TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR THE THREE-TIME TONY AWARD®-WINNING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE "LIFE OF PI" ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
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CRITIC’S PICK! “Spectacular! LIFE OF PI delivers magic. That roaring you hear at the show’s end? It’s the sound of a standing ovation.”
– The New York Times
★★★★★ “An extraordinary journey. Unmissable”
- The Guardian
“SPECTACULAR AND SPELLBINDING!”
-Wall Street Journal
“LIFE OF PI creates moment after moment of theatrical magic and thrills us with sheer emotion and awe.”
-New York Post
“A FEAST FOR THE EYES!”
-Washington Post
“The single greatest innovation in puppetry ever to hit the global stage.”
-NY Daily News
“GLORIOUS! A DAZZLING MARVEL OF STAGECRAFT. THIS POWERFUL PRODUCTION SPARKS TO STUNNING LIFE.”
- Entertainment Weekly
THREE-TIME TONY AWARD®-WINNING THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE COMES TO THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
FEBRUARY 11 – 16, 2025
TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 10A
Part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series
Providence, RI – The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is pleased to announce that tickets for LIFE OF PI, the hit Broadway and West End sensation, will go on sale on Friday, October 4 at 10A for performances running Tuesday, February 11 through Sunday, February 16, 2025.
Individual tickets will be available at the PPAC Box Office window, located at 220 Weybosset St, Providence, RI 02903; online at ppacri.org and by phone at 401.421.ARTS (2787). Tickets range in price from $85 -$45; all ticket prices include a $4 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice.
LIFE OF PI is part of PPAC’s Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier and Tony Award®-winning stage adaption of LIFE OF PI embarks on another exciting adventure when it launches its North American Tour in Baltimore, Maryland in December 2024 at the Hippodrome Theatre. Providence is one of 22 cities on the tour where theatregoers can experience this extraordinary show.
Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction and the best-selling and Man Booker Prize-winning book (over 15 million copies sold) by author Yann Martel, LIFE OF PI is captivating audiences across the world.
LIFE OF PI is an unforgettable, epic tale and a breathtaking journey of endurance, hope and perseverance that speaks to every generation and “gives new life to Broadway” (The Today Show). The global phenomenon was lauded as “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal) and “a wonder to behold” (Entertainment Weekly).
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy name Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
Told with jaw-dropping visuals, world class puppetry and exquisite stagecraft, the Broadway and West End sensation, LIFE OF PI creates a visually breathtaking journey that will leave you filled with awe and joy.
Martel’s extraordinary story of family, resilience and survival and the natural world was made into an Oscar-winning film in 2012. This breath-taking theatrical adaptation is a natural evolution for the source, as it utilizes the communal power of live storytelling and imagination, two of the other central themes of the original novel.
LIFE OF PI first opened to great critical acclaim with its cutting-edge visual effect at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2019. LIFE OF PI played Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End where it won five Olivier Awards in 2022, including Best New Play, Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design. In a historic first for the Olivier Awards, the seven performers who play Royal Bengal tiger “Richard Parker” were collectively awarded “Best Actor in a Supporting Role.”
LIFE OF PI made its Broadway premiere at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 9, 2023 to celebratory reviews. It won three Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play, and Best Sound Design of a Play, four Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play, Outstanding Projection and Video Design and Outstanding Puppetry and two Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play or Musical and Outstanding Video or Projection Design of a Play or Musical.
Prior to its Broadway premiere, LIFE OF PI made its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Most recently, LIFE OF PI launched a UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2023.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE IN PROVIDENCE:
- Tuesday, February 11 & Wednesday, February 12 at 7P
- Thursday, February 13 & Friday, February 14 at 7:30P
- Saturday, February 15 at 2P & 8P
- Sunday, February 16 at 1P & 6:30P
LIFE OF PI runs approximately 2 hours, 10 minutes including one intermission.
Recommended for ages 10+. LIFE OF PI contains some mature content and violence, smoke, haze, flashing lights, strobe lights and loud sounds throughout.
TICKET INFORMATION
Individual tickets for LIFE OF PI range in price from $85 -$45; all ticket prices include a $4 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice. Individual tickets will be available on Friday, October 4 at 10A at the PPAC Box Office window (220 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903), by visiting ppacri.org or calling 401.421.ARTS (2787). Box Office window and phone hours are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P, Saturday, 10A to 2P and two hours prior to curtain time(s) on show days.
Tickets are available now for groups of 10 or more by calling Group Sales Specialist Paul Hiatt at 401.574.3162 or emailing phiatt@ppacri.org
ABOUT THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) presents touring Broadway productions and some of the biggest names in comedy and concerts. PPAC has been the Theatre of choice for launching 24 national tours since 2008. Located in the heart of Providence’s arts and entertainment district, PPAC is the second largest theatre of its kind in New England, with a seating capacity of 3100. The Loew’s Theatre Building, which is the historic home of PPAC, opened in October 1928 and is acclaimed for its beauty and grandeur. PPAC is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top ten entertainment venues of its size in the United States by industry publications Pollstar, Billboard Magazine and VenuesNow.
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