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With approximately 4,000 seats, the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will be the second-largest theatre in New York after Radio City Music Hall.\u00a0Photo courtesy of Peter Martin<\/p>\nNearly a century ago, the historic Loew\u2019s Paradise Theatre opened in the Bronx. Later this year, the New York City landmark movie palace will be finding new life as the Paradise Performing Arts Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With approximately 4,000 seats, the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will be the second-largest theatre in New York after Radio City Music Hall.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery borough of New York City has major performing arts centers except The Bronx, so we\u2019ve reimagined a magnificent, underused, landmark theater to expand access to the arts to the widest possible audience in one of the most arts-underserved neighborhoods of New York,\u201d PPAC Executive Director Scott Perrin said.<\/p>\n
Perrin (producer of Off-Broadway musical \u201cOur Sinatra\u201d and the Tony-nominated \u201cA Grand Night for Singing\u201d) will lead a new management team spearheading the newly re-introduced arts center. This team will include Managing Director Peter Martin (co-owner of Triad Theater; producer of \u201cCelebrity Autobiography\u201d) and Managing Director Charles Piazza.<\/p>\n
With approximately 4,000 seats, the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will be the second-largest theatre in New York after Radio City Music Hall.\u00a0Photo courtesy of Peter Martin<\/p>\n
The original Loew\u2019s Paradise Theatre opened on September 7, 1929, as one of five Loew\u2019s Wonder Theatres in the metropolitan New York City area. Since shuttering in 1994, the theatre has been utilized as an event venue and church. The building\u2019s exterior was designated a New York City landmark in 1997, with the lobbies and auditorium interior being recognized as such in 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Paradise\u2019s new mission is \u201cto present a range of artistic voices that mirror the community and expand access to the arts to the widest possible audience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This Nov. 10, PPAC will host a community welcome event to establish the theatre\u2019s commitment to accessibility and local inclusion. The event will feature food and beverages provided by local Bronx businesses as well as self-guided tours of the venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re going to profoundly impact countless young people in The Bronx by giving them access to arts and culture in their neighborhood,\u201d Executive Director Scott Perrin said. Photo courtesy of Peter Martin.<\/p>\n
PPAC is currently in talks with individuals, philanthropic supporters, corporate sponsors and elected officials to develop a sustainable model for future programming. Programming will include educational events, film screenings, stand-up comedy, family shows, live concerts and dance shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The administrative team advises civic and corporate partners or organizations interested in collaborating on future engagement opportunities to contact the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to take a village to bring this goal to fruition, but we\u2019ve accomplished the first step, and we invite everyone to join us to achieve all the potential of this worthy vision which will celebrate the arts and uplift the community,\u201d Perrin said. \u201cI also think we\u2019re going to profoundly impact countless young people in The Bronx by giving them access to arts and culture in their neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly a century ago, the historic Loew\u2019s Paradise Theatre opened in the Bronx. Later this year, the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[15887,4982,104745,128,104814,47696,54266,131792,9,24,63,131793,131794,5358,131795,129,131,130,44444,45146],"class_list":["post-353486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-around-town","tag-arts","tag-arts-theater","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-arts","tag-bronx-things-to-do","tag-community-celebration","tag-loews-paradise-theater","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-paradise-performing-arts-center","tag-ppac","tag-radio-city-music-hall","tag-scott-perrin","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-things-to-do-in-nyc","tag-things-to-do-in-the-bronx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}