Upcoming Shows
The Musical Murders of 1940 is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud farce that spoofs classic backstage musicals and Agatha Christie–style murder mysteries. Set in a snowbound mansion during...
In true comedic, non-musical style … A cadre of eccentric Broadway devotees meet together thinking they are to discuss a new play …. the producer,...
Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ever written. Elyot and Amanda, once married and now honeymooning with new spouses at the same...
Revived in 2002 by the Royal National Theatre in a production that sparkled on Broadway, Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ever written....
A timeless hit, both on Broadway and in the West End, Arsenic and Old Lace is the amusing story of two charming elderly ladies who decide that...
Gillian Holroyd is a modern-day witch living in New York City’s Greenwich Village. When she encounters charming publisher Shepherd Henderson, she decides to make him...
In the late 1950s, Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a modern-day witch living in New York City’s Greenwich Village. When she encounters charming publisher Shepherd...
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s timeless novel, Little Women follows the lives of the March sisters: romantic Meg, spirited Jo, loving Beth, and tenacious Amy. The play...
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United Statesit’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist,...
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United Statesit’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist,...
To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge...
by John McDaid - March 02, 2026
Midway through Trinity Repertory Company’s production of The Winter’s Tale, a handful of courtiers gather scattered objects from the stage — a painter’s palette, a bodhrán, a pair of tambourines — and begin, slowly, to move together. For a moment you can’t quite decipher what you’re s...
by Jay Pateakos - March 01, 2026
What did our critic think of HENRIK IBSEN'S GHOSTS at The Gamm Theatre?...
by Yuliya Pokhylko - February 28, 2026
Two comedians who aren’t quite the talk of the town yet, and a dancer who is vague about her training, arrive for an audition. The production crew — the librettist, music writer, director, and producer — last seen together 2 years ago, reunite....
by Yuliya Pokhylko - February 21, 2026
When the lights go out, two accidental acquaintances have no one but each other to share the horrific experience - a bartender who knows more than she’s willing to reveal, and a teenager in a school uniform. An unlikely visitor at a bar...
by Jay Pateakos - February 16, 2026
The Pawtucket-based Community Players continued their record-breaking 104th season with the dark humored but stunningly still relevant 'Harold and Maude'....
by Andria Tieman - February 04, 2026
Jen Silverman’s The Roommate is a tight two-hander about two empty-nesters who move in together due to economic necessity (and other, spoilery reasons), and end up in a situation neither could have predicted. The Odd Couple + The Golden Girls seems like the obvious sources of inspiration here, b...
by John McDaid - February 01, 2026
THT REP'S SHARP, SHIMMERING MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. The Hanover Theatre Repertory reimagines Shakespeare in an ‘80s nightclub — and delivers real magic...
by Jay Pateakos - February 01, 2026
What did our critic think of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at Wilbur Theatre Group?...
by Christopher Verleger - January 26, 2026
Lauren Gunderson’s fascinating play, ‘anthropology,’ presented by The Players at Barker Playhouse, is foremost a drama with plenty of humor and social commentary that examines the arguable benefits of AI and whether ultimately it does more harm than good....
by Christopher Verleger - January 21, 2026
That loaded question—which speaks volumes—is posed by Mary, the middle sister who has returned home for her mother’s funeral in Shelagh Stephenson’s powerful albeit flawed drama, ‘The Memory of Water,’ now at Burbage Theatre Company....
Past Shows
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 - Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary...
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...
Murder Mystery/ComedyWhen 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 Challenge—twenty-four...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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! by Paul Rudnick presented by The Arctic Playhouse and JMG Theater Performances: Jan. 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 @ 8pm...
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