2020-2021 PNC Broadway Lights Series Season Brochure

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Exchanges must be made at least three days prior to your performance to allow for resale of your original tickets. If you exchange into a higher priced performance, you must pay the difference.

Swaps can’t be combined. Each swap must be for a different title.

Swaps must be made no later than seven days prior to the opening of the show you are swapping out of.

Limit of eight additional Hamilton tickets per season account.

ON THE COVER: From top left, AIDA | Tootsie original Broadway company. James Moye, Santion Fontana and company – photo by Matthew Murphy, 2019 | Megan Masako Haley, Mariah Rose Faith and Jonalyn Saxer in the national touring company of Mean Girls – photo by Joan Marcus | Damon BlumenthalArts.org/Broadway | 704.335.1010 Daunno in Oklahoma! – photo by Little Fang PhotoTickets: | To Kill a Mockingbird Broadway company. | Teal Wicks as Lady, Stephanie J. Block as Star,

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9-SHOW SEASON INCLUDES:

Make the season your own by swapping up to four season shows.

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Here are just some of the great swap options.

BlumenthalArts.org/Broadway • 704.335.1010 Micaela Diamond as Babe and the cast of The Cher Show original Broadway company - photo by Joan Marcus. | Jelani Remy and Saint Aubyn in Ain’t Too Proud – photo by Matthew Murphy. | Elijah Malcomb, Joseph Morales, Kyle Scatliffe, Fergie L. Philippe and company - Hamilton national tour – photo by Joan Marcus 2018.

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all it “musical comedy heaven” (Rolling Stone). Call it “the most uproarious new musical in years!”

(The Hollywood Reporter). Call it Tootsie!

This laugh-out-loud love letter to the theater tells the story of Michael Dorsey, a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lands him the role of a lifetime.

This New York Times Critic’s Pick is “a joyful delight” (The Washington Post) that’s “so packed with punchlines, it should be called a jokebox musical!” (Bloomberg).

“In these turbulent times, when the world seems out of balance, we need a place to let the good times roll,” raves Rolling Stone.

“Tootsie is it!”

Not recommended for children under 10

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HHHH NOV. 10-15, 2020 BELK THEATER BOOK: Robert Horn (Tony® Award winner for Best Book of a Musical for Tootsie) SCORE: David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) DIRECTOR: Scott Ellis (Twelve Angry Men, Kiss Me Kate 2019 revival)

Tootsie original Broadway company. Santino Fontana and company. Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2019

“HILARIOUS! A THOROUGHLY MODERN TOOTSIE.” —People Magazine

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hey knew they would make history, but not what history would make of them. Fed up with living under the tyranny of British rule, John Adams attempts to persuade his fellow members of the Continental Congress to vote in favor of American Independence and sign the Declaration. But how much is he willing to compromise in the pursuit of freedom? And to whom does that freedom belong?

In advance of its Broadway run, a reimagined 1776 reexamines a pivotal moment in American history, bringing the Tony Award-winning musical to Charlotte.

JAN. 5-10, 2021 BELK THEATER

MUSIC & LYRICS: Sherman Edwards BOOK: Peter Stone Based on a concept by Sherman Edwards

DIRECTOR: Diane Paulus

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ll rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick To Kill a Mockingbird, directed

by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, is “the most successful American play in Broadway history" ("60 Minutes"). New York Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon.

Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with breath and nuance and soul.” To Kill a Mockingbird – “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago Tribune) – has quickly become “one of the greatest plays in history” (NPR).

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MARCH 23-28, 2021 BELK THEATER SCRIPT: Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men) DIRECTOR: Bartlett Sher (My Fair Lady 2018 revival)

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LisaGay Hamilton and Nina Grollman in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Photo by Julieta Cervantes

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in’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying new smashhit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, it’s a thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal during a decade of civil unrest in America.

Set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits, including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” Ain’t Too Proud tells the unforgettable story of the legendary quintet that Billboard Magazine named the greatest R&B group of all time.

APRIL 27-MAY 2, 2021 BELK THEATER

BOOK: Dominique Morisseau DIRECTOR: Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys) CHOREOGRAPHY: Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, On Your Feet!)

“DAZZLING & ELECTRIFYING!”

Ephraim Sykes (kneeling) and the cast of Ain’t Too Proud.

Photo by Matthew Murphy.

