Providence Performing Arts Center News

As part of Providence's State of Emergency, the City of Providence is revoking all entertainment licenses for gatherings of 100 people or more. As a result, the Providence Performing Arts Center's March 20 a?" 22, 2020 engagement of BLUE MAN GROUP has been cancelled.

FirstWorks, a Rhode Island non-profit dedicated to building community through world-class arts, and the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) are partnering to present gravity-defying movement artists DIAVOLO: Architecture in Motion, to PPAC on Friday, April 24, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

The reimagined 50th Anniversary tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will come to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) from Tuesday, March 31 to Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020. In Providence, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is part of the Taco/The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.

The all new tour of BLUE MAN GROUP will be at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) March 20 - 22, 2020. In Providence, BLUE MAN GROUP is sponsored by HarborOne Bank. BLUE MAN GROUP is part of the Encore Series. Cox Media is the media sponsor of the Encore Series.

Producers announced casting for the North American tour of the first ever Broadway revival of CATS. The multi-year tour launched at Providence Performing Arts Center on January 22, 2019 and will play 40+ cities during its multi-year tour, including the Fabulous Fox Theatre from April 7-19.

There are times when being a theater reviewer is a fabulous gig. Last night at the Providence Performing Arts Center was one of those times. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, running through Sunday at PPAC is not to be missed. It is warm, funny, sad, uplifting, and helps us see the world from the vantage point of the oppressed-it is gorgeous. First, let's give credit to FIDDLER'S creators: Jerry Bock wrote the music, Sheldon Harnick the lyrics, and Joseph Stein the book. Bock and Harnick had previously collaborated on the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Fiorello; Stein had been part of the writing team along with Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Neil Simon on television's Your Show on Shows-these were some talented guys. The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances. It held the record for the longest running Broadway musical for almost ten years. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine Tony awards, including best musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful film adaptation and has enjoyed enduring international popularity.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre will have THE BAND'S VISIT, one of the most Tony Award®-winning musicals in history, come to St. Louis from February 25 - March 8. The tour of the critically acclaimed and 10-time Tony Award-winning production launched at the Providence Performing Arts Center on June 25, 2019 and continued on to play Washington, DC starting July 9, 2019. THE BAND'S VISIT will play over 32 cities in its first season including Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX, Boston, MA and Los Angeles, CA.

A BRONX TALE will play at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) February 21 - 23, 2020. A BRONX TALE features a book by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri, music by Oscar, Grammy and Tony Award winner Alan Menken, and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Oscar and Tony Award nominee Glenn Slater.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Janet Dacal - most known for her performances in The Prince of Broadway, Wonderland, In the Heights, and Good Vibrations- in the national tour of The Band's Visit. She stepped into the role of Dina -succeeding Chilina Kennedy- beginning January 3, 2020, at the Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York.

The Next Stop BROADWAY® program, presented by the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), will take place at PPAC, Monday through Friday, August 10 - 14, 2020. This week-long performing arts program consists of classes, workshops, and rehearsals focused on classic Broadway shows. The staff of Broadway professionals will teach participants ('cast members') songs and choreography from two hit shows from the 'Golden Age of Broadway.' Cast members will have the opportunity to create their own presentations based on shows from PPAC's upcoming 2020/2021 Broadway Season. In addition to dance and vocal training, the program includes a mid-week 'edu-tainmnet' segment, highlighted with film clips of Broadway shows.

The North American Tour of Fiddler on the Roof performs at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) February 11 - 16, 2020, starring Israeli theatre, film and TV actor, Yehezkel Lazarov as Tevye.

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Jo-Ann Ragosta, Chairperson of the ARTS Scholarships 2020 program, along with the members of the Community Outreach Committee of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), are pleased to announce that applications for the ARTS Scholarships 2020 program will be available on Thursday, January 2, 2020; applications will then be accepted until Friday, February 28, 2020 at 4P.

Charleston, the wait is over. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform at North Charleston Coliseum for one night only, THURSDAY April 16 at 8pm, as part of Jimmy Buffett's Slack Tide Tour 2020.

Producers Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce announced today that Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations has once again broken the box office house record at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). Ain't Too Proud's gross for the week ending December 29, 2019, was $1,865,016.90, the highest in the history of the Imperial Theatre. The musical broke its own record of $1,710,207.90 set the week of December 8, 2019. Prior to that, Billy Elliot: The Musical held the Imperial's house record, grossing $1,663,895.00 in January 2010.

The Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation's (FPACF) is pleased to announce a new summer program directed by and featuring Broadway professionals. Next Stop Broadway will take place August 3-7, 2020 and is designed for theatre-loving students of all skill levels. Early registration is now open!  Registrations and payment are processed through www.metrotix.com or by calling Metrotix at 314-534-1111.

THERESA CAPUTO, from TLC's hit show, Long Island Medium, will be appearing live at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 3P. Theresa will share personal stories about her life and explain how her gift works. She will deliver healing messages to audience members and give people comfort knowing that their loved ones who passed are still with them, just in a different way.

President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) J.L. a?oeLynna?? Singleton has announced PPAC's 2020/2021 Taco/The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.

Keith Lockhart brings the Holiday Popsa?"one of New England's greatest Christmastime traditionsa?"to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark on Sunday, December 15, at 4 p.m. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joins the Boston Pops for the performance, narrating A Visit from St. Nicholas (a?oe'Twas the Night Before Christmasa??) with the orchestra (approximately 5:15 p.m.) Members of the press are invited to attend the performance.

On the morning of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, there were a lot of other planes in the sky that had to be re-routed and emergency landed wherever pilots were able to find a runway. Thirty-eight of those emergency landings took place in the tiny town of Gander, Newfoundland's quiet airport that was on the verge of being shut down for lack of use. The people of Gander, rather than being overwhelmed by the massive influx of 7000 scared and confused people from all over the world, sprang into action, set up shelters, made food and took people into their homes for five days until they could safely travel home. This is the rare 9-11 story that doesn't focus much on the attack itself, but instead on the ripple effect it had on the whole world, and how even in the midst of tragedy, people come together to help each other. While the premise might sound a bit corny, the execution is absolutely brilliant and the story balanced in a way that feels true to human nature and not at all saccharine. COME FROM AWAY is a rare new musical based on true events that is original, unique and absolutely wonderful.