'Hamilton,' 'Wicked' Too Return To Bushnell , 'Hadestown' and 'The Cher Show', Too

Offering some glimmers of theatrical hope while audiences are sequestered in their homes, Hartford’s The Bushnell announced tonight that two blockbuster shows — “Hamilton” and “Wicked” will be returning to the theater joining last season;’s Tony Award-winning musical “Hadestown” for its 2020-21 season.

Also in the line-up are “The Cher Show,” the Lincoln Center revival of “My Faor Lady,” “Mean Girls,” “Pretty Women” and a rare non-musical offering: the acclaimed play “What the Cinstuitrution Means To Me.:”

Current season ticket holders will receive their renewal packages in the coming weeks, and new subscription packages will be available in early summer; new patrons interested in season tickets may call the box office now to have their name placed on a waiting list.  Single tickets will go on sale later this year.  All dates, titles, and artists are subject to change.

WICKED, September 9 – 26, 2020

From the Broadway production of “Hadestown”

HADESTOWN, October 20 – 25, 2020

Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical, this acclaimed new show by celebrated singer songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin is a love story for today... and always. “Hadestown” intertwines two mythic tales – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone – as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.

THE CHER SHOW, November 3 – 8, 2020

Go vote on Tuesday, Nov. 3 and then celebrate with a Cher-fest. For six straight decades, Cher has been am unstoppable force in the popular culture — breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. The bio-juke box musical has three actors play Cher: as the kid starting out, the glam pop star, and the icon.  The show features 35 songs including her biggest hits; six decades of stardom; two rock-star husbands; a Grammy, an Oscar, an Emmy, and enough Tony-winning Bob Mackie gown galoe.

HAMILTON, December 15, 2020 – January 3, 2021

”Hamilton” is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, The show has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography. It has won Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, February 2 – 7, 2021

One of Hollywood’s most beloved stories of all time, “Pretty Woman: The Musical” features direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, an original score by Grammy winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and a book by the movie’s director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J.F. Lawton.

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, March 9 – 14, 2021

Direct from Broadway, the 2019 Tony nominated Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen year old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Schreck’s timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway last fall before transferring to Broadway where it received two Tony nominations among countless other accolades.

MY FAIR LADY, April 27 – May 2, 2021

From Lincoln Center Theater that brought you acclaimed revivals of “The King & I” and “South Pacific,” comes Lerner & Loewe’s musical, directed by Bartlett Sher.

MEAN GIRLS, June 1 – 6, 2021

The hit musical from an award-winning creative team, includes book writer Tina Fey, composer Jeff Richmond, lyricist Nell Benjamin and director Casey Nicholow). 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.