Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical to Make North American Premiere

Interesting...could this show finally be cha-cha-cha-ing its way to Broadway? After runs in Australia and the U.K., the stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical will finally receive its North American premiere next spring as part of the upcoming Mirvish Theatre season. The tuner will bow in Toronto in April/May 2017.

Featuring classic songs from the film as well as numbers from artists including Sia, Strictly Ballroom The Musical is the story of a championship ballroom dancer who defies all the rules to follow his heart. The show made its world premiere Down Under in 2014 and will end a holiday engagement at the U.K.’s West Yorkshire Playhouse on January 21, 2017; no word yet on the cast or creative team heading to Canada.

Other productions of note landing in Toronto include Mrs. Henderson Presents and The Bodyguard from the West End, along with the previously reported, much-buzzed about, Broadway-bound Come From Away.