Call for Auditions: CAMELOT at the Providence Performing Arts Center

This just arrived from our friends at PPAC! Great opportunity for a young thespian.Your child perhaps?  

CAMELOT 

 CALL FOR AUDITIONS 

 PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), in conjunction with Phoenix Entertainment, is searching for young male actors to portray the role of “Tom of Warwick” in the Providence engagement of Lerner and Loewe’s CAMELOT December 9 – 14, 2014. CAMELOT is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series. “Tom of Warwick” is a young boy destined to be a Knight. He wants to fight for what is right and gives Arthur hope for the future.

REQUIREMENTS:
Ideally, Tom should be in good physical shape, appear to be between the ages of 8 and 13 and under 5’ tall.
Tom is an acting role with no singing required.
The actor should be able to memorize approximately 10-15 lines and take simple stage direction quickly.
 The actor must be able to attend rehearsal and wardrobe fittings on Tuesday, December 9, and will need a chaperone over 18 years of age to accompany him at all times.

WHAT TO SUBMIT: Actor must submit a headshot, 50 word bio, and an audition video file by Friday, October 17 at 3 PM to Caitlyn DiPompo at cdipompo@ppacri.org

WHAT TO PREPARE: Actor must prepare to read the “Tom of Warwick/King Arthur” scene (end of Act 2).

Please visit http://www.ppacri.org/events_tickets/camelotwalkon for additional information.

PPAC Announces Jackie Evancho Will Perform with RI Philharmonic

This just in! Providence Performing Arts Center just announced that Jackie Evancho will perform with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra during her concert in Providence on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 7:30P at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

Tickets go on sale Friday, September 14, 2012 at 10A, but only Rhode Island PBS has the best seats in the house for this concert, plus an exclusive meet and greet reception. Tune in tonight (September 5) at 7:30 P.M. for all the details.

7:30 PM *NEW SHOW* Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies

9:00 PM *ENCORE* Great Performances Jackie Evancho: Dream with Me in Concert


The PPAC news release continues:

Acclaimed soprano prodigy JACKIE EVANCHO will perform with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (RIPO) at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 7:30P.

In 2010, when Jackie was ten years old, she astonished audiences around the world on NBC's "America's Got Talent." Jackie came in second place on the national contest, and since then, Jackie's career has flourished at a very rapid pace. She was named to Billboard's "21 Under 21" list, their annual ranking of the most powerful minors in the music industry. Billboard said her spectacular successes in 2010 and 2011 – including the blockbuster releases of her holiday EP O Holy Night and full-length album Dream With Me, and the artistic triumph of the Dream With Me special and live concert appearances – set her apart from other young performers.

When Jackie’s major label debut O Holy Night was released in November 2010, it became the year's #1 best-selling debut recording with sales exceeding one million. It rocketed into the Billboard 200 at #2, and the EP's chart and sales success secured Jackie's position as the year's top-selling debut artist as well as the youngest female solo artist to debut during the SoundScan era. In addition to its pop chart success, O Holy Night reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Chart and #2 on the Billboard Holiday Chart.

Dream With Me, released in June 2011, was Jackie’s first studio album and debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #2; it was certified Gold after only four weeks of release. Her follow-up holiday record, Heavenly Christmas, was among the top-selling holiday albums of 2011.

Jackie applies her brilliant voice and extraordinary artistry to an entirely new set of classics with the release of Songs From the Silver Screen, her newest collection for Columbia/Syco Records, on October 2, 2012.

For this album, Jackie collaborated with Grammy-winning producer/engineer Humberto Gatica, whose lengthy and impressive experience in the music industry has seen him work closely with Grammy award winning producer David Foster, as well as with superstars like Michael Bublé, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Barbra Streisand.

"No one can sing classical crossover music with the technical precision, emotion, and intelligence that Jackie brings to it," says Gatica. "With the songs we've selected for this album, we can show her fans how her talent has only deepened and matured since Dream With Me, which I think was one of the most outstanding albums of 2011."

Jackie's beauty and poise have also led her in other directions besides music. She was selected by the GUESS Kids clothing line to be in all of their Fall 2012 print advertising. Famed film star/director Robert Redford also requested that Jackie play his daughter in the upcoming film "The Company You Keep."

"I am so happy that Mr. Redford picked me to be in his film. And I was excited to learn from performers that are amazing at what they do," says Jackie, who worked with a star-studded cast that included Susan Sarandon, Shia LaBeouf, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick, Nick Nolte, and Stanley Tucci. The film will be released in 2013.

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WSBE presents Yanni: Live at El Morro, and Live at PPAC

His concerts are legendary. His live shows have amazed millions on every continent in the world. After an extensive World Tour, Yanni returns to the USA and Canada with an all new show - Yanni as you know him best, performing his instrumental hits from the shows that have become famous around the world. Fans will witness Yanni and his world class musicians as they take the stage to perform his greatest instrumental hits made famous in his shows from The Acropolis in Greece, The Taj Mahal in India, The Forbidden City in China, and The Royal Albert Hall in England.

Yanni brings the world to Providence on Saturday, May 19 for an at 8 P.M. concert at the Providence Performing Arts Center. And you can get the best PPAC seats when you support WSBE Rhode Island PBS. The live show will feature some of the music from Yanni's new album "Truth Of Touch," which is the composer’s first album of original studio music in almost a decade. This is Yanni returning to his roots with a live performance that will deliver old and new fans the very best of Yanni and his music.



On Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 P.M., and in a newly added encore performance on Saturday, March 17 at 5 P.M., WSBE presents Yanni Live at El Morro.

In this television concert, Yanni performs at the 16th-century Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Musical selections included: "Santorini"; "Felitsa"; "Voyage"; "The End of August"; "The Rain Must Fall"; "Nightingale"; "Acroyali"; "Marching Season"; "Standing in Motion"; "Nostalgia"; "The Storm"; "One Man's Dream."

Support local public television and hear the music that touches the world, right at home.

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on Rhode Island cable: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, and Full Channel 08; in Massachusetts: Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on Cox 808; Verizon 478; Full Channel 109; and Comcast 294 or 312.

Rockettes Coming to Rhode Island!

Do the heat and humidity have you longing for cooler weather?

Tomorrow night, September 1 at 7:30PM, WSBE Rhode Island PBS features RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR (yes, I said Christmas) starring the Rockettes. The world-famous Rockettes bring their signature eye-high kicks and precision choreography to such show stopping numbers as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers and New York at Christmas. The show has dramatic theatrical lighting effects, breathtaking imagery, and an array of glamorous costumes.

The live show featuring the Rockettes is coming for the first time ever to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in November. Through our long-standing promotion agreement with PPAC, WSBE Rhode Island PBS is pleased to announce we have great tickets for you to see the show. PPAC's Marketing Director PJ Prokop will be in our studios tomorrow night with information about how to get the tickets.


Here is information about the show from the PPAC site.


Then at 9 PM, WSBE Rhode Island PBS presents Great Performances IN THE HEIGHTS: CHASING THE BROADWAY DREAM. This televised version of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical is a moving, funny, and uplifting new show about a community of hard-working immigrants seeking a better life and trying to find their place – their home – in their new country. With a remarkable young cast, thrilling Tony® Award-winning dancing and a dynamic Tony® Award-winning score, In the Heights is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community – a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music.

The Broadway show comes to PPAC in January. Of course we have tickets!