‘Six,’ ‘Beetlejuice’ lead Pantages-Dolby 2022-23 season

The six wives of Henry VIII are coming to Los Angeles.

The musical phenomenon ‘Six’ is among the many lineup from Broadway in Hollywood, which introduced its 2022-23 season on Tuesday. The group introduced the eight nationwide excursions that can play the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and the Dolby Theatre.

“Jagged Little Tablet” (Sept. 13-Oct. 2), which tells the story of a suburban Connecticut household with Alanis Morissette’s iconic songs, kicks issues off on the Pantages, adopted by Aaron Sorkin’s stage play “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Oct. 25-Nov. 27), primarily based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-winning novel. The latter stars Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch and likewise options Mary Badham, who performed Finch’s daughter, Scout, within the 1962 movie.

A North American tour of “Annie” (Nov. 29-Dec. 18) will cease on the Dolby. The brand new model of the basic present, a couple of plucky Melancholy-era orphan adopted by a billionaire, is directed by Jenn Thompson who, at age 10, performed the function of Pepper within the unique Broadway manufacturing.

“Imply Women” (Jan. 4-29), the manufacturing primarily based on the hit 2004 film, will then transfer into the Pantages. Afterward, “Six” (April 11-June 11, 2023), by which the wives of Henry VIII look again at their place in historical past, will play its L.A. premiere on the Hollywood venue.

In the meantime, a brand new North American tour of “Hairspray” (Could 2-21, 2023) will play the Dolby, with drag queen Nina West of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” taking part in Edna Turnblad within the dance-driven basic.

The Pantages will then home “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” (June 13–July 9, 2023), the hit-filled jukebox musical that depicts the lifetime of the legend.

“It has been years since I toured the U.S. and I’m very excited that my very own musical can now deliver my music and story to my followers of their dwelling cities throughout America,” stated Turner within the announcement.

The season will shut with “Beetlejuice” (July 11-30, 2023), the irreverent present primarily based on Tim Burton’s 1988 movie.

The announcement additionally famous that “The Lion King” will play the Pantages in late 2023, marking its return to L.A. for the primary time in 10 years. The long-running Disney hit, like “Imply Women,” was beforehand scheduled for its 2020-21 season and was postponed due to the pandemic. Theatergoers who purchase an eight-show 2022-23 season bundle, which is out there on-line, can be given precedence entry to purchase “Lion King” tickets when out there.

That is the primary full-season announcement in two years from the Nederlander Group for the 2 L.A. venues and consists of quite a few excursions that have been canceled due to the pandemic.

“Since reopening our doorways to audiences this previous August, the cheers resonating from our packed homes at each the Hollywood Pantages and Dolby Theatres remind us of 1 easy truth: L.A. theatergoers are prepared for much more,” says Broadway in Hollywood president Jeff Loeb within the announcement.