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Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
12/6 - 12/29/2024


Belle longs for adventure and an escape from her provincial town. A cruel and arrogant prince is trapped in a beastly form in his castle. ...

10-minute Musicals
1/4 - 1/4/2025


25 short musicals from Theatre Now New York, an artist service organization dedicated to the development of new works. The 25 musicals all began as part of Theatre Now’s ...

Hadestown (Non-Equity)


Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on ...

Hadestown (Non-Equity)


Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
1/17 - 2/2/2025


Middle school, ugh. It’s the worst. But Greg is determined not to be at the bottom of the popularity chart. Jeff Kinney’s much loved character ...


City Circle Theatre Company presents Andrew Lippa's WILD PARTY: In Concert from February 7 to February 16, 2025. This musical unfolds a steamy tale set ...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast


Based on the original Broadway production that ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and the Academy Award-winning motion picture,  ...


The Brainy and Beautiful Belle yearns to escape her provincial life...and her brute of a suitor, Gaston. However, Belle gets more adventurous than she wanted ...

Life of Pi
Life of Pi
2/25 - 3/2/2025


Life of Pi is an the epic tale of adventure. This Tony Award® and Olivier Award-winning hit is “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall ...

Men on Boats
Men on Boats
2/7 - 3/2/2025


The year: 1869. The crew: a maniacally talkative youth, an old Civil War vet who doesn’t like people, an overexcited Brit, and a hunter who ...

Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity)


Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by the Washington Post, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the first musical to take a ...

Mean Girls (Non-Equity)


Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY ("30 Rock"), composer JEFF RICHMOND ...

Alice in Wonderland
3/14 - 3/16/2025


Young Footliters Youth Theatre presents a captivating adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. The show will run from March 14 to March 16, 2025, bringing to ...


Penguin Goes to Flight School tells the uplifting story of a determined penguin who longs to fly despite being told he can't. Based on Lita ...

Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
3/7 - 3/23/2025


Jesus Christ Superstar  tells the story of Jesus in the final days leading up to his crucifixion. Loosely based on the Gospels,  Superstar  focuses on ...

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
3/18 - 3/23/2025


Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, Some Like It Hot is the rollicking story of two musicians forced to ...

Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Hadestown (Non-Equity)
4/4 - 4/5/2025


Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on ...


In Little Shop of Horrors, a delightfully dark rock musical with a sci-fi twist, Seymour Krelborn, a meek florist down on his luck, stumbles upon ...

Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Hadestown (Non-Equity)
4/11 - 4/13/2025


Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on ...

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical


Based on the popular book by Mo Willems,  Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical , is a silly story about young Trixie, who loses her Knuffle ...

The Cher Show (Non-Equity)


For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture - breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one ...

The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)


From the creators of South Park comes The Book of Mormon, the musical that lovingly breaks all of Broadway's rules. This story about a mismatched ...

& Juliet
& Juliet
5/6 - 5/11/2025


CREATED BY THE EMMY®-WINNING WRITER FROM “SCHITT’S CREEK,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: ...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5/2 - 5/11/2025


City Circle Theatre Company will present The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a unique musical that invites the audience to solve a murder mystery. As a ...


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