This morning, musical theater stars L. Steven Taylor (Mufasa in The Lion King), Krystal Joy Brown (Eliza in Hamilton), and Alexandra Billings (Madame Morrible in Wicked) joined Good Morning America host Michael Strahan to announce that their shows will be among the first Broadway productions to reopen, more than a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced all of New York’s theaters to go dark. “‘Circle of Life’ is an iconic moment … a call for the community to come together,” Taylor said, finding inspiration in the song as the nearly 97,000 furloughed workers in the Broadway community come back together. You can watch the announcement here.
The current list of reopening dates includes:
Sept. 14 — Chicago, Hamilton, The Lion King, Wicked;
Sept. 17 — Six (opening Oct. 3);
Sept. 21 — Come from Away, Little Shop of Horrors;
Sept. 24 — Moulin Rouge!;
Sept. 28 — Aladdin;
Oct. 8 — Tina;
Oct. 16 — Ain’t Too Proud;
Oct. 21 — Jagged Little Pill, Mrs. Doubtfire (opening Dec. 5);
Oct. 22 — The Phantom of the Opera;
Nov. 2 — Diana (opening Nov. 17);
Nov. 4 — Flying over Sunset (opening Dec. 6);
Nov. 15 — Jersey Boys;
Dec. 6 — MJ (opening Feb. 1);
Dec. 11 — Dear Evan Hansen; and
Dec. 20 — Company (opening Jan. 9).