Posted: 2/6/26 at 7:33pm
Last season’s offering for Los Angeles Center Theatre Group was appalling with no new Broadway show, they need to pull their socks up for next season.
Posted: 2/10/26 at 9:42am
Las Vegas anounced last night
Beauty and the Beast
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 - Sunday September, 20 2026
The Phantom of the Opera
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - Sunday November 1, 2026
Elf The Musical
Tuesday, November 24, 2026 - Sunday, November 29, 2026
The Outsiders
Tuesday, January 19, 2027 - Sunday, January 24, 2027
Buena Vista Social Club™
Tuesday, March 2, 2027 - Sunday, March 7, 2027
Boop!® The Musical
Tuesday, May 11, 2027 - Sunday, May 16, 2027
Maybe Happy Ending
Tuesday, June 8, 2027 - Sunday, Jun 13, 2027
Oh Mary! Was already anounce for The Smith Center for October 6-11, but I guess they considered it too risqué to include in the regular Broadway season package.
Posted: 2/10/26 at 10:20am
inception said: "Oh Mary! Was already anounce for The Smith Center for October 6-11, but I guess they considered it too risqué to include in the regular Broadway season package."
Las Vegas is a bunch of pansies, they need to force the regular season holders and the general public to see this. It would be so funny to see their reactions.
Posted: 2/10/26 at 10:26am
Toronto's 26/27 Season:
Hell's Kitchen
The Karate Kid: The Musical
Operation Mincemeat
13 Going on 30: The Musical
The Mousetrap
Inside the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Salesman in China
Additions:
Paranormal Activity, Dirty Dancing, Water for Elephants Great Gatsby, Mamma Mia, etc.
Updated On: 2/10/26 at 10:26 AM
Posted: 2/10/26 at 10:37am
The run of Dirty Dancing in Toronto is being billed as the Canadian Premiere. Didn’t the show premiere there in 2007?
Posted: 2/10/26 at 11:10am
Call_me_jorge said: "The run of Dirty Dancing in Toronto is being billed as the Canadian Premiere. Didn’t the show premiere there in 2007?"
It's apparently a completely new version.
Posted: 2/10/26 at 1:11pm
tacotheatrelover said: "
Las Vegas is a bunch of pansies, they need toforce the regular season holders and the general public to see this. It would be so funny to see their reactions."
Well if you want you can watch the livestream from last night on the Smith Center website. They brought Seth Rudetsky out to Las Vegas & he tried to hype it, but the main guy is quite cautious saying stuff "this won't be for everyone." They know their audience. When I went to Suffs there last Fall it was a lot of retirees who've moved to LV for the weather. Season subscribers do get first dibs on seats to OM though. I signed up for early access (after subscribers), but right now I'm still not sure if I want to do Vegas in October or November this year.
Posted: 2/11/26 at 10:14am
Houston's Theatre Under the Stars 26/27 Season announced today. Shows:
THE MUSIC MAN (tour)
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (tour)
THE LITTLE MERMAID (locally produced)
THE WHO'S TOMMY (tour)
KINKY BOOTS (tour)
OH, MARY! (tour)
Usually TUTS brings two to three tours and does the rest locally. Unless I'm mis-reading their website and announcement, only one show is being produced locally.
Posted: 2/11/26 at 11:01am
fashionguru_23 said: "Toronto's 26/27 Season:
Hell's Kitchen
The Karate Kid: The Musical
Operation Mincemeat
13 Going on 30: The Musical
The Mousetrap
Inside the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Salesman in China
Additions:
Paranormal Activity, Dirty Dancing, Water for Elephants Great Gatsby, Mamma Mia, etc."
Are some of those local productions? I haven't seen many of those as a tour ... Karate Kid, Salesman in China. Paranormal Activity. etc.
Posted: 2/11/26 at 1:11pm
carlisle14 said: "fashionguru_23 said: "Toronto's 26/27 Season:
Hell's Kitchen
The Karate Kid: The Musical
Operation Mincemeat
13 Going on 30: The Musical
The Mousetrap
Inside the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Salesman in China
Additions:
Paranormal Activity, Dirty Dancing, Water for Elephants Great Gatsby, Mamma Mia, etc."
Are some of those local productions? I haven't seen many of those as a tour ... Karate Kid, Salesman in China. Paranormal Activity. etc."
Karate Kid is apparently the UK Tour coming over here. 13 Going on 30 is billed as the pre-West End run. Salesman in China is a local production, a transfer from its run at Stratford Festival a few years ago. Inside the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is similar, it's a docu-concert coming over from PEI.
