Harry Potter is Coming to Providence - PPAC Announces Six Broadway Shows for 2025-26 Season

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Harry Potter is Coming to Providence - PPAC Announces Six Broadway Shows for 2025-26 Season

PPAC President Lynn Singleton. PHOTO: GoLocalProv
The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) announced on Tuesday that six critically acclaimed and award-winning shows will be part of the upcoming Broadway season in Providence.

PPAC President Lynn Singleton said that "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" coming to Providence is a major win for the venue. 

According to Singleton, PPAC currently has around 13,000 season subscribers; he said that the show, based on the popular book series, could bring in "an additional 3,000 to 4,000" more. 

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"A high tide lifts all boats," he added. 

Singleton said, “We invite you to ‘come along for the ride’ and join us as a subscriber to PPAC’s 48th Broadway Season. A number of shows in our upcoming season have storylines where the lead characters go on a ‘great adventure’ to a new destination or a new state of mind."

 

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD - September 19 – October 4, 2025

            “It’s one of the most defining pop culture events of the decade.”

                         – Forbes

 

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS -  December 2  - 7, 2025

“Many wonders await audiences in this gorgeously imaginative Broadway musical.”

– The New York Times, Critic’s Pick

 

SUFFS - January 20 – 25, 2026

“Like all of the best Broadway musicals, SUFFS humanizes, empowers, moves and

entertains.”

     - Chicago Tribune

 

WICKED - March 4 – 22, 2026

“One of the biggest shows in Broadway history.”

-- The New York Times

 

The 2024 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE OUTSIDERS - April 14 – 19, 2026

"It has the power to inspire an entire generation."

             - Entertainment Weekly

 

The five-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, KIMBERLY AKIMBO - May 5 – 10, 2026

“Meet your new favorite musical! It’s something uncommonly satisfying, a new musical so clever, funny and touching, you might want to give everyone on stage a hug.”

            - The Hollywood Reporter

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