ASU Gammage's 2020-2021 Broadway season packed with premiers and return of 'Hamilton'
"Hamilton" will return to ASU Gammage in its 2020-2021 Broadway season. Photo by Joan Marcus
ASU Gammage has announced its 2020-2021 Broadway season, which promises to be “the biggest, boldest, most brilliant season to date.”
Audience members can expect the return of hit musical "Hamilton," along with winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards Best Musical "Hadestown"; the Tempe premier of the Broadway hit, Disney’s "Frozen"; Broadway favorites "Tootsie" and "My Fair Lady"; critically acclaimed Broadway musical "The Band's Visit"; 2019 Tony Award Winner of Best Revival of a Musical "Oklahoma!"; and the adaptation of an American classic,"To Kill a Mockingbird."
"Jersey Boys" will also return to the ASU Gammage stage as a season option.
“It’s an extraordinary time on Broadway with some of the most inspiring work on stage,” said Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, ASU vice president for cultural affairs and the executive director for ASU Gammage. “We wrapped up a memorable decade of Broadway and now we’re headed into the next decade bigger and bolder. This is a season you will not want to miss!”
Current season ticket holders can renew their subscription now, while sales for new season subscriptions will be announced soon. Subscriptions start at $235 for eight shows. To learn more about season tickets visit asugammage.com.
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The critically acclaimed Broadway musical "The Band's Visit" is the winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, making it one of the most Tony-winning musicals in history. It is also a Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Theater Album. Coming to ASU Gammage Sept. 15–20, 2020.
Photo by Evan Zimmerman
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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 theater — a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics and education. Coming to ASU Gammage beginning Oct. 13, 2020.
Photo by Joan Marcus
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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. Coming to ASU Gammage Dec. 1–6, 2020.
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Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, "Hadestown" intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. Coming to ASU Gammage Jan. 12–17, 2021.
Photo by Matthew Murphy
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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.” Coming to ASU Gammage Feb. 9–14, 2021.
Photo by Joan Marcus
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"Tootsie" tells the story of Michael Dorsey, a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperations lands him the role of a lifetime. Coming to ASU Gammage March 16–21, 2021.
Photo by Matthew Murphy
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"Frozen," the Tony-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America. Coming to ASU Gammage April 8–25, 2021.
Photo by Deen van Meer
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Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork "To Kill a Mockingbird" comes to ASU Gammage June 8-13, 2021.
Photo by Julieta Cervantes
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Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning true-life musical phenomenon, "Jersey Boys." This season option is coming to ASU Gammage May 21–23, 2021.
Photo by Joan Marcus
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