Business Beat: Cranston’s Park Theatre ramping up under new management, Spectacle Live

Photo: Historic Park Theatre & Event Center

Spectacle Live is excited to announce that the Park Theatre & Event Center in Cranston, Rhode lsland is the latest addition to its portfolio of live event venues. Spectacle Live will begin managing and programming The Park Theatre & Event Center immediately, with plans to ramp up its offerings of concerts, theatre, comedy, and events in the coming months.

The Spectacle Live team is excited to be a part of the next chapter of the historic Park Theatre, said Spectacle Live’s Founder and President Pete Lally, “and we appreciate all the efforts of Park Theatre owners Ed Brady and Jeff Quinlan in working with us to craft an agreement that will allow the Park Theatre to thrive tor many years to come.

“We are incredibly excited the team at Spectacle Live will be operating our historic 100-year-old
community theatre here in Cranston,” said owner Ed Brady. This announcement marks significant steps towards revitalizing the cultural and performing arts landscape in Cranston. With decades of experience their team is committed to transforming our community theater into a cultural haven for artists and audiences alike and it will continue the revitalization of the surrounding Rolfe Square area. Spectacle Live’s team will bring first class Entertainment to audiences in Cranston and beyond, reaffirming the enduring power of the performing arts.”

Spectacle Live is the largest independent concert promoting and venue management company in
New England. Spectacle Live has a presence in Cary Memorial Hall in Lexington, MA, Colonial
Theatre in Laconia, NH, The PT Film & Event Center in Newport, RI, Lowell Memorial Auditorium in
Lowell, MA, Nashua Center for the Arts in Nashua, NH, and Plymouth Memorial Hall in Plymouth,
MA.

SPECTACLE LIVE
Spectacle Live was founded in 2012 to provide performing arts venues throughout New England
with expert services in venue operations, booking and programming, venue and event marketing
venue programming and operational management, consulting, and event production. Since its
founding, Spectacle Live has worked with more than a dozen New England venues on facility
management, and in promoting, marketing, and producing hundreds of concerts, comedy, civic, Educational, theatrical, and family Entertainment events. Spectacle Live has also been a valuable
consulting partner to municipalities and non-profit venue owners, developers, programmers, and
operators. Additional information on Spectacle Live can be found at SpectacleLive.com.