PPAC Premieres U.S. Appearance of A Conversation with Steve Martin 5/25

Legendary entertainer (actor, comedian, author, playwright, producer and musician) Steve Martin will make an exclusive appearance at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 8 PM for A Conversation with Steve Martin. This exclusive premiere engagement, presented by Mills Entertainment and PPAC and sponsored by The Providence Journal and WPRI 12, will go on sale Thursday, December 9 at 10 AM at the PPAC Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, online at www.ppacri.org and by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Regular Box Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 5 PM; Saturday, 10 AM to 2 PM and through curtain time(s) on performance days. Tickets are $120, $72, $52 and $42; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Please note that all PPAC ticket pricing is subject to change without notice.

Discounted admission is available for groups of 20 or more; for further information and to order, please contact Group Sales Representative Paul Hiatt via email: phiatt@ppacri.org or call (401) 574-3162.

In this exclusive event, the first U.S. appearance of its kind, Martin will talk at length, impromptu, before a live audience. The evening will be led by a moderator and will feature a Q&A segment where audience members will have an opportunity to engage with one of the greatest entertainers of our time in an enjoyable and intimate audience-interactive format. Come with your questions and share in the fun with one of the country's most loved and respected performers.

The star of Shop Girl, Cheaper by the Dozen, Parenthood, The Jerk, Roxanne and countless other hits, has had an extremely busy and fruitful 2010. Martin has toured the country behind his 2010 Grammy award-winning bluegrass album The Crow/New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. He will release a new album titled Rare Bird Alert in 2011 on Rounder Records.

His second children's book, Late for School, was released on September 8. In Late for School, Martin and illustrator C.F. Payne team up to tell the story of the adventure, danger and laughs of the journey going to school. The book includes a CD of Martin on banjo and vocals, singing the book's story with a bluegrass twist.

For his adult audience, Martin's latest novel An Object of Beauty was just released November 23. Martin tells the story of a young, captivating and ambitious young woman who takes the NYC art world by storm. In 2011, we can look forward to the movie The Big Year, co-starring Owen Wilson and Jack Black. Martin plays a member of a group of avid bird watchers competing to spot the rarest birds in North America in an annual esteemed event.

A Conversation with Steve Martin is the audience's ultimate chance to hear the stories and ask questions of one of the most diversified performers in the entertainment industry today.

 

Photo Credit: BWW-Staff

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