater.

The first national tour of SUFFS will arrive in Providence as part of the Providence Performing Arts Center's Broadway Series.

Powerful 'DANCING AT LUGHNASA' at The Players in Providence.

The usher simply whispered “Enjoy the magic,” as we walked into the 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' production at the Providence Performing Arts Center this past Wednesday.

The Wilbury Theatre  kicked off its 2025-2026 season with the World Premiere of 'From Here to Where'-part Poet Jam, part Improvised ensemble performance, part reckoning with the world around us and so much more!

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is welcoming three new fellows to its 2025-26 Gamm Fellowship Program.

Burbage Theatre Company begins its new season on the highest of notes with a tender, heartwarming, profound production of “Every Brilliant Thing” by Duncan MacMillan (with Jonny Donahoe), an engaging, uplifting one-person memoir-like play that reminds audiences of life’s concurrent simplicity

Wilbury Theatre Group will present the world premiere of FROM HERE TO WHERE, a new musical by Umberto Crenca and The Gillen Street Ensemble, September 18–October 5, 2025.

Arts Alive! will present its 2026 Statewide High School Pre-Professional program/performance of Into the Woods.

“An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Katharine McPhee” will make its second return engagement to the Providence Performing Arts Center.