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‘Artful Expressions: Creating from the Heart’ kicks off 2025 at the Warwick Center for the Arts
For the past 50 years, the Warwick Center for the Arts has been a hub for creativity for the city it inhabits and the surrounding areas. The organization, located within the old Kentish Artillery … more
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Ballet RI’s production of “The Nutcracker” is at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence through December 29.
Ballet RI’s joyous “Nutcracker” at Vets
You can have your Christmas movies and holiday TV specials. It takes a joyous production of “The Nutcracker” to get me in the Christmas spirit, and Ballet RI’s  2024 … more
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Trinity Rep presents ‘Someone Will Remember Us’
Trinity Repertory Company “Someone Will Remember Us” by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston, and co-created by Dr. Michelle Cruz, Smith, and Thurston. Directed by Christopher Windom, … more
Dante Green
A musical-in-the-making. It’s kind of a party!
A bunch of musicians decide that society is broken, and since music is the blueprint for everything, they set out to make music that models a society they actually want to live in. This is the Rhode … more
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The Wilbury Theatre Group's rousing production of “Noise” continues through Dec. 22.
Wilbury’s “Noise” is celebration of community
In my nearly 50 years of reviewing theatre, I have never seen a play quite like César Alvarez’s “Noise.” The musical breaks all boundaries between actors and audience in … more
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Jenna Lea Scott as Mrs. Cratchit, Katsuto Sakogashira as Bob Cratchit, Isabella Gonzalez as Belinda Cratchit, Brandon Lopes as Peter Cratchit, Nicholas Shay as Tiny Tim, and Olivia Jarbadan as Martha Cratchit in Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol.”
PPAC fills the bill for Trinity’s “A Christmas Carol”
What would the holiday season be in Rhode Island without Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol”? The production moved to the huge proscenium stage across town while Trinity’s … more
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The R.I. Philharmonic for newbies
I brought my teenage nephew to an RI Philharmonic concert. He told me he didn’t “dig” classical music. The night before he had attended a Rolling Stone concert that he … more
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Majestic nostalgia at PPAC
Following a dynamite 25th anniversary return of the popular award-winning musical “Mamma Mia!” come two more gems of the theater world: “A Christmas Carol” and … more
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Prince Topher (Patrick Koshewa) & Cinderella (Brenna Griswold).
“A Lovely Night”
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein’s classic musical, Cinderella, is a timeless tale of resilience, kindness, and the belief that dreams can come true. The Community Players of Pawtucket is … more
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Angela Brazil as Mr. Drebber, Renata Eastlick as Ms. Sherlock Holmes and Madeleine Maby as Dr. Joan Watson.
Trinity “cheerfully desecrates doyle”
Playwright Kate Hamill thrives on reimagining stories This time around she picks on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson. In Trinity’s latest … more
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HOTEL LORE: Author Amanda Quay Blount, of Warwick, who wrote “Meet Me At The Biltmore,” will deliver a presentation for the Johnston Historical Society on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Here's an old newspaper ad for the hotel. (Submitted photos)
Meet the Johnston Historical Society at the Biltmore Hotel (sort of)
Have you ever stayed at the Biltmore? The Johnston Historical Society will host a historical presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Watch for further details (time and place) in future editions. … more
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Amber Ardolino as "Marcia Murphey," Nick Fradiani as 'Neil Diamond - Then," and The Noise singing "Cherry Cherry" in "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical.
“A Beautiful Noise” continues through Saturday
The cast of “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” spent the past two weeks rehearsing at the Providence Performing Arts Center after spending three weeks rehearsing in New York … more
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Fall theatre season begins
The fall theatre season is kicking off in Rhode Island with several plays that are of particular interest to seniors. The Providence Performing Arts Center opened its 2024/2025 Broadway Season … more
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The 36th Annual Apple Festival will be held on Sat., Sept. 21, and Sun., Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Johnston Memorial Park.  Artisans, food vendors, entertainment and more. 
Johnston’s 36th Annual Apple Festival starts Saturday
The 36th Annual Apple Festival will be held on Sat., Sept. 21, and Sun., Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Johnston Memorial Park.  Artisans, food vendors, entertainment and more.  For … more
Left to right: Sara States as Chris, Rachael Warren as Jean, Jenna Lea Scott as Stephanie.
Trinity tackles “POTUS,” farcical Broadway hit
Sub-titled “Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” Selina Fillinger’s “POTUS,” directed by Curt Columbus, provides an hour and 45 minutes … more
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Michael Yussef Greene and Liam Roberts in Burbage Theatre Company’s production of ‘The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong.’
Farcical, physical, funny comedy at Burbage
If you like your theatre farcical, physical, and flat-out funny, get on over to Pawtucket’s Burbage Theatre for 75 zany minutes, as the talented ensemble cast performs “The One-Act Play … more
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Trinity Repertory opens season with raunchy comedy Sept. 5
Trinity Repertory Company begins its 61st season with “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” by Selina Fillinger. This raunchy comedy runs … more
Arden Cha* (Brigitta), Owen Richard* (Kurt), Corinne Sweeney* (Marta), Charlotte McMahon* (Louisa), Kim Sava (Maria Rainer) Bailey Reese Greemon (Liesl), Jackson Alves* (Friedrich), and Georgia Kroll* (Gretl) in “The Sound of Music" at Theatre By The Sea thru August 17.
Matunuck is alive with “The Sound of Music”
Theatre By The Sea producer Bill Hanney called Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” the most popular musical in the world. He is probably right. … more
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Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol” to play at PPAC
I had a dream the other night that I was having lunch with PPAC’s President and CEO Lynn Singleton and he let me on a big secret: Trinity Rep’s 48 th production of “A Christmas … more
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