Titles for the rollout of the 2023-24 theater season in South Florida continue to be revealed this spring.
The new co-producing alliance of Boca Stage and MNM Theatre Company will offer a varied array ranging from the thriller Wait Until Dark to the comic Boeing Boeing, while pop-rock will dominate the Kravis Center’s independently scheduled Broadway tour series with Tina, Six, Hamilton and the first bow in South Florida of the Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill.
Boca Stage, known for its intimate incisive production at the Sol Theatre venue, is joining forces with MNM, best known for large scale musicals, with a slate at Boca Stage’s home at 3333 N. Federal Highway. MNM will still present the musical Disenchanted at the Kravis Center this May and Five Guys Named Moe in September.
Nov. 30 – Dec.17
Wait Until Dark
The classic thriller about a blind woman beset by organized criminals seeking a secret drug shipment in her apartment. Frederick Knott’s original script was updated in 2013 by Jeffrey Hatcher. Preview Nov. 30
Jan.11-28, 2024
The Niceties
Eleanor Burgess’ hyper-articulate look at race, representation and the generational divide. A black student at a liberal arts college is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper on slavery and the American Revolution. A polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history and power. Preview Jan. 11
Feb.22-March 10, 2024
Boing Boeing
This 1960’s farce, which was revived on Broadway in 2008, features self-styled lothario Bernard, who has three fiancés, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris and Bernard’s apartment at the same time. Preview Feb. 22
March 28-April 14, 2024
America’s Sexiest Couple
In the 1990s, Susan and Craig were sitcom stars hailed as America’s Sexiest Couple, but as they reunite years later they face a lifetime of unresolved issues, longings and regrets. With rumors of a reboot of their old series in the news, can they move on from the past? Preview March 28.
For tickets go to www.bocastage.net, call 561-300-0152, or email boxoffice@bocastage.net. Single tickets $40 to $60 depending on the day, subscriptions from $140 to $180 (front row $160 to $220)
The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts’ 15th season of tours for 2023-2024 includes titles with 23 Tony Awards, six West Palm Beach premieres plus the acclaimed revival/rewriting of To Kill a Mockingbird.
November 7-12
Chicago
Amazingly, this revival still stands as fresh as it did 25 years ago.
December 5-10
Mean Girls
The hit musical from book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and director Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon). 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.
December 19-24
Beetlejuice
Based on Tim Burton’s film, this musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that some say is out of this netherworld.
January 2-7, 2024
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird
Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. With direction by Bartlett Sher.
February 20-25
Jagged Little Pill
Joy, love, heartache, strength, wisdom, catharsis, life is here in the exhilarating, fearless new musical based on Alanis Morissette’s world-changing music. Directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Waitress, Pippin, 1776) with a Tony-winning book by Diablo Cody (Juno) and Grammy-winning score, this electrifying production about a perfectly imperfect American family has been said to “vauls the audience to its collective feet.”
March 12-17
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
The inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. Set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her most beloved hits.
March 26-31
Six
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st century girl power.
April 10-21
Hamilton
The story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton 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,
Renewals for the 2023 – 2024 Kravis on Broadway subscription series begin at noon Thursday, March 30, 2023. Visit kravis.org. Subscribers for the Kravis On Broadway series will receive their renewals in early April. Information on new subscriptions for Kravis Center donors will be available in late May.
Kravis On Broadway subscriptions go on sale to the public on June 16. Visit kravis.org/broadway or by phone 561.832.7469 Monday – Saturday between 12 – 5 p.m. Individual tickets are currently not available. Please visit kravis.org for the latest updates.
The eight-show series includes Hamilton with packages ranging from $361 to $1004. The seven-show series excludes Hamilton with packages ranging from $312 to $840.