2026-2027 Season Tour Launches- Page 3

[RW3]

Posted: 1/29/26 at 6:58pm

carlisle14 said: "Jersey Boys is hitting the road again with a big 20th anniversary tour across North America starting this September.

The hit musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be staged by the original Broadway creative team, bringing the same look, sound and feel fans remember.

Cities, cast, and tickets are coming later, but the tour adds to a huge legacy that includes major awards, millions of fans worldwide, and a long run in New York.

A U.K. and Ireland tour is also on the way, showing this show is still going strong two decades later."

Do we know if the US tour will be equity or non-eq?

[Timon3]

Posted: 1/29/26 at 7:01pm

Jersey Boys has massive following and it did a stint off Broadway, that is how cheap it is to run.

This is a licence to print money. I just wish I was a investor.

[Musigamist]

Posted: 1/29/26 at 10:02pm

RW3 said: "carlisle14 said: "Jersey Boys is hitting the road again with a big 20th anniversary tour across North America starting this September.

The hit musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will be staged by the original Broadway creative team, bringing the same look, sound and feel fans remember.

Cities, cast, and tickets are coming later, but the tour adds to a huge legacy that includes major awards, millions of fans worldwide, and a long run in New York.

A U.K. and Ireland tour is also on the way, showing this show is still going strong two decades later."

Do we know if the US tour will be equity or non-eq?"

 

The booking site says it's doing full weeks, splits, and singles so probably non-eq?

[carlisle14]

Posted: 1/30/26 at 7:02pm

The Waitress US tour is officially happening this fall.

 The new tour has been confirmed as part of the show’s 10th anniversary celebrations, with the first announced stop set for Peoria, Illinois in October.

More dates and casting are still being kept quiet for now, but the news comes after Sara Bareilles and Diane Paulus reunited to mark the milestone.

 Fans can expect more details soon as the beloved musical prepares to head back out on the road.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/30/26 at 8:17pm

Mamma Mia, Waitress and Jersey Boys seem like shows that will always tour every few years.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/30/26 at 9:43pm

And will likely be Non Eq 

[always bway]

Posted: 1/31/26 at 7:59am

YES! Waitress please! This show today would win all the awards. It was overshadowed by Hamilton that season and Isherwood missed what was special about it (he usually does).  The score is so beautiful -Sara Bareilles is a national treasure- and the show so creatively put together.

Dear Theatre Gods- Tour it then bring it back to Broadway! 

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/2/26 at 10:36am

Peoria, Illinois ... first sighting of Waitress that I've seen. Just a weekend stop in Peoria, so that is almost certainly a non eq show.  
 

WaitressOctober 6-7, 2026

SixNovember 17-19, 2026

A Beautiful NoiseFebruary 2-3, 2027

The BodyguardMay 11-12, 2027

Updated On: 2/3/26 at 10:36 AM

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 2/2/26 at 8:36pm

The Hennepin Arts 2026-2027 season is going to be a doozy;

• The Sound of Music
• Maybe Happy Ending
• Buena Vista Social Club 
• Operation Mincemeat
• The Outsiders
• The Who's Tommy
• Hamilton 
• Hell's Kitchen
• Plus options for Mamma Mia!, Clue, Hadestown, and Beetlejuice 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 2/2/26 at 9:23pm

I am AMAZED that Tommy tour is actuaqlly happening 

[Ceej]

Posted: 2/2/26 at 9:24pm

Houston:

SOUND OF MUSIC
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
THE NOTEBOOK
BOOP!
HELL'S KITCHEN
DEATH BECOMES HER
JERSEY BOYS
BEEETLEJUICE (option)
WICKED (option)

Dates announced tomorrow. TUTS will announce in mid-February. They usually produce 4 locally and bring in two tours, but if the line-up I've seen is correct, they're leaning more towards tours this coming season.

 

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 8:29am

KevinKlawitter said: "The Hennepin Arts 2026-2027 season is going to be a doozy;

• The Sound of Music
• Maybe Happy Ending
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Operation Mincemeat
• The Outsiders
• The Who's Tommy
• Hamilton
• Hell's Kitchen
• Plus options forMamma Mia!, Clue, Hadestown,andBeetlejuice

"

A good doozy or bad one?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 10:25am

I’m shocked Clue is starting to do return engagements. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 12:11pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I’m shocked Clue is starting to do return engagements."

