You can’t miss the magnificent façade of the former Loew’s Movie Palace on Weybosset Street, especially at night, when it lights up in all its neon glory. Reborn as the Providence Performing Arts Center in 1982, the authentically restored 1928 Beaux Arts theater is resplendent with marble columns, crystal chandeliers, tiers of balconies detailed in plasterwork, and a magnificent ceiling of medallions surrounding a dome with a multi-tiered chandelier.

Beyond its visual charms, the theater is a world-class performance center, the second-largest theater of its kind in the country. The center regularly presents top-notch national Broadway tours, many of which choose it as the launch stage for their opening performance.

The theater’s 1927 Wurlitzer Organ is one of only three five-manual keyboard consoles built by Wurlitzer, and can reproduce the sounds of an entire orchestra. The 3,100-seat theater is on the National Register of Historic Places.