Providence Performing Arts Center Announces Broadway Season Lineup

Providence, September 27, 2025

News Summary

The Providence Performing Arts Center has unveiled its Broadway season for 2025-2026, featuring an impressive lineup including ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ as the inaugural show. The season includes several major productions such as ‘Water for Elephants,’ ‘Wicked,’ and ‘The Outsiders,’ along with holiday programming like the Boston Pops Holiday Concert. This season showcases a mix of new works, award-winning titles, and family favorites, with subscription packages and individual show tickets set to be available soon.

Providence

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced its 2025-2026 Broadway season schedule, featuring a lineup of major touring productions and holiday programming that spans from September 2025 through May 2026. The announcement includes headliners, season dates, ticketing windows for a seasonal highlight, and subscription options for patrons.

Key season announcement

The season includes major productions such as “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “Water for Elephants,” “Suffs,” “Wicked,” “The Outsiders,” and “Kimberly Akimbo.” The schedule opens with a high-profile transfer and continues with a mix of new works, award-winning titles, and family favorites.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be the inaugural show, running from September 19 to October 4, 2025. The production was brought to PPAC through efforts of British theater producer Sonia Friedman, who expressed a positive experience visiting Providence. President and CEO of PPAC, J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, believes the show will attract both returning and new audiences.

Holiday and special event details

The Boston Pops Holiday Concert, conducted by Keith Lockhart, will have two performances on December 13, 2025, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. due to popular demand. The Boston Pops concert will feature a performance of “Sleigh Ride,” new seasonal arrangements, and a Holiday Sing-Along with the Metropolitan Chorale. Tickets for the Boston Pops concert start at $74.50 and will go on sale on October 2, 2025.

The PPAC Box Office hours for ticket sales are October 2 through October 4, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Regular hours will resume on October 6. These limited box office hours coincide with the Boston Pops on-sale period and provide in-person ticketing access for patrons ahead of normal operations.

Season itinerary and touring productions

The “Water for Elephants” musical will be staged from December 2 to 7, 2025, based on the bestselling novel and depicting a young man’s journey with a traveling circus. Following the holiday period, PPAC’s winter and spring schedule includes the following confirmed engagements:

• “Suffs,” a musical about suffragettes, will run from January 20 to 25, 2026.
• “Wicked” will be performed from March 4 to 22, 2026.
• “The Outsiders,” which won four Tony Awards, is scheduled for April 14 to 19, 2026.
• “Kimberly Akimbo,” also a multiple Tony Award winner, will run from May 5 to 10, 2026.

In addition to the main engagements, additional productions in the encore series include “Six,” “Hadestown,” “Clue,” and “The Lion King.” The venue will present a diverse slate intended to appeal to a wide range of audiences across genres and age groups.

Season scope, subscriptions, and ticketing

PPAC will produce around 120 shows during the season. Subscription packages are currently available for new and returning subscribers. The ticket sales for individual shows will be announced at a later date.

The announcement clarifies that some ticketing milestones are set now—such as the Boston Pops on-sale and associated box office hours—while specific single-show on-sale dates for other productions will be released subsequently. Patrons are advised to watch official PPAC communications for those announcements.

Background and context

The 2025-2026 season adds touring productions and holiday programming to PPAC’s multi-year strategy to bring Broadway and national tours to Rhode Island. The inclusion of large-scale titles and family-oriented shows follows prior seasons that balanced blockbuster musicals, plays, and seasonal concerts at the downtown Providence venue. The booking of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” as the opening engagement reflects ongoing efforts to secure marquee touring productions.

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Additional Resources

• Broadway World: Boston Pops Holiday Concert
• Providence Journal: PPAC 2025-2026 Schedule
• RI Monthly: PPAC Season 2025-2026
• ABC 17 News: Lane Closure at Broadway Providence
• Boston Globe: Harry Potter at PPAC
• Wikipedia: Providence Performing Arts Center
• Google Search: Broadway season schedule 2025
• Google Scholar: Broadway musicals
• Encyclopedia Britannica: Broadway
• Google News: PPAC

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