by Christopher Verleger - May 05, 2026
Nowadays when you tune in to watch the news or read the latest headline in your social media feed, it’s difficult to differentiate between fact and fiction. Furthermore, there is no middle ground, and everything is described as a superlative—like the “least” effective or the “most” offen...
by Christopher Verleger - April 24, 2026
Reverie Theatre Group presents ‘Edges,’ a funny, thoughtful, highly entertaining four-person song cycle, with no spoken dialogue or discernible plot, that explores the challenges of young adults, including family dynamics, career opportunities, and most significantly, the trials and tribulations...
by Christopher Verleger - April 21, 2026
Arctic Playhouse’s remarkably stylish, extraordinarily well-acted production of Noël Coward’s 1930 farce, ‘Private Lives,’ pokes fun at the idea of marriage as little more than a social construct while speculating whether a toxic relationship is conceivably better than one without any passi...
by Jay Pateakos - April 16, 2026
All of us have our safe space, our comfort zone amidst the chaos of the world but what if that's where you spend most of your time and suddenly, that safe space is shattered? Can you even recover? Where would you go from there?...
by Jay Pateakos - April 15, 2026
The Outsiders musical struck a seminal chord at the Providence Performing Arts Center last night, combining richly harmonic music with songs that speak to your very soul. Believe the Hype! This Tony Award winner sets itself apart from the pack early on and never looks back!...
by Andria Tieman - April 13, 2026
The Gamm has dipped back into Martin McDonagh’s canon (previous productions include Hangmen, 2023, A Skull in Connemara, 2016), for their latest production–The Cripple of Inishmaan. Set in the remote Aran Islands, this play shows what feels like a softer side of McDonagh in that it’s a peek ...
by Yuliya Pokhylko - April 11, 2026
What did our critic think of ACTOR ON PAROLE at Everett Company Stage School?Ari Brisbon is the Actor on Parole, whose show opened on Everett Stage on April 10th. A fusion of a one-actor play and stand-up comedy, it tells a personal story of a Providence actor, just out of prison, where he spent two...
by Christopher Verleger - April 01, 2026
In the 1983 film, 'The Big Chill,' starring Glenn Close and Kevin Kline, a group of middle-aged, lifelong friends are reunited at a funeral after a member of their college clique commits suicide. The character Chloe, played by Meg Tilly, asks, “I haven’t met that many happy people in my life. Ho...
by Caitlin Howle - March 28, 2026
What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Burbage Theatre Company?...
by Christopher Verleger - March 24, 2026
Terrence McNally’s one-act comedy, ‘Whiskey,’ now at Roundabout Productions, is not so much a play but rather an extended skit that features five television personalities performing in the shadow of an unseen horse who is the titular star of a wildly popular series (á la ‘Mister Ed’). ...
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A freewheeling blend of comedy and tragedy, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is a journey through jealousy, redemption, and second chances. In a fit of unfounded jealousy, King...
Sharon is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her home. Robyn needs a place to hide and a chance to start over. As...
Trinity Rep’s 49th annual production of A Christmas Carol is back at home for the holidays! Co-directed by former Trinity Rep Artistic Director and Emmy Award-winner Richard Jenkins...
It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country—but rent is still due on the 1st. When a...
Trinity Repertory Company will present its 48th annual production of A Christmas Carol at the Providence Performing Arts Center from November 23 to December 29,...
Trinity Repertory Company opens its 61st season with POTUS, a comedic play by Selina Fillinger that satirizes the chaotic nature of politics through the lens...
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...
What is perhaps August Wilson’s most well-known play may also be his most powerful. In segregated 1957 Pittsburgh, former Negro League baseball player Troy Maxson...
Doña Rosa’s Market on La Broa’ (Providence’s Broad Street) is where Latine Rhode Islanders have gathered for decades. It is there that they share their stories –...
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back. He is a wrenching, covetous, mean old man, caring more for money than the good of his family...
Perhaps you recall the young women who led the “witch hunt” in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. But did you know that in reality, “temptress” Abigail Williams was...
Life’s not so charming for Becky Nurse, a modern descendant of an executed Salem “witch.” She’s been fired from her job, troubled by her granddaughter’s...
An indisputable masterpiece by one of America’s greatest Broadway composers and lyricists, this is a heart-pounding thriller that also delights and amazes. Filled with diabolical...
It’s the summer of 1972. The battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment is ramping up across the nation. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm is campaigning for...
From her roots as a provincial princess of France, to her ascension to the throne of England and her eventual downfall, Queen Margaret is one...
Rhode Island’s family holiday tradition returns! Reimagined anew every year, this glorious, joyful telling of the classic story evokes the magic and hope of the...
The Inheritance weaves together the story of three generations of gay men in New York City attempting to forge a future for themselves amid a turbulent...
The Inheritance weaves together the story of three generations of gay men in New York City attempting to forge a future for themselves amid a turbulent...
A riotous take on a revolutionA lot happened before Marie Antoinette lost her head. Born to be a queen, she revels in pomp and circumstance...
Culture, class, and the price of ambitionLucia is understandably nervous. Its day one at her first TV writing job. As a Mexican-born novelist, she may...
New Englands favorite family holiday traditionCelebrating 42 years at Trinity Rep, Rhode Islands family holiday tradition brings Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim, and the...
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