Texas Performing Arts has unveiled its 2025-2026 Broadway in Austin season, bringing a mix of fresh productions and returning hits. The lineup features multiple Tony Award winners, including several shows making their first appearance in the city.

The season features productions like & Juliet, which reimagines Shakespeare through modern pop hits, and The Great Gatsby, bringing F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel to musical life with a jazz-infused score that captures the spirit of the Roaring Twenties. Adding to the excitement, Disney's Beauty and the Beast returns for its first North American production in more than 25 years, featuring all-new sets and costumes that reimagine the beloved classic.

Attendees at the Broadway in Austin Season Preview Party on March 3 cheered for the return of beloved classics to the stage. The Sound of Music and The Wiz sparked visible excitement throughout the room. These familiar favorites clearly still hold a special place in theatergoers' hearts.

Six the Musical, with its sassy, pop-star take on Henry VIII's wives, was also a massive hit with the preview crowd. And good old Mamma Mia! had folks ready to break out their platform boots and belt some ABBA tunes.

Beauty and the Beast is the show to see for folks who love set and costume design.Photo courtesy of Broadway in Austin

“I’m excited to share our new season with Austin’s passionate Broadway community,” said Texas Performing Arts’ executive and artistic director Bob Bursey in a press release. “Over the past year — and many trips to New York — we’ve worked to put together a great selection of shows."

Dorsey also discussed some of the prestige coming to the stage this season, per the Tony Awards.

"I’m proud that the 2025-2026 Broadway in Austin Season will feature the winner of Best New Musical for 2023 (Kimberly Akimbo) and 2024 (The Outsiders)," he said. "That doesn’t happen often, and it underlines our commitment to supporting exciting new musicals. I’m also proud of how Austin is part of the creative conversation on Broadway now, with shows like The Outsiders —whose music was created by Austin band Jamestown Revival.”

The Outsiders adapts the 60s book and the 80s movie.Photo by Matthew Murphy

Just like it did last year, the Broadway in Austin Season Preview Party treated Austinites to a sneak peek of the upcoming Broadway season. The evening also spotlighted Texas Performing Arts' commitment to education, featuring the inaugural Texas Performing Arts Educator Award presented to a teacher from Benold Middle School, who shared how his students benefited from TPA's program providing K-12 students access to live performances at Bass Concert Hall.

Broadway in Austin brings professional touring productions to Bass Concert Hall. It will offer seven- or eight-show subscription packages for the 2025-2026 season, with additional shows available as "season options." These packages (starting at $285) are available for purchase now. Individual tickets for specific shows will go on sale throughout the year. More details are available at austin.broadway.com.

The 2025-2026 Season features ten productions at Bass Concert Hall:

• Kimberly Akimbo
  September 30-October 5, 2025
  This 2023 Tony Award winner for Best Musical tells the story of a teenage girl in New Jersey dealing with family drama, first love, and an unusual medical condition. The acclaimed score comes from Jeanine Tesori, known for Fun Home.

• The Outsiders
  October 21-26, 2025
  The latest Tony Award winner for Best Musical brings S.E. Hinton's beloved novel to life, following a teenager and his found family as they navigate the social divides of 1960s Oklahoma.

• Disney's Beauty and the Beast
  December 2-14, 2025
  The beloved fairy tale returns to the stage with new sets and costumes, bringing timeless songs like "Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast" to life with fresh theatrical magic.

• The Sound of Music
  February 3-8, 2026
  This new production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic celebrates the musical's 65th anniversary, directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien.

• The Great Gatsby
  March 10-15, 2026
  F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel comes to life in this Tony Award-winning new musical, where love, wealth, and tragedy collide.

• The Wiz
  May 12-17, 2026
  This twist on The Wizard of Oz returns in an all-new production direct from Broadway, featuring soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk.

• & Juliet
  July 14-19, 2026
  This new musical reimagines Shakespeare's heroine choosing her own path, set to pop hits like "Since U Been Gone" and "Baby One More Time."

• Mamma Mia!
  April 14-19, 2026
  This crowd-pleasing musical weaves ABBA's greatest hits into a sun-soaked story about a daughter's wedding, her mother's past, and three possible fathers.

• Six
  January 20-25, 2026
  History gets a modern remix as the six wives of Henry VIII take center stage in this high-energy musical that turns Tudor queens into pop stars.

• Hadestown
  February 20-22, 2026
  The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical weaves two mythic tales into a haunting journey to the underworld and back, all set to New Orleans-inspired jazz folk.