Rhode Island's only Renaissance Faire begins Friday with Revels on the River at the Contemporary Theater Company, featuring merriment, music, and drink. The weekend Faire takes place at Saugatucket Park and includes pirates, swordplay, artisan wares, feasting, costume contests...
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, runs August 14 through September 12, 2026 at The Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield, Rhode Island. Two young bachelors invent alter egos to escape their social obligations, only to have their romantic schemes...
What did our critic think of THE GROWN UPS at Trial By Theatre?…
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).…
What did our critic think of TITANIC THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea?…
A DELIGHTFUL 'INTO THE WOODS' at Contemporary Theater Company…
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…
What did our critic think of TRINITY REP'S NEXT TO NORMAL at Trinity Rep?…
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.…
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 …
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. …
A searing MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Burbage Theatre Co. offers a gripping production of Shakespeare's 'problem play'…
Into the Woods, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, follows a baker and his wife as they set out to reverse a curse, while Cinderella, Jack, Rapunzel, and Little Red pursue their own dreams and wishes. The characters discover that wishes come...
The 8th Annual Ocean State Improv Festival brings together 37 troupes from 13 states for five days of performances, workshops, and spontaneous comedy. Returning acts include Juliet & Juliet performing improvised Shakespeare, Magical Lying Hour, Hell Yeah! with improvised...
Gothic horror meets comedy in this Brontë-esque show about two sisters, their dog, and the arrival at their manor of a whole lot of trouble.
An all-female cast takes on this classic comedy. A modern take on the Ancient Greek sex farce, it’s the ultimate battle of the sexes. The men won’t stop playing soldier – so the women take matters into their own hands. The production features mask work, 60s mod-style costumes...
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Finding Neverland The Little Theater Of Fall River (8/05-8/15) |
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A Real Life Fairy Tale: Princess Diana Ballet RI (4/25-5/02) |
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Ballet Meets The Beatles Ballet RI (3/12-3/21) |
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Art The Little Theater Of Fall River (8/20-8/30) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Little Theater Of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |
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Made On Hope Ballet RI (4/16-4/25) |
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Little Women The Arctic Playhouse (10/01-10/18) |
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PVDFest Downtown Providence (9/18-9/19) |
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Gunhild Carling at Stadium Theater Stadium Theater (9/11-9/11) |
