Season Announcement

'Wicked' makes a magical return in Broadway Dallas' 2025-26 season

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Lauren Samuels as Elphaba and Austen Danielle Bohmer as Glinda in the national tour of Wicked.

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Those who just can't get enough of Wicked will be thrilled with Broadway Dallas' new 2025-26 season, as the popular musical is included in the lineup.

Six Dallas premieres and some returning favorites comprise the list, with a few Tony-winning titles still running on Broadway.

The new season launches in November with one such show: The Outsiders, winner of the 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Adapted from S.E. Hinton's seminal novel and Francis Ford Coppola's iconic film, this thrilling new musical features a book by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine, music and lyrics by Levine and Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance), and direction by Danya Taymor.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade, and their Greaser family of "outsiders" battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. The Outsiders navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want to become in a world that may never accept them. It runs November 4-16, 2025, at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

The series continues with Disney’s 30th anniversary production of Beauty and the Beast.

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This enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life like never before, with spectacular new sets and dazzling costumes. The show boasts the Oscar-winning and Tony Award-nominated score, including the classic songs “Be Our Guest” and “Beauty and the Beast.” It runs December 16, 2025-January 4, 2026, at the Music Hall.

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo follows 15-year-old Kim, who has recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey.

Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush ... and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure. It runs January 6-18, 2026, at the Winspear Opera House, thanks to an ongoing partnership with the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

Season add-on Six lets the wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century girl power. It runs January 27-February 1, 2026, at the Music Hall.

The Broadway extravaganza The Great Gatsby is next, based on the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Director Marc Bruni brings this story of extravagance and longing in the Roaring Twenties to life, with a book by Kait Kerrigan and a jazz- and pop-influenced original score by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen. It runs February 17-March 1, 2026, at the Music Hall.

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Created in collaboration with the musician himself, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon.

With 120 million albums sold, a catalogue of classics like "America," "Forever in Blue Jeans," and "Sweet Caroline," an induction into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold-out concerts around the world that made him bigger than Elvis, Neil Diamond's story was made to shine on Broadway and head out on the road across America. It runs March 10-22, 2026, at the Music Hall.

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Winner of 4 Tony Awards, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Some Like It Hot is set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement.

It's the story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime. It runs March 31-April 12, 2026, at the Music Hall.

The original Broadway blockbuster Wicked then flies back to Music Hall at Fair Park for a six-week engagement.

Immerse yourself in the wonderful Land of Oz, where there is a young woman born with emerald-green skin who's smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent.

When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships ... until the world decides to call one good and the other one wicked. It runs May 6-June 14, 2026, at the Music Hall.

The other show to be presented at the Winspear Opera House is Clue.

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.

Season tickets are available now. Seven-show packages start at $270 and new patrons can visit BroadwayDallas.org or call 866-276-4884 to subscribe.

Single tickets to individual shows will go on sale at a later date. Group pricing is available now for groups of 10 or more. Reserve by calling 214-426-4768 or emailing groups@broadwaydallas.org.

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Season Announcement

Echo Theatre introduces Dallas audiences to a season of strangers in 2026

The Roommate on Broadway

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'The Roommate' was recently on Broadway.

It's a "Season of Strangers" for Echo Theatre this year, as the Southwest's premier company for promoting dramatic works by women+ focuses on how someone different than you can change your life.

The 28th season begins with the new musical Silhouettes by Jordan Ealey and Ari Afsar. This score-in-hand workshop was developed in the aftermath of the fall of Roe v. Wade, and examines a pivotal moment in American history through the intersecting lives of two women navigating the decision to have an abortion. Echo's managing and artistic director Kateri Cale directs, with Vonda K. Bowling as musical director.

In a joint statement, Ealey and Afsar say that Silhouettes was born from their need to process the emotional and political aftermath of Roe’s fall. “We continue to see that history is cyclical and equity is fleeting,” they say. “But when policy fails, art has the opportunity to step in. Silhouettes is a musical about choice, sisterhood, and intergenerational courage.”

They add that presenting the work in Dallas reflects their commitment to community-building in states like Texas, where bans and restrictions have made women and gender minorities particularly vulnerable. “We want this musical to be a safe and brave haven amid attempts to create a culture of fear and a reminder that people are not alone.”

It runs January 16-17, 2026, and admission is free, though a $20 donation is suggested.

The world premiere of You Must Wear A Hat by C. Meaker is next, and plugged-in Dallas theater fans might recognize the play from its reading at Kitchen Dog Theater in 2019.

Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef, waiting for the world to end. It's described as "A play for two. And a rabbit."

C. “Meaks” Meaker (they/them) is a playwright, essayist, and teacher whose work often explores queerness, monstrosity, and the end of the world. Their plays have been performed and developed across the United States, including the Kennedy Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Annex Theatre (Seattle), Hub Theater (D.C.), Fat Theater Project (Chicago), and About Face (Chicago). They’re a two-year finalist for the Dramatist Guild National Fellows program and a recent finalist for the Jerome Hill Theater Arts Fellow.

You Must Wear a Hat runs February 27-March 14, 2026.

The season closes with The Roommate by Jen Silverman. The play was on Broadway in 2024 starring marquee names Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone.

In it, a divorced Midwesterner takes a roommate from The Bronx. A relationship evolves and secrets unfold into a darkly comedic exploration of life choices. It runs June 19-July 4, 2026.

All shows this season will be performed at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Dr., in White Rock Lake Park.

Tickets range from Pay-What-You-Can to $40, with discounts available for students and seniors.

Additional events this season include Cake by the Lake on April 21, Echo's free birthday party fundraiser that also launches its reading series, Echo Reads.

Echo Reads runs April through September, presenting six plays in six month. All plays will be performed on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, and then read the next day at different venues around the city.

Echo Offstage Podcasts is going monthly. The free podcast series interviews women+ who are making art and making a difference.

And Echo is already teasing its 29th season, which will begin in the fall of 2026 and run the more traditional September through August instead of the calendar year.

The season 29 opener is a co-production, the company mysteriously hints, involving three Dallas theaters, two shows, and an internationally known writer. We'll all just have to wait and see what this intriguing production might be.

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