It's all about the numbers for the AT&T Performing Arts Center's 2025-26 Broadway season. The lineup boasts 20 Tony Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, seven Outer Critics Circle Awards, and two Dallas premieres, all performing at the Winspear Opera House.
It also includes a handful of add-ons in partnership with the Center’s resident company, Dallas Theater Center, and the Center’s programming partners TITAS/Dance Unbound and Broadway Dallas (2025 marks the seventh year collaborating with the latter).
“We’re really thrilled to present this stellar season featuring a good mix of family favorites, Broadway classics, and contemporary productions,” says Warren Tranquada, AT&T Performing Arts Center president and CEO. “Coming to see a musical production at the Winspear Opera House is a real treat, and we’re proud to provide more flexibility than ever to help patrons make the most of their experience."
Christopher Swan as The Old Man and the cast of A Christmas Story, The Musical.Photo by Gary Emord Netzley
First up is A Christmas Story, The Musical, from the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land.
The classic 1983 movie comes to life onstage, focusing on 1940s Indiana, where a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.
An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish. It runs November 21-23, 2025.
The suspiciously perfect Scottish nanny Mrs. Doubtfire makes her Dallas premiere with the musical based on the hit film.
Out-of-work actor Daniel Hillard will do anything for his kids. After losing custody in a messy divorce, he creates the kindly alter ego of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. As his new character takes on a life of its own, Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel more than he bargained for about how to be a father. It runs December 26-28, 2025.
Next, everybody say "Yeah!" and let the Tony-winning hit Kinky Boots lift your spirits to high-heeled heights.
The musical, based on the 2005 film, features a joyous, Tony-winning score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper; a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein; and original direction and Tony-winning choreography by Jerry Mitchell.
Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that when you change your mind, you can change your whole world. It runs April 23-25, 2026.
There's trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian in Meredith Willson's The Music Man.
The most Tony Award-winning show of the year. The most Tony Award-nominated play of all time. A Dallas premiere. Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup — or their breakthrough.
The cast of Stereophonic.Photo by Julieta Cervantes
Written by David Adjmi, directed by Daniel Aukin, and featuring original music by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, Stereophonic invites the audience to immerse themselves — with fly-on-the-wall intimacy — in the powder keg process of a band on the brink of blowing up. It runs May 8-10, 2026.
Harold Hill cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize – despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain's fall. It runs May 1-4, 2026.
The show that set Broadway back 1,000 years returns: Monty Python’s Spamalot, which first galloped onto Broadway in 2005, is a musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It features a book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by Idle and John Du Prez. It runs July 9-12, 2026.
That's it for the regular subscriber season, but there are also four add-on shows:
The 2023 Tony-winner for Best Musical Kimberly Akimbo, based on David Lindsay-Abaire's play of the same title, revolves around a teenage girl named Kimberly Levaco, who suffers from a condition that rapidly accelerates the aging process.
Before she has had a chance to venture forth into the world as an adult, she finds herself turning into an old woman. Her story, unfolding like a dark fairy tale, is as whimsical as it is piercing. Yet the effect is powerfully life-affirming in the way it reminds audiences of the preciousness of the time we have at hand. It runs January 6-18, 2026, in partnership with Broadway Dallas.
In 1902 New York, anything is possible. Ragtime bursts to life with a soaring, Tony Award-winning score that tells the intertwined stories of three families from different walks of life, all chasing the American Dream.
Based on E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed novel, Ragtime is a thrilling, powerful portrait of hope and perseverance in a time of tumultuous change. This beloved, epic musical theater classic creates a powerful portrait of America’s past — and a stirring reminder of its future. It runs March 27-April 19, 2026, in partnership with Dallas Theater Center.
MOMIX is always a wild ride: trippy, magical, and downright unforgettable. No wonder they’re a TITAS favorite! Botanica is a feast for the eyes and the perfect show for the whole family.
The cast of Clue.Photo courtesy of ATTPAC
With jaw-dropping costumes, breathtaking projections, and larger-than-life puppets designed by the legendary Michael Curry (yep, the genius behind Cirque du Soleil, Disney, and the Metropolitan Opera), this show is pure magic. It's one-night-only on June 6, 2026, in partnership with TITAS/Dance Unbound.
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget. Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench
Based on the fan-favorite 1985 Paramount Pictures movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist. It runs June 16-28, 2026, in partnership with Broadway Dallas.
Subscription package sales begin March 31 and may be purchased by phone at 214-880-0202 or online at www.attpac.org/broadway. Single tickets for each show will go on sale at later dates.