I just don't understand how this is selling so well. My nearby community theater did this and their entire 3 week run was sold out.

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 1:54pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I’m shocked Clue is starting to do return engagements."

It keep chugging along to huge crowds.  I know it is popular in High Schools and regional/local productions, and the National tour just keeps selling tickets in droves.  It is indeed a funny show.  Wide appeal from all ages.  Think it is getting good word of mouth. 

Updated On: 2/3/26 at 01:54 PM

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 1:57pm

I didn't know Water for Elephants was playing into 2027... I really enjoyed that show more than most.  

 

Kansas City has released.... 

 


The Phantom of the Opera ~December 2-13, 2026

The Bodyguard ºJanuary 5-10, 2027

Six ~January 26-31, 2027

The Outsiders ~February 16-21, 2027

BOOP! The Musical ºMarch 2-7, 2027

Water for Elephants ºMarch 30–April 4, 2027

Buena Vista Social Club ~May 11-16, 2027

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ~July 13-18, 2027

Updated On: 2/3/26 at 01:57 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 2:23pm

HPCC going down to single week engagements… 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 3:07pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "KevinKlawitter said: "The Hennepin Arts 2026-2027 season is going to be a doozy;

• The Sound of Music
• Maybe Happy Ending
• Buena Vista Social Club
• Operation Mincemeat
• The Outsiders
• The Who's Tommy
• Hamilton
• Hell's Kitchen
• Plus options forMamma Mia!, Clue, Hadestown,andBeetlejuice

"

A good doozy or bad one?"

It's one of the best-looking seasons I've seen in a while. The only way it could look better to me is if they found a way to sneak in Oh, Mary!.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 3:29pm

I’m assuming Oh, Mary is going to the Ordway

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 2/3/26 at 6:13pm

Anyone know if Tommy is going non eq?

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 1:10pm

Lionsgate, in conjunction with Showpath Entertainment Limited and Magic Hour Productions, has announced that Dirty Dancing: The Musical—a new stage production of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing—will launch a North American tour in August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minneapolis. Additional tour cities and casting will be announced at a later date.

Tony Award nominee, Obie Award winner, and two-time Emmy Award winner Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the original film, will direct the show written by Eleanor Bergstein, the original screenwriter of the film. Darrell Grand Moultrie is the choreographer.

Set against the summer of 1963, Dirty Dancing: The Musical follows Frances “Baby” Houseman as she discovers love, passion, and independence through her relationship with charismatic dance instructor Johnny Castle. The new production will use the music from the film.

The creative team includes set designer Brett J. Banakis, Tony-winning costume designer Linda Cho, lighting designer Japhy Weideman, Tony-winning sound designer Kai Harada, video designer David Bengali, hair and wig designer Charles G. LaPointe, and music supervisor and arranger Joseph Joubert.

Updated On: 2/4/26 at 01:10 PM

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 2:03pm

Dirty Dancing will be an Equity tour. 

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 3:15pm

Ambitious tour for Les Mis from 2022-2026, but it has not appeared on any of the 2026-2027 announcements yet.  Is the tour hanging it up with its Boston stop in June 2026? 

[Musigamist]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 3:22pm

carlisle14 said: "Ambitioustour for Les Mis from2022-2026, but it has not appeared on any of the 2026-2027 announcements yet. Is the tour hanging it up with its Boston stop in June 2026?"

It's possible; a regional theater I visit (Great Lakes Theatre, Cleveland) just announced it for spring 2027.

[carlisle14]

Posted: 2/4/26 at 3:25pm

carlisle14 said: "Ambitioustour for Les Mis from2022-2026, but it has not appeared on any of the 2026-2027 announcements yet. Is the tour hanging it up with its Boston stop in June 2026?"

Answering myself ... found a quote that pretty much states it is done in June. Lindsay Heather Pearce said "until we close in June."