Ordway announces 2024-25 Broadway season; including pre-Broadway premiere of Mystic Pizza

Ashley Halbach KSTP

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday announced its Broadway at the Ordway series for the 2024-25 season, which includes five musicals: “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Mean Girls” and “Mystic Pizza”.

Mystic Pizza is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name that starred Julia Roberts. The show will have its Minnesota premiere and a pre-Broadway run at the Ordway from June 3-8, 2025. The score features hits of the 80s and 90s including “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Take My Breath Away.”

Season subscriptions are currently on sale. Individual tickets go on sale in the spring.

The 2024-24 Broadway at the Ordway series in order is:

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Time of The Temptations (Oct. 8-13, 2024)
The Little Mermaid (Dec. 3-29, 2024)
Dear Evan Hansen (March 11-16, 2025)
Mean Girls (April 8-13, 2025)
Mystic Pizza (June 3-8, 2025)

There will also be a co-presentation between the Arts Partnership (Minnesota Opera, the Ordway, Schubert Club and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra) of the Midwest premiere of Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” The one-night concert is not a part of subscription packages, but patrons can choose to add it to their season tickets.