M&T Bank 2020-21 Broadway Series Announced At Shea's Buffalo Theatre - OKLAHOMA!, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, FROZEN, and More!

Shea's Performing Arts Center announced the M&T Bank 2020 - 21 Broadway Series and a Special Engagement before an audience of season subscribers and local theatre enthusiasts. Shea's Performing Arts Center President Michael G. Murphy and Broadway Partner-Producer Albert Nocciolino revealed the upcoming season which will launch two national tours and welcome an array of adored Broadway productions to the Shea's Buffalo Theatre.

The M&T Bank 2020 - 21 Broadway Series at Shea's Buffalo Theatre will include To Kill a Mockingbird, Tootsie, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Ain't Too Proud, and Disney's Frozen. Subscribers will have the option to include Hamilton in their Broadway package.

Dear Evan Hansen will return to Shea's Buffalo Theatre as a Special Engagement in the 2020 - 21 series.

"We are ecstatic for this upcoming Broadway series and what it means for our community to be launching our fifth and sixth national tour from Shea's with To Kill a Mockingbird and Tootsie," said Murphy. "The launch of these tours brings artists and crews to our region for weeks leading up to opening night. Staying in our hotels, eating at our restaurants, and visiting Western New York's incredible landmarks. For a one-week engagement, we see an average economic impact of $3 million dollars. Buffalo is a wonderful home away from home for touring Broadway productions."

"From welcoming back Hamilton to the Queen City and closing out our Broadway series with Disney's Frozen, this is a landmark season for our beloved Shea's Buffalo Theatre," added Nocciolino. "We are grateful for the continued support and passion our community has for Shea's and the promising future this theatre has in the heart of Buffalo's Theatre District. The M&T Bank 2020 - 21 Broadway Series will be one you will not want to miss."

For more information on the M&T Bank 2020 - 21 Broadway Series at Shea's Buffalo Theatre, visit www.sheas.org or follow Shea's on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The M&T Bank 2020 - 21 Broadway Series:

To Kill a Mockingbird (National Tour launches at Shea's!)

August 15-22, 2020

All rise for Academy Award-winner Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic's Pick To Kill a Mockingbird is "the most successful American play in Broadway history" (60 Minutes). New York Magazine calls it "a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it's filled with breath and nuance and soul." With direction by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird - "the greatest novel of all time" (Chicago Tribune) - has quickly become "one of the greatest plays in history" (NPR).

Tootsie (National Tour launches at Shea's!)

October 3-10, 2020

It's "far and away the funniest musical of the season" (Daily News). It's "the most uproarious new show in years" (The Hollywood Reporter). It's "the best comedy on Broadway" (Forbes). No matter how you say it, Tootsie is unanimously funny! It's a laugh-out-loud love letter to the theatre, based on the Oscar-nominated film. Featuring a Tony-winning book by Robert Horn and an outrageously clever score by 2018 Tony-winner David Yazbek (The Band's Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), this New York Times Critic's Pick is a "hilarious, thoroughly modern Tootsie" (People Magazine) that's "even funnier than the movie!" (New York Post). "In these turbulent times, with the world out of balance, we need a place to let the good times roll," says Rolling Stone, "Tootsie is it."

Pretty Woman: The Musical

January 26-31, 2021

After an incredible run on Broadway, Audience Choice Award winner Pretty Woman: The Musical is coming to Buffalo! Pretty Woman: The Musical is brought to life by a powerhouse creative team representing the best of music, Hollywood, and Broadway. Featuring direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde), an original score by Grammy winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance ("Summer of '69", "Heaven"), and a book by the movie's legendary director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J.F. Lawton, Pretty Woman: The Musical will lift your spirits and light up your heart. "If you love the movie, you'll love the musical!" (BuzzFeed News). Are you ready to fall in love all over again?

Oklahoma!

February 23-28, 2021

"How is it that the coolest new show on Broadway is a 1943 musical?" says The New York Times. This is Oklahoma! as you've never seen or heard it before-reimagined for the 21st century, and now the Tony Award-winner for Best Revival of a Musical. Funny and sexy, dark and jolting, this acclaimed production of Oklahoma! "lets us experience Rodgers and Hammerstein's greatness anew." (The New Yorker). Stripped down to reveal the darker psychological truths at its core, Daniel Fish's production tells a story of a community circling its wagons against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Upending the sunny romance of a farmer and a cowpoke, this Oklahoma! allows the classic musical - and our country - to be seen in a whole new light.

My Fair Lady

March 23-28, 2021

From Lincoln Center Theater and director Bartlett Sher comes "a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time" (Entertainment Weekly), Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady. Boasting such classic songs as "I Could Have Danced All Night," "The Rain in Spain," and "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," My Fair Lady tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a "proper lady." But who is really being transformed?

Ain't Too Proud

May 11-16, 2021

Ain't Too Proud is the electrifying new smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations' extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, it's a thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal during a decade of civil unrest in America. Set to the beat of the group's treasured hits, including "My Girl," "Just My Imagination," "Get Ready," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," Ain't Too Proud tells the unforgettable story of the legendary quintet that Billboard Magazine named the greatest R&B group of all time.

Disney's Frozen

June 2021

Critics are calling Frozen, "A can't miss Broadway event" (NBC), and now it's joining Disney's smash hit musicals The Lion King and Aladdin on tour across North America! It features the songs you know and love from the original film plus an expanded score with a dozen new musical numbers.

Frozen is an unforgettable, magical adventure, which Newsday calls, "A serious megahit with amazing special effects, eye-popping costumes, and incredible performances." It's a theatrical experience like no other, so let yourself go.

Shea's Special Subscriber Option:

Subscribers have the option to add Hamilton to their 2020-21 Subscription Package.

Hamilton

November 4-22

Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre-a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's acclaimed biography. It has won Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

Shea's 2020 - 21 Special Engagement:

Subscribers have the option to purchase tickets prior to the public single ticket on sale date.

Dear Evan Hansen

April 13-18, 2021

Winner of 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award, Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it. The Washington Post calls Dear Evan Hansen "one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history."

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