Beat it to the Jubilee this fall as Broadway Across Canada brings MJ along with Moulin Rouge and Mamma Mia!
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Broadway Across Canadaâs new season includes two shows still on Broadway, two old favourites, and a non-musical.
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The new season starts in November with MJ The Musical, which is not the story of Michael Jacksonâs life, but rather of his Dangerous World Tour of 1992, and how it was created. It features 25 of his greatest hits, including Beat It, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal and Thriller. There are also medleys of his songs with the Jackson 5, and from his first albums.
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The second show of the season, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, is still on Broadway, and it is the stage version of Baz Luhrmannâs 2001 film set in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It swept the 2020 Tony Awards, winning 10, including best musical.
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Back by popular demand is Mamma Mia!, which debuted in London in 1999. It is the story of a girl who doesnât know which of the three men her mother dated one summer in Greece is her father, so she invites all three to her wedding. This farcical story features the music of ABBA, and is estimated to have been seen by more than 70 million people worldwide.
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The fourth show of the season is Clue, a comedy based on the 1985 film of the famous board game. It is a wildly funny farce and not a musical, a rarity for Broadway Across Canada.
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The fifth show, which is an option, is the musical Les Misérables. This is the new version of the musical, which uses projections instead of the original turntable. Les Misérables, which opened in 1985, is still playing in London, making it the second-longest running musical in British theatre.
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