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Wicked
Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz takes place before L. Frank Baum’s...
Les Misérables
One of the world’s most iconic and longest-running musicals, Les Misérables tells the story of Jean...
Into the Woods
“Be careful what you wish for” seems to be the ongoing theme in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s...
The Phantom of the Opera
Based on the 1910 horror novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera is a thrilling and romanti...
Hairspray
It’s 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland, and quirky, plus-sized, teenage Tracy Turnblad has one dream: to d...
Beauty and the Beast
Based on the smash hit 1991 Disney animated feature and dating back to a late 18th-century classic F...
Grease
It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school “Burger Pa...
Chicago
Broadway’s longest-running American musical, Chicago is a dazzling and satirical look at fame, justi...
Rent
Based on Puccini’s beloved opera , Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group o...
Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors is a delectable sci-fi horror musical with an electrifying 1960s pop/rock sco...
West Side Story
Inspired by the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story takes Shakespeare’s star-crossed...
The Lion King
Based on the 1994 Disney animated feature film of the same name and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Th...
