Cynthia Erivo Is Wickedly Talented at Perelman Performing Arts Center’s Opening Night

The Perelman Performing Arts Center , or PAC , was conceived to bring light and art to the Financial District in the wake of the devastation of 9/11 .

Erivo, along with poet Amanda Gorman , ballet dancer Tiler Peck , The Roots’ Tarik Trotter, singer Tori Kelly , and the legendary James Taylor provided inaugural performances at the venue on Thursday .

The Perelman Arts Center’s inaugural season is taking at least one big risk in its first season , putting up a reimagined version of Cats set in the world of NYC ballroom culture.

The $500 million arts center was originally supposed to cost anywhere from $100 to $200 million , and that he footed the rest of the bill.