Breaking News: The Muny Unveils 2015 Season from HAIRSPRAY to INTO THE WOODS & 3 Premieres!

The Muny has just announced the 2015 summer season, its 97th summer season in Forest Park. The exciting line-up includes 3 Muny premieres. The seven shows are: My Fair Lady (June 15 - June 21),Hairspray (June 23 - June 30), Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (July 6 - July 12),Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (July 13 - July 19), Into The Woods (July 21 - July 27), Disney's Beauty and The Beast (July 29 - August 7), andOklahoma! (August 10 - August 16.) For more information call (314) 361-1900or visit muny.org.The exciting line-up includes 3 Muny premieres. The seven shows are: My Fair Lady (June 15 - June 21), Hairspray (June 23 - June 30), Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (July 6 - July 12), Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (July 13 - July 19), Into The Woods (July 21 - July 27), Disney's Beauty and The Beast (July 29 - August 7), and Oklahoma! (August 10 - August 16.) For more information call (314) 361-1900 or visit muny.org.

Additionally, Muny artistic director and executive producer Mike Isaacson has had his contract renewed through 2018.

The Muny produces and presents seven exceptional Broadway-style musicals each summer in St. Louis' historic Forest Park. Recent Broadway notables include Norm Lewis, Beth Leavel, John Tartaglia, Emily Skinner, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Denis Jones, Rob McClure, Julia Murney, Hugh Panero, Jennifer Holliday, and many more.

Not seen at The Muny since 2008, Lerner and Loewe's classic My Fair Lady tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, My Fair Lady features the classic songs of Lerner and Loewe, such as "On The Street Where You Live," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face," and "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"

Winner of the 2003 Tony® Award for Best Musical, Hairspray returns to the Muny for 9 performances. Come join Tracy Turnblad and "the nicest kids in town" as they reach for their dream of performing on a TV dance show in 1960s Baltimore - and work to integrate the show in the process. Based on the 1988 John Waters Film of the same name, Hairspray features such award-winning songs as "Good Morning Baltimore," "It Takes Two," "I Know Where I've Been," and "You Can't Stop The Beat!"

Making its Muny and Mid-west premiere, Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn dances its way onto the Muny stage, telling the story of a Connecticut farmhouse transformed into a jubilant nightspot and hotel that is only open on holidays! Based on the 1942 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, Holiday Inn features such Irving Berlin classics as "Easter Parade," "Steppin' Out With My Baby," "Shakin' The Blues Away," "Be Careful, It's My Heart," and more!

Making its Muny premiere, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story is a musical based on the life and career of early rock and roller Buddy Holly. Opening in 1989, the musical initially ran in London's West End for over 12 years, and premiered on Broadway in 1990. One of the first so-called "jukebox musicals," this show features the songs of Buddy Holly and other early rockers, including classics like "That'll Be The Day," "Johnny B. Goode," "Peggy Sue," and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods makes its Muny premiere. Winner of 5 Tony® Awards, this musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. Journey with the Baker and his wife, as they work to lift the Witch's spell with the help of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and the bean stalk), Rapunzel, Cinderella and others.

Returning to the Muny stage for 10 performances, Disney's Beauty and The Beast tells the magical story of a prince who is transformed into a hideous beast as punishment for his cruel and selfish ways, and an adventurous young woman named Belle whom he imprisons in his enchanted castle. In order to become human again, the Beast must earn Belle's love before it's too late. Based on the 1991 film of the same name, Beauty and The Beast features the music of the award-winning composing team of Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.

The Pulitzer Prize winning Oklahoma! returns to Forest Park in grand style. The first Muny production since 2007, this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic features an unforgettable story and lush score including such classic hits as "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top," "People Will Say We're in Love," and of course, "Oklahoma!"

To get preferred seating with new season tickets, purchase a Muny Season Ticket Gift Card, available now. Gift card holders will be able to call or visit the box office beginning March 2, 2015, to select their season tickets before they go on sale to the general public. For more information, visit muny.org or call (314) 361-1900.