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On August 25, Macy’s stores across the nation, including the Macy’s at Providence Place Mall, will participate in the 7th Annual Shop for A Cause event. PPAC will be selling coupons for this event at the PPAC Box Office for $5; cash only. With each coupon, you can receive 25% off (some exclusions and restrictions apply) on regular, sale, and clearance merchandise throughout the store, as well as 10% off furniture, mattresses, and area rugs. PPAC Receives
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BOX OFFICE
Regular Box Office Hours are M – F, 10A – 5P; Sa, 10A – 2P; and through curtain time(s) on performance days. Call the PPAC Box Office at (401) 421-ARTS to Order Tickets to all The VETS Shows and PPAC Shows, Subscriptions, and Gift Certificates. Box Office Fax: (401) 351-7827
To Order for Groups (20 or more): (401) 574-3162
Group Sales Hours: M - F, 9A - 5P Group Sales Fax: (401) 421-5767 • Group Sales Email: phiatt@ppacri.org
To Contact the Administration Office: (401) 421-2997 Administration Fax: (401) 421-5767 • Administration Email: info@ppacri.org
PROTECT YOURSELF
The Providence Performing Arts Center is your only OFFICIAL TICKETING SOURCE for tickets to a PPAC/The VETS performance. If you or your friends end up purchasing tickets from another source, you will 1) likely pay too much for your tickets, 2) possibly have invalid tickets, and 3) not be able to get help from the Box Office if you have any trouble because PPAC will not have a record of your transaction. If there is any doubt, call (401) 421-ARTS (2787) to verify.
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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.
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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!
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.
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.
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.” GPS coordinates: 41˚ 49’16.73”N 71˚ 24’44.73”W
Joseph W. Walsh, Esq. Chairman
Mark T. Ryan, Esq. First Vice Chairman
Thomas A. Tanury
Second Vice Chairman
Ellen Barnes Secretary
J. Joseph Kruse Treasurer
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 Representatives
Steven Costantino
Seth Klaiman
John R. Pagliarini
Raymond D. Simone
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Marquee Events
Jersey Boys Returns to PPAC for 24 performances ONLY! August 15 – September 2, 2012
Casting has been announced for the Providence engagement of the Tony®, Grammy®, and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Brandon Andrus (Nick Massi), Colby Foytik (Tommy DeVito), Jason Kappus (Bob Gaudio), and Brad Weinstock (Frankie Valli) as The Four Seasons, with Barry Anderson and Thomas Fiscella.
BRANDON ANDRUS (Nick Massi) is an Ithaca College graduate. His previous credits include: Oklahoma! (Curly, 1st National Tour); Xanadu All Shook Up (Chad, MSMT); Damn Annie Get Your Gun (Frank (Sir Lionel, Goodspeed); Illyria (Duke Orsino, Prospect Theater Co.); Romeo & Juliet: The Musical (Capulet); Snow White an Enchanting Musical (The Prince); Guiding Light (Officer Tucker, CBS Television).
COLBY FOYTIK (Tommy DeVito) launches the second national tour of Jersey Boys following a ten month run in the Las Vegas production. Fiddler On (Perchik) opposite Topol, Harvey Fierstein, and Theodore Bikel. Proud Ithaca graduate and member of Actors’ Equity.
JASON KAPPUS (Bob Gaudio). Seattle native. Broadway: American Idiot. National Tour: Legally Blonde. Regional: Catch Me If You Can, West (5th Avenue Theatre), Hairspray (North Carolina Theatre), High School Musical (Seattle Children’s Theatre).
BRAD WEINSTOCK (Frankie Valli). Born and raised in Jersey, Brad is thrilled to be part of the Jersey Boys family. Brad comes directly from the Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys. First Wicked (Boq). Original Chicago Cast: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip). Regional favorites: Toby in Sweeney Todd (Geva Theatre), Shenandoah (Marriott Theatre), and Tina Landau’s WAS. Proud Northwestern graduate.
Tickets for JERSEY BOYS begin at $28 and are available at the PPAC Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence; online at www.ppacri.org; and by phone at (401) 421ARTS (2787). VIP Ticket Packages are also available for all performances. All ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Performance schedule, prices, and cast are subject to change without notice. Please visit www.JerseyBoysTour.com or www.ppacri.org for more information.
Photo credits: Joan Marcus
National Tour Takes Off From Providence, October 7 – 14, 2012
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN captures the astonishing true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., a world-class con artist who passed himself off as a doctor, a lawyer, and a jet pilot—all before the age of 21. With straight-arrow FBI agent Carl Hanratty on Frank's trail, we're off on a jet-setting, catand-mouse chase, as a jazzy, swinging-sixties score keeps this adventure in constant motion. In the end, Agent Hanratty learns that he and Frank aren't so very different after all, and Frank finds out what happens when love catches up to a man on the run.
