Mamma Mia! Box Office Record at PPAC Smashed - A Christmas Carol and Hamilton Up Next
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Mamma Mia! Box Office Record at PPAC Smashed - A Christmas Carol and Hamilton Up Next
J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, president and CEO of PPAC, announced that the November 12 - 17, 2024 engagement of Mamma Mia! at PPAC broke box office records.
Mamma Mia! is now the highest-grossing one-week Encore Series engagement in PPAC history, grossing over $1.572 million. Nearly 24,000 people went to see the 25th-anniversary production of Mamma Mia! during its eight performances.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“Last week’s engagement of Mamma Mia! at the Providence Performing Arts Center was a smashing success," said Singleton. "Those who attended the show gave an economic boost to Providence, packing our city’s restaurants and parking lots. We are elated by this great response from our subscribers and patrons; we are looking forward to Mamma Mia's next return to Providence.”
According to PPAC, Mamma Mia's! gross eclipses the previous record holder, which was the 2022 Encore Series engagement of Les Miserables, which grossed over $1.526 million, with an attendance count of well over 21,000 people over the course of eight performances.
Up Next
PPAC welcomes Trinity Rep for the theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol" this year.
The production runs November 23 through December 4, and then again December 27 through December 29.
A "Mannheim Steamroller Christmas" is at PPAC December 6.
Hamilton returns to the theater December 11 through 22.
For more information and tickets, go here.