A Cockney flower girl who meets a phonetics tutor, a young woman asking her mother who her father is, six women comparing notes on the same royal pain of a husband, a pop star hitting the top, a prostitute seeking a Cinderella romance, travelers telling Dylan-esque stories, and a war hero not throwing away his shot — these are the subjects of the musicals coming to Salt Lake City’s Eccles Theatre in the 2023-2024 season.
Broadway at the Eccles announced seven touring productions — four of them new to Utah — to subscribers Wednesday.
Existing subscribers are automatically renewed at the launch of the new season, so their seats are secure for another year. New season-ticket holders will be able to get their tickets in June; a waitlist is available at SaltLakeCity.Broadway.com. Individual tickets will go on sale at a date to be announced.
Here are the shows coming to the Eccles next season:
• “My Fair Lady,” Nov. 12-18 • A revival of the Lerner & Loewe classic, based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” about an uptight linguistics professor, Henry Higgins, who takes a bet to transform a Cockney flower seller into a “proper lady.” The classic score features such songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” and “Get Me to the Church on Time.”
(Broadway at the Eccles) Performers in the London 2021-2022 production of "Mamma Mia!," a mother-daughter story set to the music of Abba. A touring production is scheduled to be performed at Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater, Dec. 19-24, 2023.
• “Mamma Mia!,” Dec. 19-24 • As a daughter prepares for her wedding, she wants to invite her father — but must learn from her free-spirited mother which of three men it might have been. The jukebox musical, approaching its 25th anniversary in April 2024, features the songs of Abba.
(Joan Marcus | Broadway at the Eccles) Gerianne Perez, center, plays Catherine of Aragon in the North American touring production of the Broadway musical "Six," a pop-concert telling of the stories of Henry VIII's six wives. It's scheduled to be performed at Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater, Jan. 9-21, 2024.
• “Six,” Jan. 9-21, 2024 • The six wives of Henry VIII — Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr — sing about the terrible husband they shared, in the form of a pop concert, in this musical written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. A Utah premiere.
(Matthew Murphy | Broadway at the Eccles) Myles Frost performs in the Broadway musical "MJ," based on the life and music of Michael Jackson. The production is scheduled to be performed at Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater, Feb. 27-March 4, 2024.
• “MJ,” Feb. 27-March 4, 2024 • Director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and playwright Lynn Nottage devised this musical, centering on the music and persona of Michael Jackson, as he prepared for his 1992 “Dangerous” tour. A Utah premiere.
(Morris Mac Matzen | Broadway at the Eccles) Actors in the Hamburg production of "Pretty Woman: The Musical." The touring production is scheduled to be performed at Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater, April 2-7, 2024.
• “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” April 2-7, 2024 • A musical adaptation of the Garry Marshall-directed romantic comedy about a prostitute who makes a deal with a corporate raider that could turn into a fairy-tale romance. Marshall and screenwriter J.F. Lawton wrote the book, with a score by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance (who wrote Adams’ hits “Summer of ‘69′ and “Heaven”), with a creative team led by producer Paula Wagner and director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell. A Utah premiere.
(Broadway at the Eccles) Austin Scott is one of the performers in the touring production of the Broadway musical "Girl From the North Country," based on the songs of Bob Dylan. The musical is scheduled to be performed at Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater, June 11-16, 2024.
• “Girl From the North Country,” June 11-16, 2024 • A group of wayward travelers meet up in a guest house in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1934 — with a score taken from the songs of Bob Dylan, including “Forever Young,” “All Along the Watchtower,” “Hurricane” and “Like a Rolling Stone.” A Utah premiere.
(Broadway Across America) The North American touring production of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" is scheduled to perform at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, from July 30 to Sept. 1, 2024, the booking agency Broadway Across America announced on Feb. 20, 2023.
• “Hamilton,” July 31-Sept. 1, 2024 • (Previously announced.) Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop history lesson, detailing the rise and downfall of Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary War hero and first Secretary of the Treasury.