Life has its ups and downs, and we ride the coaster feeling the gambit of emotions throughout the spin. The highs are great if you can get ’em, and nobody escapes the lows. Based on Alanis Morissette’s journey-changing music, this exhilarating and fearless musical enters ground-breaking territory and will have you, too, feeling the wave […]
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to spend it on Miserable Spring, Italian style! The Academy Players present A Christmas Carmella, written and directed by Comedian Frank O’Donnell (and co-directed by Shannon Donnelly, also plucked from the audience as Bella) so it’s sure to make you laugh. Dickens would be rolling […]
We’ve all been there. The alarm goes off, you need to drag your butt out of bed and get to a job where you feel underappreciated. But what can you do? Fantasize about murdering the boss, maybe? While that may not sound very funny, just wait until you see this hilarious musical, based on the […]
The Humans, by Brown grad Stephen Karam and directed by The Wilbury’s Josh Short, is originative for several reasons. The script is clever, so while you’re interjected into this typical family turmoil, there is comedic relief throughout. This is largely due to the spot-on timing by Rachel Dulude, who portrays daughter Aimee Blake. She makes […]
PPAC presents Tootsie, featuring the clever, Tony-winning book by Robert Horn and brilliant score by Tony-winner David Yazbek. You likely recall the beloved story of struggling NY actor Michael Dorsey, skillfully portrayed by Drew Becker. Michael may be talented but his perfectionism gains him a reputation for being difficult to work with. Even his agent doesn’t […]
The Wilbury Theatre Group presents the world premiere of Silhouette of a Silhouette by RI icon Rose Weaver and directed by Don Mays. Based on Weaver’s life, with threads of magical realism, Silhouette of a Silhouette is a story of redemption and hope inspired by loss, and told through music, song, and artistically expressive scenes — the story of a family struck by […]
Love to laugh? Does anyone not? Kismet Improv, which recently celebrated their first anniversary, is a live-comedy theater in Pawtucket owned by a husband and wife team. Artistic Director Luke Bruneaux has been providing improvisational comic relief since 2008, first in Chicago then later Boston. Executive Director Taylor Bruneaux started in Boston in 2012. Together […]
Happy 89th birthday to Theatre By The Sea! The 300-seat converted barn theater opened on August 7, 1933 with a production of Strictly Dynamite. The tradition of providing local audiences with exhilarating energy, joy and laughter continues with KINKY BOOTS! “It’s hard to believe we are opening the final production of our 2022 season,” said […]
Footloose is loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural and fanatically religious farming town of Elmore City, OK in 1978. Dances had been banned by an ordinance from the late 1800s until a group of teens challenged it. In the 1984 movie, as well as in this musical stage adaptation by […]
Remember when you were a kid, putting a kaleidoscope to your eye, twisting it to get the visual overload of swirling colors and patterns? Imagine if you could walk through that kaleidoscope! Through the use of cutting-edge projection technology and an original score, Beyond Van Gogh breathes new life into over 300 of Vincent Van […]