These familiar musical hits are coming to Toronto

Mirvish Productions unveils 2019-2020 lineup Musical theatre fans rejoice! Mirvish Productions has released its stacked lineup for the upcoming season.

TORONTO -- Mirvish Productions is filling out its 2019-2020 season with a crowd-pleasing slate of familiar hits and jukebox musicals.

The Toronto theatre company says it will mount new productions of "Miss Saigon" in May and "Les Miserables" next June.

Audiences can enjoy the sounds of the 1960s and 70s in the concert-style "The Simon & Garfunkel Story" and the musical "Summer" based on the life and music of disco diva Donna Summer, from Canadian director Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo.

In January, the Royal Alexandra Theatre will stage "My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding" in a one-night benefit concert for Planned Parenthood.

"Riverdance" will also step it up for the 25th anniversary of Irish dance show at the Princess of Wales Theatre for a brief run kicking off in late February.

The CAA theatre will host the women of Second City in "She the People" in February followed by the one-performer show "6 Guitars" in March.

Previously announced highlights of Mirvish's 24-show lineup include:

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 23, 2019.