Aurora’s award-winning Paramount Theatre, the second largest subscription house in the U.S., announced Monday the four blockbuster musicals on tap for its 10th anniversary season in 2020-2021:
• Rock of Ages, Paramount’s 10th season opener, will take audiences back into the iconic music era of the 1980s, where rock-n-roll dreamers turn their fantasies into reality. Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Rock of Ages is a Hollywood love story told through the mind-blowing hits of top 1980s rock bands such as Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, and Poison. Paramount Theatre new work development director Amber Mak directs. Performances will be September 2 through October 18.
• Cinderella, the classic musical from the genius minds of Rodgers and Hammerstein, is an enchanting story that will make entire families wish fairy godmothers and glass slippers weren’t just for fairy tales. Paramount is planning a mesmerizing new production that gives parents and children a familiar, yet reimagined take on the story families have returned to over and over across generations. Performances will be November 11 through January 17, 2021.
• Groundhog Day, based on the classic Bill Murray film comedy, will be a Midwest regional premiere, produced by Paramount Theatre. Imagine being stuck in a time loop, waking up and realizing you’re living the same day over and over and over and over again. Set your alarm to make sure you see this uproariously funny, surprisingly-touching and simply inspirational-musical comedy, nominated for seven Tony Awards. Paramount Theatre artistic director Jim Corti will direct. Performances will be February 10, 2021 through March 28, 2021.
• Ragtime, the turn-of-the-century American musical set in the age of “ragtime,” a new form of music that electrified the country. But beneath the pounding of piano keys are three families trying make their way through tumultuous times in a country still experiencing growing pains, class struggle, and racial prejudice. Appropriately, Paramount Theatre artistic director Jim Corti, who famously played Harry Houdini in the original Broadway production, will direct. Performances will be April 28-June 13, 2021.
Paramount will offer the same affordable buy two shows, get two shows free subscription offer, just as it has since it launched its first Broadway Series in 2011. Broadway Series packages start as low as $72. Fees are not included.
Current subscribers will be given first chance to secure their seats for all four shows, through March 29. Non-subscribers can pre-order new subscriptions to get in line for priority seating. Pre-orders are available online only through Sunday, Feb. 9. Phone and in-person pre-orders will begin Monday, Feb. 10.
For information, visit ParamountAurora.com, call 630-896-6666, or visit the Paramount Theatre box office, 23 E. Galena Boulevard in downtown Aurora.
—Jay Kelly PR