Showtimes - August/September 2011

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The Broadway Budget Package!

Introducing…

Most Shows in the 2011/2012 Season are on sale NOW!

Tickets on sale July 31/August 1!

AU G /S E P T 2 0 11

September 30 – October 2

The World Premiere!

PARENTAL ADVISORY

C A L E N D A R O F T H E P R O V I D E N C E P E R F O R M I N G A RTS C E N T E R

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Showtimes

October 4 – 9

New National Tour Launches at PPAC!

Cast of ROCK OF AGES, Photo by: Jeff Busby

Photo by: Jon B. Platt

PLEASE NOTE

Calendar Summer Box Office Hours are Monday through Thursday, 10A to 3P and are in effect through Thursday, September 1.

Regular Box Office Hours resume Tuesday, September 6; they are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P; Saturday, 10A to 2P; and through curtain time(s) on performance days.

Order online at www.pp Please note that all ticket prices are subject to change. PPAC prices include a $3 per ticket restoration fee; VETS prices include a $2 per ticket facility fee.

PPAC’s 2011/2012 Season Brochure available online; tickets for most shows are on sale now!

Visit our NEWLY RENOVATED website at www.ppacri.org and click on the Season Brochure image on the home page.

If you’d prefer a hard copy, stop by the Box Office at 220 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903.

August

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LES MISÉRABLES tickets on sale

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ArtReach 2012 applications available on RIAE website

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PPAC Night at McCoy Stadium at 7:05P Pawtucket Red Sox vs. Louisville Bats

8 – 12

Camp Broadway®

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Final day for $99 Payment Deposit for New Subscribers

Online ONLY, July 31; Box Office window and phone, August 1 at 10A Visit www.ppacri.org for a link.

Contact Sharon Corcoran in Direct Response at (401) 574 – 3136 or a Box Office Representative at (401) 421 – ARTS (2787).

September

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Regular Box Office Hours resume

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National No Snap Judgment Day

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Hot106 Comedy Night 2: Mike Epps with Friends at 7:30P

Children in schools across the country will pledge not to make any “snap judgments” with the cast of THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Visit www.nosnapjudgments.org for more details!

30 – Oct 2 GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW

World Premiere of Tour at PPAC

Plan ahead for October...

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4 – 9

ROCK OF AGES

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MOMIX: BOTANICA at 8P

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A B O U T

P PA C Board of TRUSTEES

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Joseph W. Walsh, Esq. Chairman

Summer Box Office Hours are M – Th, 10A – 3P. Regular Box Office Hours are M – F, 10A – 5P; Sat, 10A – 2P; and through curtain time(s) on show days. Call the PPAC Box Office at (401) 421-ARTS to Order Tickets to all VETS Shows and PPAC Shows, Subscriptions, and Gift Certificates.

Box Office Fax: (401) 351-7827

Thomas A. Tanury Second Vice Chairman

To Order for Groups (20 or more): (401) 574-3162

Ellen Barnes Secretary

Group Sales Hours: M - F, 9A - 5P Group Sales Fax: (401) 421-5767 • Group Sales Email: phiatt@ppacri.org

J. Joseph Kruse Treasurer

To Contact the Administration Office: (401) 421-2997

Administration Fax: (401) 421-5767 • Administration Email: info@ppacri.org

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F YI Attire: Although there is no formal dress code, PPAC patrons typically wear smart casual clothing.

Gift Certificates may be issued in any amount and take the guesswork out of gift giving for any occasion…

PPAC reserves the right to limit quantities on special offers, discounts or promotions and tickets for special offers are subject to availability and may be available for selected performance dates, times, and seat locations only.

Check the latest updates, order tickets online anytime, and sign up to be on our email list to receive news and special offers (and to download Showtimes online): www.ppacri.org

Please check your tickets for curtain time…

If you find that despite your best efforts to arrive on time you are delayed, you can still watch the beginning of the show on the flat screens in the PPAC lobby – this will enable latecomers to watch the show until the theatre is re-opened.

Just a reminder that touring companies set the policy for allowing those who arrive past curtain time in to the theatre; PPAC must ask those patrons to wait until the approved time to re-open the doors. If at all possible, please plan ahead to arrive early and relax before the show begins. Thank you!

From Worcester/Western Massachusetts: Take 90 East to Exit 10A (Worcester/Providence, Routes 146/20) which will lead to Route 146 South (Providence).Take Route 146 South and merge on 95 South in Providence. Follow directions for “From Points North.”

Atwells Exit 21

Chestnut St.

Empire St.

Broadway

Exit 21

5 Rt. 19

Rt. 95

Mathewson St.

Dorrance St.

Richard L. Bready John D. Butler Gabriella DiGiacinto Caprio The Hon. Lincoln D. Chafee Scott C. Connolly Darren Corrente, Esq. Richard E. DiChiaro Thomas P. Fay Robert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq. The Hon. Gordon D. Fox, Esq. Gary E. Furtado Jay Howell Lowell W. Kinch The Hon. James R. Langevin Cynthia Laughlin Barbara S. Lavine Paul A. MacDonald Lori Merola William D. Moore Terrence P. Moran George H. Nee The Hon. Joseph R. Paolino, Jr..

