(St. Louis, MO) – The
Fabulous Fox Theatre announces an incredible season of St. Louis premiers and
classic musicals in the 2017–2018 U.S. Bank Broadway Series. The season will
include the previously announced HAMILTON making its
Fox Theatre debut April 3-22, 2018 for a limited three-week
engagement.
Winner of the 2015 Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival,
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I will have
you whistling a happy tune this holiday season.
SCHOOL OF ROCK kicks
off 2018 with fist-pumping exuberance and the 2016 Tony Award® winner for
Best Musical Revival THE COLOR PURPLE visits in March.
Eight specials will also be presented in the season lineup
including return engagements of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner
of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, and the spectacular new
production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
THE BODYGUARD | October 3 – 15, 2017
Based on the smash hit film, the award-winning musical will
star Grammy® Award-nominee and R&B superstar Deborah Cox!
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect
superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge;
what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A breathtakingly romantic thriller, THE
BODYGUARD features a host of irresistible classics including
“Queen of the Night,” “So Emotional,” “One Moment in Time,” “Saving All My
Love,” “Run to You,” “I Have Nothing,” “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” and one of
the biggest selling songs of all time – “I Will Always Love You.”
ON YOUR FEET! | November 7 – 19, 2017
From their humble beginnings in Cuba, Emilio and Gloria
Estefan came to America and broke through all barriers to become a crossover
sensation at the very top of the pop music world. But just when they thought
they had it all, they almost lost everything. From international superstardom
to life-threatening tragedy, ON YOUR FEET! takes you
behind the music and inside the real story of this record-making and
groundbreaking couple who, in the face of adversity, found a way to end up on
their feet. Directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky
Boots), with choreography by Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo (Jersey
Boys) and an original book by Academy Award® winner Alexander
Dinelaris (Birdman), ON YOUR FEET! features some
of the most iconic songs of the past quarter century - and one of the
most inspiring stories in music history.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I | November
28 – December 10, 2017
Two worlds collide in the Lincoln Center Theater production of
this “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) musical,
directed by Bartlett Sher. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE
KING AND I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as
“Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall
We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells
the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops
between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the
modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many
wives and children. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award® for Best Musical
Revival, THE KING AND I is “too beautiful to miss” (New
York Magazine).
SCHOOL OF ROCK | January 16 – 28, 2018
SCHOOL OF ROCK is
a New York Times Critics’ Pick and “an inspiring jolt of
energy, joy and mad skillz!” (Entertainment Weekly). Based on the hit
film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing
as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a
guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. This high-octane smash
features 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, all the original songs from the
movie and musical theater’s first-ever kids rock band playing their instruments
live on stage. Vanity Fair raves, “fists of all ages shall be
pumping!”
THE COLOR PURPLE | March 20 – April 1, 2018
THE COLOR PURPLE is
the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival. Hailed as “a direct
hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic
has conquered Broadway in an all-new "ravishingly reconceived production
that is a glory to behold” (The New York Times) directed by Tony winner
John Doyle. With a soul-raising score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, THE
COLOR PURPLE gives an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer
Prize-winning story. This production is a stunning re-imagining of an epic
story about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the American South.
It’s the musical sensation that New York Magazine calls “one
of the greatest revivals ever.” Experience the exhilarating power of this
Tony-winning triumph!
HAMILTON | April 3 – 22, 2018
HAMILTON is the story of
America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies
who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and
was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends
hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON is
the story of America then, as told by America now. With book, music and
lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy
Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is
based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
Series Specials
Eight Broadway specials will be offered to 2017–2018 season
ticket holders for priority seating before their public on-sale dates. Back by
popular demand, A CHRISTMAS CAROL will run during the
holidays for the 27th time December 14-17. The
enchanting Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA returns December
27-31. A new production of the beloved classic Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC returns February 2-4.
The family favorite THE WIZARD OF OZ, will delight St.
Louis’ audiences February 23-25. CHICAGO, the razzle dazzle
tale of sin and celebrity, will make its way back to the Fabulous Fox March
2-4.
For one weekend only March 16-18, CIRCUS 1903 – THE
GOLDEN AGE OF CIRCUS will present a thrilling turn of the century
circus spectacular for the first time on the Fox stage. Cameron Mackintosh’s
spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF
THE OPERA returns for a limited engagement May
9-20. Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON will
close out the season May 29 - June 3.
New six-show season ticket packages will go on sale April
14 at 10 a.m. Current U.S. Bank Broadway season ticket holders will
receive their renewal information beginning the week of March 27. On-sale dates
for individual shows will be announced later. For more information, please call
the Fox Subscription office at 314-535-1700. Groups of 15 or more should call 314-535-2900 for special
rates and reservations. The Broadway Series at the Fabulous Fox Theatre is
presented by U.S. Bank.
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