PPAC Dinner and Show Shuttle Packages
The Providence Performing Arts Center and Davenport’s Restaurant in East Providence proudly announce the return of the Show Shuttle Dinner / Show Package program. When you sign up for a Show Shuttle package, you receive your choice of Orchestra or 1st Dress Balcony seating for each show in the package, dinner (includes salad, entrée, non-alcoholic beverages, dessert, tax, tip), and round trip transportation from the restaurant to the Theatre and back. After the show, enjoy a quick snack as we board the trollies on our return back to Davenports!
Meet at Davenport’s East Providence location and enjoy a scrumptious, all-inclusive meal. Ride the coach to and from the restaurant and show, and leave your car parked at Davenport’s. Enjoy the most popular and most fun shows of the Season! Unwind with post-show snacks and hot drinks at PPAC!
For more information and to book your seats please contact Paul Hiatt at (401) 574-3162 or email phiatt@ppacri.org.
PPAC – DAVENPORT’S RESTAURANT SHOW SHUTTLE PACKAGES
2023 – 2024 BROADWAY AND ENCORE SERIES
FUNNY GIRL 1st National Tour Opens in Providence!
Thursday, September 14, 2023 5:30pm Dinner / 7:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $135.00 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $126.00 (prices per person – full package)
WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN!
The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with one of the most celebrated musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened—she became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway.
- FUNNY GIRL Broadway Promo Video:
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Thursday, October 19, 2023 5:30pm Dinner / 7:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $135.00 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $104.50 (prices per person – full package)
A New Musical Comedy About The Things We Do To Stay Together!
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Providence! Based on the beloved film and directed by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks, MRS. DOUBTFIRE tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids. It’s “the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now,” raves the Chicago Tribune – one that proves we’re better together.
- MRS. DOUBTFIRE Promo Video:
THE BOOK OF MORMON
Thursday, November 2, 2023 5:30pm Dinner / 7:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $145.00 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $107.50 (prices per person – full package)
THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award® winning Best Musical. This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, THE BOOK OF MORMON has truly become an international sensation. Contains explicit language. Suited for adults and teens over 16.
- THE BOOK OF MORMON Promo Video:
DR. SEUSS’S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL
Sunday, December 3, 2023 1:00pm Luncheon / 3:00pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $135.00 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $104.50 (prices per person – full package)
Dr. Seuss' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL features the hit songs "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" and "Welcome Christmas” (written by Albert Hague and Dr. Seuss) from the original animated series. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small," decides to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving Whos. Magnificent sets (John Lee Beatty) and costumes (Robert Morgan) inspired by Dr. Seuss’ original illustrations help transport audiences to the whimsical world of Whoville.
*All Ages Allowed, but everyone must have a ticket.
- HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS Promo Video:
MOULIN ROUGE! The Musical
Truth Beauty Freedom Love
Thursday, December 28, 2023 5:30pm Dinner / 7:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $140.75 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $132.75 (prices per person – full package)
Pop the champagne, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is the winner of 10 Tony Awards®—including Best Musical! Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Welcome to MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL.
Set in Paris 1899, a world of indulgent beauty and unparalleled extravagance, of Bohemians and aristocrats, of boulevardiers and reprobates, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the story of a lovesick American writer, Christian, and Satine, the dazzling star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub. When their lives collide at the Moulin Rouge, they fall hopelessly in love, only to be thwarted by the nightclub’s host and impresario, Harold Zidler, and the Duke of Monroth, the wealthy and entitled patron of the club who thinks he can buy anything he wants...including Satine.
- MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Promo Video:
AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
Sunday, January 28, 2024 4:30PM Dinner / 6:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $139.50 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $107.00 (prices per person – full package)
AIN'T TOO PROUD – The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying, new smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and silky-smooth harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one.
Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, AIN'T TOO PROUD tells the thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal, as the group's personal and political conflicts threatened to tear them apart during a decade of civil unrest in America.
- AIN’T TOO PROUD Promo Video:
Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Sunday, February 11, 2024 4:30pm Dinner / 6:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $145.00 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $105.00 (prices per person – full package)
All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is “the most successful American play in Broadway history” (60 Minutes). Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it “an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic,” and New York Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with breath and nuance and soul.”
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Promo Video:
FROZEN
Sunday, March 10, 2024 4:30pm Dinner / 6:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $143.25 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $104.00 (prices per person – full package)
An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, FROZEN is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.
From the producer of The Lion King and Aladdin, FROZEN, the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America and the critics rave, “It’s simply magical!” (LA Daily News).
- FROZEN Promo Video:
COMPANY
Sunday, April 25, 2024 4:30pm Dinner / 6:30pm PPAC Show
Main Floor Mid-Orchestra $135.00 / Outer Sides Main Floor or 1st Dress Circle Balcony $104.50 (prices per person – full package)
PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES, IN COMES COMPANY.
Winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, COMPANY “strikes like a lightning bolt. It’s brilliantly conceived and funny as hell” (Variety).
It’s Bobbie’s 35th birthday party, and all her friends keep asking, Why isn’t she married? Why can’t she find the right man and isn’t it time to settle down and start a family? As Bobbie searches for answers, she discovers why being single, being married, and being alive in the 21st-century could drive a person crazy. COMPANY features Sondheim’s award-winning songs "You Could Drive a Person Crazy", "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Side by Side by Side" and the iconic "Being Alive". Let’s all drink to that!
- COMPANY Official Broadway Promo Video: