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1 LES MISÉRABLES tickets on sale OnlineONLY,July31;BoxOfficewindowandphone,August1at10A

1 ArtReach 2012 applications available on RIAE website Visitwww.ppacri.orgforalink.

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

8 – 12 Camp Broadway®

15 Final day for $99 Payment Deposit for New Subscribers ContactSharonCorcoraninDirectResponseat(401)574–3136 oraBoxOfficeRepresentativeat(401)421–ARTS(2787).

6 Regular Box Office Hours resume

15 National No Snap Judgment Day Childreninschoolsacrossthecountrywillpledgenottomake any“snapjudgments”withthecastofTHEADDAMSFAMILY. Visitwww.nosnapjudgments.orgformoredetails!

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

30 – Oct 2 GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW WorldPremiereofTouratPPAC

4 – 9 ROCK OF AGES

29 MOMIX: BOTANICA at 8P

Plan ahead for October...

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.

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.

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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.

Joseph W. Walsh, Esq.Chairman

Mark T. Ryan, Esq.First Vice Chairman

Thomas A. TanurySecond Vice Chairman

Ellen BarnesSecretary

J. Joseph KruseTreasurer

Richard L. BreadyJohn D. Butler

Gabriella DiGiacinto CaprioThe Hon. Lincoln D. Chafee

Scott C. ConnollyDarren Corrente, Esq.Richard E. DiChiaro

Thomas P. FayRobert G. Flanders, Jr., Esq.

The Hon. Gordon D. Fox, Esq.Gary E. Furtado

Jay HowellLowell W. Kinch

The Hon. James R. LangevinCynthia LaughlinBarbara S. Lavine

Paul A. MacDonaldLori Merola

William D. MooreTerrence P. Moran

George H. NeeThe Hon. Joseph R. Paolino, Jr..

Gary M. PenfieldJo-Ann Ragosta

The Hon. Jack ReedThomas J. Rossi

David SalitStephen Shechtman, Esq.James Skeffington, Esq.

Robert F. StoicoDonald R. Sweitzer

The Hon. Angel TaverasZeno TrabucchiGregory TroySusan WeinerStanley Weiss

John Hazen White, Jr.William A. WhiteWilliam K. Wray

Trustee Representative

Suzanne D. Augenstein

Steven Costantino

John R. Pagliarini

Raymond D. Simone

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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.”

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B O X O F F I C ESummer 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

To Order for Groups (20 or more): (401) 574-3162Group Sales Hours: M - F, 9A - 5P

Group Sales Fax: (401) 421-5767 • Group Sales Email: phiatt@ppacri.org

To Contact the Administration Office: (401) 421-2997Administration Fax: (401) 421-5767 • Administration Email: info@ppacri.org

O N L I N E a t w w w . p p a c r i . o r gDon’t Wait for the Mail…Read ShowTimes on the PPAC Website!

Simply visit www.ppacri.org and click on our "News" section at the top of our homepage. Click on the headline "ShowTimes Online" to download a PDF version or read "ShowTimes" directly

on the website with Page Turner. It’s instant access to the information you need to know!

F Y IAttire: 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

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

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 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.

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Single Tickets Are Available NOW For Most Shows in PPAC’s 34th Broadway SeasonThe 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 Rock of Ages

October 4 – 9, 2011

Les MisérablesNovember 1 - 6, 2011

Cirque Dreams HolidazeDecember 13 – 18, 2011

Shrek the MusicalJanuary 3 - 8, 2012

Mary PoppinsFebruary 8 – 19, 2012

The Addams FamilyMarch 20 – 25, 2012

Bring It On: The MusicalApril 24 – 29, 2012

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS SERIESDr. Seuss’ HOW THE GRINCH

STOLE CHRISTMAS! The MusicalNovember 15 – 20, 2011

Come Fly Away March 2 – 4, 2012

Burn the FloorMay 4 – 6, 2012

SPECIALSGazillion Bubble Show

September 30 - October 2, 2011

MOMIX: BotanicaOctober 29, 2011 at 8P

Boston Pops

December 2, 2011 at 8P

Dog Whisperer: Cesar MillanDecember 3, 2011 at 8P

Festival Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”December 9 – 11, 2011

RAIN – A Tribute to The BeatlesJanuary 27, 2012 at 8P

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

March 9 – 11, 2012

Chris Botti & RIPOMarch 31, 2012 at 7:30P

David SedarisApril 14, 2012 at 8P

Festival Ballet and PPAC's “Swan Lake”

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

FEATURED SHOWS AT THE VETSThe Music of ABBA

January 6, 2012 at 8P

An Evening with Renée Fleming and RIPOJanuary 21, 2012 at 7:30P

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

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Bouncing Bubbles, Floating Bubbles, Misty, Tiny,

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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

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Fan Yang was born in Vietnam and grew up in

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• 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,

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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!

Marquee EventsA U G / S E P T

Friday, September 30 at 7P; Saturday, October 1 at 11A and 2P; Sunday, October 2 at 2P

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A U G / S E P TShowcaseShowcaseThank 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

October 4 – 9, 2011 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!

The New York Times calls ROCK OF AGES, “Absurdly

enjoyable! The siren call of those guitars and sing-

along 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)...

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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L to R: Assistant House Manager Bob Armour, House Manager Bruce Ingham, General Manager

Alan Chille, and Richard Coffey.

Cast of ROCK OF AGES, Photo by: Jeff BusbyCast of ROCK OF AGES, Photo by: Jeff Busby

• “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).

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

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

• The New York Giants won Superbowl XXI.

• 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.)

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

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

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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