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Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at the Providence Performing Arts Center
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - February 07, 2024

Aaron Sorkin’s dramatic adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, pulls no punches, showing how racial injustice and the attitudes and issues related to it are all still relevant to the modern day....

Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at The Gamm Theatre
by Christopher Verleger - February 01, 2024

Early on in Edward Albee’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’, husband George nonchalantly responds to his wife who has just insulted him with the declarative statement, “That’s not a very nice thing to say, Martha.” That sarcastic albeit loaded moment of seemingly civil interplay between the pair ma...

Review: LA BROA' (BROAD STREET) at Trinity Repertory Company
by Charlotte Buecheler - January 31, 2024

What did our critic think of LA BROA’ (BROAD STREET) AT TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY at Trinity Repertory Company? Opening night for La Broa’ at Trinity Rep felt like a party, a long-awaited homecoming for a community represented both on and off the stage....

Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD at Providence Performing Arts Center
by Christopher Verleger - January 26, 2024

Providence Performing Arts Center celebrates the new year with the return of ‘Ain’t Too Proud,’ the stylish, spirited 2019 Tony-winning musical about the unparalleled career and personal trials and tribulations of one of the most successful soul acts in history, The Temptations....

Review: HIR transfixes at The Wilbury Theatre Group
by Jessica Tabak - January 25, 2024

What did our critic think of HIR at The Wilbury Theatre Group? Before trans entered our vernacular as a standalone word, we used it mostly as a prefix to indicate something was being changed into another version of itself — be it energy into other energy (transduction), language into other language ...

Review: ANNUAL 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL Dazzles Again at Contemporary Theater Company
by John McDaid - January 20, 2024

CTC'S ANNUAL 24-HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL DAZZLES AGAIN at Contemporary Theater Company. Written, produced, and performed in a day. Amazing....

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Dazzles at PPAC
by Andria Tieman - December 21, 2023

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, debuted in Boston in 2018, and seems like an incredibly logical adaptation of a wildly successful musical film.  The stage version, showing at PPAC through December 31, hews very closely to the film in terms of plot and the bigger musical numbers, but also adds some new so...

Review: Wilbury Offers Compelling INDECENT
by John McDaid - December 17, 2023

The breathtaking production of Paula Vogel's Indecent at the Wilbury tackles this challenge head on, and the result is one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the season. Top line: Go see this show before it closes on Dec. 23....

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Attleboro Community Theatre
by Christopher Verleger - December 05, 2023

With the holiday season upon us, Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT)’s joyous, heartwarming production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is the quintessential reminder of what Christmas is all about—family, tradition, and generosity....

Review: DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical at Providence Performing Arts Center
by Jay Pateakos - November 29, 2023

What did our critic think of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at Providence Performing Arts Center?...

Review: BLKS at Burbage Theatre Company
by John McDaid - November 21, 2023

Burbage mounts captivating RI premiere of Barnes' intense slice-of-life comedy...

Review: BIG, THE MUSICAL at The Community Players
by Christopher Verleger - November 15, 2023

The Community Players kicks off its 102nd season with a lively, endearing, production of “Big, The Musical,” based on the beloved 1988 film, directed by Penny Marshall and starring Tom Hanks....

Review: ONE FLEA SPARE at Brown / Trinity Rep (MFA)
by Jessica Tabak - November 08, 2023

What did our critic think of ONE FLEA SPARE at Brown / Trinity Rep (MFA)?...

Review: TRUE WEST at Brown/Trinity MFA
by John McDaid - November 06, 2023

As written—and as typically performed—Sam Shepard's 1980 dark comedy True West can feel like it skates around some of the troubling issues lurking beneath America's self image. Its vision of a dichotomous West of freedom and constraint, open range and suburb, can seem a naive gloss over questions of...

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Contemporary Theater Company
by Christopher Verleger - October 27, 2023

Contemporary Theater Company (CTC) revisits the Prohibition Era with its enchanting, sumptuous production of William Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy, ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’...

Review: TERAPIA (THERAPY) at Teatro ECAS
by Christopher Verleger - October 26, 2023

Teatro ECAS (Education Center of Arts and Science) kicks off its 26th season with Martín Giner’s play, ‘Terapia’ (Therapy), an intriguing, highly entertaining dramatic comedy that invites the audience to be a fly on the wall during a series of sessions between a psychiatrist and his most challenging...

Review: LOVE, SEX & THE IRS at The Arctic Playhouse
by Christopher Verleger - October 14, 2023

What did our critic think of LOVE, SEX & THE IRS at The Arctic Playhouse?...

Review: 2216: THE REMIX OF A GLOBAL EXPERIMENT at Wilbury Theatre Group
by Christopher Verleger - October 04, 2023

The Wilbury Theatre Group kicks off the season with the world premiere of “2216: The Remix of a Global Experiment,” a powerful, immersive performance piece that showcases “melodies, memories, and stories not yet told” by a variety of individuals representing ethnicities and cultures from across the ...

Review: BECKY NURSE OF SALEM At Trinity Repertory Company
by Charlotte Buecheler - October 02, 2023

What did our critic think of NECKY NURSE OF SALEM at Trinity Repertory Theater?...

Review: FUNNY GIRL at Providence Performing Arts Center
by Christopher Verleger - September 20, 2023

Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) kicks off the 2023/2024 theater season with the national tour launch of the long-awaited revival of the legendary Broadway musical, “Funny Girl.”...

Review: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Contemporary Theater Company
by John McDaid - September 16, 2023

Outstanding performances light up the stage in this twisty futuristic tale....

Review: THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR at Trinity Repertory Company
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - September 14, 2023

What did our critic think of THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR at Trinity Repertory Company?...

Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at The Gamm Theatre
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - September 13, 2023

What did our critic think of TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at The Gamm Theatre? The Gamm theatre launches its 2023-24 season with Suzan-Lori Parks’ multi-award winning play, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG. On its surface, it’s the story of two Black brothers, Lincoln and Booth, who share a troubled past and are now sharing a ro...

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Burbage Theater Co.
by Charlotte Buecheler - September 06, 2023

While Shakespeare famously bragged that “Never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo,” the Burbage Theater Co.  set itself the task of revealing everything else the play contains. Their modern-dress production is dynamic, reveling in precisely-choreographed crowd and fight scenes...

Review: JERSEY BOYS at Theatre By The Sea
by Christopher Verleger - August 17, 2023

Theatre By The Sea concludes another incredible season with its sleek, energetic, exciting production of “Jersey Boys,” the 2006 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical about one of the biggest pop music sensations in American history, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons....