MPAC Unveils 2026-2027 Season Featuring Jessica Vosk, Audra McDonald, and Ailey II Debut
The Mayo Performing Arts Center has announced over 120 events for its 2026-2027 season, including Broadway shows such as WAITRESS, classic rock, comedy, and dance, with Ailey II making its MPAC debut.
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The Morristown venue's lineup includes Darren Criss, The Music Man on tour and more.
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From Tony-winning Broadway stars to the best in world music, innovative modern dance to the annual favorite Nutcracker, cutting-edge comedians to classic rock, Mayo Performing Arts Center has revealed a line-up of over 120 events as part of its 2026-2027 season.
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MPAC celebrates the launch of its 32nd season with a performance by popular Broadway star Jessica Vosk . Vosk was seen most recently on Broadway in Beaches. Other Broadway favorites include the legendary Audra McDonald and Tony Winners Darren Criss and Brian Stokes Mitchell . The touring Broadway lineup features Waitress, Meredith Willson 's The Music Man, Mystic Pizza and The Who's Tommy.
Expanded this season are “Live in Concert Movies,” in which a live orchestra performs the soundtrack to the movie while the audiences enjoy the film. This season, MPAC features Ghostbusters, Coco and the 50th anniversary of Rocky. MPAC also welcomes Chevy Chase for a live conversation following a screening of the classic holiday film, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Comedians include Janelle James (of Abbott Elementary fame), Jon Lovitz , Tom Papa , Vic Dibitetto and Paula Poundstone. Dance features the MPAC debut of Ailey II, Step Afrika! as well as New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker, returning for 15 holiday performances in December. Classic Rock features Melissa Etheridge , Dion, The Rascals, Graham Nash , The Stray Cats, Don McLean , as well as the farewell tours for Art Garfunkel and Judy Collins .
MPAC will add an additional 20-30 events throughout the season.
The Line-up to date :
7/9: Darren Criss
7/11: Janelle James
7/21-22: Derek Hough : Symphony of Dance: Encore
7/24: Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
7/26: Hallmark Stars Live!
7/29: Hindley Street Country Club
7/30: Tyler Henry : An Evening of Hope and Healing
8/5: The Concert: A Tribute to Abba
8/6: Dead On Live – Bob Weir Tribute Show
8/12: EagleMania - The World's Greatest Eagles Tribute Band
8/16: The Stray Cats
8/19: Orleans, Firefall, Pure Prairie League & Atlanta Rhythm Section
8/20: Glen Burtnik's Summer of Love
9/9: Melissa Etheridge : The Rise Tour
9/10: Dion
9/12: The Australian Pink Floyd Show: The Happiest Days Of Our Lives - Greatest Hits 26
9/13: Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone
9/17: The Rascals 60th Anniversary Tour
9/18: Jessica Vosk
9/20: Air Supply: A Matter of Time Tour
9/24: An Evening with Kenny G
9/25: Ailey II
9/26: UB40: The Unstoppable Tour 2026
9/27: An Intimate Evening with David Foster & Katharine McPhee
10/1: The Commodores
10/2: Graham Nash - Live on Tour 2026
10/3: Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Got the Moves
10/8: Tom Papa : Grateful Bread Tour
10/11: Buena Vista Orchestra
10/13: Wheel of Fortune Live
10/15: Vitamin String Quartet & Girl Named Tom: The Crazy Ordinary World Tour
10/16-17: Meredith Willson 's The Music Man
10/18: Ghostbusters in Concert
10/21: Toad the Wet Sprocket: Rings: The Acoustic Tour
10/22: Croce Plays Croce
10/24: Coco Live-to-Film Concert
10/29: The Mavericks & Friends
10/30: Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience
11/6: Art Garfunkel : What a Wonderful World Celebration Concerts
11/10: Rocky in Concert: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Rocky
11/11: The United States Army Concert Band & Soldiers' Chorus (free event)
11/14: Geoff Tate's Operation: Mindcrime
11/15: Don McLean and Lee Greenwood
11/19: 10,000 Maniacs
11/20: Three Dog Night
11/21: IMOMSOHARD: The Flashback Tour
11/22: Judy Collins -- Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: Farewell
11/25: Manhattan Comedy Night
11/27: A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage
11/28: Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
12/4: Darlene Love : Love for the Holidays
12/11-27: New Jersey Ballet's The Nutcracker
1/7: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood : Asking for Trouble
1/9: Mutts Gone Nuts -- Unleashed!
1/15-16: Waitress
1/22: Manhattan Comedy Night
1/27: Cirque Alice
1/28: A Heart-Pumping Evening with Reed Timmer
1/30: Reza: Edge of Illusion
1/31: Pinkalicious
2/6-7: Mystic Pizza: A New Musical
2/12: Step Afrika!
2/13: Feast a da Funny: Italian American Comedy Night
2/14: The Cab Calloway Orchestra
2/19: Brian Stokes Mitchell
2/20: Dog Man The Musical
2/26: B.B. and Me…When Love Comes to Town
2/27: Grand Shanghai Circus
3/11: Derek Warfield and The Young Wolf Tones
3/12: The Celtic Angels
3/13: Manhattan Comedy Night
3/14: Kodo: One Earth Tour 2027: Luminance
3/18: Piano Battle
3/19: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Pirates of Penzance
3/20: Michael Carbonaro : Wonderboy
3/25: Disenchanted
4/4: “Take Me Home” The Music of John Denver starring Jim Curry
4/9: An Evening with Audra McDonald
4/10-11: The Who's Tommy
4/16: Jon Lovitz
4/17: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
4/18: The Lettermen and The Four Freshmen
4/23: The Orchestra, Starring Former members of ELO and ELO Part II
4/30: Paula Poundstone
5/1: The Fab Four: A Hard Day's Night
5/8: John Pizzarelli with Swing 7 in "Dear Mr. Bennett"
5/22: Vic DiBitetto
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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/new-jersey/article/Jessica-Vosk-Audra-McDonald-WAITRESS-and-More-Set-for-MPAC-2026-2027-Season-20260618)._
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