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Best of 2013 BWW Rhode Island - Critics' Picks: As Selected by Your Local Reviewers

Lately, more and more new theater companies are appearing in our area. This can be a blessing and a curse. While it's great to have so many excellent theatrical offerings, it can also make it hard for audience members to choose which show to attend or theater to support. For newer, younger companies, everything they do can make or break their future as a professional theater. One young company may or may not have done itself a favor with its very name, Epic Theatre Company.

Artists' Exchange has announced its upcoming events for November 2013. Details below!

Artists' Exchange has announced its upcoming events for November 2013. Details below!

The source material is captivating all on its own, and in the hands of the talented storytellers from Warren's 2nd Story and Pawtucket's Mixed Magic Theatres, 'The Exonerated' becomes a hard-hitting, living history of the endurance and determination of these six individuals.

Mama and Her Boys, the new hit Off-Broadway musical will welcome Nicole Lewis back to the show Thursday, March 21 at 7pm. In April, Mama will welcome guest stars SuEllen Estey (State Fair, Sweeney Todd, La Cage) and Emily McNamara (NEWSical) and The Randy Andys a burlesque trio led by Food Network's Singing Baker, Alison Mahoney.

Ed Shea directly a terrific production of Tracy Letts' comic tragedy

Speech & Debate is a clever little comedy, which was first staged at Brown University in 2006. The play had an Off-Broadway run in 2007 and feels like it could be ripped from today's headlines.