AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, based on the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere, is a breathtaking production that celebrates triumph over adversity and includes one of the most iconic and romantic endings ever portrayed on screen. Featuring the Grammy Award winning, #1 hit single ‘Up Where We Belong’, and a score based on the 1980’s catalogue of music that gave voice to a generation, the live stage production is a new adaptation by multiple Tony Awards nominee Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Everyday Rapture), based on the original screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart. The musical is directed by Scanlan with choreography by Patricia Wilcox (Motown, A Night with Janis Joplin).
Zack Mayo’s got smarts and a body built for US Navy pilot boot camp, but he also has too much swagger… until he meets a drill sergeant who’s determined to drill his arrogance out of him. Zack finds comfort in the arms of a local factory girl. But it isn’t until tragedy befalls a fellow candidate that Zack learns the importance of love and friendship, and finds the courage to be his best self and win the heart of the woman he loves
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The movie An Officer and a Gentleman came out in 1982 to both critical and popular acclaim, but turning this story into a jukebox musical many years later seems like a strange choice. The cast in this touring production are across the board excellent, but some of the musical choices seem forced, and the plot seems torn between conveying the serious themes of the movie and wanting to lean into the more cheesy aspects of the 80s. The result is an odd hodgepodge that suffers from an identity crisis, but is still entertaining thanks to the efforts and talents of the cast.
Do you have someone in your life who “lifts you up” when you are feeling low? They could be a friend, a romantic partner, a parent, a sibling, or even a pet!
Ring in the New Year with the RENT 25TH ANNIVERSARY FAREWELL TOUR when it comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for five performances only, January 14 – 16, 2022. The Providence engagement of RENT is part of the Encore Series.
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, a new musical based on the Oscar-winning film and original screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, will play the Providence Performing Arts Center Friday, February 18 through Sunday, February 20, 2022. The musical production is set at the U.S. Naval Station in Newport, RI.
J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center, has announced that single tickets for the balance of shows in the 2021/2022 Broadway season will go on sale on Wednesday, October 27 at 10A.
This season, Experience PPAC will offer a hybrid of three virtual, pre-recorded performances that all Rhode Island students can view and four live in-person performances for a limited number of 10th grade Rhode Island students.
Updated 10/18/2021. After over a year of Broadway tours being paused, productions are now beginning to announce returns to theatre across the country! Find out when Broadway will return to your city.
Providence Performing Arts Center has unveiled their 2021/2022 Broadway season! Along with the Broadway season, PPAC Board Chairman Joseph W. Walsh, Esq. and President and CEO J.L. “Lynn” Singleton announced the completion of the theatre’s façade restoration project.
Today, J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), unveiled a new performance schedule for PPAC's upcoming 2020/2021 Broadway Season.
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Attleboro Community Theatre (5/31 - 6/16) | ||
Richard III
Roundabout Productions (6/14 - 6/23) | ||
Newport Contemporary Ballet presents the Newport Dance Festival
Great Friends Meeting House (7/17 - 7/21) | ||
The Cemetery Club
Newport Playhouse (5/29 - 6/30) | ||
Crimes of the Heart
The Arctic Playhouse (5/16 - 6/2) | ||
La Cage aux Folles
Trinity Repertory Company (5/30 - 6/30) | ||
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