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The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will present Amadeus, Peter Shaffer’s multi-award-winning play reimagining the lives of 18th-century composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced that single tickets for the upcoming engagement of SOME LIKE IT HOT in Providence will go on sale Friday, October 18, 2024 at 10A for performances running from Tuesday, April 22 through Sunday, April 27, 2025. 

English poet Thomas Tusser penned, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Such can be said of the foolish individuals in Michael Parker’s bedroom farce, ‘Lone Star Love Potion,’ now at The Arctic Playhouse, a ridiculous, racy, mostly enjoyable comedy about adults behaving badly for a supposed fortune, courtesy of a romance-inducing elixir. (Yes, you read that right.)

Multi award-winning pianist, composer, music director, filmmaker and entrepreneur Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman (r.) - an Artist in Residence at Rhode Island College (RIC) in Providence - is the force behind the inaugural 'ArtsBiz,' a free-to-the-public, star-studded event that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the business of the performing arts.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rhode Island Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

'Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – APT. 2B,' Kate Hamill’s fun, remarkably clever comic murder mystery, now at Trinity Rep, reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary literary sleuths as two contemporary women who join forces by happenstance to investigate and solve crimes in post-pandemic London. See what our critic had to say.

Multi award-winning pianist, composer, music director, filmmaker and entrepreneur Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman (r.) – an Artist in Residence at Rhode Island College (RIC) in Providence – is the force behind the inaugural “ArtsBiz,” a free-to-the-public, star-studded event that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the business of the performing arts.

Tickets for the Providence Performing Arts Center's engagement of & JULIET will be available starting October 11.

The Providence Performing Arts Center received a SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES grant to support the preservation of its historic building, ensuring the continuation of its cultural contributions. Learn more!

Read BroadwayWorld's review of Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me at Wilbury Theatre Group. Learn more about the production.

The Players at the Barker Playhouse kick off their 106th season with Laurel Ollstein’s compelling historical drama, “They Promised Her the Moon,” the untold true story of Jerrie Cobb, an accomplished pilot and aspiring astronaut who dreamt of visiting outer space at a time when women in aviation were an anomaly.

It’s fun to say that romantic love is a matter of chemistry - fun, that is, as long as “chemistry” is metaphorical shorthand for the qualities and quirks that, when brought together, ignite emotions that feel like alchemy. But what if personal chemistry is not figurative, but literal: a combination of controlled substances and their effects that can be created in a laboratory as easily as on a date?

West Bay Community Theater will present the return of their unique musical revue, SPIRITS, on Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th at The Arctic Playhouse in West Warwick.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) will open its 40th anniversary season with four new board members who were unanimously appointed at this month's annual meeting.

The Avett Brothers has announced a performance at the Providence Performing Arts Center on June 4, 2025.

Wilbury Theatre Group kicks off their 2024/25 Main Series Season with the season opener: What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. Check out all new photos here!

The National Tour of 'A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical' kicked off last night at the Providence Performing Arts Center with the crowd eating up the classics like 'Sweet Caroline', 'Cracklin' Rosie' and 'Forever in Blue Jeans' to name a scant few.

Daydream Theatre Company and Rhode Island Stage Ensemble announced performances of THE THREE SCROOGES, a new holiday play by Lenny Schwartz, running November 7-16, 2024, at Beacon Charter School for the Arts.

Due to a scheduling change, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s engagement with ONE VISION OF QUEEN Featuring Marc Martel on Sunday, November 3 at 7P has been canceled.

2nd Thursday Blues is a monthly jam session hosted by the Oversoul Theatre Collective at the Underground Railroad Cafe in New Bedford, providing a vibrant, workshop-styled environment for blues, soul, and jazz musicians to collaborate and hone their craft.

The Oversoul Theatre Collective (OTC) has announced its new partnership and residency at the Underground Railroad Cafe on Acushnet Avenue. This collaboration brings a vibrant array of monthly events to the New Bedford community, including music, poetry, and civic dialogues, all offered free to the public with a suggested donation of $5.

Wamptronica, an underground dance music collective, and the Oversoul Theatre Collective (OTC) have joined forces to launch 'The SESSION,' a pop-up dance party tour aimed at fostering community engagement through music and the arts.

It was only a matter of time before someone put the story of that secret apartment on stage. You know the one, from back in the aughts, when a group of local artists built a hidden room in the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years. Well, another local arts collective, The Harpies, have written an interesting musical which takes that apartment as the core, and builds a story around it.

Allow me to introduce Stefano and Denise, the anguished characters in Anders Lustgarden’s powerful two-hander, ‘Lampedusa,’ now at Contemporary Theater Company, so the next time you’re having a bad day at work, I want you to think of these two.

Due to demand from audiences, Burbage Theatre Co has announced the extension of The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong!