The Players At Barker Playhouse
400 Benefit St. Providence RI, 02903Providence, RI 02903
Upcoming Shows
Review: THE GETAWAY DRIVER at Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company kicks off the new theater season with the world premiere of “The Getaway Driver,” a compelling, poignant true crime drama told by two women who share a tragic connection, written by playwright-in-residence Deborah Salem Smith and company member Charlie Thurston, and dir…
Review: WONDER OF THE WORLD at Attleboro Community Theatre
Dynamic, deep, and oh so funny! After seven years of what appears to be a solid, if not happy, marriage, Cass (Anna Hindman) leaves her husband and sets on a journey or self-discovery. Armed with an undying optimism and a list of 230-something line items to check off, she takes a bus to Niagara Fal…
Review: YOU'VE STILL GOT A FRIEND at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of YOU'VE STILL GOT A FRIEND at Theatre By The Sea?…
Review: THE GROWN UPS at Trial By Theatre
What did our critic think of THE GROWN UPS at Trial By Theatre?…
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Contemporary Theater Company
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: TITANIC THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of TITANIC THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Theatre By The Sea?…
Review: A DELIGHTFUL 'INTO THE WOODS' at Contemporary Theater Company
A DELIGHTFUL 'INTO THE WOODS' at Contemporary Theater Company…
Review: GREASE at Theatre By The Sea
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
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
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.…
Past Shows
16 total · showing 1–10
FeaturedTalk Radio
The Players at the Barker Playhouse present the final production of their 117th mainstage season, TALK RADIO . This underperformed classic, originally created by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar, will open Friday, May 8th and run through Sunday, May 17th. Tickets can be purchased...
She Loves Me
She Loves Me by Joe Masteroff Directed by Joan Dillenback She Loves Me is a warm romantic musical comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old-world elegance. Set in a 1930s European perfumery, we meet shop clerks Amalia and Georg, who, more often than not, don't see...
Into The Breeches
Into The Breeches by George Brant Directed by Vince Petronio The Players’ 115th season opens with George Brant’s comedy Into The Breeches . It is 1942 and the majority of the men in town are gone, fighting in World War II. Maggie Dalton, wife of the long-time director of the...
putting it together
putting it together by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Joan Dillenback The Players at Barker is proud to present ‘putting it together,’ by Stephen Sondheim, for the final show of our 113th season. Sondheim himself is gone, but his music is immortal, and it is a privilege to offer...
A Raisin in the Sun
For the fourth show of our 113th season, The Players at Barker is proud to present Lorraine Hansberrys immortal classic, A Raisin in the Sun, which tells timeless story of the Younger family, Walter Lee and his wife Ruth, mother Lena and sister Beneatha. After the death of Lenas...
Ripcord
Ripcordby David Lindsay-AbaireDirected by Karen BessonFor the third show of our 113th season, The Players at Barker is proud to present David Lindsay-Abaires sharp and moving comedy Ripcord. When sweet and sunny Marilyn moves into Abbys room at the Bristol Place Assisted Living...
Sylvia
Sylviaby A.R. GurneyDirected by Joan DillenbackThe Players at Barker is delighted to present Sylvia, the second show of our 113th season. A sassy stray dog brought home from Central Park becomes a major bone of contention for empty-nesters Greg and Kate in this modern romantic...
The Murder Room
The Murder Roomby Jack SharkeyDirected by Mike DanielsThe Players at Barker is proud to welcome live audiences back to the theater with our production of The Murder Room. A fast-paced, gloriously over-the-top send-up of classic British murder mysteries, Jack Sharkeys The Murder...
Red Maple
The Players at Barker is proud to present the New England premiere of Red Maple, written by veteran actor/writer/director/ David Bunce and Directed by Jeff Sullivan (The Shadow Box and The Tale of the Allergists Wife). Red Maple will stream live from the Barker Playhouse on May...
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Players at Barker is proud to present Joan Didions The Year of Magical Thinking, a dramatization of her memoir of the sudden and unexpected of her husband and her daughters serious illness. Originally a one woman play, Director Pat Hawkridge has been given permission to...
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Stephen Thorne Burbage Theatre Co (9/17-10/11) |
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The Nutcracker Ballet RI (12/17-12/27) |
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Deathtrap The Little Theater Of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
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Made On Hope Ballet RI (4/16-4/25) |
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The Secret Garden The Little Theater Of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
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Wonder of the World Attleboro Community Theatre (9/11-9/27) |
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Almost, Maine The Arctic Playhouse (11/05-11/22) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Little Theater Of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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Little Women The Arctic Playhouse (10/01-10/18) |
