My wife and I, along with Nana, took my daughter to see Nickelodeon’s Story Time Live in Providence. The show was excellent (5 Stars) and I would recommend it to anyone with children who watch Nick Jr.!! This was the first time I visited the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and was quite impressed with the venue. It was easy to get in and out of Providence and there was plenty of parking close to the theater.

The show was a musical adventure starring four of Nick Jr.’s top television shows and was hosted by Moose and Zee. First was “Ni Hao, Kai-lan,” followed by “The Backyardigans,” “The Wonder Pets,” and “Dora the Explorer.” Each of the featured shows had their own story which lasted about 20-25 minutes and there was a 20 minute intermission between Acts 2 and 3.

Kai Lan and all of her friends meet and sing with their favorite superhero, The Monkey King, and they help bring all the Pandas to his castle for a celebration!

The Backyardigans are forced to take part in Filthyham’s “Festival of Dirt” by Mayor Stinkypants and it’s up to “Robinhood the Clean” to free them of this dirty dictator. For kids who have seen this episode this one will be very familiar.

The Wonder Pets adventure was quite cool as well and I felt they had the best looking costumes. They tied in an “Alice in Wonderland” theme with their adventure as the WP’s used teamwork to gather the Mad Hatter, the Chesire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts to Ollie’s party.

The last act, and featured performer, was Dora the Explorer. She was easily the crowd favorite and had, what we thought, was the best performance of all. Boots was put under a sleeping spell and Dora had to become a Princess to save him.

All of the acts came out for the closing performance and sang a great version of “You make me wanna Shout.” They did a great job of engaging the crowd all night long, evidenced by very happy kiddos in the crowd throughout.

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