St. Louis Fox Will Host Legally Blonde, Rent, Mary Poppins and More in 2008-09

By Kenneth Jones
17 Mar 2008

The national tour of the Disney-Cameron Mackintosh musical Mary Poppins will fly into St. Louis in summer 2009, the tail-end of the just-announced 2008-09 U.S. Bank Broadway Series at the opulent Fox Theatre.

The Color Purple; Spring Awakening; Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp; A Chorus Line; a tour of Legally Blonde (produced by Fox Theatricals); and Cirque Dream Jungle Fantasy are among titles in the coming Fox season.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom returns to St. Louis in the fall of 2009 as an "off-series special" with subscribers having priority access. Other specials include Sweeney Todd (first time on the Fox stage), Cats, Stomp, Hairspray, Riverdance and Rent.

The subscriptions series includes:

  • The national tour of The Color Purple, Oct. 21-Nov. 2

  • The national tour of Legally Blonde the Musical, Jan. 20-Feb. 1, 2009

  • The national tour of Spring Awakening, the Tony Award-winning musical, Feb. 10-22, 2009

  • Cirque Dream Jungle Fantasy, the acrobatic theatrical spectacle, March 17-29, 2009

  • The national tour of the new Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, May 12-24, 2009

  • The national tour of Disney's Mary Poppins, Aug. 13-30, 2009

    The non-subscription shows will be:

  • The national tour of director John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd, Nov. 14-16

  • The tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, Nov. 28-30

  • The theatrical percussion show, Stomp, presented by Dance St. Louis, April 3-5, 2009

  • A tour of Hairspray April 24-26, 2009

  • The acclaimed celebration of Irish music, song and dance, Riverdance, May 1-3, 2009

  • The new national tour of Rent, starring original Broadway stars Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, June 2-7, 2009

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, Sept. 23-Oct. 17, 2009

    For subscription information, call (314) 535-1700.