Powerhouse Line-up Set for Boston Pops 2024 Season

The 2024 Boston Pops season, May 10–June 8, under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart, features classic Boston Pops programming, including film scores from the silver screen, songs from Broadway and the Great American Songbook, gospel and jazz, and a program devoted to the music of Queen, along with an impressive lineup of Boston Pops debuts and new programs spotlighting World War II heroism and Boston Pride month.

Amongst the highlights are return visits from Harry Connick Jr., Sutton Foster, Branford Marsalis, Marc Martel, and Take 6. In addition there are appearances by stage luminaries Victoria Clark, Micaela Diamond, Mandy Gonzalez, and Joshua Henry Lead who will appear in "Broadway Now!: Broadway's Modern Masters."

The Boston Pops' 138th season opens on May 10 and 11 with one of the great entertainers of our time, Harry Connick Jr., singing American Songbook classics. Returning to the Pops for the first time since 2001, Connick performs in what will be the 35th anniversary year of the release of the "When Harry Met Sally" soundtrack that earned him his first Grammy Award and went multi-platinum. He joins Maestro Lockhart, who is in his 29th year leading the Pops, making him its second longest-serving conductor since the Pops was founded in 1885, after Arthur Fiedler.

Keith Lockhart will conduct nine of the 10 programs. Veteran conductor and Pops regular Charles Floyd leads the season-ending Gospel Night spectacular on June 8, with Grammy-winning a cappella group Take 6 and the Boston Pops Gospel Choir, directed by Dennis Slaughter.

"We could not be happier with the terrific lineup of guest artists joining us for the 2024 Boston Pops season. From Harry Connick Jr. to Take 6, Sutton Foster to Thorgy Thor, Branford Marsalis to Marc Martel, luminaries from Broadway, and a compelling concert presentation of World War II history to the extraordinary film scores of J'urassic Park' by our own John Williams and Disney's 'Encanto,' I can't remember a more diverse season with such great potential, both to please our loyal audiences and reach out and entice music lovers of all ages to visit Symphony Hall and experience 'America's Orchestra,' the one and only Boston Pops Orchestra," says Lockhart.

A Look Back at D-Day on its 80th Anniversary

To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, "The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to V-E Day" on May 29 and 30 tells the dramatic story of the final 11 months of World War II in Europe through music of the era (including Aaron Copland, Edith Piaf, Glenn Miller), the words of Ernest Hemingway and a young solider named Jerry who lands on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, as well as film and archival photos by LIFE magazine war photographer Robert Capa and Vogue model-turned-journalist Lee Miller. Created and narrated by historian John Monsky, this immersive concert experience includes four celebrated Broadway stars and music from the film "Saving Private Ryan" and miniseries "Band of Brothers," in addition to original arrangements created for this performance.

Thorgy Thor Kicks Off Gay Pride Month

For the first time at Spring Pops, there is Pride Night. Thorgy Thor joins Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on Saturday, June 1 to kick off Boston Pride month, the annual citywide celebration for the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. The concert will pair the Boston Pops and Thor, one of the most in-demand drag queens today. Featured on the eighth season of the popular reality TV series "RuPaul's Drag Race" and the third season of "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars," Thor has appeared with major symphony orchestras in the U.S. and Canada, demonstrating both her extensive vocal and instrumental chops (she's a classically trained violinist and violist). In a program that will include music, dance, and comedy, she will also perform with a surprise guest.

Broadway Today!

On June 6 and 7, musical stars Victoria Clark (Tony Award winner for "Kimberly Akimbo" and "The Light in the Piazza"), Micaela Diamond (Tony nominee for "Parade"), Mandy Gonzalez (I"n the Heights" and "Hamilton"), Darius de Haas ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"), Joshua Henry ("Hamilton" and "Waitress"), and Bryce Pinkham ("A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder") headline the program "Broadway Today!: Broadway's Modern Masters." Conceived and directed by frequent Pops collaborator Jason Danieley ("Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert" and "My Favorite Sondheim"), the concerts showcase innovative, genre-breaking songs from exclusively 21st-century Tony-winning musicals, including "The Light in The Piazza," "The Band's Visit," "Kimberly Akimbo," "Dear Evan Hansen," "Hadestown," "A Strange Loop," "A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder," "In The Heights," "Parade," and "Hamilton," with accompaniment from the Boston Pops.

Celebrating Queen with Marc Martel

On May 15 and 16, the Boston Pops and special guest Marc Martel join for a celebration of the music of the legendary rock band Queen. Martel, known for his striking vocal resemblance to Freddie Mercury, Queen's lead singer, was a vocalist for the 2018 Oscar-winning biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," along with Mercury and Rami Malek. Martel has been fronting Queen's official tribute show, "The Queen Extravaganza," since 2011. Now, 13 years later, he also tours all over the world with his own Queen tribute show, "The Ultimate Queen Celebration," and orchestral show, "Symphonic Queen."