“Dear Evan Hansen,” the most acclaimed Tony-winning musical since “Hamilton,” will kick off the next Broadway in Columbus season.

For 2019-20, Broadway in Columbus and the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts will supplement the tale of troubled teenagers sparking social-media misunderstandings with Tina Fey’s musical comedy “Mean Girls” and recent Broadway revivals of “My Fair Lady,” “Miss Saigon” and more.



“We had so much interest in ‘Hamilton’ last season that we felt it was important to program a good season after that,” said Chad Whittington, president and CEO of CAPA. “We’re excited about next season, with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ the cornerstone because of its critical acclaim and popularity, ‘Mean Girls’ part of the Broadway and Tony awards cycle just last year and also some classics that families will enjoy."

Except where noted, all touring shows will be presented at the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St.

• “Dear Evan Hansen” (Sept. 17-22): The musical drama, by the Oscar-winning composer-lyricist team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“La La Land,” “The Greatest Showman”) and author Steven Levenson, tells an original story about a troubled high-school student desperate to fit in, his misread letter and a lie that galvanizes but ultimately shakes the community. Hailed by The Washington Post as “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history,” the show won six 2017 Tony awards, including best musical, book and score.

• “Mean Girls” (Oct. 22-27): The 2018 musical comedy was adapted by Fey (book), Jeff Richmond (music) and lyricist Nell Benjamin (lyrics) from Fey’s 2004 teen film comedy about a student who transfers into a suburban Illinois high school as a naive outsider among social cliques led by a trio of ruthless but charming girls.

• “Les Miserables” (Nov 19-24): The epic musical, based on Victor Hugo’s novel about injustice, love and compassion in early-1800s France, returns in a restaged production, which previously toured here in 2013.

• “Jersey Boys” (Jan. 10-11, Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St.): The Tony-winning jukebox musical, a biography of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, returns for a short encore run following its most recent visit here in 2013 (nonsubscription option).

• “Anastasia” (Jan. 28 to Feb. 2): The romantic musical drama, about an amnesiac early-1900s orphan searching from Russia to Paris for her possibly royal past and future, was loosely adapted from the animated 1997 film by composer Stephen Flaherty, lyricist Lynn Ahrens and writer Terrence McNally, the creative team behind the musical “Ragtime.”

• “My Fair Lady” (March 11-15): This tour of the classic Lerner and Loewe musical, about a poor Cockney flower seller and a British linguistics professor determined to transform her into his notion of a proper lady, is based on Lincoln Center Theater’s proto-feminist and subtly updated current Broadway revival directed by Bartlett Sher (“The King and I,” “South Pacific”).

• “Wicked” (April 22 to May 17, 2020): The Broadway blockbuster, returning for an encore run after previous visits that included one three years ago (nonsubscription option), explores good, evil, deception and political corruption in a revisionist tale of rivalry and friendship between two witches in the Land of Oz.

• “Miss Saigon” (June 9-14, 2020): The 42-actor production, based on the recent Broadway revival of the epic musical by the creators of “Les Mis,” updates Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly” to the Vietnam War era as an American G.I. falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman orphaned by war.

Subscriptions, on sale June 13 for new subscribers or until May 9 for subscriber renewals, cost $217 to $699; tickets sold separately to the two nonsubscription shows.

For information, call 800-294-1892 or visit www.broadwayincolumbus.com or the CAPA Ticket Center, 39 E. State St.

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