The Fabulous Fox Theatre is ecstatic to announce its electrifying 2024-2025 Broadway season that will take audiences on a journey of timeless entertainment. The 2024-2025 Broadway Subscription will include the beloved, cinematic classic that’s now a smash-hit on Broadway, BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, the untold true story A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: The Neil Diamond Musical,the newly-imagined PETER PAN, the highly anticipated return of SIX, the “corniest” hit SHUCKED, the spectacular Grammy Award® winning SOME LIKE IT HOT, the most Tony Award®-winning musical of the season KIMBERLY AKIMBO, and the sensational & JULIET. 

Off-Series specials include CHICAGO, Dr. Seuss’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical, MEAN GIRLS, RIVERDANCE- 30^th Anniversary Tour and AIN’T TOO PROUD- The Life and Times of The Temptations. As previously announced, the return of HAMILTON will kick off the 2024-2025 Broadway Season August 28 – September 8. Subscribers will have priority access to purchase tickets to HAMILTON before the general public.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical | September 24 – October 6, 2024

Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for St. Louis in 2024. Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, four WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, and the BroadwayWorld Award for Best New Musical, Back to the Future: The Musical is adapted for the stage by the iconic film’s creators Bob Gale (Back to the Future trilogy) and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) and directed by Tony Award®-winner John Rando with original music by multi-Grammy® winners Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame) and Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror”), alongside hit songs from the movie including “The Power of Love,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Earth Angel,” and “Back in Time.” When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past, and send himself… back to the future. When BACK TO THE FUTURE hits 88mph, it’ll change musical theatre history forever.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: The Neil Diamond Musical | October 29 – November 10, 2024

Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon. With 120 million albums sold, a catalogue of classics like “America,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” and “Sweet Caroline,” an induction into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, a Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold-out concerts around the world that made him bigger than Elvis, Neil Diamond’s story was made to shine on Broadway-and head out on the road across America. Like Jersey Boys and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical before it, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE- The Neil Diamond Musical is an inspiring, exhilarating, energy-filled musical memoir, that tells the untold true story of how America’s greatest hit maker became a star, set to the songs that defined his career.

PETER PAN | November 13-24, 2024

This high-flying musical has been thrilling audiences of all ages for close to 70 years and is now being brought

back to life in a new adaptation by celebrated playwright Larissa FastHorse, with direction by Emmy® Award winner Lonny Price and choreography by Lorin Latarro. The adventure begins when PETER PAN and his mischievous sidekick, Tinker Bell, visit the bedroom of the Darling children late one night. With a sprinkle of fairy dust and a few happy thoughts, the children are taken on a magical journey they will never forget. This extraordinary musical full of excitement and adventure features iconic and timeless songs including “I’m Flying,” “I Gotta Crow,” “I Won’t Grow Up” and “Neverland.” PETER PAN embraces the child in us all so go on a journey from the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning–your entire family will be Hooked!

SIX I January 21 – February 2, 2025

From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21^st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over! SIX won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best

Musical. The New York Times says SIX“TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic’s Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for!”

SHUCKED | February 11-23, 2025

SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy® Award–winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow”), and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater.

SOME LIKE IT HOT | February 26 – March 9, 2025

Winner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, SOME LIKE IT HOT is “A Super-Sized, All-Out Song-And-Dance Spectacular!” – The New York Times. Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the “glorious, big, high-kicking” (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime. And what a trip it is! With its irresistible combination of heart and laughs, song and dance, SOME LIKE IT HOT won more theater awards than any show this season, and was named Best Musical by the Drama Desk, The Drama League, and the Outer Critics Circle. No wonder Deadline calls it “a tap-dancing, razzle-dazzling embrace of everything you love about musical theater.”

KIMBERLY AKIMBO | March 25 – April 6, 2025

A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), KIMBERLY AKIMBO is the winner of 5 Tony Award® including BEST MUSICAL.  It features Tony Award®-winning book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire (Shrek), a Tony Award®-winning score by Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home), choreography by Danny Mefford (Dear Evan Hansen) and direction by Tony-nominated director Jessica Stone. Kimberly is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this “howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show” (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush … and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure.

& JULIET | May 20 – June 1, 2025

Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & JULIET asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get  whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way. Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including “Since U Been Gone‚” “Roar,” “Baby One More Time,” “Larger Than Life‚” “That’s The Way It Is,“ and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”—all from the genius songwriter/producer behind more #1 hits than any other artist this century. Break free of the balcony scene and get into this romantic comedy that proves there’s life after Romeo. The only thing tragic would be missing it.

Series Specials

Including HAMILTON, six Broadway shows will be offered as specials to 2024–2025 season ticket holders for priority seating before their public on-sale dates. The longest-running American musical in Broadway history, CHICAGO, will razzle-dazzle St. Louis audiences November 29 – December 1. In Dr. Seuss’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical, the classic holiday tale comes to life on stage at the Fox December 27-29. You know you’ll want to sit with us when Tina Fey’s hilarious hit musical MEAN GIRLS returns for a limited engagement March 14-16. The 30^thAnniversary production of RIVERDANCE will return May 2-4. Get ready to dance in your seats with the signature dance moves and silky-smooth harmonies of the legendary quintet in AIN’T TOO PROUD- The Life and Times of The Temptations May 9-11.

A seven show package is also available to subscribers that will exclude the show SIX. New seven and eight-show season ticket packages will go on sale Friday, May 10. Current Broadway season ticket holders will receive their renewal information in the coming days. On-sale dates for individual shows will be announced later. For more information, please visit FabulousFox.com.

2024 – 2025 Broadway Series Shows and Specials:
(The Season Ticket Package shows are in bold)
HAMILTON * August 28 – September 8, 2024
BACK TO THE FUTURE * September 24 – October 6, 2024
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: The Neil Diamond Musical * October 29 – November 10, 2024
PETER PAN * November 13-24, 2024
CHICAGO * November 29 – December 1, 2024
Dr. Seuss’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical * December 27-29, 2024
SIX * January 21 – February 2, 2025
SHUCKED * February 11-23, 2025
SOME LIKE IT HOT * February 26 – March 9, 2025
MEAN GIRLS * March 14-16, 2025
KIMBERLY AKIMBO * March 25 – April 6, 2025
RIVERDANCE * May 2-4, 2025
AIN’T TOO PROUD- The Life and Times of The Temptations * May 9-11, 2025
& JULIET * May 20 – June 1, 2025

Lynn Venhaus

Lynn (Zipfel) Venhaus has had a continuous byline in St. Louis metro region publications since 1978. She writes features and news for Belleville News-Democrat and contributes to St. Louis magazine and other publications. 

She is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic, currently reviews films for Webster-Kirkwood Times and KTRS Radio, covers entertainment for PopLifeSTL.com and co-hosts podcast PopLifeSTL.com…Presents. 

She is a member of Critics Choice Association, where she serves on the women’s and marketing committees; Alliance of Women Film Journalists; and on the board of the St. Louis Film Critics Association. She is a founding and board member of the St. Louis Theater Circle.

She is retired from teaching journalism/media as an adjunct college instructor.

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