Summer Lyric Theatre returns for 2025 season

What they're saying: "All three of the shows, in their own way, are classics and beloved," said artistic director Leonard Raybon.

If you go: The season opens with "A Chorus Line," which runs June 19 to 22.

• It's followed by "Company" from July 10-13, and the season concludes with "Carousel" from July 31 to Aug. 3. Get tickets.

The intrigue: Raybon has helmed the summer theater series for the past three years as interim artistic director, but he took over the title permanently this year.

• In the interim years, he says, his focus was to hold the program steady before handing off to whoever was officially tapped for the position.
• But now, he's hoping to shake things up a little bit.
• "I am thinking about the future, how to get us to be the most financially healthy we can be so we can ... let's say, do something more experimental for a wider, more diverse audience and not always rely on the big name shows that are more likely to sell the tickets," he says.