Gary M. Penfield Jo-Ann Ragosta The Hon. Jack Reed Thomas J. Rossi David Salit Stephen Shechtman, Esq. James Skeffington, Esq. Robert F. Stoico Donald R. Sweitzer The Hon. Angel Taveras Zeno Trabucchi Gregory Troy Susan Weiner Stanley Weiss John Hazen White, Jr. William A. White William K. Wray Trustee Representative Suzanne D. Augenstein Steven Costantino John R. Pagliarini Raymond D. Simone

Richmond St. PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Weybosset St.

From Points South, or from Route 195: Take 95 North to the Broadway exit #21. Turn left. At the next traffic light turn left and proceed through 2 traffic lights and at the 3rd traffic light turn left onto Broad Street which becomes Weybosset Street.

Rt. 95

Broad St.

Directions to Providence Performing Arts Center: From Points North: Take 95 South to the Atwells Avenue exit #21. Go straight through 4 traffic lights and turn left at the 5th traffic light onto Broad Street which becomes Weybosset Street.

Mark T. Ryan, Esq. First Vice Chairman

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Accessibility Services are available through the House Manager’s desk in the Grand Lobby and through the Box Office. Services include assistive listening devices and wheelchair accessible seating. Upon request, sign-interpretation will be scheduled for Saturday 2P Broadway Series shows; call the Box Office for more details.

The Providence Performing Arts Center is a smoke-free facility. Patrons who wish to smoke may do so outside under the marquee at scheduled intermissions.

SHOWTIMES IS A PUBLICATION OF THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Editor: P.J. Prokop Editorial Assistant: Caitlyn DiPompo Design: Lindsay Arnold Falcone Communications & Design Printer: United Printing

Celebrating 34 years of Broadway’s Best!

August 15th is the FINAL Day to Reserve a NEW Subscription with a $99 Deposit

You can subscribe to our full seven-show Broadway Series and/or three-show TACO/The White Family Foundation Contemporary Classics Series. Contact Sharon Corcoran in Direct Response at (401) 574-3136 or direct@ppacri.org or call a Box Office Representative at (401) 421-ARTS (2787) for best availability. Direct Response Summer Hours are Monday through Friday, 9A to 5P. Summer Box Office Hours are Monday through Thursday, 10A to 3P.

Introducing...The Broadway Budget Package!

This season, we are pleased to introduce an incredible opportunity to become a PPAC subscriber at a VERY affordable price…THE BROADWAY BUDGET PACKAGE. With the Broadway Budget Package, you can see six shows in the Broadway Series (LES MISÉRABLES is excluded) for just $135 or you can see the complete three-show TACO/The White Family Foundation Contemporary Classics Series for just $75 (INCLUSIVE of restoration and handling fees).

Seating for this package includes rear orchestra and extreme sides. There are a limited number of these seats available in the Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday evening performances in the Broadway Series; and in the Friday and Sunday evening performances in the TACO/The White Family Foundation Contemporary Classics Series. Broadway Budget Package subscribers will receive all subscriber benefits with the exception of the “opt out” benefit.

Orders can be reserved with just a $99 deposit. These seats will sell quickly so order your Broadway Budget Package today!

THE NEW 25TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION

LES MISÉRABLES On-Sale Date Announced; Performs at PPAC November 1 – 6!

Tickets for The NEW 25th Anniversary Production of LES MISÉRABLES are available online on Sunday, July 31 and at the Box Office window and by phone on Monday, August 1 at 10A! This epic production includes glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery designed by Matt Kinley and inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. The New York Times calls this LES MISÉRABLES “an unquestionably spectacular production from start to finish” and NY1-TV proclaims, “This new production actually exceeds the original. The storytelling is clearer, the perspective grittier, and the motivations more honest. Musical theatre fans Sponsored by can rejoice: LES MIZ is born again.”

Tickets begin at $53; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice.

Single Tickets Are Available NOW For Most Shows in PPAC’s 34th Broadway Season

The majority of the productions in the Broadway Series and TACO/The White Family Foundation Contemporary Classics Series, and Contemporary Specials are on sale NOW!

BROADWAY SERIES

SPECIALS

Rock of Ages

Gazillion Bubble Show

October 4 – 9, 2011

September 30 - October 2, 2011

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MOMIX: Botanica

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October 29, 2011 at 8P

Les Misérables

November 1 - 6, 2011

Boston Pops

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December 2, 2011 at 8P

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

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December 13 – 18, 2011

Media Sponsors

Dog Whisperer: Cesar Millan

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December 3, 2011 at 8P

Shrek the Musical

Festival Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”

January 3 - 8, 2012

December 9 – 11, 2011

Mary Poppins

February 8 – 19, 2012

The Addams Family

RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles

March 20 – 25, 2012

January 27, 2012 at 8P

Sesame Street Live: 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends

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Bring It On: The Musical

March 9 – 11, 2012

April 24 – 29, 2012

Chris Botti & RIPO

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March 31, 2012 at 7:30P Part of

