ARTS ALIVE! RI

by Jessica Tabak - November 19, 2024

What did our critic think of THE LUCKY CHANCE at Head Trick Theatre?...

by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - November 18, 2024

In 1998, my senior year English teacher decided to mix things up by having us start the semester by watching movies rather than reading the usual high school classics. The selections were varied – The Godfather, Ghandi, Some Like it Hot, From Here to Eternity....

by Christopher Verleger - November 13, 2024

“Mamma Mia!,” the sensational, vivacious 2001 Broadway musical based on the songs of ABBA that has become a fan favorite and worldwide phenomenon on both stage and screen, returns to Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and proves yet again just how much this simple story of a mother and daughte...

by Christopher Verleger - November 12, 2024

The Community Players welcomes autumn and kicks off its 103rd season with a lively, stylish production of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” an updated musical adaptation of the beloved, quintessential rags-to-riches fairy tale about a young woman's transformation from indentured servant to elega...

by Christopher Verleger - November 05, 2024

For obvious reasons, our Constitution has been a popular topic of discussion as of late, so it is not only appropriate but impeccable timing for Contemporary Theater Company to launch its impressive, thought-provoking production of Heidi Schreck’s informative, introspective play, “What the Constitut...

by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - October 25, 2024

What did our critic think of SHUCKED at Providence Performing Arts Center?...

by Jay Pateakos - October 22, 2024

When I heard Burbage had added a special Halloween show that they said was 'largely inspired by classic horror anthologies like Creepshow, Tales from the Crypt, and of course, Are You Afraid of the Dark?' how can you not attend?  And this show did not disappoint....

by Christopher Verleger - October 17, 2024

“Let the games begin” is a phrase most often associated with an Olympic event, but it also holds true for the characters in ‘Sleuth,’ Anthony Shaffer’s engrossing thriller, now at Granite Theatre, where two adult men play a cunning, intriguing game of cat-and-mouse, each ready to strike and unable t...

by Christopher Verleger - October 15, 2024

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 fortu...

by Christopher Verleger - October 14, 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. Se...