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From left, Jalynn Steele as Tanya, Christine Sherrill as Donna and Carly Sakolove as Rosie in the national tour of “Mamma Mia!” The tour is playing at Providence Performing Arts Center through Nov. 17.

Seven not a charm for touring jukebox musical ‘Mama Mia!’

PROVIDENCE – While the moral at the end of the jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” is that true love comes but once in a lifetime, the show itself – which uses the highly synthesized … more

BOB ABELMAN | 11/13/24

Ashley D. Kelley and Grey Henson in the Broadway production of “Shucked.” The national tour is playing at Providence Performing Arts Center through Oct. 27., 2024.

‘Shucked,’ at PPAC, serves up the simple joys of mindless musical comedy

PROVIDENCE – I was dreading seeing this musical. Scarred by the rural TV comedies of my youth, the likes of “Petticoat Junction,” “Green Acres” and … more

BOB ABELMAN | 10/24/24

The cast of Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt,” playing at the Huntington Theatre in Boston through Oct. 13, 2024.

Theater Review: The first original American production of ‘Leopoldstadt’ at the Huntington

BOSTON – “We are moving all too quickly from living history to historical memory,” notes the website for the National Jewish Theater Foundation , which serves as an archive for over … more

Bob Abelman | 9/20/24

Sandra Bornstein speaks at the concert dedicated to remembrance and creativity on Sept. 12, 2024.

SBHEC hosts a night of music and celebration

On Thursday, Sept. 12, the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center hosted its 36th anniversary celebration and concert at Temple Beth-El, in Providence. The event was dedicated to the Bornsteins, … more

9/18/24

Sandra Laub performing “Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes to a Nightmare.”

Revised ‘Picking Up Stones' at FringePVD

“Providence has emerged as New England’s creative capital,” declared a recent CNN Travel posting, adding that it is “one of the USA’s most impressive cities for … more

Bob Abelman | 7/11/24

Jewish R.I. theater critic to be featured author/speaker at ‘Behind the Book’ event

PROVIDENCE – On July 16, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s “Behind the Book” series will feature Bob Abelman, author of “All the World’s a Stage … more

Jewish Rhode Island Staff | 6/7/24

A Celebration of Jewish Culture

PROVIDENCE – Bright blue skies and warm temperatures on June 2 made for the perfect day for the inaugural Jewish Culture Fest, held inside and outside the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish … more

6/7/24

Britney Coleman as Bobbie in the North American Tour of “Company,” playing at Providence Performing Arts Center through April 28.

Theater Review: Touring ‘Company’ at PPAC

PROVIDENCE – Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim redefined the Broadway musical form by being at once intelligent and heartfelt, melodic and musically enigmatic, traditional and highly unconventional. For many in the audience, Sondheim’s challenging, … more

BOB ABELMAN | 4/25/24

Multimedia genocide-awareness program to be held at RIC

“Remembrance, Resilience and Renewal: Genocide Awareness Through the Arts , ” a multidisciplinary program of music, art, spoken word and dances from four cultures that have faced genocide, will be presented on April 28 at Rhode Island College. Judith Lynn Stillman, Rhode Island College’s artist-in-residence, is the artistic director, pianist, and curator of the program, which takes place during Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. … more

LEV POPLOW | 4/18/24

A red dress shoe belonging to a female deportee at "Auschwitz. Not long ago. No far away." at The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston through Sept. 2.

Review: Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away

BOSTON, MASS. – Dramatic narratives built from historical and archival materials have been called “testimony’s ambitious sister” by the late South African Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu. They provide a voice for ordinary, silenced people who have lived through or died during extraordinary circumstances, and have the power to break stereotypes, enhance understanding and foster empathy.

“Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” provides that narrative for the approximately one million Jews and tens of thousands of Polish political prisoners, Sinti, Roma and Soviet POWs, Jehovah’s Witnesses and those the Nazis deemed homosexual, disabled, criminal, inferior or adversarial in countless other ways who met their demise at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. The traveling exhibition is having its New England premiere at The Castle at Park Plaza after opening in Madrid’s Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in 2017. more

BOB ABELMAN | 3/21/24