Fall Theater Preview
PROFESSIONAL It couldn’t be a better time to be a theater-goer in Rhode Island. With eight professional theaters to choose from, the fall season is ripe with gripping dramas, cutting-edge […]
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The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Art: In the Eye of the Beholder
I don’t know about art, but I know what I like. This frustrating aphorism creates boundaries and absolves the person using it from the burden of responsibility for their opinion. […]
Theatre by the Sea’s Spamalot Is Predictably Wonderful
In 1987, Theatre by the Sea was still a Tommy Brent operation and this writer was a teenage intern learning the intricacies of set building, ensemble acting, sound design for […]
All Hail Caesar!
Burbage Theater Company crafted a first-rate production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar at the William Hall Library in Cranston. A riveting show from beginning to end, this version of the […]
Forever Plaid Hits A High Note
The Plaids are a 1950s singing group that never was. As an offstage speaker informs us, the four clean-cut males were tragically killed in a crash on their way to […]
Cock, or the Rooster Play: That’s not a euphemism
Plays with titles intentionally chosen to be unprintable in the mainstream press are usually terrible. The New York Times reviewed the off-Broadway American premiere under the title “___ (The Cockfight […]
The Female Playwrights Issue Takes Center Stage
I’ve been lamenting the representation of women playwrights on the American stage since I learned that only 17 percent of all plays produced in the U.S. are written by women. […]
Brown Playwrights Rep Brings Plays on a Journey
By: Khrysta Ryan & Melanie Rainone The Brown Playwrights Rep offers playwrights a unique opportunity to perfect their work in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Now in its […]
Fluxus Cock Fight
It’s hard to describe just what’s going on when a Fluxus event takes place. We explored it in more depth with Shey Rivera, the organizer and instigator of this series […]
Catch Hay Fever at 2nd Story Theatre
The second show in rep for the summer at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren is Noel Coward’s Hay Fever. Set in the 1920s, the comedic romp about the eccentricities of theater […]