Musicals in Paris

With acclaimed musicals like Notre-Dame de Paris, Les DixC, Le Roi Soleil or more recently Cats, Résiste, and Dirty Dancing, Paris has become a popular stage for musicals, welcoming a dozen or so top shows every year and offering fans some great entertainment.

Like Broadway musicals in New York, Parisian musicals have developed a distinct artistic identity and have been able to forge a place for themselves on the performing arts scene in France. With songs with catchy rhythms, dazzling sets and sumptuous stage sets, Paris musicals transport spectators to all kinds of worlds and have quickly become a not-to-be-missed event to share with family or friends.

Again this year, the top Parisian show venues have a great line-up

Again this year, the top Parisian show venues have a great line-up. After a beginning of the year marked by stage adaptations of Saturday Night Fever with its New York disco years  (until end of April 2017 at the Palais des Sports  ), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (until 9 July 2017 at the Casino de Paris) or Les Choristes (The Chorus) (until 21 May 2017 at the Folies Bergère), the new September cultural season will roll out a new series of great musicals.

From the Broadway hit musical Grease (from 28 September 2017 at the Théâtre Mogador) to Jesus, from Nazareth to Jerusalem by Pascal Obispo (from 17 October 2017 at the Palais des Sports), there is something for everyone! Another must see is Un Eté 44 (Summer of 44) by Valéry Zeitoun, which will be back in Paris (from 15 September 2017 at the Folies Bergères) and finally, after an 8-year world tour, the show version of The Addams Family will be playing for the first time in Paris at the Palace (from 15 September 2017).

The end of the year is marked by the smash-hit musical West Side Story that will be staged at Seine Musicale (from 13 October to 12 November 2017), Notre Dame de Paris returns to the Palais des Congrès  (from 9 to 12 November 2017), Singin’in the Rain will play in the Nef du Grand Palais (from 28 November 2017 to 11 January 2018), and in early 2018, the Palais des Sports has already announced that it will be staging the musical Bodyguard (from 2 February 2018).

A great line-up of shows to see throughout the year!

Here is a list of upcoming music shows not to miss in Paris: