‘Hamilton’ starts Oct. 22, tops Marcus Center Broadway series
Milwaukee’s Marcus Center will present “Hamilton” Oct. 22 through Nov. 17 as part of its 2019-’20 Broadway series, the venue announced Monday evening.
Milwaukee will host the second national touring company of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical, dubbed the “Philip” tour by its producers. Joseph Morales, a Hamilton alternate in the Chicago production, is playing the title role in this company.
The Marcus Center run will include 32 “Hamilton” performances. At this point, no individual tickets are on sale for “Hamilton” in Milwaukee. Current subscribers can renew their Broadway at the Marcus Center packages by calling (414) 273-2787 or visiting
A limited number of new subscriptions will be available beginning at noon Feb. 18, the Marcus Center said.
“Hamilton” is far from the only attraction in the 2019-’20 series, which opens with national touring companies of the past three Tony Award winners for best musical, Marcus Center President and CEO Paul Mathews pointed out in a statement announcing the season.
All shows take place at the Marcus Center’s Uihlein Hall, 929 N. Water St. In chronological order, they include:
“Dear Evan Hansen,” Sept. 24-29. A lonely teenager’s lie propels the story of this Tony Award winner, one of the most popular new musicals of the current decade.
“Hamilton,” Oct. 22-Nov. 17. Inspired by Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mega-popular musical imagines America’s Founding Fathers as people of color engaged in a revolutionary struggle while also tracking Hamilton’s inspiring but tragic personal story.
“The Band’s Visit,” Nov. 26-Dec. 1. In this 2018 Tony Award winner, adapted from an Israeli film, an Egyptian orchestra unexpectedly lands in a tiny Israeli town, setting off romantic and emotional complications.
Disney’s “The Lion King,” Feb. 5March 1, 2020. The Elton John-Tim Rice musical, with its memorable parade of animals devised by director Julie Taymor, will be staged at the Marcus Center for the first time. The Marcus Center’s 2014 run was presented at the Milwaukee Theatre.
“The Play That Goes Wrong,” March 17-22, 2020. When a theater group tries to stage a 1920s murder mystery, everything goes wrong, hilariously. For fans of “Noises Off” and Monty Python.
“My Fair Lady,” April 14-19, 2020. Lincoln Center Theater’s new production of Lerner and Loewe’s classic musical.
“Miss Saigon,” June 12-21, 2020. Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s riff on “Madame Butterfly,” about the tragic romance between an American Marine and a young Vietnamese woman.
Six-show and seven-show (including “Lion King”) subscriptions range from $269 to $799 depending on seating and performance date and time.
Tickets to individual shows generally go on sale four to six weeks before the first performance, according to the Marcus Center.