On June 5, A.C.T. of CT unveiled its 2026/2027 season at its Annual Season Announcement Gala, and in typical fashion, the night felt like a full Broadway production itself. There’s a growing expectation around the theater’s season reveals, and this year did not disappoint.
A.C.T.’s three mainstage productions for the 2026/2027 season were revealed, and audiences were ecstatic to be the very first to hear.
Opening the season in October and November will be Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – the Tony Award-winning musical that tells the story of Carole King’s rise from a teenage songwriter in Brooklyn to one of the most influential voices in popular music. Featuring the songs that defined a generation, it blends biography and nostalgia in a way that feels both intimate and full of life.
In February and March, the theater’s second production will be the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q. When this title was announced at the gala, the room erupted with excitement! Avenue Q is a hilarious and defiantly irreverent musical featuring a cast of live actors and puppets navigating the ups and downs of adulthood in a scrappy corner of New York City. With a score that’s as catchy as it is outrageous, the show somehow manages to be wildly inappropriate and deeply heartfelt all at once. Often described as “Sesame Street for grown-ups,” it leans all the way into the messiness of real life – jobs, relationships, purpose – and finds humor (and surprising honesty) in all of it. This is one for adult audiences ready to laugh… and maybe recognize a little too much of themselves along the way.
But what people kept circling back to afterward was the third show’s name…the one we didn’t get.
Artistic Director Daniel C. Levine made it clear that the third production is fully secured and confirmed for May and June, but due to licensing restrictions, the theater is not yet permitted to publicly announce the title. It’s the kind of “behind-the-scenes” reality audiences don’t always see, where licensing contracts dictate not just what can be produced, but when it can be revealed. In this case, that limitation didn’t dampen the moment – it became part of the intrigue!
“I would obviously love to share the name of the final production for next season,” Levine said, “but sometimes the timing of announcements isn’t entirely in our control. What I can say is that this is a show people have been asking us for years. It’s been on my radar since first opening A.C.T. of CT, and it’s taken a long time to line everything up. When we’re able to officially announce the title on October 19th, it’s going to feel worth the wait!”
And that was enough to do exactly what it needed to do.
Even without a name attached, the mystery show has already taken on a life of its own. People were guessing and trying to read between the lines. Not announcing it made it the most talked-about part of the night.
One thing was clear: audiences are ready, and A.C.T. of CT’s next season is going to deliver! •
