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 hauntingly original new musical features richly layered harmonies and intricate vocal arrangements plus a comical, intimate, and deeply moving exploration of human connection in the […]
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 three spectral visitors in A Christmas Carol, a holiday staple across stage and screen. However, in Mark Brown’s The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, now playing […]
Trinity Repertory Company presents its 49th annual production of A Christmas Carol, adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens, with original music by Richard Cumming. This year, the production is Co-directed by former Trinity Rep Artistic Director and Emmy Award–winner Richard Jenkins and acclaimed choreographer Sharon Jenkins. Due to ongoing renovations of the theatre, this […]
The Arctic Playhouse has long been a gem of Rhode Island’s theater scene, and their latest production, Keep On Laughing, is a testament to the venue’s knack for blending humor with heart. Director W. Richard Johnson’s treatment of Paul Elliott’s play creates a “comfort-comedy,” delivering a freshness that keeps the evening from slipping into the predictable. […]
The energy ignites the moment the Hadestown crew takes the historic Providence Performing Arts Center’s stage, as the musicians begin with the promise of myth re-imagined. As told by PPAC, Hadestown — the Tony-winning musical from Anaïs Mitchell and Director Rachel Chavkin — is the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, a Greek myth woven […]
The Community Players’ new production of Carrie: The Musical, directed by Morgan Salpietro, with book by Lawrence D. Cohen based on the novel by Stephen King, captures both the unsettling undercurrent of King’s story and the brave heart of community theatre. The music by Michael Gore, with lyrics by Dean Pitchford, certainly adds to the […]
The Burbage Theatre Company has conjured a work of sinister magic which begs the question, will you stay once the hour has struck? There’s a mesmerizing fire-crackle sound to the stage as though the air itself is charged with anticipation— and perhaps something more arcane. The lights dip, the hush deepens, and you remember you’re about […]
Silence = Death Under Brian McEleney’s direction, the much-anticipated Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, wowed audiences just as much as part 1, Millennium Approaches. This continuation revisits the lives of its beloved, memorable characters as they confront illness, identity, the shifting tides of history and the human heart. Highly regarded as the greatest play […]
Photo: David Cantelli Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None remains one of the crown jewels of the mystery genre. It’s a story driven by the tension of dread. When a community theatre takes on an Agatha Christie whodunit, stakes are high. Clarity, tension, and ensemble chemistry must all align. In Attleboro Community Theatre’s case, […]
As you enter the Wilbury Theatre, you see a sign hanging that reads in Italian, “In bocca al lupo.” This is an Italian idiom translating to “into the wolf’s mouth,” which is commonly used to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance or challenging task, similar to ‘break a leg.’ A typical response might […]