CLEVELAND (WJW) – Theater Square Announced seven performances at the Cleveland Theater for the 2024-2025 KeyBank Broadway Series.
The announcements were made in front of a live audience at the Connor Palace Theater on Tuesday night.
FOX 8's Natalie Herbeck appeared on stage with Emily Koch, who performed “Better” from “Kimberly Akimbo,” one of the headline acts coming to Playhouse Square this season.
Below is the lineup for the 2024-2025 season:
- Beautiful Noise: A Neil Diamond Musical – October 8-27, 2024
- Some Like It Hot – November 5-24, 2024
- Life of Pi – January 7-26, 2025
- Show – 4 – 23 February 2025
- And Juliet – March 4 – 23, 2025
- Shock – April 22 – May 11, 2025
- Kimberly Akimbo – July 15 – August 23, 2025
Beautiful Noise: A Neil Diamond Musical is a musical memoir created in collaboration with the legendary musician and Rock Hall member to celebrate Diamond's career. The exhibition will be held from October 8 to 27, 2024.
“Some Like It Hot” is a “large-scale, all-song-and-dance” Tony Award-winning musical comedy, according to Playhouse Square. It will hit the theater from November 5 to 24, 2024.
“Life of Pi” is an adaptation of the hugely successful novel by Yann Martel. According to Playhouse Square, the musical features “stunning visuals” and “world-class puppetry.” It will arrive from January 7 to 26, 2025.
“Parade” is a 2023 Tony Award-winning musical set in the aftermath of the 1913 trial of Jewish American Leo Frank. The show will run in Cleveland from February 4-23, 2025.
“&Juliet” is a hit Broadway musical that retells the story of “Romeo and Juliet” if Juliet had not died at the end of William Shakespeare's drama. The show, which features plenty of modern pop hits, arrives at Playhouse Square March 4-23, 2025.
“Shucked” is a Tony Award-winning musical comedy that, while a bit “cheesy,” is, according to Playhouse Square, “sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theatre.” The exhibition will be held from April 22 to May 11, 2025.
“Kimberly Akimbo,” winner of the Tony Award for best musical last year, is a musical comedy about “growing up and getting older but not particularly in that order,” according to Playhouse Square. Get ready to watch the show from July 15 to August 23, 2025.
Season tickets are available now Connected Or by calling (216) 640-8800. Season ticket prices range from $154 to $758 per seat.
This was Playhouse Square's first live, in-person ad in four years.
“We are thrilled to be able to host a live audience for this event again,” said Craig Hassall, President and CEO of Playhouse Square. “The audience’s reaction to the show titles as they are revealed is something that cannot be replicated.”
Learn more about shows coming to Playhouse Square here.
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