Broadway Across Canada has unveiled their upcoming 2020-2021 Season in Ottawa, ON. Five theatrical productions will take centre stage at the National Arts Centre beginning next summer including the Ottawa premiere engagement of Dear Evan Hansen and Mean Girls, the hilarious hit musical from book writer Tina Fey.
“With a record number of subscribers last season, we remain so appreciative of the support and excitement surrounding our 2019-2020 season featuring Hamilton. It’s a true privilege to share in the Broadway experience with our loyal patrons year after year at the National Arts Centre, our home in the Nation’s Capital. In our upcoming season we tried to program a nice balance of highly anticipated new musical productions like Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls and Anastasia with returning classics like Fiddler on the Roof and Wicked.” said Shana Levin, Vice President, Broadway Across Canada. “We will also launch new subscriber benefits this season, which include online upgrades and ticket exchanges in order to enable our Ottawa Subscribers to take control of their tickets in a more convenient and user friendly way.”
Kicking off the 2020-2021 Broadway Across Canada Season will be our season option Wicked, the untold true story of the Witches of Oz. The subscription package will then launch in October with Anastasia, a dazzling show that will transport you from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s. Next up Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher brings his fresh take on a beloved masterpiece to life as Fiddler on the Roof . This is followed by Dear Evan Hansen, winner of six 2017 TONY® Awards including Best Musical and the 2018 GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. Closing the season is Mean Girls, the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team.
Four show Season packages start at $185 and are available today online at http://www.BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca, by phone at 613-947-7000 x 620, or in person at the National Arts Centre Box Office. Wicked is available as a Season option at an additional cost. Broadway Across Canada 2020-2021 Ottawa Season Subscribers receive exclusive perks, including: priority seating access, guaranteed prices, no fee easy payment plans, guaranteed same seats locations for all season presentations, lost ticket replacement, NY ticket services and new this year online upgrades & exchanges.
GROUP SALES INFORMATION: For more information on Group Sales please call 1.800.889.8457 or email at: CanadaGroups@BroadwayAcrossCanada.ca.
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Shows
WICKED – Season Option
August 26 – September 6, 2020
So much happened before Dorothy dropped in.
Wicked, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, WICKED—the untold true story of the Witches of Oz—transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story that USA Today cheers is “a complete triumph! An original musical that will make you laugh, cry, and think.”
October 27 – November 1, 2020
Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic and adventure-filled new musical Anastasia is on a journey to Ottawa at last!
From the Tony Award®-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.
Anastasia features a book by celebrated playwright Terrence McNally,a lush new score by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)with direction by Tony Award® winner Darko Tresnjak.
December 29, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of Fiddler on the Roof!
Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset;’ “If I Were A Rich Man;'”Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” Fiddler on the Roof is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and laughter.
Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Featuring a talented cast, lavish orchestra and stunning movement and dance from Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, based on the original staging by Jerome Robbins, Fiddler on the Roof will introduce a new generation to the uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy! To love! To life!
April 27 – May 2, 2021
WINNER OF SIX 2017 TONY® AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL
AND THE 2018 GRAMMY® AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM.
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.
Dear Evan Hansen has struck a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere, including The Washington Post who says Dear Evan Hansen is “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theatre history.” The New York Times calls it “a gut-punching, breathtaking knockout of a musical.” And NBC Nightly News declares the musical “an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond.”
Dear Evan Hansen features a book by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, a score by Grammy®, Tony® and Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman), and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal).
June 8 – 13, 2021
Direct from Broadway, Mean Girls is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and director CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon).
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.
New York Magazine cheers, “Mean Girls delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” USA Today says, “We’ll let you in on a little secret, because we’re such good friends: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!”