Mayo Performing Arts Center announces 2025-26 season (COMPLETE LIST HERE)

by JAY LUSTIG
mayo center morristown 2025-26 season

Shows coming to The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown include, clockwise from top left, The New York Bee Gees, Wynton Marsalis, Aaron Tveit and “Chicago.”

Dozens of shows at The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown will go on sale June 23 at 10 a.m; this represents the bulk of the theater’s 2025-26 season, though many more shows will be added later.

The season will officially begin with Tony-winning (for “Moulin Rouge!”) singer and actor Aaron Tveit, Sept. 12. Other bookings include Joss Stone, Amy Grant, “Riverdance,” “Chicago,” Leslie Odom Jr., Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Alan Cumming, Linda Eder and New Jersey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.”

Here is a list of all the shows that are current booked. Shows with asterisks (*) are already on sale or, in the case of Steve Winwood on Sept. 24, have sold out. The rest will go on sale June 23 at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted (though MPAC members and season-ticket holders have access as of today).

For information, visit mayoarts.org.

ISAAC MIZRAHI

June 20: So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience starring Robert Neary*
June 21: Happy Together Tour featuring The Turtles, Jay & The Americans, Little Anthony, The Vogues, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, The Cowsills*
June 26: Isaac Mizrahi*
June 28: “Girls Night: The Musical*

July 11: “How to Train Your Dragon” in Concert, featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Lawrence Loh*
July 17: The Hit Men*
July 24: Jessie’s Girl, “Back to the Eighties”*
July 30: Zeppelin Reimagined, Led Zeppelin tribute*

Aug. 6: Dave Koz and Friends featuring Marcus Anderson, Jeff Bradshaw, Leo P, Evan Taylor and Marcel Anderson*
Aug. 7: Little River Band*
Aug. 14: Tommy James & the Shondells*
Aug. 20: Lotus Land, Rush tribute. On sale June 20 at 10 a.m.
Aug. 21: “90s Mixtape Live,” presented by Classic Replay*

Sept. 11: Celtic Thunder*
Sept. 12: Aaron Tveit*
Sept. 20: MasterChef All-Stars Live*
Sept. 21: The Platters, The Coasters, The Classic Drifters*
Sept. 24: Steve Winwood (sold out)*
Sept. 26-27: “The Addams Family”*

AMY GRANT

Oct. 2: Yes*
Oct. 3: “Disney’s Moana” live-to-film concert
Oct. 5: Masters of Illusion
Oct. 7: Joss Stone*
Oct. 8: Amy Grant, “Songs/Stories/Memories”*
Oct. 9: Yächtley Crëw*
Oct. 12: Celebrating Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Helloween featuring Meat Loaf’s band The Neverland Express with singer Caleb Johnson
Oct. 17: “The Psychology of Cults,” hosted by Ashlen Hilliard
Oct. 18: Randy Travis, “More Life Tour” featuring Travis’ touring band with singer James Dupré (Travis will be onstage but will not sing)*
Oct. 22: Aaron Lewis & the Stateliners*
Oct. 23: “Disney’s Fantasia” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos*
Oct. 24: Il Divo by Candlelight, with string trio Simply Three*
Oct. 25: *Girls Gone Bible Live Tour”*
Oct. 26: “Gabby’s Dollhouse Live!”*

Nov. 1: Anthony Rodia
Nov. 6: NEEDTOBREATHE, acoustic tour*
Nov. 8-9: “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”
Nov. 14: “Visionary Voices” (works by Lauren Lovette, Justin Peck and Harrison Ball), presented by New Jersey Ballet
Nov. 16: “A Drag Queen Christmas” hosted by Nina West*
Nov. 22: Sutton Foster
Nov. 28: Leslie Odom Jr., “The Christmas Tour”*
Nov. 29: “Manhattan Comedy Night,” lineup TBA

RUBEN STUDDARD

Dec. 2: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “A Creole Christmas”
Dec. 3: “Home for the Holidays” with Peabo Bryson, Sheena Easton, Ruben Studdard and Ilya Serov
Dec. 5: The Irish Tenors (Declan Kelly, Anthony Kearns and Ronan Tynan)
Dec. 12-14, 19-21, 24 and 26-27: “The Nutcracker,” presented by New Jersey Ballet with Tchaikovsky’s score performed by New Jersey Symphony

Jan. 3: “Magic Rocks” starring Leon Etienne
Jan. 9: Yellow Brick Joel, tribute to Elton John (featuring Bill Connors) and Billy Joel (featuring David Clark)
Jan. 16-18: “Chicago the Musical”
Jan. 30: “Manhattan Comedy Night,” lineup TBA
Jan. 31: The New York Bee Gees, The Bee Gees tribute

Feb. 5: Alan Cumming, “Uncut,” with pianist Henry Koperski
Feb. 6: David Foster & Katharine McPhee
Feb. 7: The Man in Black, Johnny Cash tribute featuring Shawn Barker
Feb. 12: The Temptations, The Four Tops
Feb. 13: Cirque Kalabante
Feb. 14: Linda Eder
Feb. 20: “Rent in Concert”
Feb. 27: The Fab Four, The Beatles tribute
Feb. 28: Ndlovu Youth Choir

JESÚS ALEMAÑY

March 1: “Curious George: The Golden Meatball”
March 5: The Simon & Garfunkel Story
March 6-8: “Riverdance 30: The New Generation”
March 10: Gregorian: Pure Chants World Tour featuring Songs of Enigma*
March 15: “The Gazillion Bubble Show”
March 20-21: “Icons of the American Ballet” (works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp), presented by New Jersey Ballet with New Jersey Symphony
March 21-22: “Sleeping Beauty,” presented by New Jersey Ballet with New Jersey Symphony
March 25: !Cubanismo! featuring Jesús Alemañy
March 26: The Ten Tenors
March 27: “The Mikado,” presented by New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

April 9: “Women of Americana: A Celebration of American Music From Bob Dylan to Bonnie Raitt” featuring Cristina Vane and Brennen Leigh
April 18: Tony Danza, “Standards & Stories”
April 22: One Night of Queen, Queen tribute featuring Gary Mullen & the Works
April 24: The String Queens

May 3: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
May 9: The Doo Wop Project
May 15: The Glenn Miller Orchestra

June 27, 2026: Three American Troubadours: Celebrating Taylor, Simon & King, tribute to James Taylor, Carly Simon and Carole King featuring Lisa Sherman, Alice Leon and James Gedeon

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