Providence, 1993. A gang leader from Harlem arrives at his ex-girlfriend's apartment in the middle of the night — wounded, on the run, with nowhere else to go. What he doesn't know is that her roommate is gay, grieving, and not about to back down. Set against the twin epidemics...
Beth Hyland takes Chekhov's most heartbreaking play and strips it to its bones, reimagined as four college musicians, two love triangles, one industry predator, and a lot of songs played live by the actors performing them. A new musical about ambition, desire, and the particular...
Grand Horizons is a Rhode Island Premiere play by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bess Wohl, directed by Artistic Director Josh Short. After fifty years of marriage, Bill and Nancy decide they want a divorce, devastating their adult sons, while Nancy discovers she is...
Same Difference is a World Premiere play by Don Mays set in Providence in 1993. A gang leader from Harlem arrives wounded at his ex-girlfriend's apartment in the middle of the night, unaware that her roommate is gay and grieving. Set against the twin epidemics of AIDS and drug...
Seagulls is a Regional Premiere musical with book, music, and lyrics by Beth Hyland, reimagining Chekhov's The Seagull as four college musicians caught in two love triangles with one industry predator, performing songs live on stage. The show explores ambition, desire, and the...
Teeth is a Regional Premiere musical with book and music by Anna K. Jacobs and book and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson, based on the 2007 horror-comedy cult classic film. The show follows Dawn O'Keefe, an evangelical Christian teenager whose body literally bites back when men...
The Antipodes is a Rhode Island Premiere play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, in which nine writers sit around a conference table attempting to crack a story as confessions are made and people disappear. Baker puts a room full of people under pressure and waits...
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…
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…
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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).…
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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.…
Wilbury Theatre Group presents a fundraising gala, celebrating 16 years of performances in Providence. The event will honor Umberto Crenca with The Kerry Callery Award and Erin X. Smithers with The Arthur Richter ‘Spirit of Giving’ Award. An exclusive VIP reception will precede...
Wilbury Theatre Group presents the Rhode Island premiere of Octet, a chamber choir musical by Dave Malloy, directed by Josh Short with musical direction by Milly Massey. The cast includes Chelsea Aubert, Jenna Benzinger, Alexander Boyle, Jason Cabral, Michael Yussef Greene...
Part lyrical sermon, part political exorcism, and part late-night jam session, From Here to Where is an ensemble-driven living composition that confronts questions of existence, power, and transformation. Structured less like a story and more like a reckoning, it unfolds through...
Wilbury Theatre Group will present the World Premiere of From Here to Where, featuring a book by Umberto Crenca and music by The Gillen Street Ensemble. This production marks the kickoff of the 2025/26 Main Series Season on September 18. With a commitment to innovative...
The 2024 Providence Fringe Festival takes place from July 14 to July 27, showcasing over 50 performance groups from more than 15 states across various venues in the Valley Arts District. This year's festival marks the 11th edition, featuring more than 150 performances and a...
Three Exits takes an uncompromising look at the intersection of three flawed, fierce and fragile lives. Karen (the ex-lover), Mary (the ex-wife), and Adam (the ex-husband), reunite to figure out what happened, to remember the good and bad, but mostly to put the whole damn thing...
Wilbury Group Artistic Director Josh Short stages Kristoffer Diaz's thrilling spectacle of wrestling, hilarity and social commentary as THE Pro Wrestling's "jobber-to-the-stars" Macedonio Guerra (Jo An Peralta) and his newfound allie, the trash-talking Vigneshwar Paduar...
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Get Merry! Swamp Meadow Community Theatre (12/11-12/13) |
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The Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff Rosecliff Mansion (11/25-12/04) |
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The Nutcracker Ballet RI (12/17-12/27) |
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Made On Hope Ballet RI (4/16-4/25) |
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In Motion Ballet RI (10/23-10/25) |
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PVDFest Downtown Providence (9/18-9/19) |
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Kaleidoscope Newport Elks Lodge Room (10/16-10/18) |
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Carmen Ballet RI (5/25-5/27) |
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Almost, Maine The Arctic Playhouse (11/05-11/22) |
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The Secret Garden The Little Theater Of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
