Providence Performing Arts Center News

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced today that all seats in the theatre’s second dress circle are now $10* for THE ROCKET MAN SHOW.

The just completed season saw DPAC welcoming its five-millionth guest since opening in 2008.  In celebration of reaching this attendance milestone, the five-millionth guest won a concert and comedy superstar package featuring tickets to ten shows of their choice and received a special welcome featured on social media.

On Friday, July 22, 2022, 104 performers (“cast members”) from the Providence Performing Arts Center’s Next Stop BROADWAY® program will take to the PPAC stage for a magical finale performance. For the first time, the Next Stop BROADWAY: Finale Starring Students will be open to the public for all to enjoy.

Emmy Award-winning writer, actor, and comedian JOHN MULANEY has added a second show at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 7PM after selling out Saturday, November 12.

J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President/CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), has announced that MARIE OSMOND will perform “A Symphonic Christmas” concert at PPAC on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 7:30P. Fans can look forward to the multiple gold and platinum-selling artist and Country Music Award winner performing festive favorites as well as Billboard chart-topping singles from her iconic six-decade career.

Today Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, Hamish Stuart and Edgar Winter - revealed the revised itinerary for their September tour, which now includes all 12 of the dates that they recently had to postpone.  

 Emmy-winning standup comedian AMY SCHUMER announced additional dates to her upcoming tour including a stop in Providence, RI at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 5P.

Emmy Award-winning writer, actor, and comedian JOHN MULANEY is bringing his From Scratch tour to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7P.

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, Hamish Stuart and Edgar Winter - announced that two members have tested positive for Covid. Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band's concert on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 7:30P at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in Providence, RI has been postponed to September 2022.

Coming in December of 2022, David Foster and Katherine McPhee are coming to perform “The Kat & Dave Show,” a special intimate concert, at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Sunday, December 4 at 7P. Learn how to get tickets.

The all-new show features the first appearance of characters from “Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends” in addition to Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Doc McStuffins, the Puppy Dog Pals, and Alice from Disney Junior’s newest hit series “Alice’s Wonderland Bakery,” live on stage.

On June 6, 2022, more than 180 elementary students from Providence and Pawtucket, RI will have the extraordinary opportunity to sing, dance, and act on the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) stage as the result of a grant awarded to PPAC by Disney.

This production has a mega-talented color-blind cast that turns every song into a showstopper. Read our BWW critic's review.

Leading musical theatre and production company Stage Entertainment announces the appointment of Kirsty Doubleday as Head of International Brand Management.

J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), announced that PPAC's Cool Summer Nights concerts will return this summer to the theatre with THE ROCKET MAN SHOW on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 8P.

Casting has been announced for the Providence return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Providence Performing Arts Center for two performances.

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger will make her Providence Performing Arts Center debut on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 7P, as part of her Back in Action tour.

The members of the Community Outreach Committee of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) are pleased to announce the recipients of the ARTS Scholarships 2022 program, sponsored by Textron Charitable Trust, with support from PPAC Annual Fund Donors, Ocean State Charities Trust, and WPRI 12.

More than 50 million people around the world have experienced the smash hit phenomenon that is BLUE MAN GROUP and now it's your turn! BLUE MAN GROUP returns to the Providence Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement on their new North American tour, May 20 – 22, 2022.

What did critics think of Moulin Rouge on tour? The cast is led by Chicago's own Courtney Reed as Satine and Conor Ryan as Christian, as well as Austin Durant as Harold Zidler, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec, David Harris as The Duke of Monroth, Gabe Martínez as Santiago and Libby Lloyd as Nini.