When it comes to talking about the history of rock & roll in Rhode Island, you have to mention John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band. They originally started out in 1973 while harnessing … more

By ROB DUGUAY There's a case to be made that Alton Brown has been the most important figure in the cooking show world over the past 25 years. He is widely known from his successful series "Good Eats," which originally aired on the Food Network from 1999 more

By DON FOWLER Broadway musicals are back at PPAC, and nobody is happier than Kyle Taylor Parker, who plays the role of Happy Man in the popular movie-turned-musical "Pretty Woman." Kyle wowed the PPAC audience seven years ago when he played Lola in more

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is pleased to announce that the theatre will host a free virtual "Wonders of the Wurlitzer" concert with PPAC House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski on Independence Day, July 4. PPAC has offered the popular more

Lynn Singleton and his staff have not been sitting idle during the past year. The attractive façade on Westminster Street has been completely redone over the past nine months. New … more

The members of the Community Outreach Committee of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) are pleased to announce the winners of the ARTS Scholarships 2021 program, sponsored by Textron Charitable Trust, with support from PPAC Annual Fund Donors more

The Providence Performing Arts Center and Disney are teaming up to offer middle and high school students in grades six through 12 in several Rhode Island school districts free access to a pre-recorded streaming performance of Disney's "Newsies: The more

J.L. "Lynn" Singleton, president and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), has announced that due to the national touring industry's decision to reset national tours and schedules this winter through the late fall of 2021, PPAC will not be more

J.L. "Lynn" Singleton, president and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), is pleased to announce that world-renowned organist and silent film accompanist Peter Krasinski will be the Theatre's House Organist. Krasinski will be PPAC's first more

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and WPRI 12, in partnership with the Rhode Island Blood Center, are hosting a community blood drive on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in PPAC's Grand Lobby at 220 Weybosset St., Providence. There more