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Big Broadway shows are the highlights in the 2009-2010 schedule for the Providence Performing Arts Center, which was announced this afternoon.

The season starts Sept. 29 and begins with the debut tour of the new Mel Brooks' musical "Young Frankenstein." The Broadway version of the show won the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award. The comic musical features such tunes as "Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' on the Ritz."

Next up, in October, is "Avenue Q," which in 2004 won three Tony Awards - best musical, best score and best book. The play tells the story of going to New York with lots of ambition and little money.

In December, back by "popular demand," according to PPAC, is "Wicked," a winner of one Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, including for best set design, which was done by Eugene Lee of Providence. This musical looks presents a story of what the witches in the "Wizard of Oz" did in their youth.

In February, "Xanadu," a musical comedy about struggling artists in California in the 1980s, takes the PPAC stage. And PPAC's Broadway series also includes "101 Dalmatians The Musical" in March. If you're not familiar with it, it's about good and evil, and as advertised, it's about 101 Dalmatians, and it's set to music.

The series wraps up in May with "Jersey Boys," the 2006 TonyA ward winner for best musical.

For its "contemporary classics" series, PPAC begins with "Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles" in November. The music and the lyrics are a compilation of Beatles hits: "Let it Be," "Hey Jude" and "Can't Buy Me Love," among others.

The next contemporary classic is Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," which is presented in February. This tells the musical tale of love and true beauty within.

The last of the contemporary classics is :"A Bronx Tale," which tells the story of the hard upbringing of a boy in the Bronx in the 1960s who somehow survives and thrives. That's presented next April.

For more information and tickets, visit ppacri.org.

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