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Disney's The Little Mermaid is an adventurous love story about identity, community, and finding the strength of your inner voice. The tale revolves around Ariel,...
“This ensemble has quickly become a powerhouse in the tribute scene. They don’t just play the notes; they capture the specific magic of the Unplugged...
Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer, Jason...
Little Shop of Horrors is a campy, darkly comic musical following hapless floral assistant Seymour Krelborn, who discovers a carnivorous plant with devilish intentions while...
Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof closes Season 41 at The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre. In the sweltering Mississippi heat, the...
The Music Mansion Concert is a collaboration between the New jersey Guitar orchestra, under the spirited guidance of Jayson Martinez and the New England Guitar...
Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, concludes Trinity Repertory Company's 2025-26 season at the Dowling Theater....
Internationally renowned jazz trumpet maestro Etienne Charles returns to Providence with his festive big band! High spirits and dancing feet are in the forecast for this free jazz concert inspired by Lowcountry Gullah-Geechee culture and its connections...
Legendary satirist Weird Al Yankovic descends upon the stage with his groundbreaking Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour. Experience onstage performances of timeless tracks like Eat...
Naissance is the inaugural production of Renaissance Ballet Collective, a nonprofit ballet company founded in 2026 by Nina Yoshida-Webster, a professional ballet dancer with more...
The musical comedy beauty pageant...with something extra.
This Grammy-nominated Soul-funk Afrobeats jam band leads the vanguard of the “Thump & Soul” music scene, a feel-good blend of soul, rock, funk, hip-hop, and Afrobeats that can be heard at live music clubs, lounges,...
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...
La Broa' en tu barrio is a new adaptation of La Broa' (Broad Street) by Orlando Hernández, drawing from the true tales of Latino/a Rhode...
Shakespeare on the Saugatucket returns for another summer with William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, performed in the gardens and under the stars at The Contemporary...
A RISE TEEN production directed by Danielle Pennacchia, this haunting Greek myth folk opera is inspired by classic Americana and vintage New Orleans jazz. The...
The seminal event in American history blazes to vivid life in this most unconventional of Broadway hits
Pedro Pastor represents and leads a new generation of singer-songwriters in Spain. At just 31 years old, and with six albums under his belt, he has performed over 700...
West Bay Community Theater presents Mamma Mia! - In Concert, a hybrid musical event blending in-concert staging with traditional musical theater, featuring ABBA's hits that...
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...
Three longtime friends. One ridiculously expensive painting. Is it art, or is it just the world’s priciest inside joke? As the three men debate the...
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....
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...
The Getaway Driver is a new crime drama written by Trinity Rep Playwright-in-Residence Deborah Salem Smith and Resident Artistic Company Member Charlie Thurston, directed by...
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Latest Rhode Island Reviews
by Caitlin Howle - June 05, 2026
What did our critic think of TRINITY REP'S NEXT TO NORMAL at Trinity Rep?...
by Caitlin Howle - June 01, 2026
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....
by Jay Pateakos - May 30, 2026
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 ...
by Andria Tieman - May 22, 2026
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. ...
by John McDaid - May 18, 2026
A searing MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Burbage Theatre Co. offers a gripping production of Shakespeare's 'problem play'...
by Yuliya Pokhylko - May 10, 2026
Just like a radio host’s shift, the show moves at lightning speed, following the conversations of Barry Champlain who is as enigmatic as he is exhausting to listen to. Nearly 40 years after the play was originally staged, the issues throughout the show still ring true today....
by John McDaid - May 08, 2026
he set immediately grabs you when you walk into the theatre: An intricately crafted dining room, set on a stage with a pronounced tilt, in front of which sits one of those little museum gallery cards in a frame: 'Dining Room. American. 20th Century.' It is immediately clear that director and set des...
by Andria Tieman - May 07, 2026
At it’s most basic, Kimberly Akimbo tells the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who has a chromosomal disorder that makes her age rapidly. While that’s already an interesting premise, this musical goes much further than a typical ‘issues’ play and creates something wholly unexpected and qui...
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...
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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Finding Neverland The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (8/05-8/15) |
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The Secret Garden The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
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Art The Little Theater Of Fall River (8/20-8/30) |
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Pageant The Little Theater Of Fall River (7/09-7/19) |
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Weird Al Yankovic Providence Performing Arts Center (7/14-7/14) |
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MTV Unplugged Tribute Band at THE MET RI On June 14, 2026 The Met (6/14-6/14) |
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Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
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FirstWorks Summer Beats Concerts: Pedro Pastor 195 District Park (8/14-8/14) |
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Bell, Book and Candle The Arctic Playhouse (8/27-9/13) |
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