TOOT! TOOT! TOOTSIE!!
In celebration of 91 years of Theatre By The Sea, owner/producer Bill Hanney is presenting the Tony Award-winning musical Tootsie. Making his Theatre By The Sea debut as director and […]
Events:
A Christmas Carol
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back! The humbug’s wrenching, covetous, and cares more for money than all else. When the clock strikes midnight one fateful Christmas Eve, the ghost
November 23 - December 29A Christmas Carol
With a cast of five amazing actors playing all of the parts, this is the wonderful holiday story and tradition that you love with CTC flair. Full of fun, energy,
December 5 - December 22The Nutcracker
This holiday tradition features stars from New York City Ballet and a stage transformed into a New London winter seaport in the 1850s.
December 14 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmThe Nutcracker
This holiday tradition features stars from New York City Ballet and a stage transformed into a New London winter seaport in the 1850s.
December 15 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmChristmas Cocktail Cabaret
With the gorgeous and historic Towers as a backdrop, sip a cocktail and enjoy carols, festive music, and scenes full of Christmas cheer.
December 19Polar Express
Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards a mysterious train that traverses the uncanny valley to visit the North Pole. I’m ready whenever!
December 23 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pmIt’s a Wonderful Life
A classic holiday movie that will bring tears to your eyes.
December 23 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmThree Stooges Festival
Annual Three Stooges Film Festival featuring Larry, Moe, and Curly at their comical best in classic episodes from the 1930s and 1940s. Nyek, nyek, nyek.
January 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Events:
A Christmas Carol
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back! The humbug’s wrenching, covetous, and cares more for money than all else. When the clock strikes midnight one fateful Christmas Eve, the ghost
November 23 - December 29A Christmas Carol
With a cast of five amazing actors playing all of the parts, this is the wonderful holiday story and tradition that you love with CTC flair. Full of fun, energy,
December 5 - December 22The Smithereens with guest vocalist John Cowsill
Rock for the cows. Smash the pasture to bits. Star-studded Americana.
December 12 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRambudikon’s Haunted Christmas
Make sure to bring your ghostly self; nothing else. Metal and punk.
December 13 @ 6:30 pm - 11:30 pmNefesh Mountain
A New York-based progressive bluegrass band that bridges elements of American folk and Appalachian bluegrass with Celtic folk and Jewish melodies.
December 13 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmNRBQ
This stands for New Rhythm and Blues Quartet, a band that’s been called a national treasure.
December 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSoul Shot
Reggae music for the soul.
December 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSoul Power Dance Party
100% soul mod disco. Disco inferno baby. DJ’s TY Jesso & John O’Leary.
December 13 @ 10:00 pm - December 14 @ 2:00 amKeith Hughes & Ron Porta
R&B, rock, pop, blues, jazz music.
December 14 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pmThe Nutcracker
This holiday tradition features stars from New York City Ballet and a stage transformed into a New London winter seaport in the 1850s.
December 14 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmMichael Brennan
Singer, songwriter, and actor based out of Massachusetts.
December 14 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmEileen Ivers
Eileen’s Irish and American roots shine throughout this mix of traditional, story-filled, age-old Wren Day songs, poems, and of course, foot stomping and hollerin’ roots music.
December 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmJohnny and the East Coast Rockers
Swingin’ rhythm and blues, rocking the coast.
December 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmElectric Dugans/ Battlemode/ Ghosts in the Snow/ Thousand Years Between
Heavy post-rock.
December 14 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pmTab Benoit/ Jesse Dayton
A Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and guitarist who has built a career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues.
December 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmBilly Gilman
Famed country star is home for the holidays.
December 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmMatt Borrello Band
New England area guitarist and singer-songwriter.
December 14 @ 9:30 pm - December 15 @ 12:00 amThe Nutcracker
This holiday tradition features stars from New York City Ballet and a stage transformed into a New London winter seaport in the 1850s.
December 15 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmHandel’s Messiah
Christine Noel, conductor | Eleonore Cockerham, soprano | Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano | Thomas Cooley, tenor | Douglas Williams, baritone | Providence Singers, Christine Noel, artistic director.
December 15 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmHoliday Pops
Yaniv Dinur, conductor and emcee, hosts appearances by the Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra and the Showstoppers.
December 15 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
La Cage aux Folles
Five days into Pride Month and Trinity Repertory Company launched a larger-than-a-teased-beehive celebration of love that leaves its audience crowing with laughter and welling with emotion. Trinity’s 60th season ends […]
TWELFTH NIGHT, or WHAT YOU WILL: And some of what you won’t!
Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) celebrates William Shakespeare’s 460th birthday and concludes its 66th season with the Bard’s TWELFTH NIGHT (or WHAT YOU WILL), directed by Jay Burns, with original music and musical direction by Joey Kayan. This romantic comedy […]
A CHORUS LINE: One Singular Sensation
Theatre by the Sea presents A Chorus Line, conceived and originally directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett, with book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, and music by Marvin Hamlisch. […]
Big Praise for The Motherf*cker With the Hat: A Message on Acceptance
Brilliantly directed by Jackie Davis, this Burbage Theatre production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Motherfucker With the Hat features an ensemble of five convincingly talented cast members who give very […]
ONCE: Embracing those little moments of salvation
The Wilbury Theatre Group presents the Tony Award-winning musical Once, with book by Irish Playwright Enda Walsh, featuring music/lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. This production is directed by […]
RI Theatre Makers Roundtable: Making room at the table
Founded by Susan Cat Collyer and Judith Clinton, the RI Theatre Makers Roundtable is what it sounds like: A literal table around which rousing discussion takes place, but also a […]
From Summer Stock to Straw Hat: It’s beginning to look a lot like summer theater
Doing a Block Island retreat. Touring the East Bay Bike Path. Exploring some of the state’s 266 hiking trails and numerous world-class gardens. Lounging on the beaches that dot over […]
Vials of pee and the fight against misogyny: Contemporary Theater Company’s Predictor tells a 1960s story that resonates today
Ah, the sixties. We had flared pants, student anti-war protests, and the state’s authoritarian grip on bodily autonomy. Of course, there are also some differences between now and then. For […]
Motif’s 2024 RI Spoken Awards Recap
At the 2024 Spoken Word Awards, hosts Chip Doug and Anjel Newmann ushered in a night of storytelling, poetry, comedy, and more by welcoming nominees and spectators alike. Doug is […]