Hippodrome Theatre Announces 2024/2025 Broadway Series

Reposted Press Release From Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre

BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 26, 2024) – Ron Legler, president of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of the historic Hippodrome Theatre, is proud to announce the new 2024/2025 Hippodrome Broadway Series presented by CareFirst® BlueCross BlueShield.

​The season kicks off in September with the North American tour launch of the hit Broadway musical & JULIET, a hilarious musical comedy by the writer from “Schitt’s Creek” that flips the script on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the greatest love story ever told, followed in November by MJ THE MUSICAL, the multi–Tony Award®-winning new musical centered around the making of Michael Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous World Tour. Rounding out 2024 is the North American tour launch of LIFE OF PI, an epic tale of perseverance and hope based on the best-selling novel that sold more than 15 million copies around the world. The hit play features jaw-dropping visuals, world-class puppetry and exquisite stagecraft.

Starting 2025 is returning favorite ANNIE, the best-loved musical of all time that has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner. The season then springs in February to the Hippodrome’s anticipated return of DISNEY’S THE LION KING, winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical. The landmark show has been celebrated by more than 100 million people around the world, featuring awe-inspiring visual artistry and unforgettable music by Tony Award®-winning artists Elton John and Tim Rice.

Completing the 2024/2025 season is SHUCKED, the straight-from-Broadway Tony Award®-winning musical comedy that The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” in April, SOME LIKE IT HOT in May and CHICAGO in June. Set when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the “glorious, big, high-kicking” (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. Broadway’s longest-running musical that has been razzle-dazzling audiences for 27 years and the winner of six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards® and a Grammy®, CHICAGO is a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz that depicts two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses—vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart. 

The season option is COME FROM AWAY, the breathtaking musical written by Tony® nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, directed by Tony®-winning Best Director Christopher Ashley and musical staging by Tony® nominee Kelly Devine that takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them.

“The Hippodrome prides itself on bringing audiences the very best of Broadway to Baltimore,” says Legler. “Coupled with our world-class house and exceptional hospitality, our loyal subscribers and patrons are guaranteed to be delighted—and they will be among the very first in the nation to experience the all-new touring productions of & JULIET and LIFE OF PI thanks to the Maryland Theatrical Tax Credit established in 2022.”

​​Purchasing is available:

• Online at BaltimoreHippodrome.com/Season
• By phone at 800.343.3103 (M-F, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
• In-person at the Hippodrome Theatre Box Office, located at the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore Streets (M-F, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and performances dates 11 a.m. – curtain)