I assume Paranormal Activity will be the tour.
Posted: 2/11/26 at 2:12pm
Detroit has announced.
The Notebook September 22–October 4, 2026
Maybe Happy Ending October 20–November 1, 2026
The Great Gatsby November 17-29, 2026
BOOP! The Musical December 1-13, 2026
Operation Mincemeat January 12-24, 2027
Oh, Mary! February 23-28, 2027++ Season Add On
Water for Elephants March 2-7, 2027 ++ Season Add on
Death Becomes Her ~ March 23–April 4, 2027
Updated On: 2/11/26 at 02:12 PM
Posted: 2/12/26 at 11:00am
The upcoming national tour of The Who’s Tommy will launch at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio (the Rock and Roll Capital of the World) this fall.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-WHOS-TOMMY-Will-Launch-North-American-Tour-in-Cleveland-20260212
Posted: 2/12/26 at 11:09am
GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Anyone know if Tommy is going non eq?"
Before today’s official press release the website was still using press photos of the broadway cast. Today those photos no longer appear which is confirmation, to me, that the tour will be non-equity.
Posted: 2/12/26 at 12:17pm
Someone on Reddit commented that they got audition materials for the show stating it’ll be non-eq, too.
Posted: 2/12/26 at 12:24pm
DiscoCrows said: "Someone on Reddit commented that they got audition materials for the show stating it’ll benon-eq, too."
100% will be non eq. Probably just that big video screen and that's it.
Posted: 2/17/26 at 11:47am
Hamilton is having it's first week long only engagement in Birmingham Alabama from September 22nd to 27th.
Other shows in the season include
Mamma Mia!: Nov 17 - 22, 2026
The Sound of Music: Feb 2 - 7, 2027
The Notebook: April 6 - 11, 2027
The Outsiders: May 25 - 30, 2027
Season Add On:
The Book Of Mormon: June 15 - 20, 2027
Posted: 2/18/26 at 12:02am
Timon3 said: "Last season’s offering for Los Angeles Center Theatre Group was appalling with no new Broadway show, they need to pull their socks up for next season."
it's incredibly difficult for the Ahmanson to book the big Broadway tours anymore with the Nederlander run Pantages in Hollywood being a larger theatre with a full slate of big touring musicals on their season schedule, tour producers can rake in a lot more $$$ at the Pantages with its 2700+ seats compared to the 2,084 seats at the Ahmanson
Posted: 2/18/26 at 9:02am
Orlando
Hamilton September 29–October 18, 2026
Buena Vista Social Club October 20-25, 2026
Death Becomes Her December 1-6, 2026
Wicked January 6-31, 2027
The Great Gatsby February 9-21, 2027
The Sound of Music March 16-21, 2027
BOOP! The Musical March 30–April 4, 2027
Beauty and the Beast April 20–May 2, 2027
Beetlejuice May 11-16, 2027
Jersey Boys June 22-27, 2027
Posted: 2/18/26 at 9:04am
Grand Rapids
Hell’s Kitchen September 15-20, 2026
The Notebook October 13-18, 2026
Maybe Happy Ending November 10-15, 2026
Six * January 12-17, 2027 SEASON ADD ON
Beauty and the Beast February 9-14, 2027
Death Becomes Her March 2-7, 2027
The Phantom of the Opera August 11-22, 2027
Posted: 2/18/26 at 7:36pm
DCS said: "Timon3 said: "Last season’s offering for Los Angeles Center Theatre Group was appalling with no new Broadway show, they need to pull their socks up for next season."
it's incredibly difficult for the Ahmanson to book the big Broadway tours anymore with the Nederlander run Pantages in Hollywood being a larger theatre with a full slate of big touring musicals on their season schedule, tour producers can rake in a lot more $$$ at the Pantages with its 2700+ seats compared to the 2,084 seats at the Ahmanson"
I do appreciate that, but there are always smaller shows, which would get lost in the Pantanges, that would sit in the Ahmanson better. For example Sunset Boulevard with Nicole Scherzinger, Oh Mary, The Outsiders, Suffs, Buena Vista Social Club, Six, Operation Mincemeat, Titanique and Maybe Happy Ending. Maybe Totoro or The Devil Wears Prada from the London. Shows can run longer at the Ahmanson to compensate, what actor wouldn’t like to live in LA for a month? The utilisation of the Ahmanson this season has been dreadful.
Posted: 2/18/26 at 8:00pm
All those shows play thestres similar in size to the Pantages in other markets, so why should they go smaller in LA. Yes maybe for the audience it would be a better experience, but tours are about making as much money as possible - not about the audience experience.
