Providence Performing Arts Center
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Quick Facts Location, Built ...
Loew's State Theatre | |
Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Built | 1928 |
Architect | Rapp & Rapp |
NRHP reference No. | 77000027[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 19, 1977 |
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Providence Performing Arts Center | |
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Other information | |
Seating capacity | 3,100[2] |
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The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), formerly Loew's State Theatre and Palace Concert Theater, is a multi-use not-for-profit theater located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1928 as a movie palace by the Loews Theatres chain to designs by Rapp & Rapp, the leading designers of music palaces at the time. PPAC contains 3,100 seats and hosts touring Broadway shows, concerts, plays and films.[3][4][5][6][7]
The theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 under the name "Loew's State Theatre".[1]