Funny Girl, Moulin Rouge, Company, The Whiz, Mrs. Doubtfire and More. The Blumenthal Announces Its Most Spectacular Broadway Season Yet.

Is this season custom-made for scoop girls or what?

Blumenthal’s 2023–2024 PNC Broadway Lights Series in Charlotte is the only place in the region to see a spectacular Broadway lineup of Tony Award®️ winners MOULIN ROUGE! The Musical and COMPANY; the anticipated pre-Broadway tour of THE WIZ; the first national tour of FUNNY GIRL; Olivier Award–winning Best New Musical BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL; the beloved film-to-stage comedy MRS. DOUBTFIRE; and more.

What is the PNC Broadway Lights Series

Blumenthal’s premier season tickets package, the PNC Broadway Lights series features a seven-show package or an eight-show package with several exclusive benefits for the season price of $220–$951. Season ticket holders commit in advance to get the best prices and the best seats, with a good deal of flexibility, and are able to pay using a 12-month extended payment plan. 

PNC BROADWAY LIGHTS SEASON TICKET HOLDERS ENJOY THE BEST SHOWS AND THE BEST BENEFITS INCLUDING:

• The Best seats at the best prices
• Guaranteed seats that are renewable annually
• Swap four season shows* for anything else coming this season
• Flexible payment plans available
• Free exchange* into a different date or time of the same show
• Add on tickets* for friends and family to most PNC Broadway Lights season shows, Equitable Bravo season shows, and Broadway Extras before they go on sale to the public
• Purchase priority for other shows throughout the year

What is in the PNC Broadway Lights Season for 2023 – 2024

Seven-show package

• Funny Girl, October 17–22, 2023
• The Wiz, November 7–12, 2023
• Company, November 21–26, 2023
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical, March 19–31, 2024
• Mrs. Doubtfire, April 30–May 5, 2024
• Back to the Future: The Musical, July 9–21, 2024
• To Be Announced – Trust us, you’re going to love it! October 22–27, 2024

Eight-show package; includes Message In A Bottle April 2–7, 2024

How Flexible is the PNC Broadway Lights Package?

Let’s just say the airlines could learn a thing or two. 🙂

Subscribers to the PNC Broadway Lights Series may swap up to four season shows for anything coming to the Blumenthal’s theaters, including any of the shows in the Equitable Bravo Series, Broadway Extras, and even additional tickets to your season shows. The ability to swap shows is one of the many exclusive benefits offered to season ticket holders, who enjoy guaranteed seats for all of the shows in their season package.

In addition, you can exchange your selected season ticket dates/times for another date and time of that same show. (You will pick the same day of week and time for all of the shows in your package when you purchase the season package, but in the event your availability changes for a particular show, you can exchange). Exchange is available up to 72 hours before your scheduled performance, subject to availability.

More Benefits to Buying the PNC Broadway Lights Series

ADVANCE ADD ONS ~ You can get great seats for friends and family to most season shows and Broadway Extras before sales open to the public. You will also receive a special link to purchase online via email with your Season Ticket order.

PURCHASE PRIORITY ~ You can skip the line for new shows that are added throughout the year, as the Blumenthal will email you special alerts about newly added shows so you can purchase before they go on public sale.

GREAT SEATS EVERY YEAR ~ Your PNC Broadway Lights Series tickets are renewable annually, and you’ll get the same or better seats each new year, as season ticket holders have access to the best seats each year.

For more information or to make a purchase, click below or visit BlumenthalArts.org HERE. You can also call 704-335-1010 for more info.

2023-2024 Show Details

Funny Girl
October 17–22, 2023  

Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by Isobel Lennart, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction from Michael Mayer, this love letter to the theatre has the whole shebang. The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with one of the most celebrated musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened—she became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway. 

The Wiz
November 7–12, 2023

Everybody look around, ‘cause the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back.  THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new Broadway-bound tour, the first one in 40 years. The tour begins in THE WIZ’s original home city of Baltimore, where the show made its world premiere 50 years ago.  This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping 70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world.  Director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida), choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”), William F. Brown (book), Charlie Smalls (music and lyrics), Amber Ruffin (additional material), and Joseph Joubert (music supervision, orchestrations, and music arrangements) conjure up an Oz unlike anything ever seen before. A dynamite infusion of ballet, jazz, and modern pop brings a whole new groove to easing on down the road.  

Company
November 21–26, 2023

PHONE RINGS, DOOR CHIMES, IN COMES COMPANY.  Winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, COMPANY “strikes like a lightning bolt. It’s brilliantly conceived and funny as hell” (Variety). Helmed by three-time Tony Award–winning director Marianne Elliott (War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America), this revelatory new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s groundbreaking musical comedy is boldly sophisticated, deeply insightful, and downright hilarious. It’s Bobbie’s 35th birthday party, and all her friends keep asking, “Why isn’t she married? Why can’t she find the right man and isn’t it time to settle down and start a family?” As Bobbie searches for answers, she discovers why being single, being married, and being alive in the 21st century could drive a person crazy.  COMPANY features Sondheim’s award-winning songs, “You Could Drive a Person Crazy,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Side by Side by Side” and the iconic “Being Alive.”

Moulin Rouge! The Musical
March 19–31, 2024

 Pop the champagne, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is the winner of 10 Tony Awards®— including Best Musical. Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory. A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Welcome to MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL! Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and—above all—Love. With a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan; music supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Tony Award® winner Justin Levine; and choreography by Tony Award® winner Sonya Tayeh, MOULIN ROUGE! is more than a musical—it is a state of mind.  

Message In A Bottle (INCLUDED IN THE EIGHT-SHOW PACKAGE)

April 2–7, 2024

 The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati, and Tana must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive.  MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE is a spectacular new dance-theatre show from triple-Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award–winning artist Sting, including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Walking On The Moon,” and more. With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breath-taking athleticism, MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope. 

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE is the latest masterpiece from the groundbreaking creator behind West End hits Some Like it Hip Hop, Into the Hoods, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (choreography), and Sylvia (Old Vic), and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company. A Sadler’s Wells & Universal Music UK production co-produced with Birmingham Hippodrome and The Lowry, Salford. Research and development supported by The MOVEment.  MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE contains some scenes of an adult nature. 

Mrs. Doubtfire
April 30–May 5, 2024

 Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Charlotte in an internationally acclaimed new hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Manchester Evening News) and “a feel-good, family-friendly comedy that delivers” (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on the beloved film and directed by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks, MRS. DOUBTFIRE tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids. It’s “the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now,” raves the Chicago Tribune – one that proves we’re better together.  

Back to the Future: The Musical
July 9–21, 2024

 Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Charlotte in 2024. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past, and send himself… back to the future. Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, when BACK TO THE FUTURE hits 88mph, it’ll change musical theater history forever.