BWW Review: Trinity Rep's World Premiere SONG OF SUMMER Hits All the Right Notes
by Andria Tieman - March 20, 2019
Trinity Rep commissioned playwright Lauren Yee to write SONG OF SUMMER for their company of actors, and the result is such a satisfying and wonderful play that you just want to give everyone involved a big hug. Naturally the casting is flawless, but Yee's dialogue and shrewd observations about growing up, falling in love, small towns and getting sucked into the maelstrom of fame are just so spot on it's almost dizzying. This show is the fresh breath of summer air we need at the end of March.
by Andria Tieman - March 20, 2019
Trinity Rep commissioned playwright Lauren Yee to write SONG OF SUMMER for their company of actors, and the result is such a satisfying and wonderful play that you just want to give everyone involved a big hug. Naturally the casting is flawless, but Yee's dialogue and shrewd observations about growing up, falling in love, small towns and getting sucked into the maelstrom of fame are just so spot on it's almost dizzying. This show is the fresh breath of summer air we need at the end of March.
AMERICAN DRAG Comes to Epic
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
Epic Theatre Company announces the second World Premiere of its season - American Drag written and directed by Epic's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli. The continuation of Epic's hit 2015 play American Strippers, this time around, Olympus has fallen and the gods are trying to get the band back together for one more shot at controlling the Universe with the help of some iconic drag queens.
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2019
Epic Theatre Company announces the second World Premiere of its season - American Drag written and directed by Epic's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli. The continuation of Epic's hit 2015 play American Strippers, this time around, Olympus has fallen and the gods are trying to get the band back together for one more shot at controlling the Universe with the help of some iconic drag queens.
Photo Flash: Trinity Repertory Company Presents THE SONG OF SUMMER
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019
Trinity Repertory Company presents The Song of Summer. Directed by Taibi Magar. Performances run March 14 - April 14.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2019
Trinity Repertory Company presents The Song of Summer. Directed by Taibi Magar. Performances run March 14 - April 14.
Second Wave Of Artists Announced For The 65th Newport Jazz Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
Christian McBride, Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Investment Managers, today announced the Second Wave of artists. With more than half of these groups making their NJF debut as headliners, the 2019 festival takes place August 2-4 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
Christian McBride, Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Investment Managers, today announced the Second Wave of artists. With more than half of these groups making their NJF debut as headliners, the 2019 festival takes place August 2-4 at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino.
Shepard's Classic, Combustible TRUE WEST Closes Gamm Season
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) closes Season 34 with True West by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard. Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella directs this legendary black comedy about sibling rivalry, male angst and the fragility of the American Dream. Steve Kidd (Astrov in Uncle Vanya) and Anthony Goes (Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire) play feuding brothers whose longstanding tensions simmer and boil over in the kitchen of their childhood home, before exploding on a hilarious and horrifying scale.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) closes Season 34 with True West by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard. Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella directs this legendary black comedy about sibling rivalry, male angst and the fragility of the American Dream. Steve Kidd (Astrov in Uncle Vanya) and Anthony Goes (Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire) play feuding brothers whose longstanding tensions simmer and boil over in the kitchen of their childhood home, before exploding on a hilarious and horrifying scale.
PPAC Announces 2019-2020 Broadway Season - SPONGEBOB, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, and More!
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
J.L. Lynn Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce PPAC's 2019/2020 Broadway Season, featuring the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series and the Encore Series. WPRI 12 is the proud media sponsor of PPAC's Broadway Season. Cox Media is the proud media sponsor of the Encore Series.
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2019
J.L. Lynn Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce PPAC's 2019/2020 Broadway Season, featuring the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series and the Encore Series. WPRI 12 is the proud media sponsor of PPAC's Broadway Season. Cox Media is the proud media sponsor of the Encore Series.
