Providence Performing Arts Center News

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is celebrating MEAN GIRLS Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, right before the MEAN GIRLS national tour plays at PPAC Tuesday, October 4 through Sunday, October 9!

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets will be kicking of their rescheduled dates for The Echoes Tour in New England this week with their first show in Boston tomorrow and a stop in Providence, Rhode Island at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on September 25, 2022. Masks will not be required at this performance.

The National Tour of Jagged Little Pill is now underway! The tour opened in Las Vegas on September 6. Read all of the reviews for Jagged Little Pill on tour.

Baby Shark Live!: The Christmas Show will splash across North America this Holiday season, including a special stop in Providence at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2P. Following the success of Baby Shark Live!: 2022 Splash Tour, this limited-run show will delight audiences with Holiday classics, Santa Claus and much more.

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger is making her Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) debut this Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 7P, as part of her Back in Action tour!

The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's 130-year-old ballet reimagined as a holiday dance spectacle, will travel to 30 cities this fall to celebrate the show's 10th season, including a stop at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30P. An on sale date for The Hip Hop Nutcracker  in Providence will be announced.

What did our critic think of TINA-THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL at Providence Performing Arts Center? The Providence Performing Arts Center opened its 2022-23 season with the National Tour launch of TINA-THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL-its 21st national tour launch since 2008's LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL.

The first national tour of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL will welcome newcomer Jessie Davidson, who will step into the leading role of Vivian Ward beginning the week of October 10 in Memphis, TN.

The Providence Performing Arts Center and title Family Night sponsor BankNewport have announced that Family Night tickets for MEAN GIRLS are now available for the Wednesday, October 5th evening performance at 7P and the Thursday, October 6th evening performance at 7:30P. 

Nickelodeon and VStar Entertainment Group has announced the launch of PAW Patrol Live! “Heroes Unite,” based on the top-rated animated preschool series PAW Patrol, airing on Nickelodeon and produced by Spin Master Entertainment.

The producers of the first national tour of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL have announced that the touring production has recouped its $4.7 million investment after 39 weeks on the road. The Equity tour, which launched in October 2021 at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI, will continue through May 7, 2023 with the final scheduled engagement in Sacramento, CA.

“Wheel of Fortune LIVE!,” an all-new theatrical experience, announces Mark L. Walberg – longtime host of PBS' Antique Roadshow has joined the production as one of the hosts of the show and will be coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center on October 11. Alongside Walberg, actress Kalpana Pot joins the show as the touring co-host, and LA Dodgers stadium host and long-time radio personality Dave Styles joins the cast as the show announcer. 

TOOTSIE, the hilarious Tony Award-winning musical, is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) for a limited one-week engagement from Tuesday, October 25  to Sunday, October 30, 2022.

Casting for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISERABLES, has been announced. Tickets for its engagement at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) November 15 – 20, 2022 are on sale now. 

Grammy Award winner Ray LaMontagne returns to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in Providence, RI on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 7:30P, as part of The MONOVISION Tour. LaMontagne and his trio will perform songs from his eighth studio album MONOVISION as well as hits from across his catalog.

Single tickets for the First National Tour of Mean Girls — the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—will go on sale on Thursday, August 11 at 10A for its engagement at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) October 4 – 9, 2022. 

Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, LES MISERABLES, will go on sale on Wednesday, August 3 at 10A for its engagement at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) November 15 – 20, 2022.

Four-time Emmy nominated comedian, actor, singer, writer, and satirist Randy Rainbow has announced The Pink Glasses Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 21-city tour kicks off on September 17th at The Paramount in Huntington, New York making stops across North America in San Antonio, Vancouver, Philadelphia, Baltimore and more.

Today's top stories include a new theatre for the upcoming Broadway production of The Piano Lesson, starring Samuel L. Jackson. The revival will now play at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, rather than the previously announced St. James. Plus, casting has been announced for the tour of Tina - The Tina Turner Musical, and more!

Casting has been announced for the North American tour ofTINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL. The tour will hold technical rehearsals and launch at  the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on September 11, 2022 and go on to  visit 30 cities in its first year.