Arctic’s Red Hot Lovers Showcases Brilliant Acting and Direction
In the first five minutes of Last of the Red Hot Lovers, we learn just about everything we need to know about the main character without a word of dialogue, […]
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Michael Brennan
Acoustic rock from the 1970s thru the 2020s. That’s a long time, you think he’s got it?
May 3 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmRich Vos
Funny guy. Find out why his wife hates him.
May 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmKane Brown
Singer and songwriter.
May 3 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmRoger McGuinn
Folk rock.
May 3 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmConfounded Bridge
Led Zeppelin’s greatest hits, from “Stairway to Heaven,” to “Whole Lotta Love.”
May 3 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmGarrison Keillor Tonight
An evening of stand-up, storytelling, audience song, and poetry. Sounds like they got it all in Lake Wobegone.
May 3 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPlaying Dead
Music of the Grateful Dead. Playing dead can be fun, I do it all the time!
May 3 @ 9:00 pm - May 4 @ 12:00 amRich Vos
Funny guy. Find out why his wife hates him.
May 3 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmPaul Colombino
Acoustic guitarist.
May 4 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pmKevin Doyle’s Roscommon Soles
A Sunday matinee performance of sole music, including traditional Irish music, step dance, and American tap dance.
May 4 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmComedy Showcase
Host: Liz Moniz. Headliner: Matt Barry. John Harrington, Mike Dupont, Michael Luppino, Andrew Pujalte, Mark Branson, David Beausoleil.
May 4 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmSouth Kingstown String Orchestra
A night of classical music.
May 5 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmBrian Regan
Clean comedy marked by excessive facial expressions and body language. Clean comedy?! What’s that…
May 6 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmMatt Andersen
Just a voice and a guitar.
May 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
One of the biggest voices in rock music. Lots of dirty birds flying around everywhere.
May 8 @ 8:30 pm - 11:30 pmBrian Beaudoin
RI’s grand-pappy of stoner comics.
May 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmCantrip
Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar, and three rich voices blend to create a sound energetic enough to tear the roof off. Whoa.
May 9 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmShen Yun
Experience a lost culture through the art of classical Chinese dance, and see legends come to life. Shen Yun makes this possible by pushing the boundaries of the performing arts,
May 10 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmBrian Beaudoin
RI’s grand-pappy of stoner comics.
May 10 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmJW Jones
JW is one of the young guns in the blues guitar world who consistently delivers the goods. We love young guns!
May 10 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Barker Delivers Shocks, Laughter and … Murder
Ira Levin’s Deathtrap boasts the title of longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway. Granted, there are only a handful of works that fall into such an oxymoronic category, so perhaps this […]
Motherfucker! Epic explores recovery in their season of Conviction
Epic Theatre continues its season, themed “Conviction,” by tackling one of the ultimate tests of conviction. Stephen Alby Guirgis’s 2011 play, Motherfucker with the Hat, tackles a challenge of addiction […]
Community Players Tackles Social Security, and Hilarity Ensues
The Community Players open their 98th season with a community theater staple, Social Security, directed by James Sulanowski. It opened on Broadway in 1986 and ran for about a year, […]
Epic Blurs the Line Between Art and Life with Their Latest Show
Right from the title, the play is a doozy: We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, […]
Head Trick’s Much Ado with a Twist
Head Trick is returning to its roots with a classic Shakespeare in the park. As the opener of their 2018-19 season, themed “Making a New World,” this is the first […]
Moonlight and Magnolias
The Creative Process Behind Gone with the Wind
Often considered among the greatest films of all time, Gone with the Wind got off to a wildly inauspicious start. A few weeks into filming, producer David Selznick suddenly halted […]
A New Arts Center Emerges
Beyond Button Hole Golf Course at 180 Button Hole Drive in Providence lies an unassuming strip of buildings. For years, the Academy Players have called the tiny black box theater […]
Arctic Goes Down the Rabbit Hole
For their last show at the 117 Washington St location in West Warwick, The Arctic Playhouse is taking audiences down the rabbit hole for the classic Lewis Carroll tale, Alice […]
Norton Singers’ Scarlet Pimpernel Leaves Audiences Whistling
When it comes to musicals about French revolutions, Les Mis has the market cornered. But there is another oft-forgotten musical about the same topic. The Scarlet Pimpernel came about a […]