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OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 17, 2018 ORIENTAL THEATRE Tony Award®-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in HELLO, DOLLY!—the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S NEW PRODUCTION OF ® of the year!” Winner of four including Best Musical Revival, BOUBLIL & SCHÖNBERG’S director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” (The Washington Post). Breaking box office records week after week and receiving thunderous raves on Broadway, this HELLO, DOLLY! pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/ choreographer Gower Champion—hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. Rolling Stone calls it “a must-see event. A musical comedy dream. If you’re lucky enough to score a ticket, you’ll be seeing something historic. Wow, wow, wow, indeed!”

NOVEMBER 13 – DECEMBER 8, 2018 Experience the acclaimed new production of the legendary musical MISS SAIGON, from the creators of Les Misérables. This is the epic story of a young Vietnamese woman named Kim, orphaned by war. In a bar run by a notorious character called The Engineer, Kim meets an American G.I. in an encounter will change their lives forever. For 3 years Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he’s fathered a son. This new production features stunning spectacle and a sensational cast of 42 performing the soaring score featuring Broadway hits including “Last Night of the World,” “The Movie in My Mind,” and “The Heat is On in Saigon.” Original Broadway of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. SEASON SHOW SEASON SHOW

“ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE SHOWS IN MUSICAL THEATER HISTORY.” —THE WASHINGTON POST

DECEMBER 4 - 16, 2018 ORIENTAL THEATRE What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an ille- gitimate Broadway baby? You’d get THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway & London’s award-winning smash comedy! Called “a gut- busting hit” (The New York Times) and “the funniest play Broadway has ever seen” (HuffPost), this classic murder mystery is chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania delivering “a riotous explosion of comedy” (Daily Beast). Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an WINNER OF SIX 2017 TONY AWARDS® INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and who AND THE 2018 GRAMMY AWARD® FOR BEST ALBUM! trip over everything (including their lines), it’s “tons of fun for all ages” (HuffPost) and “comic gold” (Variety)—sure to bring down the house! FEBRUARY 12 – MARCH 10, 2019 ORIENTAL THEATRE 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 PHOTO: JEREMY DANIEL fit in. is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it. Rolling Stone calls DEAR EVAN HANSEN, “a game-changer that hits you like a shot in the heart” and NBC News calls the musical “an inspiring anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond.” DEAR EVAN HANSEN features a book by Tony Award® winner , a score by Grammy®, Tony® and Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and (, The Greatest Showman), and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (, ).

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