Goodspeed Musicals has announced its 2024 season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

The season will open with the musical comedy whodunit, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” a musical by Rupert Holmes, which will run from April 5-June 2.

Next will be the long-awaited Goodspeed premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,“ a Golden Age classic. (It had been postponed because of the pandemic.) With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, it is adapted from the Pulitzer-winning novel ”Tales of the South Pacific“ by James A. Michener and will run June 14-Aug. 11.

The fall production will be the American premiere of “Maggie,” the new show inspired by the true story of a Scottish mother’s unbreakable love for her sons. This musical, featuring book and lyrics by Johnny Reid and Matt Murray, and music by them and Bob Foster, will run Aug. 23-Oct. 20.

Closing the season is “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” with book by Joseph Robinette and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. It’s based on the motion picture “A Christmas Story” distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, and based upon “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” written by Shepherd. It will run Nov. 1-Dec. 29.

Season tickets for all four shows at The Goodspeed start at $116. Advance season ticket packages are on sale now through the Box Office at (860) 873-8668, open weekdays at 10 a.m. and weekends at 11 a.m. 2024 Goodspeed Memberships are also available now. More information can be found at goodspeed.org. Single tickets go on public sale beginning Feb. 11, 2024.

A season of new musicals at Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre will be announced in January 2024.