2026-2027 Season Tour Launches — Page 8

Center Theatre Group announced today: Our season kicks off with the world premiere musical The Turning, a haunting, folk-infused journey set among California’s sequoias at the Taper. At the Ahmanson, we welcome the wildly funny, Tony Award-winning Oh, Mary! straight from Broadway. These shows are followed by the exuberant Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarías, the North American premiere of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Kimberly Belflower’s electrifying John Proctor is the Villain, and we end our blockbuster season by completing August Wilson’s celebrated Century Cycle at CTG with his towering masterpiece Fences and the joyful Broadway hit BOOP!® The Musical.

The Turning
Mark Taper Forum
September 2 – October 11, 2026

Oh, Mary!
Ahmanson Theatre
November 10 – December 6, 2026

Destiny of Desire
Mark Taper Forum
November 11 – December 20, 2026

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Ahmanson Theatre
December 12, 2026 – January 10, 2027

Fiddler on the Roof
Ahmanson Theatre
February 13 – March 14, 2027

John Proctor Is the Villain
Mark Taper Forum
March 17 – April 25, 2027

Fences
Mark Taper Forum
May 26 – July 3, 2027

Boop! The Musical
Ahmanson Theatre
July 6 – August 1, 2027

Updated On: 3/30/26 at 02:32 PM

Pretty fantastic season for CTG after a disappointing start for Snehal Desai as the Artistic Director. It seems he's starting to dial in what is actually interesting for the company. This is the first season since he's taken over where there's more good offerings than not, and the first where there are consistently great shows on the schedule.

Is John Proctor a tour or their own production?

Again CTG misses the mark with a wow show. This season I thought they pull a late rabbit from the hat, but didn’t happen.

CLUE is non-Eq now so technically CTG is presenting two non-Eq tours this season. Genuinely surprised.

They had a late announcement a couple years back when CTG announced &Julet as a late surprise. This season I thought they do similar with The Outsiders but that went to the Pantanges instead. I thought they get Mincemeat that went to the Pantanges instead. So something like Sunset Boulevard or Chess would be great, I have always banged on about My Neighbour Totoro from London. Maybe Just in Time or Buena Vista Social Club. But unfortunately the Pantanges remorselessly hoovers everything up.

The Pantanges isn’t great for intimate shows.

Updated On: 3/30/26 at 06:51 PM

Have we heard any updates or rumblings about the status of the shows slated to run at the Kennedy Center this summer? Moulin Rouge ends its engagement July 5, but Back to the Future, Doubtfire, and Outsiders have July and August engagements after this supposed two-year closure begins.

AKarp2013 said: "Have we heard any updates or rumblings about the status of the shows slated to run at the Kennedy Center this summer?Moulin Rougeends its engagement July 5, butBack to the Future,Doubtfire, andOutsidershave July and August engagements after this supposed two-year closure begins."

Moulin Rouge seems to be unaffected, but the latter 3 have been taken off the Kennedy Center website.

I inquired via email re:The Outsiders at Kennedy Center. Their response was that they will notify when/if the engagement is cancelled. Typical response from this new version of the once respectable organization.



AKarp2013 said: "Damn. It was the last engagement forBack to the Futureand so I guess they'll shutter following their Portland engagement.

I wonder ifOutsiderscan pop right into the National Theatre.

There's a three week period between Beetlejuice and Notebook that essentially fills the gap in their tour schedule."

AKarp2013 said: "Outsiders has announced a two-week return engagement to Chicago from August 4-16. This is two of the three weeks they were supposed to be in DC. Glad they were able to fill up part of that gap period and hope they can land another venue to play the week after their Toronto run."

They’ll likely just go on a layoff

KarenValentine'sheadband said: "McCallum Theatre Palm Desert 2026/2027 Season


&Juliet
The Who's - TOMMY
The Wiz
The Bodyguard
The Sound of Music
Mamma Mia



I forgot to add, The Simon and Garfunkel musical. I'm not sure if it's actually a musical?

Was hoping for BOOP but maybe it will be here for the 27/28 season. Palm Desert usually gets the third round of tours. I'll see again BOOP in Los Angeles.

Anyone know if there will be significant Year 2 cast changes for THE NOTEBOOK (beginning September 22 in Detroit)? Makena Jackson took over as Younger Allie earlier this month, and Sharon Catherine Brown gave her last performance as Older Allie last Sunday, although the website/IBDB haven't been updated yet with her replacement. Will any of the other principals definitely be leaving (or continuing)?