Rhode Island Theater Reviews

BWW Review: THE RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR STARRING THE ROCKETTES at PPAC

Less than two weeks after Halloween, The Providence Performing Arts Center is 'beginning to look a lot like Christmas" , to borrow a phrase. (more...)

BWW Review: MAURITIUS at The Gamm

Written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Rachel Walshe, the suspenseful drama plays through November 21st. (more...)

BWW Review: ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR at Trinity Rep

The three-act comedy, directed by Brian McEleney, follows three British couples over three successive holiday seasons, in the early 1970s. (more...)

BWW Reviews: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at 2nd Story Theatre

The Warren, RI theater opens its season with David Lindsay-Abaire's perverse comedy, Kimberly Akimbo, the first in a season of comedies. (more...)

BWW Reviews: CAMELOT at Trinity Rep

Trinity Repertory Company opens its 47th season with an imaginative reinterpretation of Lerner and Loewe's CAMELOT, directed by Curt Columbus (more...)

BWW REVIEWS: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at The Gamm

David Mamet's play gets a fairly straightforward, but funnier than expected, treatment as the Gamm Theatre's season opener. (more...)

BWW REVIEW: THE FULL MONTY at Theatre By The Sea

TBTS ends its 2010 season with a crowd-pleasing musical theater romp. (more...)

BWW REVIEWS: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Theatre By The Sea

TBTS presents a delightful summertime, summer-stock, production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's 'Little Shop' (more...)

BWW Reviews: A CHORUS LINE at Theatre By The Sea

The beloved summer stock theater in Matunuck, RI opens its 2010 season with Michael Bennett's equally beloved 'A Chorus Line'. (more...)

BWW REVIEWS: JERSEY BOYS at Providence Performing Arts Center

Jersey Boys is the Tony-winning story of "four blue-collar kids" who "become one of the greatest successes in pop music history" and it plays at PPAC through June 6, 2010. (more...)

BWW Reviews: THE UNDERPANTS at 2nd Story Theatre

Louise was trying to get a glimpse of the King as he passed in a parade when a loose knot and gravity conspired to drop her undergarments to the ground. (more...)

BWW Reviews: THE SYRINGA TREE at Trinity Rep

The Syringa Tree is charming tale of a life lived amidst conflict in Apartheid-era South Africa (more...)

BWW Reviews: ROCK 'N' ROLL at The Gamm Theatre

Tom Stoppard's drama Rock 'n' Roll, now playing at Pawtucket's Gamm Theatre, is about two of the most exciting developments post-WWII: The generation-defining influence of Rock music and the fall of Communism. (more...)

BWW REVIEWS: THE ODD COUPLE at Trinity Repertory Company

Presented as a period piece, Trinity's production of the Neil Simon classic puts the "funny" first. (more...)

BWW Reviews: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at The Gamm Theatre

If I were allowed only one word to review The Gamm's current production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, it would be 'impressive'. (more...)

BWW Reviews: DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE at Trinity Rep

Sarah Ruhl's dark comedy runs through March 28, 2010 in Trinity Rep's Dowling Theater (more...)

BWW Reviews: XANADU at PPAC

The tour of the Broadway musical, which is based on the 1980 cult classic, makes its Rhode Island debut and plays at Providence Performing Arts Center through February 21st. (more...)

BWW Reviews: DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at PPAC

After an incredible 13 year run (1994 - 2007), Disney's first Broadway musical hits the road, with the tour beginning right here in Providence, RI. (more...)

BWW Reviews: COMIC POTENTIAL at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren

Comic Potential is Alan Ayckbourn's take on television of the future where actors are not actors at all, but machines. Given the success of James Cameron's Avatar, Ayckbourn might be on to something. (more...)

Review: 4:48 PSYCHOSIS at the Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI

The drama, written by British playwright Sarah Kane, appears to be an autobiographical rant on her own struggles with mental illness and depression. (more...)

Review: WICKED at Providence Performing Arts Center

The touring company of the Broadway blockbuster is here in Rhode Island for an extended run, playing through January 10th. (more...)

Review: RENT THE BROADWAY TOUR at Providence Performing Arts Center, Through November 22

Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal and Gwen Stewart reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in Jonathan Larson's generation-defining rock musical (more...)

Review: SHOOTING STAR at Trinity Rep

Directed by Fred Sullivan, SHOOTING STAR is the Trinity Rep reunion of real-life couple Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson. (more...)

Review: AVENUE Q at Providence Performing Arts Center

The Tony award-winning naughty puppet musical finally makes its Rhode Island premiere and plays through October 25th (more...)

Review: I AM MY OWN WIFE at 2nd Story Theatre

Directed by Ryan Maxwell, Ed Shea brings his version of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf to the Warren, RI theater through October 25th (more...)