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‘Annie’ and ‘Jersey Boys’ Highlight Broadway at the Paramount’s 2015–16 Season

The slate as features Newsies and Motown the Musical, plus The Book of Mormon and Beauty and the Beast as season options.

Jersey Boys heads to the Paramount stage in March 2016.

The sun will come out tomorrow, but Broadway at the Paramount’s 2015–16 lineup is here today, so let’s focus on that for now. The timeless classic Annie and the smash hit Jersey Boys fill the role of being the familar names on the slate. The other four shows on the schedule will all be making their Seattle debuts: film-to-stage adaptations of Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway and Disney’s Newsies, the new jukebox affair Motown the Musical, and If/Then, an original musical about a woman in her 40s getting a fresh start in New York City.

The 2015–16 season options feature two giant musicals and two non-theater productions. Following a short run by Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Book of Mormon closes out 2015 and rings in 2016 with its third run in Seattle. The other two shows on the schedule are Riverdance’s 20th anniversary tour and the Blue Man Group.

Season and group tickets are on sale now at stgpresents.org/Broadway. Individual show tickets will go on sale at a later date.

2015-16 Broadway at the Paramount Season:

Sept 20–26 – Annie
Nov 3–8 – If/Then
Feb 2–7, 2016 – Bullets Over Broadway
Mar 8–13, 2016 – Jersey Boys
Apr 26–May 1, 2016 – Newsies
May 31–June 12, 2016 – Motown the Musical


Season Options

Oct 30–Nov 1 –  Riverdance
Dec 11–13 – Beauty and the Beast
Dec 29–Jan 10 – The Book of Mormon
Mar 31–Apr 3, 2016 – Blue Man Group











Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.