A Fabulous “Motown”
The classic pop and rhythm and blues songs from the 1960s and 1970s are brought to life in the rousing high-energy Motown: The Musical, which opened at the Providence Performing […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Encore’s Mary Poppins Soars
Encore Repertory Company’s production of the classic Walt Disney musical, Mary Poppins, which opened Friday at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, is an unqualified triumph. Every aspect of the show is […]
Grease: Not So Rockin’ Rydell
The Community Players have recreated the world of sock hops, convertibles, greasers, and teenage romance in their production of Grease. The guys and gals of Rydell High are obsessed with […]
The Freedom Project Shines a Light on Incarceration
Everett Stage is presenting The Freedom Project, a multi-media theatrical experience interweaving dance, personal stories and videos detailing the lives of men and women in our nation’s prisons, specifically the […]
Katie Clark stars in The Addams Family at OSTC
Just in time for Halloween comes a musical production featuring America’s spookiest family. Katie Clark stars as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family: The Musical, which opened at Ocean State […]
Mixed Magic’s Day of Absence Is a Scathing Satire
Day of Absence, now being performed at Pawtucket’s Mixed Magic Theatre, is a scathing satire of racism set in the deep South. Written in 1965 by Douglas Turner Ward, a […]
Rhode Island LGBT Community Honors Steve Ahlquist
RI Future blogger (and Motif contributor) Steve Ahlquist was honored by the LGBT community Sunday at the Rhode Island Pride Honors with the Spirit of Pride Award. The event, which honors […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical Launches National Tour at PPAC
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will begin its national tour on September 15 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Based on the life of singer-songwriter Carole King, the show features many of […]
Despite Outstanding Performances, “Bitches” Is Disappointing
Take a little of “Orange is the New Black,” sprinkle in a bit of “Desperate Housewives,” and you get Epic Theatre Company’s new production, These Ruthless Bitches. The show is […]
Calling All MSTies … Joel Hodgson has Landed
That’s right fans of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” Joel Hodgson himself will be making a personal appearance at the Greenwich Odeum on September 18 and 19. There will be two […]