It was SHN's turn to announce their upcoming season of theater today, and included among the Broadway-tour offerings are the first national tours of current Broadway hits School of Rock, Alladin, and Waitress, as well as first tours of recent Tony Award winners and nominees An American in Paris, The Color Purple, On Your Feet!, and Something Rotten.

Opening the 2017-2018 season on August 15 will be the hit musical Something Rotten, a comedy from the director of Aladdin and co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Rent, Avenue Q and In the Heights that tells the tale of two playwright brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, living in the time of Shakespeare, who learn from a soothsayer that the next big trend in theater will involve singing and dancing. They set out to create the world's first musical, and what unfolds is a hilarious send-up of musical tropes set against a Renaissance backdrop. It's directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw, with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick.

Following that on September 12 is An American in Paris, a new musical adaptation of the classic 1951 film, featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin, which took home the Tony Awards for Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, Best Lighting Design, and Best Scenic Design in 2015.

Disney's Aladdin opens at the Orpheum on November 1 following three successful years on Broadway (and counting), and that will be followed on February 6, 2018 with a return engagement of The Book Of Mormon, now on its fourth (?) pass through town, making this basically an annual thing.

A year from May, The Color Purple arrives in SF following the smash hit revival that garnered a Tony Award for Best Revival last year, followed on June 27, 2018 with School of Rock — though some may have gotten a sneak preview of this, at least in an amateur, kids production, last year at The Curran.

And, looking way ahead, SHN has basically announced the beginning of the 2018-2019 season today as well (though these may be included in 2017-18 subscription packages), which will include the SF premieres of the Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! on September 11, 2018, and Tony nominee Waitress, featuring music by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, which will open at the Golden Gate Theater on October 16, 2018.

Current season ticket holders can reserve their tickets now for next season at SHN's website, and starting May 3, new subscribers can sign up.

Single-show tickets will go on sale at a later date.