Downtown Cleveland theater fans are staring down a loaded marquee. Playhouse Square on Wednesday rolled out its 2026-27 KeyBank Broadway season, with touring productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and The Phantom of the Opera headlining a lineup that also includes the Cleveland launch of the national tour of Death Becomes Her, plus crowd magnets like Mamma Mia!, BOOP! The Musical and Buena Vista Social Club.
The season schedule lists Death Becomes Her running Sept. 12–Oct. 3, 2026 at the KeyBank State Theatre, The Who's TOMMY Oct. 6–11, 2026 at the Connor Palace, Mamma Mia! Jan. 5–24, 2027 and BOOP! Feb. 2–21, 2027 at the Connor Palace, Maybe Happy Ending Mar. 2–21, 2027 and Oh, Mary! Mar. 30–Apr. 4, 2027 at the Connor Palace, The Phantom of the Opera Apr. 14–May 9, 2027 at the KeyBank State Theatre, Buena Vista Social Club Jul. 27–Aug. 15, 2027 at the Connor Palace, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Aug. 24–Sep. 12, 2027 at the KeyBank State Theatre. These dates and venues are listed on Playhouse Square's schedule, according to Playhouse Square.
City scores another national-tour launch
Playhouse Square, long known as a springboard for touring Broadway, will host the North American launch of Death Becomes Her in fall 2026. "We are so thrilled that our colleagues in New York continue to turn to Cleveland to tech and launch their Broadway shows on our stages," Playhouse Square President and CEO Craig Hassall said in a press release via Playhouse Square.
Ticketing, seats and what it means
Season-ticket plans for the KeyBank Broadway Series were announced in a package that Cleveland.com reports will range from $185 to $810 per seat, with subscribers able to exchange dates or swap into different shows to preserve value. The productions are slated for Playhouse Square's largest houses, the KeyBank State Theatre, with about 3,200 seats, and the Connor Palace, with roughly 2,700 to 2,800 seats, figures cited by local reporting from WOSU Public Media. That combination of big-name touring titles and a deep subscriber base helps explain why producers continue to choose Cleveland for early tour stops.
