CTC Proves it’s Gotta Tell a Story with Gypsy
Artistic Director Chris Simpson makes note of his hesitancy to embrace the musical theater format in the program notes for his current production of Gypsy, running through May 11 at Contemporary […]
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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
Polaroid Stories at Burbage: Carmen et Error
Polaroid Stories by playwright Naomi Iizuka is a clever attempt to link a modern story of street life with the timeless literature of the ancient world, employing a loose – […]
Expertly Crafted Violence: Fight Choreographer Chris Cardoni on staging swordplay
When the curtain rises this weekend on Attleboro Community Theatre’s production of Paul Rudnick’s I Hate Hamlet, the highlight of the night — as with many productions of the play […]
Stakes Are High at Swamp Meadow’s Spelling Bee
Six will enter, only one will emerge victorious. The stakes could not be higher. Well, okay, they could absolutely be higher; it’s not a Hunger Games-type situation. It’s a spelling […]
Missionary Position: Mormon Hits the Spot at PPAC
Storming into Providence to baptize the unbelievers is the return of The Book of Mormon, the insanely irreverent Trey Parker/Matt Stone/Robert Lopez concoction that upends the classic buddy quest (and, […]
#ME THREE, An Alternate Review by Richard J. Griffin*
After having a delicious pre-theater meal at Cafe Cazzata (try the Chicken Bocchino, it’s to die for) with my life partner, Troy, we decided to jet over to historic Woonsocket, […]
Wilbury Theatre’s Festival of New Works
Rhode Island provides audiences with hundreds of opportunities each year to see live theater being performed. However, it is far rarer to be able to see it being created in […]
Academy’s Godspell Is Fun and Whimsical
In response to Christian criticisms of the portrayal of Jesus Christ put forth in Godspell, composer Stephen Schwartz added the following note to the script: “Godspell is about the formation […]
Me Three: A Guide to New Beginnings at Daydream — Let It Flow
The new original play Me Three: A Guide to New Beginnings by Lenny Schwartz could charitably be described as genre-defying, swinging between farce and serious social critique, or less charitably […]
The Gamm’s True West Explores the Polarity of Human Nature
“Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine? ‘Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here Don Henley, “The […]