THE WINTER’S TALE: An Enchanting Shakespearean Tragicomedy
BY ALISON O’DONNELL ON FEBRUARY 20, 2026 Trinity Rep tells us their staging of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is a freewheeling blend of comedy and tragedy, a journey through […]
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September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
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THE WINTER WOLF: Things Only Truly Become Perfect in Memory
With the waning of winter, there’s no better way to close out the season at Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) than with The Winter Wolf by Joseph Zettelmaier, directed by Douglas […]
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940: (Nope, not a musical!)
In true comedic (not exactly musical) style, a cadre of eccentric Broadway devotees gather under the premise of discussing a new play. Everyone, including the producer, writers, director, financial backer, […]
GHOSTS: When the past poisons the present
Henrik Ibsen’s haunting masterpiece of moral reckoning, Ghosts, lays bare the corrosive power of secrets and the cost of keeping up appearances. In a remote Norwegian town, widow Helen Alving […]
HAROLD & MAUDE: Love Is a Form of Acceptance
Harold, a spoiled young man, experiments with destructive ways of destroying himself in order to get the attention of his self-obsessed, affluent mother. Maude is peacefully wise, an old but […]
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS: Silence, Laughter, and the echo of being seen
There’s a curious vigilance that falls over a room where a story is told without words. Not the absence of sound, but an intimacy, a heightened awareness of breath, glance, […]
THE MEMORY OF WATER: Some Things Stay In Your Bones
Picture this: grief and laughter, absurdity and tenderness coexisting cohesively. Not easy to do, yet Burbage Theatre Company’s production of The Memory of Water adeptly captures this ephemeral equilibrium. Under […]
SUFFS: A Fierce, Feminine Reckoning With The Past And Present
The Providence Performing Arts Center presents Suffs, the new Tony Award-winning musical that boldly explores the triumphs and failures of a struggle for equality that’s far from over. Starring and […]
OCTET: Finding Harmony in the Digital Age
The Wilbury Theatre Group (WTG) presents Octet, a chamber choir musical written and composed by Dave Malloy, known for his genre-blending, emotionally charged work. Directed with precision by WTG artistic director Josh Short, Malloy’s […]
THE TRIAL OF EBENZER SCROOGE
The Curmudgeon strikes back! There are few literary characters whose names have become synonymous with transformation as much as Ebenezer Scrooge. Charles Dickens’ miserly protagonist’s cold heart is warmed by […]