Providence Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset St
Providence, RI 02903
Providence Performing Arts Center is a theatre in Providence, RI.
Upcoming Shows
The String Cheese Incident: Just Keep Spinning Fall Tour 2026
The String Cheese Incident brings their Just Keep Spinning Fall Tour to the Providence Performing Arts Center. For more than three decades, the band has built a reputation as one of live music's most celebrated touring acts, blending rock, bluegrass, funk, electronic, jazz, and...
The Great Gatsby
Set in the Roaring Twenties, this Tony Award-winning Broadway musical follows the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby in pursuit of his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Based on the beloved novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the production features an electrifying jazz and pop-infused score...
The Great Gatsby: A New Musical
The party's roaring on Broadway! THE GREAT GATSBY is a “great, big Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by...
Boston Pops Holiday Concert
The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra returns to the Providence Performing Arts Center as part of their annual regional holiday tour across New England. Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the orchestra in a festive, family-friendly program featuring their signature Sleigh Ride, fresh...
Dark Star Orchestra
Dark Star Orchestra recreates complete setlists from the Grateful Dead's three decades of touring, offering audiences the chance to experience the spontaneity and energy of a Dead show. For nearly 30 years and more than 3,300 performances, the band has honored the Grateful...
Death Becomes Her
Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress ever to grace the stage and screen, while Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author who lives in her shadow. The two have always been the best of frenemies until Madeline steals Helen's fiancé away, prompting Helen to plot revenge...
Maybe Happy Ending
Inside a one-room apartment in the heart of Seoul, Oliver lives a happily quiet life listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to do when you’re a Helperbot 3, a robot that has long been retired and considered obsolete? When his fellow...
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical explores the life of rock icon Neil Diamond, from his early days in Brooklyn and New York's Tin Pan Alley to becoming a sold-out sensation. The musical traces his journey through his legendary songbook, ten Top 10 hits, and 140 million...
Jersey Boys
The show explores how four blue-collar guys — Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi — grew to become the singing sensation The Four Seasons.
Articles
Review: THE CRUCIBLE at The Granite Theatre
Legendary playwright Arthur Miller said, “I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget.” The Granite Theatre’s outstanding production of his renowned, award-winning drama, ‘The Crucible,’ reminds audiences to not just remember the past but how essent…
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at The Arctic Playhouse
The Arctic Playhouse welcomes autumn with a stylish, amusing, deeply moving production of “Little Women,” Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic about four sisters coming of age during the Civil War.…
Review: PERFECT ARRANGEMENT at The Players
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT at The Players. A timely gut punch, elegantly delivered…
Review: SAME DIFFERENCE at The Wilbury Theatre Group
Wilbury Theatre Group kicks off the new season with the world premiere of “Same Difference,” a gritty, unsettling, profound, entertaining drama about the troubled lives of a group of twentysomethings trying to get along, make ends meet, and most importantly, survive.…
Review: OPERATION MINCEMEAT at Providence Performing Arts Center
The plot of Operation Mincemeat makes it a truly bizarre choice for a theatrical musical. During World War II, Britain needed a way to lure the Nazi troops away from Sardinia, which was militarily significant, to the coast of Spain, which wasn’t. The plan they came up with was preposterous, so…
Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Burbage Theatre Company
What did our critic think of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Burbage Theatre Company?…
Review: THE SMUGGLER at The Gamm Theatre
What did our critic think of THE SMUGGLER at The Gamm Theatre?…
Review: THE GETAWAY DRIVER at Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company kicks off the new theater season with the world premiere of “The Getaway Driver,” a compelling, poignant true crime drama told by two women who share a tragic connection, written by playwright-in-residence Deborah Salem Smith and company member Charlie Thurston, and dir…
Review: WONDER OF THE WORLD at Attleboro Community Theatre
Dynamic, deep, and oh so funny! After seven years of what appears to be a solid, if not happy, marriage, Cass (Anna Hindman) leaves her husband and sets on a journey or self-discovery. Armed with an undying optimism and a list of 230-something line items to check off, she takes a bus to Niagara Fal…
Review: YOU'VE STILL GOT A FRIEND at Theatre By The Sea
What did our critic think of YOU'VE STILL GOT A FRIEND at Theatre By The Sea?…
Past Shows
41 total · showing 21–30
Dear Evan Hansen
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary...
Oklahoma!
Stripped down to reveal the darker psychological truths at its core, Daniel Fish’s production tells a story of a community circling its wagons against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Upending the sunny romance of a farmer and a cowpoke, this OKLAHOMA!...
The Prom
Everyone’s invited to the joyous Broadway hit that New York Magazine hails as “smart and big-hearted” while The New York Times declares it “makes you believe in musical comedy again!” THE PROM is a new musical comedy about big Broadway stars on a mission to change the world and...
An Officer and a Gentleman
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...
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is an iconic musical phenomenon with a world-wide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director...
Rent
For a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece RENT has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret. Its immeasurable emotional impact has forever changed the world of musical theatre. RENT follows a year in...
Cirque Dreams Holidaze
The one and only Cirque Dreams Holidaze has been hailed by the New York Daily News as “A delicious confection of charm, sparkle and talent by the sleigh load.” It’s “the perfect holiday gift and show everyone will enjoy,” raved BroadwayWorld of the sold-out performances that...
Hamilton
HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound...
Pretty Woman
After an incredible run on Broadway, Audience Choice Award-winner Pretty Woman: The Musical is coming to Providence! One of Hollywood’s most beloved stories of all time, Pretty Woman: The Musical is brought to life by a powerhouse creative team representing the best of music...
Suzanne Vega
Grammy Award-winning artist Suzanne Vega will celebrate the release of her new, career-spanning live album, An Evening of New York Songs and Stories (out September 11 via Amanuensis/Cooking Vinyl) with a livestream event from New York’s iconic Blue Note Jazz Club on October 7...
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Jason Robert Brown with Broadway Guests Narrows Center for the Arts (11/06-11/06) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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The Secret Garden The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (2/04-2/14) |
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Motion State Arts presents Jenna Riegel: Varvara Wilbury Theatre Group (11/07-11/07) |
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Finding Neverland The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (8/05-8/15) |
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Plaza Suite The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (4/15-4/25) |
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Love! Valour! Compassion! The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (6/17-6/27) |
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Almost, Maine The Arctic Playhouse (11/05-11/22) |
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WITCHING HOUR: SECRET CELLAR, a new Horror Anthology play by James Lucey Burbage Theatre Co (10/22-11/01) |
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The Nutcracker Veterans Memorial Auditorium (12/17-12/27) |