– The Washington Post

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THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL! HER LIFE. HER STORY. HER LEGEND.

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uperstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture – breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. The Cher Show is the Tony Award®-winning musical of her story.

The Cher Show is 35 smash hits, six decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, a Grammy®, an Oscar®, an Emmy®, and enough Tony Award-winning Bob Mackie gowns to cause a sequin shortage, all in one unabashedly fabulous new musical that will have you dancing in the aisles!

JUNE 8-13, 2021 BELK THEATER

BOOK: Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher) DIRECTION: Jason Moore (Shrek The Musical, Avenue Q) CHOREOGRAPHY: Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, My Fair Lady 2018 revival)

Stephanie J. Block as Star and the cast of The Cher Show original Broadway company.

Photo by Joan Marcus

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irect from Broadway, Mean Girls is the hilarious hit musical about a naïve newbie who falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies. 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!”

BOOK: Tina Fey (“30 Rock”) MUSIC & LYRICS: Jeff Richmond (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) and Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) DIRECTOR: Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon)

JULY 6-11, 2021 BELK THEATER

From left, Megan Masako Haley (Gretchen Wieners), Mariah Rose Faith (Regina George), Jonalyn Saxer (Karen Smith) and the national touring company of Mean Girls.

Photo by Joan Marcus

“BY FAR THE FUNNIEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR!”

—Chicago Tribune

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A LOVE STORY WRITTEN IN THE STARS

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With a Grammy® and Tony Award-winning score by the legendary Elton John and Tim Rice and a revised book by Tony Awardwinning playwright David Henry Hwang, the hit Broadway musical AIDA returns to the stage in a thrilling new production. The producers of The Lion King and Frozen have reunited the original Tony Award-winning design team of Bob Crowley (scenery and costumes) and Natasha Katz (lighting) to reinterpret their designs in the retelling of this passionate and timeless story for today’s audiences.

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he winner of four Tony® Awards returns to the stages of North America!

BOOK: David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) SCORE: Elton John and Tim Rice DIRECTOR: Schele Williams

Directed by Schele Williams, choreographed by Camille A. Brown and musical supervision by Tony Award-winning Jason Michael Webb, AIDA is a compelling tale of star-crossed lovers belonging to feuding nations, torn between their conflicted loyalties to their countries and to each other. With its stirring contemporary score and its powerful love story, AIDA reveals that we have the power to change history, but only when we make brave choices and embrace our destiny.

“DISNEY’S DONE IT AGAIN!” – The New Yorker

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ore than 75 years after Rodgers & Hammerstein reinvented the American musical, this is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen or heard it before – reimagined for the 21st century.

Stripped down to reveal the darker psychological truths at its core, Daniel Fish’s production tells a story of a community circling its wagons against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Upending the sunny romance of a farmer and a cowpoke, this Oklahoma! allows the classic musical – and our country – to be seen in a whole new light.

Recommended for ages 12+

FEB. 9-14, 2021 KNIGHT THEATER

INCLUDED IN OUR 9-SHOW SEASON TICKET BOOK: Oscar Hammerstein II MUSIC & LYRICS: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (Cinderella, South Pacific) DIRECTOR: Daniel Fish

The cast of Oklahoma! on Broadway.

Photo by Little Fang Photo

“THE FASCINATINGLY RADICAL OKLAHOMA! REVIVAL.” — Washington Post

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Company. All photos, Hamilton national tour, by Joan Marcus 2018.

Shoba Narayan, Ta’Rea Campbell and Nyla Sostre.

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—The New York Times

JAN. 26-FEB. 21, 2021 OVENS AUDITORIUM

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From the top, the company of the Rent 20th Anniversary Tour – photo by Amy Boyle 2019 | Stephen Christopher Anthony as Evan Hansen and the North American touring company of Dear Evan Hansen – photo by Matthew Murphy, 2019 | Allison Bailey and Talia Suskauer in the North American tour of Wicked – photo by Joan Marcus | Pretty Woman: The Musical Hamburg Production – photo by Morris Mac Matzen | Anthony Veneziale performs with others in Freestyle Love Supreme – photo by Joan Marcus.

The untold true story of the Witches of Oz

DEC. 9, 2020 - JAN. 10, 2021 OVENS AUDITORIUM

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ne of Hollywood’s most beloved stories of all time, Pretty Woman: The Musical, is now on tour!

