Whodunit?!
Hercule Poirot fans looking to see their favorite detective onstage in the dramatic interpretation of Agatha Christie’s The Hollow may be disappointed. Christie removed the character from the stage adaptation, […]
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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
Watch It! Wanna learn about local theater? Listen up
If you’re a student arriving in PVD for the first time, or one who’s grown up here but wants to make theater a part of their college life, you’ve come […]
Waiting in the Wings: Fall theater is about the take the stage by storm
In September, Academy Players are bringing a RI premiere with “Imaginary,” a new musical by Timothy Knapman, that tells about the power of imagination and explores the wonder of childhood. Academy […]
Saturday Night Fever at TBTS Discos into Hearts
When it comes to theater, nostalgia is a hit-or-miss proposition. It’s a great way to get people into seats, but once they are there, your challenge is in some ways […]
Revisit The Secret Garden
I haven’t read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story The Secret Garden since I was a child. The tale of the beauty of the garden has stayed with me, as it stays […]
Spectrum’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Takes the Stage Amid National Conversations on Mental Illness
On the very same day the Spectrum Theatre Ensemble opened its production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the Wilbury Theatre, in the kind of irony the poets […]
Creation Is the Greatest Thing: An interview with Taylor Mac
On the same day that Robert Mueller testified before Congress, I had the pleasure of interviewing MacArthur Fellow, Tony-nominated performer and playwright, and gift to us all, Taylor Mac. You’re […]
For Mature Audiences Only
For medical reasons, it’s common (and legal) practice to provide warnings to theatergoers if there will be strobe effects or flashing lights in a theatrical production. That courtesy then extended […]
2019 Theater Award Winners
Congratulations to all our winners! Community Champion Award: Bert Silverberg Improv / Audience Participation: Providence Improv Guild Youth Production of the Year: Once On This Island, Academy Players Favorite Ensemble: […]
A Wonderful New World: CTC’s sophisticated summer comedy
One of the true pleasures of summer in Rhode Island is spending an evening at the Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield, where they’ve built a reputation for offering any and […]