Providence Performing Arts Center

Top choice in Providence


This popular venue for touring Broadway musicals and other big-name performances is in a former Loew's Theater dating from 1928. It has a lavish art-deco interior. Rush tickets, with discounts of up to 50%, are typically available to students and seniors two hours before shows upon presentation of a valid ID.


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