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The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
7/12 - 8/4/2024


Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, "The Drowsy Chaperone" is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical, featuring ...


Back by Popular Demand following its sold-out 2010 engagement....

Once
5/23 - 6/16/2024


Set in Dublin, the story revolves around Guy, a talented but discouraged street musician, and a young Czech woman, simply known as Girl. Guy's music ...

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT


After their innovative and acclaimed RI premiere production of Jen Silverman’s Collective Rage: A Play In 5 Betties , Burbage Theatre Co concludes their 12th ...

TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL)


Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT)  celebrates the Bard’s recent 460th birthday and concludes its 66th season with William Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL), directed ...

A Chorus Line
5/29 - 6/22/2024


The show won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, one of the few musicals ever to receive this honor, and the New York Drama Critics' ...

Richard III
Richard III
6/14 - 6/23/2024


"Richard III," a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, unfolds against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, delving into the Machiavellian machinations of Richard, ...

Disney's Finding Nemo Jr.
6/29 - 6/30/2024


Disneys Finding Nemo JR. is a musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new songs written by award-winning composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez ...

La Cage aux Folles
La Cage aux Folles
5/30 - 6/30/2024


This Best Musical Tony-winner follows Georges, the proprietor of a drag club, and his husband, Albin, the star attraction. When Georges’ son announces his engagement ...

The Cemetery Club
The Cemetery Club
5/29 - 6/30/2024


Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a ...

The Cemetery Club
5/29 - 6/30/2024


Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a ...

Newport Contemporary Ballet presents the Newport Dance Festival


Inspirational Dance — From Around the globe to Newport! Newport Contemporary Ballet  presents the  Newport Dance Festival  on its festival stage on the lawn of ...

Seussical Jr.
7/26 - 7/27/2024


Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and all of your favourite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical jr, a fantastical ...


Disneys Finding Nemo JR. is a musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new songs written by award-winning composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
7/12 - 8/4/2024


The Drowsy Chaperone is a hilarious and meta-theatrical musical that injects a dose of nostalgia and playful satire into the world of classic Broadway musicals. ...

Seussical Jr.
8/11 - 8/11/2024


Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, and all of your favourite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical jr, a fantastical ...

Alice in Wonderland
8/10 - 8/12/2024


This brand-new musical version of the timeless classic takes you down the rabbit hole with the ever-curious Alice to a land of zany adventures where ...

Grease
8/17


Grease is a high-octane musical bursting with rock and roll energy, taking you back to the world of 1950s teenagers. Written by Jim Jacobs and ...

The Sound of Music
7/24 - 8/17/2024


The Sound of Music, a beloved musical brimming with romance and resilience, was crafted by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. These ...

Nunsense
7/10 - 8/29/2024


Nunsense is habit-forming! This riotous show is a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned ...

42nd Street
8/21 - 9/15/2024


Come along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway! 42nd Street celebrates Broadway, Times Square and the magic of show biz with wit, humor and ...

Fiddler On The Roof
9/12 - 9/22/2024


Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ...

Disney's Lion King Jr.
9/27 - 9/27/2024


Ashland Productions - 2016 Broadway World Mpls winner of Best Community Theater presents their Middle School production: Disney's Lion King Jr. RAFIKI gathers the ANIMALS ...

10-minute Musicals
10/4 - 10/4/2024


25 short musicals from Theatre Now New York, an artist service organization dedicated to the development of new works. The 25 musicals all began as part of Theatre Now’s ...


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Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES dazzles at Trinity Rep


by Jessica Tabak - June 09, 2024

What did our critic think of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Trinity Rep?...

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL) at Attleboro Community Theatre


by Christopher Verleger - June 06, 2024

Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) brings its 66th season to a close with an amusing, highly entertaining production ‘Twelfth Night (Or What You Will),’ William Shakespeare’s boisterous comedy of mistaken identity, entangled romance, and unapologetic tomfoolery....

Review: THE CEMETERY CLUB at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant


by Christopher Verleger - June 05, 2024

Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant presents ‘The Cemetery Club’ written by Ivan Menchell and attentively directed by Tony Annicone, a dramatic comedy about three Jewish widows who gather monthly for tea and to visit their late husbands’ graves....

Review: A CHORUS LINE at Theater By The Sea


by Christopher Verleger - June 05, 2024

Theater By The Sea welcomes the summer and kicks off its 91st season with a dazzling, spirited production of the revered, legendary Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, ‘A Chorus Line.’...

Review: THE MOTHERF--KER WITH THE HAT blazes at Burbage Theater Co


by Jessica Tabak - June 05, 2024

What did our critic think of THE MOTHERF--KER WITH THE HAT at Burbage Theater Co?...

Review: AWAKENING OF SPRING at Reverie Theatre Group


by John McDaid - May 31, 2024

For its first show in Rhode Island, the Reverie Theatre Group offers a superb — and sadly short — run of Frank Wedekind's challenging 1891 drama The Awakening of Spring. With a fine ensemble cast, thoughtful directorial choices, and intense in-the-round staging, this is an outstanding debut producti...

Review: ONCE at Wilbury Theatre Group


by Jay Pateakos - May 26, 2024

What did our critic think of ONCE at Wilbury Theatre Group?...

Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at The Arctic Playhouse


by Christopher Verleger - May 22, 2024

The small Southern town of Hazelhurst, Mississippi is brought to life here on the Arctic Playhouse stage in its charming, touching production of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, ‘Crimes of the Heart.’...

Review: FRAMES OF MIND at Newport Contemporary Ballet


by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - May 17, 2024

Just in time for Mental Health Awareness month, Newport Contemporary Ballet presents a captivating evening of three mind-focused pieces, FRAMES OF MIND, at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center....

Review: DOUBT: A PARABLE at Gamm Theatre


by John McDaid - May 13, 2024

DOUBT: A PARABLE at Gamm Theatre. Shanley's tight, twisty meditation on truth and belief gets a fine production...



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