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‘Be Transported By Broadway’
J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce the Theatre’s 2025/2026 Broadway Season, featuring the Taco and The … more
Ensemble of Merrily We Roll Along.
Theater Review: Merrily We Roll Along 
Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along , original play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart and book by George Furth is currently being presented by the Community Players of Pawtucket through April … more
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The Sandy Point Lighthouse on Prudence Island.
Open for submissions
April is National Poetry Month, and locally a journal is currently seeking submissions for its first issue. Prudence Dispatch is a family affair—George Shuster is an editor, and his wife … more
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NOTHING PERSONAL
Nothing Personal brings hits to Pub On Park
Rhode Island many scenes within the music community. While there are a ton of bands playing original music, there are others who put their own spin on either classic tunes or contemporary hits. … more
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Notable Works’ Artist in Residence Noreen Inglesi.
Notable Works opens submissions for annual poetry contest
With a couple clicks, it’s easy to access information on the internet. This has its benefits but also has some negatives. For example, information may look credible at first, but they report … more
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Drawing by Jerry Shippee.
Three-Day Art Camp Centered On Comics At Warwick Center for the Arts
A lot of aspects of American culture have either withered away or become modernized over the past few decades, but one of the few that have defied the test of time is comics. Ranging from superheroes … more
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JESSIE MONTGOMERY
Circles of Sound
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, with guest conductor, Anna Handler, and guest pianist Awadagin Pratt, will feature Jessie Montgomery’s composition, Rounds on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15. The … more
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PPAC Now Accepting Applications for Arts Scholarships 2025 Program
The Community Outreach Committee of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is pleased to announce that applications for the 2025 ARTS Scholarships program are now live at … more
Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ Highlights RIPO’S Concert
By DON FOWLER One of the most familiar pieces in an orchestra’s repertoire, Ravel’s “Bolero,” will be featured at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra concert on … more
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Tim Bric as Barrymore and David Sackal as Andrew in ‘I Hate Hamlet.’
Ghosts, gags and the bard at Barker
I Hate Hamlet is a sharp, delightful comedy that has all the right ingredients: a dash of Shakespeare, a pinch of New York theater world satire, and a whole lot of snark. Paul Rudnick’s script … more
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TWIN FOXES
Twin Foxes replicate live experience with ‘Green, It’s All Around You’
It is a goal for any band or musician to generate the same energy of their live performance while in the recording studio. Without the organic exchange from an attentive audience, this can be … more
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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
Senior Pilgrim High School student, Audrey Kuiawa, pictured in front of the Providence Performing Arts Center.
PPAC opens the curtain on offstage careers
A new teen ambassador program has launched at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), giving 29 high school students a chance to explore non-performance careers in the theatre … more
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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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