Brought to life by a powerhouse creative team representing the best of music, Hollywood and Broadway, Pretty Woman: The Musical will lift your spirits and light up your heart. Featuring Roy Orbison and Bill Dee’s international smash hit song “Oh, Pretty Woman” and based on the 1990 film, Pretty Woman: The Musical is “Irresistible!

A romantic fantasy. A contemporary fairy tale” (The Hollywood Reporter). “If you love the movie, you’ll love the musical!”

(BuzzFeed News). Get ready to experience this dazzling theatrical take on a love story for the ages.

MARCH 2-7, 2021 BELK THEATER

Are you ready to fall in love all over again?

BOOK: Garry Marshall & J.F. Lawton (Pretty Woman) MUSIC & LYRICS: Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance (“Summer of ’69,” “Heaven”) DIRECTION: Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Hairspray)

Pretty Woman: The Musical Hamburg Production.

Photo by Morris Mac-Matzen.

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or a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s Rent has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret.

This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon follows a year in the lives of a diverse group of artists and friends struggling to follow their dreams without selling out.

It has become more than a musical – it’s a cultural touchstone, a rite of passage and a source of joy and strength for millions. Rent has become a part of us forever.

Whether you’ve never seen Rent or have completely lost count, you can’t miss it this time around – the 25th Anniversary “Farewell Season of Love” is your FINAL CHANCE to experience this celebrated touring production.

Final seasonof Love

APRIL 13-18, 2021 OVENS AUDITORIUM

BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS: Jonathan Larson

The company of the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour.

Photo by Amy Boyle 2019

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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. Winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award, Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.

BOOK: Steven Levenson MUSIC & LYRICS: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman) DIRECTION: Michael Grief (Rent, Next to Normal)

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laying to sold out houses all over the world, Potted Potter takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all seven “Harry Potter” books (and a real life game of Quidditch) into 70 hilarious minutes.

This fantastically funny show features all your favorite characters, a special appearance from a fire-breathing dragon, endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props and a generous helping of Hogwarts magic!

This fun parody “will tickle the funny bone of every age group” (The Daily Telegraph).

Even if you don’t know the difference between a Horcrux and a Hufflepuff, Potted Potter will make you roar with laughter. This brilliant family entertainment is perfect for ages 6 to Dumbledore (who is very old indeed).

ALL SEVEN HARRY POTTER BOOKS IN SEVENTY HILARIOUS MINUTES!

NOV. 24-29, 2020 McGLOHON THEATER

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airspray, Broadway’s Tony® Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired the blockbuster film and live television event is back on tour!

Featuring the beloved score of hit songs including “Welcome to the 60’s,” “Good Morning Baltimore,” “It Takes Two,” and incorporating “Ladies Choice” from the musical film adaption, Hairspray is “fresh, winning, and deliriously tuneful!”

(The New York Times).

Photo: Norma Jean Roy

Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world?

YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT

BROADWAY’S TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL IS BACK

MAY 14-16, 2021 OVENS AUDITORIUM

DIRECTION: Jack O’Brien (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) CHOREOGRAPHY: Jerry Mitchell (Pretty Woman: The Musical, Kinky Boots)

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efore Hamilton ... before In the Heights ... there was Freestyle Love Supreme: the original hip-hop, improv, never-before-seen comedy musical phenomenon.

Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale, Freestyle Love Supreme features six talented performers providing nonstop action throughout a fast-paced evening, spinning cues from the audience into humorous bits, instantaneous songs and fully realized musical numbers.

The vocals of the performers – from singing to rapping to beat-boxing with harmonies and freestyle flow – are backed by keyboards and human percussion.

MAY 18-23, 2021 KNIGHT THEATER

DIRECTION: Thomas Kail (Hamilton, In the Heights) CREATORS: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights) and Anthony Veneziale

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oald Dahl’s amazing tale is now Charlotte’s golden ticket! It’s the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film, including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Man,” and “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket,” alongside a toetapping and ear-tickling new score from the songwriters of Hairspray.

Get ready for Oompa-Loompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper!

MAY 21-23, 2021 OVENS AUDITORIUM

DIRECTION: Matt Lenz MUSIC & LYRICS: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can) CHOREOGRAPHY: Alison Solomon

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HELP US

LOOK FORWARD The support of theater fans like you has helped to make Charlotte one of the most exciting destinations for theater in the country. Our fans have access to more Broadway titles each season than they do in most larger cities across the country.

