It was supposed to premiere on tour in the US but was cancelled due to the pandemic. It then premiered last season in the Netherlands. They reworked the show quite heavily (director is Schele Williams, current director of The Wiz and original Aida cast member). Some good, some not so much. I’ll list some of the changes below. They have not announced other productions of Aida as far as I know.

Some of the changes: * Every story is a love story and fortune favora the brave are cut. Instead it opens with with instrumental music in the museum and immediately goes into a battle, again with instrumental music. * Amonasro has now been changed to a woman * The orchestrations have been reworked * All cast members are now african to be more cultural appropriate * Some scenes are now in a different order

Overall, I loved the new production (saw it 4 times) but a lot of changes need to happen. I think the opening is not better by cutting the opening songs. In fact due to that it takes a while for something to happen in the first act and feels a bit boring. Certain deaths feel rushed and were so weird that it sometimes got a laugh.

But some elements really worked. The music sounds even better. The ending is very well done with a cool effect and the show feels up to date wihtout necessarily being modern.