‘You win with good people’

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In 1983, Lynn Singleton was named president of the Providence Performing Arts Center and successfully reversed the then-struggling theater’s financial fortunes. Attendance at PPAC has increased from 57,000 that first year to nearly 500,000 this year. During his tenure, he and PPAC have received widespread recognition, including several Tony Awards for production. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
In 1983, Lynn Singleton was named president of the Providence Performing Arts Center and successfully reversed the then-struggling theater’s financial fortunes. Attendance at PPAC has increased from 57,000 that first year to nearly 500,000 this year. During his tenure, he and PPAC have received widespread recognition, including several Tony Awards for production. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

J.L. “Lynn” Singleton | Providence Performing Arts Center CEO and president Here are some thoughts I have consistently found to be true over my decades in the theater business: • “It’s all about the show.” It all starts with what’s being presented on stage. • “Deal with the problem, not the symptom.” Organizational change is

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