Paducah, KY – The Carson Center is pleased to announce the new 2019-2020 Broadway Season at the Carson Center. There will be one performance for all shows. Broadway Series Subscription Renewal Forms will be mailed to
current subscribers. New and Renewing Subscribers will be able to purchase online. Subscriptions start at $310.17. For questions, please visit the Carson Center Box Office or call (270) 450-4444. CSI and Baptist Health Paducah are the season sponsors.
Subscriptions for the coming year will include seven productions: *Once On This Island* on October 12, 2019; *Escape To Margaritaville* on November 4, 2019; *Fiddler On the Roof* on December 26, 2019; *The SpongeBob Musical* on January 20, 2020; *Waitress* on March 19, 2020, *Bandstand* on April 20, 2020 and *Beautiful* on June 8, 2020.
*ONCE ON THIS ISLAND*
*OCTOBER 12, 2019 AT 7:15PM *Winner of the 2018 TONY AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, *Once On This Island* is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart.
*ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE*
*NOVEMBER 4, 2019 AT 7:15PM*
Welcome to Margaritaville, where people come to get away from it all—and stay to find something they never expected. Escape to Margaritaville is the musical comedy featuring both original songs and your most-loved Jimmy
Buffet 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!” So don’t let the party start without you.
*FIDDLER ON THE ROOF*
*DECEMBER 26, 2019 AT 7:15PM *
Tony®-winning director Bartlett Sher brings his fresh take on a beloved masterpiece to life as *Fiddler On the Roof* begins a North American tour direct from Broadway. A wonderful cast and a lavish orchestra tell this heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions that define faith and family. To love! To life!
*THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL*
*JANUARY 20, 2020 AT 7:15PM *
“Wonders pour from the stage in a ravishing stream of color and invention” (Time Out New York) as Broadway’s best creative minds reimagine and bring to life the beloved Nickelodeon series with humor, heart and pure theatricality in a neon-sparkly “party for the eyes and ears” (Daily Beast). Be there when SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face
catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage. This “creative explosion” (Broadway.com) is “nothing short of genius” says Theatermania, so bring the entire family to celebrate friendship and cooperation, and learn the power of unity and inclusion.
*WAITRESS*
*MARCH 19, 2020 AT 7:15PM *
*Waitress *Inspired by the beloved film, WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie maker who dreams of a way out of her small town. A baking contest and the town’s new doctor may offer her a fresh start, but Jenna
must summon the strength to rebuild her own life. Don’t miss this uplifting celebration of friendship, motherhood, and the magic of a well-made pie.
*BANDSTAND *
*APRIL 20, 2020 AT 7:15PM*
From three-time Tony® winner and *Hamilton* choreographer, Andy Blankenbuehler, comes an inspiring new American musical that explodes with infectious music and high-octane, heart-stopping dancing. It’s 1945, and
six soldiers return from war to a changed nation. When NBC announces a national competition to find the nation’s next great musical superstars, they form a band unlike any the nation has ever seen. Along the way, they discover the power of music to face the impossible, find their voice, and finally feel like they have a place to call home.
*BEAUTIFUL*
*JUNE 8, 2020 AT 7:15PM*
*Beautiful – The Carole King Musical *tells the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.