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Academy Players of RI

180 Button Hole Dr. Bldg. 2
Providence, RI 02909

Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Contemporary Theater Company

by Christopher Verleger · August 12, 2026

Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” premiered on a London stage in 1895 and has since then become the wickedly witty master playwright’s most often produced play (I already know of two forthcoming productions in Massachusetts alone).…

Review: GREASE at Theatre By The Sea

Review: GREASE at Theatre By The Sea

by Christopher Verleger · July 1, 2026

If the summer heat has you at wit’s end, there is no better way to stay cool than Theatre By The Sea’s stylish, energetic, remarkably entertaining production of “Grease,” the Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey musical that premiered on Broadway in 1972 and spawned the now classic 1978 movie starrin…

Trinity Rep's NEXT TO NORMAL

Trinity Rep's NEXT TO NORMAL

by Caitlin Howle · June 5, 2026

What did our critic think of TRINITY REP'S NEXT TO NORMAL at Trinity Rep?…

Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at The Gamm Theatre

Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at The Gamm Theatre

by Caitlin Howle · June 1, 2026

As I am writing this for the Rhode Island section of Broadway World, I feel as though I am uniquely equipped to talk about Tennessee Williams, or at least the world that so often lives inside his work, being that I am a Southerner who has now spent roughly thirteen years in New England.…

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Wilbury Theatre Group

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Wilbury Theatre Group

by Jay Pateakos · May 30, 2026

The Wilbury Theatre Group wrapped up it's 2025-2026 season with Conor McPherson's Tony-nominated stylistic musical 'Girl From The North Country'. Set in an a Depression-era Duluth, Minnesota boarding house in 1934, McPherson weaves a tale of multiple families and people's lives converging together …

Review: THE LION KING at Providence Performing Arts Center

Review: THE LION KING at Providence Performing Arts Center

by Andria Tieman · May 22, 2026

The Lion King swept the Tony awards when it was on Broadway, and even for this semi-skeptical theatre reviewer, it’s easy to see why.  It seems impossible to translate a cartoon about the lives of animals into a stage production performed by people, or at least, it seems like it will be corny.  …

Past Shows

Carrie

Carrie

Feb 13 – Feb 23, 2020

Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie's just discovered she's got a special power, and if pushed...

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!

Nov 1 – Nov 24, 2019

ABBA's hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to...

The Addams Family Musical in Concert

The Addams Family Musical in Concert

Oct 26 – Oct 27, 2018

This story finds the famously macabre Addams Family put to the test when outsiders come to dinner, hurling Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Fester, Grandmama and Lurch headlong into a night that will change the family forever. Performed IN CONCERT - not fully staged.

The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County

Oct 26 – Nov 5, 2017

The Bridges of Madison County captures the lyrical expanse of America's heartland along with the yearning entangled in the eternal question" "What if...?" This sweeping romance about the roads we travel, the doors we open and the bridges we dare to cross will leave audiences...

Singin' in the Rain Jr.

Singin' in the Rain Jr.

Mar 31 – Apr 9, 2017

Based on the 1952 movie of the same name, Singin’ In The Rain JR. takes place in Hollywood during the last days of the silent movie era. The story follows Don Lockwood, one half of the blockbuster celebrity silent movie star “couple” Lockwood and Lamont, and the extreme measures...

Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

Feb 22 – Feb 25, 2017

Blues in the Night is a scorching, Tony-nominated musical. The hot and torchy numbers tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences that three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong will leave you energized, inspired and ready to wail.

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