TAMPA’S BROADWAY SERIES
THE STRAZ CENTER’S 2020-21
BLOCKBUSTER LINEUP
Hamilton will make its second appearance to the Straz Center in 2021.
The Straz Center for the Performing Arts has
announced the 2020-21 Bank of America
“Broadway at The Straz” season. The list
includes To Kill a Mockingbird, Escape to
Margaritaville, the hilarious Tootsie, the 2019 Tony
Award winner for Best Musical Hadestown, the 2018
Tony Award winner for Best Musical The Band’s
Visit, The Prom and Cats. The series also includes
the hilarious whodunnit Shear Madness in the Straz
Center’s intimate Jaeb Theater. In addition to the
eight-show Broadway series, The Straz will also
present return engagements of Wicked, Dear Evan
Hansen, Waitress and Hamilton.
“We have a tremendous season ahead, truly a
remarkable line-up of fantastic shows,” says Straz
Center President and CEO Judy Lisi. “When we
say the best of Broadway, we mean it. The 2020-
21 season has brand-new hit shows that really
electrified New York. Plus, we’re bringing several
shows that are on people’s all-time-favorites list. The
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mix represents all that the musical can accomplish:
from quieter, more thought-provoking stories to
the rafter-shaking spectacle of blockbusters. This
season will be a very interesting emotional ride for
our Broadway audiences.”
This fall from October 6-11, Emmy Awardwinner
Richard Thomas will star as Atticus Finch
in To Kill a Mockingbird. This Academy Award
winner of Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper
Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork had 60
Minutes calling The New York Times Critic’s Pick
“the most successful American play in Broadway
history.” New York Magazine has called it a real
phenomenon: “Majestic and incandescent, it’s
filled with breath and nuance and soul.” With
direction by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, To
Kill a Mockingbird, which the Chicago Tribune calls
“the greatest novel of all time,” has quickly become
“one of the greatest plays in history,” according to
National Public Radio.
JOAN MARCUS