Category Archives: Arts

Kinky Boots at TBTS- the Hit of the Summer

Kinky Boots at TBTS- the Hit of the Summer

by Kimberly Rau Theatre by the Sea closed its 2022 summer season with the Broadway hit Kinky Boots, and it ranks as one of the best shows they’ve done in a while, with one of the best casts they’ve assembled. The plot: Charlie doesn’t really want to go into the family business making and selling…MORE

Scenes from the 2022 Rhode Island Folk Festival

Scenes from the 2022 Rhode Island Folk Festival

Hundreds of people turned out on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon to hear dozens of artists in the 8the annual Rhode Island Folk Festival at Rose Larisa Park in East ProvidenceMORE

PHOTOS: Rod Stewart at the Xfinity Center

PHOTOS: Rod Stewart at the Xfinity Center

Rod Stewart and his band played popular favorites from his legendary catalog at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA on Friday, August 12. Check out photos from the show below. All photos by Doug MacGunnigle for Cumulus Media.MORE

Scenes from the 2022 Newport Folk Festival

Scenes from the 2022 Newport Folk Festival

Three days of unbelievable heat, tremendous musical surprises and happy faces brought the Folk family together for the 2022 edition of the Newport Folk Festival. MORE

RI Philharmonic’s conductor Tovey dies

RI Philharmonic's conductor Tovey dies

Conductor and composer Bramwell Tovey, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal conductor and and artistic director died at his home in Barrington on Tuesday, one day after his 69th birthday, according to the orchestra.MORE

“Play On!” at The Community Players is Nice Conclusion to 100th Season

“Play On!” at The Community Players is Nice Conclusion to 100th Season

By Kimberly Rau The Community Players of Pawtucket, the oldest community theater in Rhode Island, celebrated its 100th season this year. Its 375th production, and final show in this season, is Rick Abbott’s “Play On!,” which is a rather meta look at a community theater cast trying to put on a murder mystery authored by…MORE