'Broadway Is Back': PPAC Announces 2021-22 Show Schedule

PROVIDENCE, RI — After closing its doors for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Providence Performing Arts Center is set to reopen this fall.

Fan-favorite Broadway show "Hamilton" is set to return to Providence, along with several shows slated for the 2020 season that had to be rescheduled, such as "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Jesus Christ Superstar."

Along with the new season lineup, PPAC Board Chairman J.L. Singleton announced the completion of the restoration project on the theater's historic facade. Work has been underway throughout the theater's closure.

The season will kick off in October and run through June 2022. The schedule is below; tickets will go on sale closer to the individual show dates.

• Oct. 9 - Oct. 16: Pretty Woman: The Musical
• Nov. 30 - Dec. 12: Hamilton
• Dec. 17, 18: Cirque Dreams Holidaze
• Jan 14-16: Rent: The 25th anniversary farewell tour
• Jan. 25 - Jan. 31: Jesus Christ Superstar
• Feb. 18 - Feb. 20 - An Officer and a Gentleman
• March 8 - March 13: The Prom
• March 22 - March 27: Oklahoma!
• April 5 - April 10: Dear Evan Hansen
• April 12 - April 17: Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations
• May 11 - May 15: My Fair Lady
• May 20 - May 22: Blue Man Group
• June 12: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band

In May, theater management again delayed the scheduled reopening, saying they were "taking a very cautious and measured approach to the reopening of PPAC."