Producers of Schmigadoon!, the most Tony Award nominated production of the season, are thrilled to announce the North American Tour will launch in September 2027.
The tour will premiere at Baltimore’s historic Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center before traveling across the U.S and Canada, with major engagements slated for Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and more. Further cities and casting will be announced at a later date.
Additionally, premier Broadway licensing house Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) has acquired the stage licensing rights to Schmigadoon!. Under the agreement with TRW, Schmigadoon! will initially be positioned for productions in over 50 countries worldwide, with projected audiences expected to surpass 4 million globally. North American licensing is expected to include professional, regional, amateur, community and school productions, including a specially adapted middle and high school edition created with Cinco Paul.
“Since we first set out to bring Schmigadoon! to the stage, our goal has always been to create a production that could be enjoyed on Broadway and beyond,” said the producers of Schmigadoon!. “Christopher Gattelli and his incredible team of designers have built this show with craft and care in a way that will allow communities across all 50 states to experience the exact same joy, scale, and theatrical magic audiences are currently embracing on 41st Street. We’re also thrilled to place the show in the hands of theater groups nationwide through our licensing partnership with TRW, ensuring that Schmigadoon! can continue bringing people together through the joy of live theater for decades to come.”
Schmigadoon! is the most Tony Award-nominated production of the season, receiving 12 nominations including “Best Musical.” The show has also been awarded “Outstanding New Musical” by the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Drama Desk Awards. Additionally, Schmigadoon! received the Chita Rivera Awards for “Best Choreography” and “Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show.”
Schmigadoon! tells the story of a couple who accidentally wanders into Schmigadoon – the magical town where every day is a musical. Everybody has a song for everything, the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye, and the only bridge out of town leads nowhere. Melissa and Josh soon discover the only way to escape is by finding true love—which may or may not be with each other.
From Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels, this brand-new comedy trapped inside a big Broadway musical is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Death Becomes Her), with a book and Emmy Award-winning score by Cinco Paul (Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets), orchestrations from Doug Besterman and Mike Morris, music supervision and arrangements from David Chase, music direction from Steven Malone, scenic design from Scott Pask, costume design from Linda Cho, lighting design from Donald Holder, sound design from Walter Trarbach, hair and wig design from Tom Watson and makeup design from Ashley Ryan.
Schmigadoon! is produced by Lorne Michaels, Micah Frank, and Caroline Maroney on behalf of Broadway Video and Christine Schwarzman and Megan O’Keefe on behalf of No Guarantees Productions. Casting is by the Telsey Office and TT Partners serves as General Manager.
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