Timon3 said: "
I do appreciate that, but there are always smaller shows, which would get lost in the Pantanges,that would sit in the Ahmanson better. For example Sunset Boulevard with Nicole Scherzinger, Oh Mary, The Outsiders, Suffs, Buena Vista Social Club, Six, Operation Mincemeat, Titanique and Maybe Happy Ending. Maybe Totoro or The Devil Wears Prada from the London. Shows can run longer at the Ahmanson to compensate, what actor wouldn’t like to live in LA for a month? The utilisation of the Ahmanson this season has been dreadful."
Posted: 2/18/26 at 8:01pm
Louisville
Posted: 2/18/26 at 8:31pm
Timon3 said: "DCS said: "Timon3 said: "Last season’s offering for Los Angeles Center Theatre Group was appalling with no new Broadway show, they need to pull their socks up for next season."
it's incredibly difficult for the Ahmanson to book the big Broadway tours anymore with the Nederlander run Pantages in Hollywood being a larger theatre with a full slate of big touring musicals on their season schedule, tour producers can rake in a lot more $$$ at the Pantages with its 2700+ seats compared to the 2,084 seats at the Ahmanson"
I do appreciate that, but there are always smaller shows, which would get lost in the Pantanges,that would sit in the Ahmanson better. For example Sunset Boulevard with Nicole Scherzinger, Oh Mary, The Outsiders, Suffs, Buena Vista Social Club, Six, Operation Mincemeat, Titanique and Maybe Happy Ending. Maybe Totoro or The Devil Wears Prada from the London. Shows can run longer at the Ahmanson to compensate, what actor wouldn’t like to live in LA for a month? The utilisation of the Ahmanson this season has been dreadful."
I agree with you in terms of audience experience (the Pantages is a huge barn of a theatre), but it's all about making as much money as you can and the Ahmanson just can't compete. Of the shows you mentioned, SUFFS just played the Pantages a few months ago and SIX opens at the Pantages tonight for its 2nd visit. I wouldn't be surprised if the Ahmanson might snag Oh Mary or Operation Mincemeat, but we'll wait and see what happens when they finally announce their 26/27 season.
Posted: 2/19/26 at 2:58pm
Anyone know if Suffs or Spamalot will continue to tour next season? I haven’t seen either on any recent announcements.
Posted: 2/19/26 at 7:21pm
DCS said: "Timon3 said: "DCS said: "Timon3 said: "Last season’s offering for Los Angeles Center Theatre Group was appalling with no new Broadway show, they need to pull their socks up for next season."
it's incredibly difficult for the Ahmanson to book the big Broadway tours anymore with the Nederlander run Pantages in Hollywood being a larger theatre with a full slate of big touring musicals on their season schedule, tour producers can rake in a lot more $$$ at the Pantages with its 2700+ seats compared to the 2,084 seats at the Ahmanson"
I do appreciate that, but there are always smaller shows, which would get lost in the Pantanges,that would sit in the Ahmanson better. For example Sunset Boulevard with Nicole Scherzinger, Oh Mary, The Outsiders, Suffs, Buena Vista Social Club, Six, Operation Mincemeat, Titanique and Maybe Happy Ending. Maybe Totoro or The Devil Wears Prada from the London. Shows can run longer at the Ahmanson to compensate, what actor wouldn’t like to live in LA for a month? The utilisation of the Ahmanson this season has been dreadful."
I agree with you in terms of audience experience (the Pantages is a huge barn of a theatre), but it's all about making as much money as you can and the Ahmanson just can't compete. Of the shows you mentioned, SUFFS just played the Pantages a few months ago and SIX opens at the Pantages tonight for its 2nd visit. I wouldn't be surprised if the Ahmanson might snag Oh Mary or Operation Mincemeat, but we'll wait and see what happens when they finally announce their 26/27 season."
Okay I know what you are saying and you know what I am saying too, Los Angeles is the second biggest city in the country but only has only has theatres, where San Francisco and Chicago have 3. There are shows that work better in the Pantanges like Hamilton, Great Gatsby, Hell’s Kitchen, Moulin Rouge, The Lion King, Aladdin, Death Becomes Her or MJ. I am not saying you are wrong, but there are right shows for the Pantanges and right shows for the Ahmanson, think we are both agreed on that. Then I agree with the point you are making with producers wanting a quick buck over substance.
I wouldn’t enjoy Six in the Pantanges, nor Suffs.
