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PPAC Announces 2022/2023 Broadway Season

PPAC’s 45th Broadway season will feature TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, MEAN GIRLS, TOOTSIE, SIX, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, HADESTOWN, BEETLEJUICE and more! Find out dates and how to get tickets.

BWW Review: CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE at Providence Performing Arts Center

When typically going into a theatre performance, you have either seen the play before or heard about it in some way so you go in with certain expectations. The great thing about 'Cirque Dreams Holidaze' was, with never seeing a performance, we had no idea what we were in for, a visually stunning performance that proved to be magical.

BLUE MAN GROUP is Returning to Providence Performing Arts Center

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.

BWW Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at PPAC

As a massive Roald Dahl fan, this reviewer secretly hopes his entire catalog will wind up as Broadway shows someday. For now, we have Matilda The Musical (London 2010, Broadway 2013) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (London 2013, Broadway 2017). The stage version of the 1964 novel that has had two film adaptations does a very good job of marrying the original text with many of the beloved songs from the 1971 film. It also doesn't shy away from the fact that Willy Wonka invites five children into his place of business, and four of them may end up dead or disfigured by the end of the day. The script has some updates for the time period, but in this age of helicopter parenting and raising your kids practically encased in bubble wrap, it's kind of nice see this show lean into the darker aspects of the story, which are the hallmarks of Roald Dahl's writing.