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My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
Theatre by the Sea 364 Cards Pond Rd, Wakefield, RI, United StatesFrom the king of swing to the Rat Pack, Ol’ Blue Eyes charmed his way into the hearts of millions. Celebrate the pivotal moments of Sinatra’s remarkable five-decade career with a journey through his greatest hits. Four performers sing more than 50 classics such as “I’ve Got the World on a String,” “Fly Me to […]
Off With Their Heads
The Wilbury Theatre Group 475 Valley St, Providence, RI, United StatesAward-winning playwright and poet Darcie Dennigan (Dolores Goes to Poetry City; RESCUE! Or, The Fish; The Pleiades) and director Josh Short re-team for a brand new musical about the rape and revenge of painter Artemisia Gentileschi
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Trinity Rep 201 Washington St, Providence, RI, United StatesAn indisputable masterpiece by one of America’s greatest Broadway composers and lyricists, this heart-pounding horror-comedy has been adapted to death and then stuck in a delicious pie. The eight-time Tony Award-winning musical tells the tale of an exiled barber’s quest to avenge the wrongs done to him and his family by a corrupt system of […]
Spreading It Around
Newport Playhouse 102 Connell Highway, Newport, RI, United StatesAngela Drayton, a wealthy widow living in an upscale retirement community, is tired of handing out money to her unappreciative children. So she starts the “S.I.N. (Spending It Now) Foundation,” to give to those truly in need. This terrifies her greedy son, driving him to devise a plan to have her committed in this dramedy.
Utica: The Last Refuge
The Zeit 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA, United StatesThis documentary follows the Azeins – a family of 4 from Sudan – who arrive in Utica, NY and attempt to start a new life during the Trump administration.
Jersey Boys
Theatre by the Sea 364 Cards Pond Rd, Wakefield, RI, United StatesThey were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard...and the radio just couldn't get enough of them. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story -- a story that has made them an international […]
West Bay Community Theater to Present Kander and Ebb’s “CABERET”
West Bay Community Theatre 25 Preston Drive, North Kingstown, RI, United StatesIn a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garnish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. The show explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
The Addams Family
Rise Playhouse 142 Clinton, Woonsocket, RI, United StatesThe show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. The same family you see in numerous movies and TV shows. It’s on weekends, but really should be on Wednesdays.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The United Theatre 5 Canal Street, Westerly, RI, United StatesBallet.
Macbeth
Providence College 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI, United StatesExplore the realms of witchy madness and death in Shakespeare’s classic Scottish Play about regicide, revolution and untethered ambition.
Frozen Jr.
Courthouse Center for the Arts 3481 Kingstown Rd, West Kingston, RI, United StatesA story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen Jr. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. Multiple times.
Motif Film Screening Series
Motif and Maravilla celebrate art created outside the mainstream by independent artists with something to say.