Wicked looks at the Land of Oz long before Dorothy arrives, when there was another
extraordinary girl born with emerald-green skin.
Escape to Margaritaville will play from
October 27-November 1, 2020. You can visit
Margaritaville, where people come to get
away from it all—and stay to find something
you never expected. With a book by Emmy
Award winner Greg Garcia (My Name is Earl,
Raising Hope) and Emmy Award nominee Mike
O’Malley (Survivor’s Remorse, Shameless) Escape
to Margaritaville is the musical comedy featuring
both original songs and your most-loved Jimmy
Buffett classics, including “Fins,” “Volcano,”
“Cheeseburger in Paradise” and many more.
USA Today calls it “A little slice of paradise,”
and Entertainment Weekly raves, “It will knock
your flip-flops off.”
Tootsie will be at the Straz from November 17-
22, 2020. Rolling Stone calls it “musical comedy
heaven.” This laugh-out-loud love letter to
the theater tells the story of Michael Dorsey,
a talented but difficult actor who struggles
to find work until one show-stopping act of
desperation lands him the role of a lifetime.
Featuring a hilarious Tony-winning book
by Robert Horn and an outrageously clever
score by 2018 Tony winner David Yazbek (The
Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), this New
York Times Critic’s Pick is “a joyful delight,”
according to The Washington Post. Bloomberg says
it is “so packed with punchlines, it should be
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The musical Cats with original score by Andrew Lloyd
Webber includes “Memory,” one of the most treasured
songs in musical theater.
JOAN MARCUS
MATTHEW MURPHY