Broadway Hell's Kitchen Will Launch a North American Tour

This concrete jungle is going mobile! Broadway's Hell's Kitchen will launch a multi-year national tour of North America in fall 2025 from Cleveland's Playhouse Square. The tour will visit more than 30 cities in its first year. Casting, dates, and a touring schedule are all to be announced.

The musical—which features music and lyrics by Alicia Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, inspired by the 15-time Grammy winner's life—was a 2024 Tony Award nominee for Best Musical, opening April 20 at the Shubert Theatre, where it continues today. The story follows 17-year-old Ali and her mother, sharing a cramped apartment near Times Square. Ali wants to live out her NYC dream, but Mom is scared her daughter will repeat her own mistakes.

“Seeing Hell's Kitchen on a Broadway marquee has fulfilled one of my earliest and most influential dreams as an artist and a New Yorker,” says Keys in a statement. “I’m overjoyed by the impact it has already had with audiences that truly mirror the world around us in New York, and I am ecstatic that we can bring the show to so many incredible cities across the country. Let’s gooooo!!!!!“

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The full Broadway creative team, led by director Michael Greif, will reprise their work on the national tour. The music team includes orchestrators Adam Blackstone and Tom Kitt with arrangements by Keys and Blackstone. The creative team also includes scenic designer Robert Brill, costume designer Dede Ayite, lighting designer Natasha Katz, sound designer Gareth Owen, projection designer Peter Nigrini, hair and wig designer Mia Neal, and makeup designer Michael Clifton. Casting is by Heidi Griffiths and Kate Murray, with Foresight Theatrical serving as general manager.