The Tony Award-winning spectacular musical, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”, is currently lighting up the PPAC stage with its glamourous two-hour plus production, filled with dancing, …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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12/28/23
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I’ve been funny my whole life,” said Warwick native Bill Silas.
For Silas, who has been a comedian for 16 years, March 23 will be a “huge night:” a sold out celebration …
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By DANA RITCHIE
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3/20/24
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FAMILY FEATURES
On the sweetest day of the year, a day full of flowers, love and sweets, Valentine’s Day is the ultimate opportunity to try a different dessert meant for two.
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2/7/24
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Beautiful pizza, like art, is subjective.
Take Rhode Island’s Italian bakery specialty — pizza strips (or party pizza or party strips … or bakery pizza or red strips or …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/7/24
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Providence’s Lippitt House Museum and Virginia’s Maymont Mansion team up to explore the lives of two modern post-Civil War business leaders in a special virtual program February 22.
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2/7/24
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On the night of June 21, 1920, a Chicago man named Carl Otto Wanderer was returning home from the theater with his wife of one year, Ruth (Johnson) when it was noticed that someone was following …
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2/7/24
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
SCRAMBLED * * * (All About Preserving Eggs)
Leah McKendrick stars as Nellie Robinson, a 34-year-old single woman who is bridesmaid to many of her friends, but never a …
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2/7/24
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The Battle of Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863, saw two huge armies meet and clash over the three days. After the battle was over, the gruesome task of burying the dead on both sides and taking care of …
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11/29/23
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Two winners will share Music on the Hill’s 2024 scholarship, each receiving a $300 award toward their music study. Soprano Camila Brito of Cumberland and Evelyn Zhang of Providence were …
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2/7/24
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Much has been said about beauty, defined as “a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.” Oh! There …
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2/7/24
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If you’re ever looking to gauge how fast time flies, take a look at the years it’s been since a local band played their first show. For the Providence alt-rock act Tall Teenagers, …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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2/7/24
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The East Greenwich Art Club is exhibiting members’ artwork thru Friday, March 29 during business hours in the lobby at 333 Main Street, East Greenwich, RI. It is hosted by Gaspee Real Estate …
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2/7/24
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They’re back!
After a pandemic hiatus, WOMENSWORKRI Theatre Collaborative is back, this time on Pawtucket’s Burbage Theatre stage, where five actresses over the age of 40 give …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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2/7/24
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It was a few weeks after Thanksgiving in 1968. Joe McNamara was a Pilgrim High senior who had just completed what he felt was a good season as a member of the Pilgrim High football team. He was about …
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2/7/24
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The God of Carnage is a dark comedy written by Yasmina Reza, a renowned French playwright, and novelist. Originally titled “Le Dieu du Carnage,” it was first performed in 2006 and quickly …
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Theatre Review by IDA ZECCO
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1/31/24
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
AMERICAN FICTION * * * ½ (Comedy with a Message)
Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk Ellison, a college English professor and novelist with high standards who …
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1/31/24
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Divorce can be messy and emotional. Add to the mix the decision to sell the marital home, which is often the couple’s largest financial asset, and things get even messier.
As Rhode …
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2/28/24
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Take a classic Tony Award-winning play (1965), provide it with tight, tense direction (Steve Kidd) create a realistic, functional set (Jessica Hill Kidd) and find four of the best actors to fill …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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1/31/24
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Certain bands can transform an atmosphere within an establishment from dull and boring to vibrant and fun in an instant. Right when the first song is played, the music takes over the audience and …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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1/31/24
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Twenty-six-year-old Albert Titchner was a devotee of the Methodist Tabernacle church in Olneyville and was in charge of its smaller branch, the Merino Mission. The mission counted about 26 members …
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1/31/24
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