This engagement follows hot on the heels of the recent Broadway run, where the show received considerable acclaim. The New York Times exclaims, “This portrait of the con artist as a young man comes to ecstatic life.” WOR Radio proclaims CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is “a real Broadway musical with showstoppers to enthrall just about everyone.” Vanity Fair says, “CATCH ME will move you to live life to the fullest and dance past anything standing in your way…get your seats now!”
Tickets are $69 - $42; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Please note that ticket prices are subject to change.
“ELF is happy enough for families, savvy enough for city kids and plenty smart for adults.”
- Variety
November 4 – 10, 2012 National Tour Opens in Providence!
Playbill.com and Broadway World announced that ELF will launch a five-city National Tour at PPAC November 4 – 10, 2012.
The National Tour of ELF will be directed by Casey Hushion and choreographed by Callie Carter, and will be based on the original Broadway direction of Casey Nicholaw.
The weeklong run of ELF will include PPAC’s Family Night at ELF, sponsored by Macy’s, on Wednesday, November 7 at 7P. PPAC’s Family Night is sponsored by Macy’s Providence. Media Sponsors are ABC 6 and Coast 93.3.
Tickets are $68 – $41; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Please note that ticket prices are subject to change.
Please Note: Contemporary Classics Series Schedule Change
PPAC is pleased to announce that NETWorks Presents DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, May 31 – June 2, 2013, will be the third show in the Series, replacing Peter Pan Starring Cathy Rigby.
Most Other Shows in the 2012/2013 Season
Go on Sale September 15 at 10A!
Just Added...
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
December 19, 2012 at 7:30P
The musical and dance celebration of Celtic culture returns to Providence!
Lord of the Dance
February 16, 2013 at 8P
Michael Flatley’s “show piece extravaganza” (Los Angeles Times) features precision dancing, state of the art lighting and pyrotechnics, and a moving musical score.
Experience The Beatles with Rain April 21, 2013 at 8P
Direct from Broadway, RAIN returns by popular demand. It’s the “next best thing to seeing The Beatles” (Associated Press)!
Stomp
May 17 – 18, 2013
The international, highly-energetic, percussion sensation stars an eightmember troupe who uses everything but conventional percussion instruments to fill the Theatre with magnificent rhythms.
These shows are now on sale... On Sale August 24...
AT THE VETS:
Amy Grant
November 4, 2012 at 7P
Menopause
The Musical
December 2, 2012 at 3P & 7P
AT PPAC: Ron White – Moral Compass Tour 2012 November 16, 2012 at 7P
Cake Boss – Homemade for the Holidays Tour
December 1, 2012 at 7:30P
So You Think You Can Dance November 21,2012 at 7:30P
Photo credit: Joan Marcus
Showcase Showcase
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras Dedicates PPAC Square; Governor Chafee Receives PPAC Founders Award
• Providence Mayor Angel Taveras speaks during the dedication ceremony. Taveras said, “[PPAC Square] is a signature spot, not only in our city, but in our state. This is a great example of government and private sector coming together to make something positive happen. Better days are ahead for our city and for our state.” Photo by Caitlyn DiPompo
• (L to R): Govenor Chafee, Mayor Taveras, Walsh, and Singleton unveil the PPAC Square Plaque. Photo by
• (L to R): PPAC President J.L. “Lynn” Singleton and PPAC Board of Trustees
Chairman Joseph W. Walsh, Esq. present the PPAC Founders Award to Govenor Lincoln D. Chafee. Govenor Chafee was instrumental in securing federal funding for the construction of PPAC Square. Photo by Caitlyn DiPompo
Dan Schwartz is the New GM at The VETS
Professional Facilities Management (PFM) is pleased to welcome Dan Schwartz as the new General Manager at The VETS. He comes to Rhode Island from Fort Myers, FL, where he was the Director of Operations at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall for five years. Dan has been a part of the PFM team for the past nine seasons. He began working part-time at PPAC as a freshman Culinary Arts major at Johnson & Wales University (JWU). After two years, Dan switched his major from Culinary Arts to Entertainment Event Management. As a senior at JWU, Dan was PPAC General Manager Alan Chille’s assistant. Dan says, “I care the most about what the patrons think. As long as the patron comes to the Theatre and is having a great time, I know that we are doing the job right. Providence is a great city and I am really excited to be back!” Photo by
PPAC President and Media Sponsors Meet Il Divo
• PPAC President J.L. “Lynn” Singleton (center) met the gentlemen of Il Divo during a post-concert soiree. From left to right: David Miller, Urs Bühler, Carlos Marín, and Sébastien Izambard.
• Jay Howell, President/ General Manager of WPRI 12 & Fox Providence, and his wife Lori also met with Il Divo. WPRI 12 was a proud media sponsor of the Il Divo concert.
• Kimberly G.P. Sutton (left), wife of Providence Journal President & CEO Howard Sutton, and her friend, Mae Beth Ryan, posed with Il Divo. The Providence Journal was also a media sponsor for the concert.
Matthew Pacific
Matthew Pacific
All photos by Stuart Merser