Trinity Rep Announces LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
Trinity Rep will continue its 2018-19 Season with the perennially-popular Little Shop of Horrors an award-winning musical that blends doo-wop, rock, and Motown in a totally twisted production about what lengths we are willing to go to when we are down on our luck.
by BWW News Desk - March 12, 2019
Trinity Rep will continue its 2018-19 Season with the perennially-popular Little Shop of Horrors an award-winning musical that blends doo-wop, rock, and Motown in a totally twisted production about what lengths we are willing to go to when we are down on our luck.
Aurea Ensemble Performs SECRET SIGNS- Inspired By The Romanticism Of The 20th Century Russian Artistic Sensibility
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
Aurea Ensemble, Aurea Ensemble, one of New England's most original and extraordinary chamber ensembles, is thrilled to present another new program, Secret Signs, on March 30, 2019 8:00pm at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 50 Orchard Avenue, Providence.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
Aurea Ensemble, Aurea Ensemble, one of New England's most original and extraordinary chamber ensembles, is thrilled to present another new program, Secret Signs, on March 30, 2019 8:00pm at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 50 Orchard Avenue, Providence.
Festival Ballet Providence Celebrates Chatterbox Theatre's 10th Season
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) Chatterbox Theatre series will present Three Little Pigs for two consecutive weekends, March 23-24 and March 30-31 in FBP's Black Box Theatre. The ChatterBox series is celebrating 10 years, having delighted children and families with its adorable, rich, funny, memorable, sweet presentations of original new storytelling and choreography.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2019
Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) Chatterbox Theatre series will present Three Little Pigs for two consecutive weekends, March 23-24 and March 30-31 in FBP's Black Box Theatre. The ChatterBox series is celebrating 10 years, having delighted children and families with its adorable, rich, funny, memorable, sweet presentations of original new storytelling and choreography.
THE GAME'S FOOT Comes to the Granite Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
"The Game's Afoot" by Ken Ludwig is opening March 22 at the Granite Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
"The Game's Afoot" by Ken Ludwig is opening March 22 at the Granite Theatre.
BWW Review: Epic Theatre Company's twisty, fabulist LIZZIE BORDEN, LIZZIE BORDEN
by John McDaid - March 09, 2019
Among the delights of postmodern theater are carefree mashups of reality and fiction, blurred genres, and coaxing new meaning out of old material. The Epic Theatre Company's 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' gleefully takes an axe to history, and in the process creates an intriguing, engaging evening that cleverly remakes well-known myths.
by John McDaid - March 09, 2019
Among the delights of postmodern theater are carefree mashups of reality and fiction, blurred genres, and coaxing new meaning out of old material. The Epic Theatre Company's 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' gleefully takes an axe to history, and in the process creates an intriguing, engaging evening that cleverly remakes well-known myths.
Head Trick Presents Musical GOBLIN MARKET
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
Two adult sisters return to their childhood home, where they once again come face to face with the perils and fantasies of their youth. In Polly Pen and Peggy Harmon's haunting chamber musical, adapted from Christina Rossetti's poem, the wilder Laura chafes against the limits of her ordinary life, and succumbs to the lure of the goblin fruits and the mysterious world they promise. It's up to cautious Lizzie to face down the goblins, and save herself and her sister from their darkest selves.
by BWW News Desk - March 09, 2019
Two adult sisters return to their childhood home, where they once again come face to face with the perils and fantasies of their youth. In Polly Pen and Peggy Harmon's haunting chamber musical, adapted from Christina Rossetti's poem, the wilder Laura chafes against the limits of her ordinary life, and succumbs to the lure of the goblin fruits and the mysterious world they promise. It's up to cautious Lizzie to face down the goblins, and save herself and her sister from their darkest selves.
Photo Flash: First Look At LIZZIE BORDEN, LIZZIE BORDEN Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2019
Epic Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' written and directed by Epic's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli. The play is far from a historical narrative. Instead, it uses the story of Lizzie Borden and Lo, a young woman with a tragic and somewhat iconic past, to explore the nature of destiny, reality, and how one gets caught up in a narrative.
