Broadway Shows Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls, and Spongebob are Coming to Philly!

Broadway lovers rejoice!  The Kimmel Center just announced their lineup for the 2020 season and it's AMAZING!

Here are the details:

The 2019/20 season will bring the best of touring Broadway to the heart of the City of Brotherly Love, featuring the latest Tony® Award-winning productions, as well as returning beloved Broadway classics.

A monumental slate of 9 productions will be making their Philadelphia premieres, including: Come From Away; Mean Girls; The Spongebob Musical; The Band’s Visit; Hello, Dolly!; Dear Evan Hansen; Escape to Margaritaville; Cirque Dreams: Holidaze; and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN April 7-May 3, 2020 • The Forrest Theatre WINNER OF SIX 2017 TONY®AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL AND THE 2018 GRAMMY®AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it. Dear Evan Hansen has struck a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere, including The Washington Post who says Dear Evan Hansen is “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theatre history.” The New York Times calls it “a gut-punching, breathtaking knockout of a musical.”

Broadway Philadelphia is presented collaboratively by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and The Shubert Organization, with productions at the Academy of Music, Forrest Theatre, and the Merriam Theater.

“We are thrilled to announce this exceptional lineup which brings the best of touring Broadway to our Cultural Campus for the 2019/20 Season,” said Anne Ewers, President & CEO of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. “Offering one of the most diverse seasons we’ve ever showcased, these productions will appeal to new and lifelong theater fans alike - harmoniously mixing classic Broadway with the latest hit shows to give Philadelphians the culturally rich entertainment they crave year-round!” “Each year, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts’ partnership with The Shubert Organization offers the City of Philadelphia a theater experience like no other with our Broadway Philadelphia offerings,” said Philip J. Smith, Chairman of The Shubert Organization, Inc.

“We are pleased to continue our partnership this upcoming season – collaboratively bringing critically-acclaimed productions and exciting premieres to their Cultural Campus.” “Our 2017/18 Hamilton announcement brought a mammoth 228% jump in new audiences!” said Crystal Brewe, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Communications. “We continue to engage these new audiences with a fantastic subscriber experience, perks, and the sense of community we have built – this is good for arts in Philadelphia and great for the Broadway ecosystem.”

Subscription packages range from $249.00 to $911.00 and are available online at kimmelcenter.org/broadway1920 or by calling 215-893-1955. Group sales are available for groups of 10 or more beginning May 13 and can be purchased by calling (215) 790-5883 or online at kimmelcenter.org/groupsales. Single tickets for individual productions will go on sale at a later date.

Photo: Ben Levi Ross as 'Evan Hansen' and the Company of the First North American Tour of Dear Evan Hansen.