We need your help at this critical time if we are to sustain the vibrancy, quality and diversity of arts programs Blumenthal brings to our city.

Don’t take for granted that these programs will always be there. In fact, they won’t be there without the support of friends like you who care.

Help us look forward by making a tax-deductible contribution to Blumenthal Performing Arts with a membership gift added to your Season Ticket.

For a full list of membership levels, visit BlumenthalArts.org/individuals.

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Renew and Look Forward to Your 2020-21 Season

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Three Ways to Place Your Order: PHONE

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704.335.1010 10 AM-6 PM Monday-Saturday

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Ticketing Sales & Services 345 N. College St. Charlotte, NC 28202

Please renew by May 31.

You can choose when to begin your 12-month payment plan – now, May or June.

Please consider a donation with your Season Ticket order. Thank you.

EIGHT-SHOW SEASON TICKET PRICING 12-MONTH PAYMENT PLAN Tues. Eve. • Wed. Eve. Thurs. Eve. • Sun. Eve.

(per Season Ticket)

ONE-TIME PAYMENT (per Season Ticket)

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PRICE LEVEL VIP

$76.13

$81.13

$913.50

$973.60

PRICE LEVEL 10

$61.13

$65.08

$733.50

$781

PRICE LEVEL 20

$48.21

$51.26

$578.50

$615.15

PRICE LEVEL 30

$34.46

$36.55

$413.50

$438.60

PRICE LEVEL 40

$22.67

$23.93

$272

$287.19

PRICE LEVEL VIP

$76.96

$82.03

$923.50

$984.30

PRICE LEVEL 10

$64.04

$68.20

$768.50

$818.45

PRICE LEVEL 20

$51.13

$54.38

$613.50

$652.60

PRICE LEVEL 30

$37.38

$39.67

$448.50

$476.05

PRICE LEVEL 40

$22.67

$23.93

$272

$287.19

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North Carolina Sales Tax not included. Sales tax will be added to your order.

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Ticket Protect Protect Your Investment For less than the cost of ONE show in your season subscription, you can protect your investment in all eight or nine shows. TICKET PROTECT provides you a refund should an approved reason like dangerous weather conditions, illness or accidents prevent you from seeing your show(s). Plus, you can include Ticket Protect in your extended payment plan.

Learn more at BlumenthalArts.org/Protect

TICKET PR OTECT

NINE-SHOW SEASON TICKET PRICING 12-MONTH PAYMENT PLAN Tues. Eve. • Wed. Eve. Thurs. Eve • Sun. Eve.

(per Season Ticket)

ONE-TIME PAYMENT (per Season Ticket)

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PRICE LEVEL VIP

$85

$90.58

$1,020

$1,087.06

PRICE LEVEL 10

$67.92

$72.31

$815

$867.71

PRICE LEVEL 20

$53.75

$57.15

$645

$685.81

PRICE LEVEL 30

$38.33

$40.66

$460

$487.86

PRICE LEVEL 40

$25.33

$26.75

$304

$320.94

PRICE LEVEL VIP

$85.83

$91.48

$1,030

$1,097.76

PRICE LEVEL 10

$71.25

$75.88

$855

$910.51

PRICE LEVEL 20

$57.08

$60.72

$685

$728.61

PRICE LEVEL 30

$41.67

$44.22

$500

$530.66

PRICE LEVEL 40

$25.33

$26.75

$304

$320.94

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North Carolina Sales Tax not included. Sales tax will be added to your order.

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It’s Not Too Soon to Make Your Swaps!

You don’t have to wait for your Season Tickets to arrive this fall to make your swaps. Your swap benefit is available as soon as you purchase Season Tickets for the 2020-21 PNC Broadway Lights Series.

Swap into or add tickets* for anything in the 2020-21 season or any of these great titles coming later this summer and in early fall. Simply make your request when you order your Season Tickets by phone.

“IT SHOULD PLAY IN EVERY CITY IN AMERICA.” Michael Schulman, The New Yorker

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JUNE 24-JULY 5, 2020 KNIGHT THEATER

JULY 28-AUG. 2, 2020 BELK THEATER

OCT. 7-18, 2020 BELK THEATER

*Limit of eight additional Hamilton tickets per season account.

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