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2019
Epic Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of 'Lizzie Borden, Lizzie Borden' written and directed by Epic's Artistic Director Kevin Broccoli. The play is far from a historical narrative. Instead, it uses the story of Lizzie Borden and Lo, a young woman with a tragic and somewhat iconic past, to explore the nature of destiny, reality, and how one gets caught up in a narrative.
BWW Review: ESCAPED ALONE and COME AND GO at The Gamm
by Andria Tieman - March 06, 2019
The Gamm is currently showing two short plays back-to-back, with all female casts. ESCAPED ALONE by Caryl Churchill (New England Premiere) is a tight one-act that raises far more questions than it answers. COME AND GO by Samuel Beckett is so brief it almost feels like it's over before it begins, but is strangely haunting. Overall, it's a combination of works that are very well-acted, but also feel somewhat jarring in a way that doesn't quite pay off.
by Andria Tieman - March 06, 2019
The Gamm is currently showing two short plays back-to-back, with all female casts. ESCAPED ALONE by Caryl Churchill (New England Premiere) is a tight one-act that raises far more questions than it answers. COME AND GO by Samuel Beckett is so brief it almost feels like it's over before it begins, but is strangely haunting. Overall, it's a combination of works that are very well-acted, but also feel somewhat jarring in a way that doesn't quite pay off.
PPAC And WAITRESS Are 'Looking For Lulu!'
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
WAITRESS, the Tony nominated musical, will be performing at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) May 28 - June 2, 2019 and is looking for two young girls to perform the role of "Lulu" for the duration of the engagement. In Providence, WAITRESS is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
WAITRESS, the Tony nominated musical, will be performing at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) May 28 - June 2, 2019 and is looking for two young girls to perform the role of "Lulu" for the duration of the engagement. In Providence, WAITRESS is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
Trinity Rep Announces The 2019-20 Season; THE PRINCE OF PROVIDENCE, RADIO GOLF, and More
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
Trinity Repertory Company announced the company's 56th season today. The season kicks off with the world premiere of The Prince of Providence, an adaptation by George Brant of the New York Times best-selling book by Mike Stanton about Providence's legendary mayor Vincent A. Buddy Cianci.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2019
Trinity Repertory Company announced the company's 56th season today. The season kicks off with the world premiere of The Prince of Providence, an adaptation by George Brant of the New York Times best-selling book by Mike Stanton about Providence's legendary mayor Vincent A. Buddy Cianci.
Daydream Theatre Company Presents World Premiere of ME THREE: A GUIDE TO NEW BEGINNINGS
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
Daydream Theatre Company in association with the RISE Playhouse are proud to present the World Premiere of ME THREE: A GUIDE TO NEW BEGINNINGS, a play by Lenny Schwartz.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
Daydream Theatre Company in association with the RISE Playhouse are proud to present the World Premiere of ME THREE: A GUIDE TO NEW BEGINNINGS, a play by Lenny Schwartz.
Gamm Announces Gamm Gala 34!
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will hold its annual fundraiser on Monday, April 1 at 6 p.m. at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI. GAMM GALA 34 will honor Steve Durkee with The David Wax Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Arts in recognition of his remarkable contributions to the arts in Rhode Island. This special evening also celebrates The Gamm's first season in its new Warwick home.
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2019
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will hold its annual fundraiser on Monday, April 1 at 6 p.m. at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI. GAMM GALA 34 will honor Steve Durkee with The David Wax Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Arts in recognition of his remarkable contributions to the arts in Rhode Island. This special evening also celebrates The Gamm's first season in its new Warwick home.
Everything's Coming Up Roses in Contemporary Theater Co's GYPSY
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
Everything's coming up roses this spring at The Contemporary Theater Company! The company will perform the classic musical Gypsy April 12 - May 11.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
Everything's coming up roses this spring at The Contemporary Theater Company! The company will perform the classic musical Gypsy April 12 - May 11.
