Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Brown’s Invasion! Exposes America’s Prejudices
Jonas Hassen Khemiri‘s Invasion! holds a mirror up to our own preconceived notions about other races and cultures, particularly the Arabic male. One of the most acclaimed novelists and playwrights […]
Rent still rocks after all these years
The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) hosts the 20th Anniversary Tour of the classic musical, which features dazzling performances and a lot of heart. Composer Jonathan Larson did not live […]
Encore’s Joseph is a high energy winner
Encore Repertory Company has continued its winning streak with a dazzling, high-energy production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a musical retelling of the story from the Book of […]
She Would If She Could: Revival from the Restoration
Head Trick Theatre’s latest production, She Would If She Could, is a comedy by George Etherege. Written in 1668 and set in Restoration London (which kicked off with the end […]
Rhode Island’s Sweet Little Variety Show
“All the world is a Sweet Little Variety Show and all of our LBGTQ friendly humans merely feminist, anti-racist, queer-positive, body positive players in a cabaret,” to paraphrase William Shakespeare. […]
Lend Me a Tenor: La prima donna è mobile
Nominated for nine Tony Awards and winning two, Lend Me a Tenor by playwright Ken Ludwig is an unambitious and ridiculous farce that depends upon numerous perfect coincidences and character […]
Miracle Legion Plays The Narrows On April 7th
From the ‘80s onward, there have always been a few bands that not a lot of people knew about but which had a cult impact on American pop culture. One […]
Album of the Week: Mastodon’s Emperor of Sand
While steadily evolving in countless directions, metal has also experienced a resurgence in the 21st Century. The genre has long been a fixture in the underground, but bands like Atlanta […]
Not So Great Gatsby: The Show Must Go On
Dear Nick, Spring is taking its grand ol’ time in arriving fashionably late to Lil Rhody. It’s more like “Winter 2: Electric Boogaloo” than any kind of fairer, milder, out-like-a-lamb […]