As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise across the United States and in St. Louis, a beloved St. Louis arts institution has announced they will not be putting this season’s national shows as planned.
Fox Theatre has postponed the remaining performances in its 2020–2021 Broadway season, announced yesterday in a press release. The shows fans will miss out on this year: Disney’s Frozen, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, The Prom, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Blue Man Group and Hairspray.
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In a statement, John O’Brien, director of programming for the Fox, said “titles and dates are shifting across the country as new routes are booked and that, unfortunately, includes all of the shows originally on our spring schedule.”
O’Brien also said the theater will announce a schedule for the 2021-2022 U.S. Bank Broadway Season (likely to start in late summer or early fall of 2021) when they can, but that it will include a “combination of shows selected from the pool of those postponed earlier” as well as new shows.
Perhaps the most exciting among those titles? Hamilton, which was originally slated to show in St. Louis this summer, will shoot its shot at The Fox come spring 2022.
