The return of summer means the action on stage is sure to heat up. The slate features jukebox musicals, stand-up comedians and a couple of dramas, ideal for quenching your hunger for live theater.

June 4-15: “& Juliet”

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

The 2019 jukebox musical reimagines Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” as if Juliet didn’t end her life over Romeo. The soundtrack features songs by numerous pop stars, including Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Demi Lovato and Katy Perry.

June 5-22: “The Revlon Girl”

by Springs Ensemble Theatre

Based on a true story about a group of bereaved mothers who met weekly after the Aberfan Disaster of 1966, when 144 people were killed, most of them children, in the small village in South Wales.

June 25-29: “Mamma Mia!”

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

In the 2001 jukebox musical featuring the songs of Swedish pop group ABBA, Sophie invites three men to attend her wedding with the hopes of determining which one is her father.

July 8-20: “Some Like it Hot,” Denver Center for the Performing Arts

In the Tony Award-winning 2022 musical, two musicians must flee Chicago after witnessing a mob hit. To elude the gangsters, they disguise themselves as women and hop aboard a cross-country train.

Aug. 3: “C.S. Lewis: The Screwtape Letters,” Pikes Peak Center

As Screwtape, a senior demon in hell, writes letters to his nephew on how to corrupt the soul of a human, he delves into temptation, spiritual warfare and the challenge of maintaining a virtuous life.

Aug. 5-10: “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

The 2019 Tony Award-winning jukebox musical, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, spins the tale of an Englishman in 1899 Paris who becomes infatuated with Satine, a singer at the Moulin Rouge. It features a score of more than 70 songs, many of which are pop hits from the film.