Five award-winning Broadway shows with a slew of accolades and awards, including “Chicago,” “My Fair Lady” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” will be featured in 2022-23 as part of the Broadway Series at Memorial Auditorium.
Rounding out the lineup are “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations.”
In addition to the 2022-23 Broadway season titles, “Fiddler on the Roof” will be featured as an add-on show. That title will not be included in the 2022-23 subscription season but will go on sale individually at a later, undetermined date. Subscribers will have first access to tickets.
The series is presented by The Tivoli Foundation, the nonprofit organization contracted by the city to oversee running and fundraising for The Tivoli, Memorial Auditorium and the Walker Theatre. Typically presented in the Tivoli Theatre, the Broadway series was moved to Memorial last season to allow for renovation work, which is set to start at the end of the summer in the smaller city-owned venue and the adjoining Tivoli Center.
According to foundation Executive Director Nick Wilkinson, the move was also designed to let people experience the renovation work, including larger concession areas and updated bathrooms, that has been done at Memorial. He said the plan is to, hopefully, attract some of the bigger shows such as “The Lion King” and “Wicked” to Memorial in the future to complement the Broadway Series at the Tivoli. Work there is expected to last about 18 months, he said.