Broadway shows, Tony Bennett tribute, Japanese drummers coming to IU Auditorium stage
Indiana University Auditorium's 2024–2025 season includes award-winning performers and half a dozen Broadway hits.
Plays and musicals coming to the IU Auditorium stage
"Les Miserables," one of Broadway's most popular musicals ever, introduces the season in August. Then comes a duo of Bloomington firsts, in "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Hadestown." "Ain’t Too Proud," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and the return of "Come From Away" are on the schedule as well as that play based on a well-loved movie and Hasbro game, "Clue."
Musical performances: Jazz, Tony Bennett tribute and Bloomington traditions
Acclaimed musicians of Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents will perform "New Orleans Songbook," and Grammy-nominated musician Michael Feinstein is in "Because of You: My Tribute to Tony Bennett" featuring the Carnegie Hall Ensemble. Audience favorites and Bloomington traditions are "Dennis James Hosts Halloween," "Straight No Chaser" and "Chimes of Christmas."
More: Orchestra, dance, drumming and magic
Coming too, are the world famous Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the celebrated Japanese Taiko drum group Kodo, and the adventure-laden illusions of Champions of Magic.
How to buy tickets for IU Auditorium's 2024–2025 season
“We have one of our strongest Broadway lineups in years that is packed with legendary productions," said IU Auditorium executive director Maria Talbert in a press release. "We encourage patrons to 'pick five to subscribe to' to save up to 15% off single ticket prices for most shows.”
As before, IU Auditorium subscribers can chose the seats they want plus save up to 15 percent off single ticket fees if they select five shows. "Loyalty Points" members and new subscribers can place their orders and select their seats before tickets go on sale to the general public. Find details at IUauditorium.com/Subscribe.
Dates to purchase tickets are June 17–28 for Loyalty Points members; July 1 new subscriber ticket sales begin; on July 12 "Les Misérables" single tickets; Aug. 5–18 is single ticket pre-order period; on Aug. 19 single tickets go on sale to the public.
A few highlights coming to IU Auditorium's stage
"Les Miserables" returns to Bloomington in September. It is British theater producer Cameron Mackintosh's production of Alain Boublil's and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s Tony Award-winning musical about justice, wealth inequalities and social economics.
The staging has been called “Les Mis for the 21st Century” (Huffington Post), “a reborn dream of a production” (Daily Telegraph) and “one of the greatest musicals ever created” (Chicago Tribune).
Dr. Seuss’ "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (November) includes hit songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas.” Max the Dog narrates as the Grinch, with a too-small heart, tries to steal Christmas from the "Whos." The New York Times said it's “100 times better than any bedtime story!”
Tony Bennett's good friend and international star Michael Feinstein sings in "Because of You: My Tribute to Tony Bennett" (November). Audiences will hear songs such as “Because of You,” “Rags to Riches,” “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “The Best is Yet to Come,” “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “Stranger in Paradise.” Feinstein and the Carnegie Hall Ensemble will pay tribute to Bennett.
"Hadestown" (February) shows that a song can change what happens to you. It won eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. In this Bloomington debut, "Hadestown" brings together two tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades and his wife, Persephone.
The Washington Post said "Dear Evan Hansen" (April) is “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history."
Evan Hansen is a high school student who suffers from looking in from the outside. "Is anybody waving back at me?" he sings. He finally gets the chance to be included, and what happens next reflects how people find the people they need. It features some iconic musical theater songs from the last decade, such as “You Will Be Found” and “Waving Through A Window.”
The score is by the Tony-, Grammy-, and Oscar-winning team behind "The Greatest Showman" and "La La Land," Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, with a book by Tony Award-winner Steven Levenson.
Visit IUauditorium.com to see a complete list of events for the 2024–2025 season.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Dear Evan Hansen Les Miserables Clue coming to IU Auditorium