BWW Review: Thoroughly Delightful SCHOOL OF ROCK at PPAC
by Andria Tieman - February 28, 2019
The story of SCHOOL OF ROCK is a fairly simple one-- a somewhat aimless manchild gets a job substitute teaching, and because he doesn't really know how to actually teach subjects like math and science, he instead focuses on teaching the students how to play rock instruments so they can compete in the Battle of the Bands. What really makes this work as a stage musical is that in adapting it from the screen version, book writer Julian Fellowes didn't change too much. The story follows the film pretty exactly, and the ending is 100% predictable, and that's a very good thing. This show is all about the musical skills of some incredibly talented young performers, and that is more than enough.
by Andria Tieman - February 28, 2019
The story of SCHOOL OF ROCK is a fairly simple one-- a somewhat aimless manchild gets a job substitute teaching, and because he doesn't really know how to actually teach subjects like math and science, he instead focuses on teaching the students how to play rock instruments so they can compete in the Battle of the Bands. What really makes this work as a stage musical is that in adapting it from the screen version, book writer Julian Fellowes didn't change too much. The story follows the film pretty exactly, and the ending is 100% predictable, and that's a very good thing. This show is all about the musical skills of some incredibly talented young performers, and that is more than enough.
Brown/Trinity Rep Presents Spring Thesis Production THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
The Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program presents its spring thesis show, The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Addie Gorlin, a third year student in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Directing program. One of Brecht's most well-known plays, The Good Person of Szechwan is a parable about balancing moral goodness and monetary success. Performances run February 28 through March 10 at the Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire St., Providence. General admission is $15 with a discounted price of $10 for seniors and $7 for students. Tickets are on sale now at Trinity Rep's box office, by phone (401) 351-4242, or online at www.TrinityRep.com /The-Good-Person-of-Szechwan.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
The Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program presents its spring thesis show, The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Addie Gorlin, a third year student in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Directing program. One of Brecht's most well-known plays, The Good Person of Szechwan is a parable about balancing moral goodness and monetary success. Performances run February 28 through March 10 at the Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire St., Providence. General admission is $15 with a discounted price of $10 for seniors and $7 for students. Tickets are on sale now at Trinity Rep's box office, by phone (401) 351-4242, or online at www.TrinityRep.com /The-Good-Person-of-Szechwan.
CCRI Players To Present CRIMES OF THE HEART
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
The Community College of Rhode Island Players will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Crimes of the Heart' by Beth Henley from Feb. 28 to March 3 in the Bobby Hackett Theater at the Knight Campus in Warwick.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2019
The Community College of Rhode Island Players will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Crimes of the Heart' by Beth Henley from Feb. 28 to March 3 in the Bobby Hackett Theater at the Knight Campus in Warwick.
Photo Flash: Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant Presents LONE STAR LOVE POTION
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2019
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant launches their 2019 season with Lone Star Love Potion by Michael Parker and directed by Daniel Lee White. Now playing through March 31 this uproariously lusty comedy is a Texas-size farce about a mysterious love potion that will keep you guessing until the final curtain.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2019
Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant launches their 2019 season with Lone Star Love Potion by Michael Parker and directed by Daniel Lee White. Now playing through March 31 this uproariously lusty comedy is a Texas-size farce about a mysterious love potion that will keep you guessing until the final curtain.
Epic Theatre Announces Auditions For 2019 - 2020 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019
Epic Theatre Company is holding auditions for its 2018 - 2019 Summer and Mainstage Season.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019
Epic Theatre Company is holding auditions for its 2018 - 2019 Summer and Mainstage Season.
Wilbury Group Continues 2018/19 Main Series Season With CONSTELLATIONS
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019
The Wilbury Theatre Group continues its record-breaking 2018/19 Main Series season with Nick Payne's Constellations from March 20 - April 14, 2019. Directed by Aubrey Snowden, the Wilbury Group production features Rachel Dulude as astro-physicist Marianne and Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short as beekeeper, Roland.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2019
The Wilbury Theatre Group continues its record-breaking 2018/19 Main Series season with Nick Payne's Constellations from March 20 - April 14, 2019. Directed by Aubrey Snowden, the Wilbury Group production features Rachel Dulude as astro-physicist Marianne and Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short as beekeeper, Roland.
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