BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Tour Coming to Providence Performing Arts Center, 5/31-6/5

Bringing musical comedy back with a bang! Tickets are on sale now for the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s engagement of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, May 31 - June 5, 2016. In Providence, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY is a part of the Encore Series and is sponsored by Coastway Community Bank.

Bill White, President and CEO of Coastway Community Bank, said, "We are pleased to be sponsoring BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, which is a classic Broadway show with great choreography and costumes, and a lot of laughs, too! PPAC is an important cultural Rhode Island landmark, and we are glad to be supporting this wonderful arts organization."

Hailed by the Associated Press as "Musical theatre bliss!" loaded with big laughs, colorful characters, and the songs that made the 1920s roar, Providence will be swept away by this brilliant production.

Tickets for BULLETS OVER BROADWAY are available at the PPAC Box Office (220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence), by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787), and online at www.ppacri.org. Tickets start at $51; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice. Please visit www.ppacri.org for current prices. PPAC Box Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P; Saturday, 10A to 2P and two hours prior to curtain times. Groups of 10 or more may order tickets by contacting Paul Hiatt at phiat@ppacri.org or (401) 574-3162.

BULLETS OVER BROADWAY is written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath (Beautiful) for the 1994 film. The show features Michael Williams as "David Shayne," Emma Stratton as "Helen Sinclair," Jeff Brooks as "Cheech," Bradley Allan Zarr as "Warner Purcell," Michael Corvino as "Nick Valenti," Hannah Rose DeFlumeri as "Ellen," Rick Grossman as "Julian Marx," Jemma Jane as "Olive Neal," and Rachel Bahler as "Eden Brent."

BULLETS OVER BROADWAY will also feature Blaire Baker, Mary Callahan, Jake Corcoran, Elizabeth Dugas, Carissa Fiorillo, Patrick Graver, Andrew Hendrick, Lainee Hunter, Justin Jutras, Ryan Kanfer, Brian Martin, Conor McGiffin, Corinne Munsch, Kaylee Olson, Joey Ortolani, Kelly Peterson, Lexie Plath, and Ian Saunders.

The tour is helmed by director Jeff Whiting, who worked on the Broadway production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, which was originally directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Clare Cook will recreate Stroman's dynamic, Tony-nominated choreography.

The creative team also includes Jason Ardizzone-West (scenic design), six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long's original Broadway costumes coordinated by James Halliday, Carolyn Wong (tour lighting design and adaption, based on the original Broadway lighting design by Donald Holder), Shannon Slaton (sound design) and Bernie Ardia (wig and hair design) with Glen Kelly (music arranger, adaption and additional lyrics), Andy Einhorn (vocal arranger), Doug Besterman (orchestrations) and Robbie Cowan (music director and conductor). BULLETS OVER BROADWAY features existing music of the period, including "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do," "Let's Misbehave," I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" and "Runnin' Wild."

A playwright who needs someone to back his next show. A mobster who needs some way to please his showgirl girlfriend. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship - or a brand new musical comedy! Hailed by Time Magazine as, "Musical Theatre Gold!" and described as "A Fun Machine from Start to Finish!" by The New Yorker, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY tells the story of an aspiring young playwright newly arrived on Broadway in 1920s New York who is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced. What follows is the show that has been lauded by NPR as "The best show in town!" with the New York Post adding, "Thank God for BULLETS OVER BROADWAY."

The original production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY premiered on Broadway last season at the St. James Theatre with performances beginning on March 11, 2014 and an official opening on April 10, 2014. The production received six Tony-Award nominations, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Choreography.

For more information, please visit www.bulletsoverbroadway.com or www.ppacri.org.