The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (Sarasota, FL) has announced the 2023-2024 Season Subscription Series, featuring the biggest Broadway series yet with six Tony Award®-winning shows and seven Van Wezel Premieres.
Mary Bensel, Executive Director of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, expresses her enthusiasm for this season: “I’m delighted to share the biggest and brightest Broadway season to date! Headlining our season is the smash-hit, mega musical, Hamilton. The eleven-time Tony Award®-winner, including for Best Musical in 2016, will be presented on the Van Wezel stage for two full weeks. This show took Broadway by storm, and I’m thrilled to bring it to Sarasota for the first time.
“I am also thrilled to be presenting two other full-week runs of Broadway hits, the eight-time Tony Award®-winner, including for Best Musical in 2019, Hadestown, and the Tony Award®-winner for Best Choreography, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations.”
“We are looking forward to bringing these remarkable shows to Sarasota,” adds Bensel. “This season features so many premieres and Tony Award® winners that you’ll want to ‘be in the room where it happens.’”
| SHOW | DATES |
|---|---|
| Pretty Woman: The Musical | November 27-28, 2023 |
| The Cher Show | January 10-12, 2024 |
| Hadestown | January 30–February 4, 2024 |
| Ain’t Too Proud | February 21-25, 2024 |
| Jagged Little Pill | February 27-28, 2024 |
| Little Women | March 7-8, 2024 |
| Hamilton | March 26–April 7, 2024 |
| Shrek the Musical | April 16-17, 2024 |
The World Music Series features the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (January 14) for ages 18 and up, the 70th anniversary of the Paul Taylor Dance Company (March 18), and one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, The Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell (March 23).
Subscriber Specials include the holiday crowd favorite Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert (December 30), the comedy dog spectacular Mutts Gone Nuts (January 13), the extraordinary quartet The Four Phantoms in Concert (January 17), the divine satire that is Robert Dubac’s Stand Up Jesus (January 18) and the annual musical sellout Neil Berg’s 114 Years of Broadway (March 14).
The World Music Series Subscription includes all three World Music shows. Subscriber Specials can be added to any subscription package.
Patrons are now able to reserve their subscriptions for the upcoming season. There are three Broadway subscription packages available: the “Full Subscription” featuring all eight Broadway shows, the “Hamilton + Six Subscription” featuring Hamilton and six other shows of your choosing, and the “Make Your Own Series Subscription” featuring four or more shows of your choosing, with the exception of Hamilton.
Renewing subscribers will be seated before any new subscribers and e-club members. Subscribers enjoy benefits such as getting the best seats, ticket exchanges and discounts of up to 20%. Subscription packages are available for purchase online at www.VanWezel.org, by calling the box office at 941-263-6799 or by visiting the box office Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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