8 touring musicals to catch while you can at a theater near you

Spring’s touring theater productions are a mix of old standbys and new shows. Relive the 1980s with “Les Miz” and “Phantom”; experience the 1800s with “Hamilton” if you still haven’t seen the long-running phenomenon. Your seats are waiting.

‘Hamilton’

It is hard to believe that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s instant-hit “Hamilton” was birthed at New York’s Public Theater more than a decade ago, in 2015. Oh, how the show has staying power. It’s the rare musical that pole-vaulted into the pop-cultural consciousness.