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Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards; THE WIZARD OF OZ Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 15, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards; Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory Leads Favorite Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 08, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards; THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Brian De Lorenzo To Perform SAMMY & SINATRA AT THE SANDS In NYC and Rhode Island


by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2025

Brian De Lorenzo, Talent America’s “Performer of the Year,” will perform Sammy & Sinatra at the Sands on Sept. 30 in Rhode Island and Oct. 25 in NYC. The cabaret tribute celebrates Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra with songs from De Lorenzo’s recent and upcoming albums....

Brian De Lorenzo To Perform SAMMY & SINATRA AT THE SANDS In NYC and Rhode Island


by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2025

Brian De Lorenzo, Talent America’s “Performer of the Year,” will perform Sammy & Sinatra at the Sands on Sept. 30 in Rhode Island and Oct. 25 in NYC. The cabaret tribute celebrates Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra with songs from De Lorenzo’s recent and upcoming albums....

Brian De Lorenzo To Perform SAMMY & SINATRA AT THE SANDS In NYC and Rhode Island


by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2025

Brian De Lorenzo, Talent America’s “Performer of the Year,” will perform Sammy & Sinatra at the Sands on Sept. 30 in Rhode Island and Oct. 25 in NYC. The cabaret tribute celebrates Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra with songs from De Lorenzo’s recent and upcoming albums....

Interview: Brian De Lorenzo Debuts New Album TOAST OF THE TOWN Volume 1


by Rebecca Kaplan - June 11, 2025

The album releases 6/13 featuring beloved big band favorites associated with the greatest singers of mid-century standards, including Frank Sinatra; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Tony Bennett; Rosemary Clooney; Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland....

Review: PICNIC at The Arctic Playhouse


by Christopher Verleger - April 02, 2025

The Arctic Playhouse welcomes the advent of spring with a gratifying production of esteemed playwright William Inge’s “Picnic,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic drama about the choices people make and the paths they take, intentionally or otherwise, to find happiness and avert loneliness....

Review: LONE STAR LOVE POTION at The Arctic Playhouse


by Christopher Verleger - October 15, 2024

English poet Thomas Tusser penned, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Such can be said of the foolish individuals in Michael Parker’s bedroom farce, ‘Lone Star Love Potion,’ now at The Arctic Playhouse, a ridiculous, racy, mostly enjoyable comedy about adults behaving badly for a supposed fortu...

SPIRITS Comes to West Bay Community Theater This Month


by Stephi Wild - October 01, 2024

West Bay Community Theater will present the return of their unique musical revue, SPIRITS, on Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th at The Arctic Playhouse in West Warwick....

Past Shows

Flamingo Court
Flamingo Court
10/3 - 10/12/2025


Flamingo Court is made up of three short plays all taking place in an apartment building where several retirees live. Angelina, in 104, is a ...

Harvey
Harvey
8/29 - 9/14/2025


Harvey - Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary ...

Picnic
Picnic
3/27 - 4/13/2025


The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives ...

Deadline
Deadline
2/20 - 3/9/2025


Murder Mystery/Comedy When eight mystery writers arrive at a legendary writer’s fog-shrouded island mansion in the North Atlantic, they think they’re ready for the Deadline ...

Lone Star Love Potion
Lone Star Love Potion
10/3 - 10/20/2024


Mr. Stancliffe, the owner of a vast fortune, and a two hundred thousand acre Texas ranch has died. His long time butler, Jarvis, and the ...

One Slight Hitch
One Slight Hitch
9/5 - 9/22/2024


t’s Courtney’s wedding day, and her mom, Delia, is making sure that everything is perfect. The groom is perfect, the dress is perfect, and the ...

Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
5/16 - 6/2/2024


The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out ...

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
4/12 - 4/28/2024


Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal and a ...

The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm
2/29 - 3/17/2024


The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to ...

Social Security
Social Security
9/29 - 10/16/2022


This hilarious Broadway comedy surrounds a married couple who are art dealers. Their domestic tranquility is shattered upon the arrival of the wifes goody-goody nerd ...

Thanks for the Mammaries
Thanks for the Mammaries
9/28 - 9/29/2019


Back by popular demand, international recording and performing artist and native Rhode Islander Ida Zecco returns to The Arctic Playhouse with her new one-woman show ...

I Hate Hamlet
I Hate Hamlet
1/13 - 1/28/2017


I Hate Hamlet! by Paul Rudnick presented by The Arctic Playhouse and JMG Theater Performances: Jan. 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 @ 8pm ...

Videos


Twas the Night Before Christmas in Rhode Island Twas the Night Before Christmas
Providence Ballet Theatre (12/19 - 12/20)
Machinal in Rhode Island Machinal
Ballet RI Black Box Theater (5/7 - 5/10)
Kimberly Akimbo in Rhode Island Kimberly Akimbo
Providence Performing Arts Center (5/5 - 5/10)
The Lion King in Rhode Island The Lion King
Providence Performing Arts Center (5/20 - 6/7)
Made on Hope in Rhode Island Made on Hope
Ballet RI Black Box Theater (2/7 - 2/20)
The Nutcracker in Rhode Island The Nutcracker
The Vets (12/19 - 12/28)
PHOTOS
Next to Normal
Trinity Repertory Company (5/28 - 6/28)
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