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!
PPAC – DAVENPORT’S RESTAURANT 2024/2025 SHOW SHUTTLE PACKAGES
To book your seats please contact Paul Hiatt at 401.574.3162 or email phiatt@ppacri.org.
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE –
THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony - SOLD OUT
The story of the legendary Neil Diamond comes to life on stage in an uplifting new Broadway musical, featuring all his hit songs including “Sweet Caroline,” “America,” and “Cracklin’ Rosie.” 1st National Tour Opens in Providence!
SHUCKED
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2024 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $143.25pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $108.00pp
Shucked is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. This corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater! 1ST National Tour Opens in Providence!
Check Out A Little Taste of Shucked on Broadway (BwayAmerica) Teaser Video:
MAMMA MIA!
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2024 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $143.25pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $109.00pp
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show.
Check Out The Mamma Mia Teaser Video:
HAMILTON
SUNDAY DECEMBER 15, 2024 4:30PM DINNER / 7:00PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $199.00pp / Rear Main Floor $167.00pp Outer Side Main Floor $144.00pp /
1st Dress Balcony $144.00pp / 2ND Dress Balcony $124.00
“HAMILTON is a theatrical landmark.” -The New York Times
A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation. HAMILTON is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honor, love and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation.
Check Out The Official Hamilton Trailer Video:
MJ THE MUSICAL
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2025 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $179.00pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $149.00pp
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry comes to Providence in MJ, the multiple Tony Award®-winning musical centered around the making of the 1992 Dangerous World Tour. Now MJ is startin’ somethin’ in Providence as it makes its premiere at PPAC in January 2025
Check Out A Little Taste of MJ The Musical Teaser Video:
THE CHER SHOW
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025 5PM DINNER / 7:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $137.00pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $105.50pp
Superstars come and go. Cher is forever! THE CHER SHOW is 35 smash hits, six decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, a Grammy®, an Oscar®, an Emmy®, and enough Tony Award-winning Bob Mackie gowns to cause a sequin shortage in New York City, all in one unabashedly fabulous musical, with audiences dancing in the aisles.
Check Out The Cher Show Teaser Video From BwayAmerica:
LIFE OF PI
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2025 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $143.25pp /
Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $108.00pp
Based on the novel that sold more than 15 million copies and became a worldwide phenomenon, LIFE OF PI is an epic story of perseverance and hope that speaks to everyone. Told with jaw-dropping visuals, world class puppetry and exquisite stagecraft, LIFE OF PI creates a breathtaking journey that will leave you filled with awe and joy.
The Life Of Pi Broadway Show Clips Trailer From BroadwayDirect:
& JULIET
SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2025 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $143.25pp /
Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $108.00pp
This hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way. With a huge playlist of pop hits!
Check Out The & Juliet Official Broadway Video Trailer:
RIVERDANCE 30 - THE NEW GENERATION
SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $135.00pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $104.50pp
The Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerizing choreography has established Riverdance as a global cultural sensation. To celebrate this incredible 30th year milestone, Riverdance will embark on a special anniversary tour with new innovative choreography and costumes and state of the art lighting, projection, and motion graphics.
Check out the RIVERDANCE teaser video:
SOME LIKE IT HOT
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $143.25pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $109.00pp
Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the “glorious, big, high-kicking” (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime.
Check Out The Some Like It Hot Broadway Trailer Video:
CHICAGO
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025 4PM DINNER / 6:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $137.00pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $105.50pp
CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz. It’s one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. Broadway’s longest-running musical has been razzle dazzling audiences for 27 years!
Check Out the HOT Chicago Trailer Video!:
BACK TO THE FUTURE – THE MUSICAL
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025 5PM DINNER / 7:30PM PPAC SHOW
Main Floor Orchestra $153.00pp / Outer Side Main Floor or 1st Dress Balcony $116.50pp
Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for PPAC in 2025. The show is full original music, alongside hit songs from the movie including “The Power of Love,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Earth Angel,” and “Back in Time.” When Back to the Future hits 88mph, it’ll change musical theatre history forever.
Check Out the Official Broadway Trailer Video: