A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER to Play PPAC This December

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder will play at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), December 6 - 11, 2016. In Providence, Gentleman's Guide is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series.

Tickets are on sale now and start at $36; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice. Tickets are available at the PPAC Box Office (located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence), by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787), and online at www.ppacri.org - Box Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P; Saturday, 10A to 2P, and two hours prior to curtain times. Visit www.ppacri.org for current prices. Orders for groups of 15 or more may be placed by contacting Paul Hiatt at phiatt@ppacri.org or (401) 574-3162.

The National Tour features original Broadway company members Kevin Massey (Monty Navarro), Kristen Hahn (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Jennifer Smith (Miss Shingle), and Catherine Walker. John Rapson plays The D'Ysquith Family and Kristen Beth Williams plays Sibella Hallward. The National Tour also features Christopher Behmke, Sarah Ellis, Matt Leisy, Megan Loomis, Dani Marcus, Kristen Mengelkoch, Ruth Pferdehirt, David Scott Purdy, Chuck Ragsdale, and Ben Roseberry.

Gentleman's Guide tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary. All the while, he's got to juggle his mistress (she's after more than just love), his fiancée (she's his cousin but who's keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance... and be done in time for tea.

The most celebrated musical of the 2013/2014 Broadway season, Gentleman's Guide received ten 2014 Tony Award nominations, eventually winning four awards: Best Musical, Direction of a Musical, Book of a Musical, and Best Costume Design. In addition, it won the Best Musical prizes from the Drama League, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle, and received a 2015 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Show Album.

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder features a book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak. Direction is by Darko Tresnjak, with choreography by Peggy Hickey. The design team includes Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design), Dan Moses Schreier (Sound Design), Aaron Rhyne (Projections Design), Brian Strumwasser (Make-Up Design), and Charles LaPointe (Wig Design). Orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick and Vocal Arrangements are by DiAnne Adams McDowell and Steven Lutvak. Paul Staroba serves as Music Supervisor.

For additional information on Gentleman's Guide, visit www.AGentlemansGuideBroadway.com.