It’s 2003, Thursday afternoon, in a quiet little town called Eberndorf, in the deep south of Austria, surrounded by fields, trees, and medieval churches; 10-year-old me is in my parents’ living room, glued to the four-by-three tube TV screen. “Sabrina – Total Verhext!” [Totally Bewitched! in English] is on. In the US, the iconic show […]
During the time in which F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby takes place, the US economy was in a massive post-World War I boom. Though there was money to be had, wealth was heavily concentrated at the top, creating a stark divide between the ultra-rich and the impoverished working classes. A stark divide […]
The Arctic Playhouse presents “Little Women,” based on Louise May Alcott’s timeless novel following the lives of the March sisters: spirited aspiring writer Jo, thoughtful Meg, tender Beth, and tenacious Amy. Their childhood in the 1860s is chronicled as they strive to be intelligent, imaginative, and kind young ladies. With each passing year, the sisters […]
Sidonie Smith and Adam Garcia in the 2026 UK tour of The Bodyguard. The musical’s North American tour runs from Oct. 23 – 25 at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Photo credit: Paul Coltas Who could have possibly anticipated the onslaught of screen-to-stage productions that started when the 1937 film Nothing Sacred, a critically acclaimed […]
The logistics, physical, and emotional demands of the production are mind-boggling – one actor spending 80 minutes morphing among 12 characters with unique accents and mannerisms while delivering lines almost non-stop and, amazingly enough, in rhyme. While it might sound overwhelming at best or gimmicky at worst, the reality of The Smuggler, opening the 2026-27 […]
It’s 1993 in Providence. A gang leader from Harlem lands at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in the middle of the night — wounded, on the run, with nowhere else to go. Despite his dire circumstances, he’s disgusted by her roommate — a grieving, white gay man into drag who’s not in the mood for the interloper’s […]
A reimagined production of the international, award-winning musical The Bodyguard will arrive at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), October 23 – 25, 2026, as part of the Theatre’s 2026/2027 *Encore Series. Based on the 1992 film starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard the Musical features a host of unforgettable classics including “Queen […]
Ever rummaged through your spouse’s sweater drawer expecting to find argyles, yet instead stumbling across a secret fetish so utterly demented that it immediately sent you bolting toward a new life? Deftly directed by Jeanne Smith, Attleboro Community Theatre’s Wonder of the World is a dark, fast-paced comedy of Niagara Fall-out proportions! Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire […]
If there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, The Getaway Driver at Trinity Repertory Company is it. The world premiere of the two-person play by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston that opens Trinity’s 2026-27 season runs one hour and 40 minutes with no intermission, approximately 20 minutes longer than […]
Hark, spectators of the realm! If thy soul doth hunger for a “reverent irreverence” turning a 77-seat black box into a roaring arena of wretched romance, get thee to the Burbage Theatre Co! Director Stephen Thorne, who has been called “without question, one of the most electric theatre professionals that Rhode Island has to offer,” […]