Broadway performer Brian Stokes Mitchell, foreground, will appear at the Ocean City Music Pier. (Courtesy of Delaware Public Media)
Two-time Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will be featured in the opening concert of the 2025 Ocean City Pops summer season on June 22.
Tickets for the show go on sale starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, at oceancityvacation.com/box-office.
Dubbed “the last leading man” by the New York Times, Mitchell has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway, television, film and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras.
He received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in “Kiss Me, Kate.” He also gave Tony-nominated performances in “Man of La Mancha,” August Wilson’s “King Hedley II,” and “Ragtime.” His other notable Broadway shows include “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “Shuffle Along.”
In 2016, he was awarded his second Tony Award, the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Tony, for his charitable work with The Actors Fund. That same year, Stokes was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
The show will be at 7:30 p.m. June 22 at the Ocean City Music Pier.
Tickets are also on sale for eight performances (Aug. 5-14) of the hit musical “Footloose” featuring the Ocean City Theatre Company and the Ocean City Pops.
The Music Pier will host the Ocean City school district's Arts Showcase.OCEAN CITY ARTS SHOWCASE PLANNED FOR MAY 10:
The Ocean City school district will show off the talents of the community’s young artists at an Arts Showcase planned for Saturday, May 10 at the Ocean City Music Pier.
Admission to the show will be free. Exhibits will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with performances scheduled from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Prints and other art works will be available in exchange for donations to scholarships and arts programs.
A reception is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
REGISTRATION FOR SPRING EVENTS:
Registration is now open for a handful of annual events on Ocean City’s spring calendar.
A brigade of basset hounds traditionally leads the zany Doo Dah Parade. (Photo courtesy of Ocean City)
