Denver Center Announces 2019/2020 Season; MARGARITAVILLE, SUMMER SPONGEBOB, MEANGIRLS, HAMILTON Returns, and More!

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2019-20 season subscription shows and added attractions. The eight-show slate begins on September 10 with Miss Saigon and ends with the Grammy Award and Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Band's Visit in July 2020.

In between, subscribers will be treated to Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, The SpongeBob Musical, Mean Girls and My Fair Lady, along with the return of the popular The Improvised Shakespeare Company® in the cabaret-style Garner Galleria Theatre.

As previously announced, Hamilton will return to Denver as an added attraction in August of 2020. We now know that additional non-subscription offerings will bring a number of returning favorites back to Denver, including Disney's The Lion King and The Book of Mormon, both of which launched their first national tours at the Denver Center. Other added attractions will include Blue Man Group, The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis and RENT 20th Anniversary Tour in the Buell Theatre. The Second City's It's Not You, It's Me; and Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End will be performed in the Garner Galleria Theatre.

While audiences have a bit of a wait to see The Band's Visit, they have until March 10 to watch Tony Award-winning book writer Itamar Moses' work on a Denver Center stage. Moses is the author of the Denver Center Theatre Company's world-premiere play The Whistleblower, the story of a Hollywood screenwriter who goes on a quest to tell his loved ones nothing but the truth.

Moses describes The Band's Visit, based on the film of the same name, as the true story of an Egyptian police orchestra that goes to Israel to give a concert. But because of a miscommunication at the bus station, they end up in this tiny town in the middle of the desert and are stranded overnight. So the local Israeli townspeople take them in for the night.

"The story is just about the little connections and interactions that happened between these Egyptian musicians and these Israeli townspeople over the course of the one night they spent together," Moses told the DCPA NewsCenter. "The Band's Visit is a deceptively simple and spare story, but something sort of enormous happens without anybody noticing over the course of this night that shifts all of their lives and perspectives in these tiny but important ways. "It's a story about people who are stuck and who, through this unexpected encounter with one another, become a little bit less stuck."

2019-20 Broadway subscription season at a glance:

Miss Saigon, Buell Theatre, September 10-22, 2019

The Improvised Shakespeare Company®, Garner Galleria Theatre, Oct 15, 2019-March 22, 2020

Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville, Buell Theatre December 23, 2019-January 5, 2020

SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, Buell Theatre, January 28-Feb 9, 2020

The SpongeBob Musical, Buell Theatre, March 10-22, 2020

Mean Girls, Buell Theatre, March 25-April 12, 2020

My Fair Lady, Buell Theatre, July 15-26, 2020

The Band's Visit, Buell Theatre, July 29-Aug 9, 2020

Additional non-subscription offerings:

It's Not You, It's Me - The Second City, Garner Galleria Theatre, July 31-August 25, 2019

Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End, Garner Galleria Theatre, September 4-22, 2019

Blue Man Group, Buell Theatre, October 22-27, 2019

The Phantom of the Opera, Buell Theatre, November 6-17, 2019

Jesus Christ Superstar, Buell Theatre, November 26-December 1, 2019

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Buell Theatre, December 3-8, 2019

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis, Buell Theatre December 14-15, 2019

RENT 20th Anniversary Tour, Buell Theatre, February 28-March 1, 2020

Disney's The Lion King, Buell Theatre, May 13-June 14, 2020

The Book of Mormon, The Ellie, June 9-28, 2020

Hamilton, Buell Theatre, August 12-October 4, 2020

Please be advised that the Denver Center for the Performing Arts - denvercenter.org - is the ONLY authorized ticket provider for these productions in Denver. As with all productions produced and/or presented by the DCPA, ticket buyers who purchase tickets from a ticket broker or any third party run the risk of overpaying or purchasing illegitimate tickets. Patrons should be aware that the DCPA is unable to reprint or replace lost or stolen tickets and is unable to contact patrons with information regarding time changes or other pertinent updates regarding the performance. Patrons found in violation of the DCPA Ticket Purchase and Sale Terms and Policies may have all of their tickets canceled.