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS SERIES Dr. Seuss’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical

Media Sponsor

David Sedaris

April 14, 2012 at 8P

Festival Ballet and PPAC's “Swan Lake”

November 15 – 20, 2011

Come Fly Away

May 11, 2012 at 7:30P; May 12, 2012 at 2P & 8P

March 2 – 4, 2012

Burn the Floor May 4 – 6, 2012

FEATURED SHOWS AT THE VETS The Music of ABBA January 6, 2012 at 8P

An Evening with Renée Fleming and RIPO January 21, 2012 at 7:30P Made possible in part by THE CARTER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood March 30, 2012 at 8P

Unless otherwise noted, regularly scheduled Broadway performance times are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7P, Thursday and Friday at 7:30P, Saturday at 2P & 8P, and Sunday at 1P & 6:30P. Please note that Wednesday and Friday performances are now a half-hour earlier.

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Marquee Events Friday, September 30 at 7P; Saturday, October 1 at 11A and 2P; Sunday, October 2 at 2P PPAC Hosts World Premiere of the all new GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW! The Future of Family Fun Has Arrived By Bubble!

Photo by: Jon B. Platt

Photo by: Jon B. Platt

Bouncing Bubbles, Floating Bubbles, Misty, Tiny, Massive Bubbles will delight you in this multimillion dollar spectacular featuring dazzling special effects, spellbinding never-before-seen laser magic, and of course…A GAZILLION BUBBLES! Five-time Tony Award® winner Jon B. Platt (WICKED, BOOK OF MORMON) presents the GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW, starring international sensation Fan Yang, who David Letterman calls “the greatest bubble artist in the world!” Watch as Fan Yang performs the extraordinary Bubble Magic that has earned him an amazing 17 Guinness World Records! Be among the first to see the GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW and experience what Oprah Winfrey guarantees “will blow you away!”

Fan Yang was born in Vietnam and grew up in Yugoslavia. Over the past two decades, Fan has explored the fascinating, unknown world of bubbles, combining art with science. Fan’s ingenious creations and dedication to the pursuit of his craft have brought to life an utterly unique form of entertainment. Fan Yang’s 17 Guinness World Records include: • The Biggest Spherical Bubble, measuring 7.54 feet in circumference. Berlin, Germany.

November 1997.

• The World’s Largest Bubble Wall, measuring 156 feet in length with a surface area of over 400 square feet. Seattle, WA. August 11, 1997.

Photo by: Jon B. Platt

• The Largest Bubble Chamber with 100 People in a Bubble, live on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Chicago, IL. January 30, 2008 • Encasing the Largest Land Mammal in a Bubble.

Tai, a thirty-nine-year-old female elephant, weighed over 8,800 pounds and was 8.5 feet tall.

Perris, CA. April 8, 2008

Tickets are $58 - $23; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration fee and are subject to change without notice. The majority of tickets on Friday, September 30 are only $23! Ask the Box Office about our Bubble Zone tickets available for all performances!

October 4 – 9, 2011 Cast of ROCK OF AGES, Photo by: Jeff Busby

PPAC launches the “totally awesome” new National Tour of ROCK OF AGES this fall! In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker, and in L.A.’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the 80's. Nominated for five Tony Awards®, ROCK OF AGES is an arena-rock love story told through the face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, and more!

Cast of ROCK OF AGES, Photo by: Jeff Busby

The New York Times calls ROCK OF AGES, “Absurdly enjoyable! The siren call of those guitars and singalong choruses is impossible to resist” and Time Out New York says, “Excellent! Rock and comedy in perfect proportion.”

Here is a little Blast from the Past! In 1987 (the year ROCK OF AGES takes place)...

• Three Men and a Baby was the biggest Box Office hit (Box Office Mojo).

• Les Misérables won the Tony Award® for Best Musical and Fences won the Tony Award® for Best Play.

(Please note: The NEW 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables comes to PPAC November 1 – 6; tickets on sale July 31/August 1.)

• Paul Simon’s Graceland won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

• August Wilson won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Fences.

• The New York Giants won Superbowl XXI.

• The Last Emperor won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

• “Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles was the #1 song (Billboard Magazine).

• The Cosby Show was the most-watched TV show (A.C. Nielsen Ratings).

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Tickets are $66 - $39; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice.

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PARENTAL ADVISORY Some of the dancing, language, and costumes in ROCK OF AGES might not be appropriate for children under the age of 14.

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AUG/SEPT

Thank you and good luck, Richard!

Our annual end-of-the-year Usher Party was bittersweet for administrative and volunteer usher staffs. We said good-bye to House Manager Richard Coffey, who has retired after working at PPAC for 24 years. Thank you, Richard, for your commitment in ensuring that every patron has the best experience at the Theatre. We wish you the best!

Photo by Caitlyn DiPompo

L to R: Assistant House Manager Bob Armour, House Manager Bruce Ingham, General Manager Alan Chille, and Richard Coffey.

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