Palace Theater's 25-26 Season on Sale on Sept. 8

Press release

PALACE THEATER’S 2025-2026 SEASON ON SALE SEPTEMBER 8THAWARD-WINNING LINEUP ON CONNECTICUT’S MOST ICONIC STAGE

WATERBURY, CT – On Monday, September 8th, tickets for all shows and concerts in the Palace Theater’s 2025-2026 Season will be available to the public. From main stage shows that include touring shows, concerts, and comedians, to more intimate conversations with authors and performers, the award-winning line-up continues the Palace’s tradition of offering the highest quality live entertainment in the most elegant setting in Connecticut!

The Palace’s exciting 2025-2026 Webster Bank Broadway Series is full of fantastic characters and delightful storytelling told across many theatrical forms! The season features fabulous titles and characters including Regency heroines like Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Austen in Austen’s Pride, a rock’n’roll icon in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, six suspicious dinner guests who bring the family favorite board game to life in Clue, a 1970’s rock band on the verge of stardom in Stereophonic, a fast-talking salesman and a charming librarian who fall in love in Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, and Blue Man Group’s three blue musicians ready to mesmerize the audience from the first drum beat. The season also brings comedians, concerts, and speakers to Waterbury, including 16-time Grammy award-winning musician, songwriter, and producer David Foster and acclaimed singer, television and Broadway star, Katharine McPhee, the “undisputed queen” of Reggaetón Ivy Queen, adventurer Josh Gates, and Hollywood medium Tyler Henry.

Off the Main Stage, the Palace also serves as the area’s most intimate jazz club in the Poli Club, featuring nationally acclaimed jazz artists. Additionally, The Spotlight Series focuses on remarkable people while showcasing the art of storytelling. I Wrote That Author Talks offer insight into the creative process of writing, 2ND ACT features the extraordinary things people do in the second half of their lives, while Immigrant Stories presents first-person accounts of moving to a new country and starting over. New to the series this season are CommUNITY Storytime events for families, featuring children’s authors presenting interactive, age-appropriate activities to complement their stories. Also new this year is Upstaged, a collection of dramatic performances presented in an intimate setting.

Tickets are on sale beginning September 8th to most shows and may be purchased online at palacetheaterct.org, by phone at 203-346-2000, or in person at the Box Office, 100 East Main St.

Shows are added continuously throughout the season, so patrons are encouraged to check the website often.

The 2025-2026 lineup Includes:
FALL 2025
September 4 Drag at the Poli
September 19 Jazz: Adam Birnbaum Trio
September 20 Upstaged: “Draw Me Without Borders” by Margaret Gibson
September 26-27 Austen’s Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice
October 3 Jazz: Svetlana & the New York Collective
October 7 2nd Act: Jane Pinho
October 10 KC and the Sunshine Band
October 11 Anthony Rodia: Laugh Till It Hurts Tour 2025
October 17 America: Encore Tour
October 18 I Wrote That: Lillian Colón
October 18 Ivy Queen
October 21 2nd Act: Bob Burns
October 22 Immigrant Stories: Tetyana Pavelo
October 24 Jazz: Jonathan Karrant Quartet
October 25 Yӓchtley Crëw
October 30 Hocus Pocus Live
November 1-2 Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
November 4 Immigrant Stories: Tefta Bushka
November 5 I Wrote That: John Scully
November 7 Jazz: Litchfield Jazz presents Alexis Cole and David Fink
November 15 TUSK The Classic Fleetwood Mac Tribute
November 21 Jazz: Dana Lauren Quartet
December 2 2nd Act: Roberto Alfaro
December 5 The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight 2025
December 6 Blippi: Join the Band Tour
December 7 Upstaged: “A Christmas Carol” by Dick Terhune
December 12 Jazz: Abrianna Madden
December 13 Woodbury Ballet presents The Nutcracker
December 16-18 Clue
December 27 Shen Yun
December 30 Community Storytime: Mya McLure, the Brave Science Girl: The Toad Cave by Douglas Haddad

SPRING 2026
January 20 2nd Act: Colleen Conway
January 24 Community Storytime: The Whisper That Is Mine by Susan Lane
January 31 David Foster & Katharine McPhee
February 27 Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons
February 28 Community Storytime: Our Joyful Noise by Gabriele Davis
March 3-4 Blue Man Group
March 7 Upstaged: “The Play’s The Thing” by Stuart Brown
March 8 The Shamrock Tenors
March 14 Jurassic Park in Concert with the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
March 24-26 Stereophonic
April 9 Upstaged: “Karma Kabaret” by Marilyn Zavidow
April 18 Tragedy to Triumph: Stories of Hope
April 21 I Wrote That: Michael Griffin
April 25 2nd Act: David Marchi
April 28 Immigrant Stories: Antonietta Barbato
May 5 I Wrote That: Barbara Newhart
May 19 Immigrant Stories: Andrea Santos
June 2-3 Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
June 20 Josh Gates Live!
June 25 Tyler Henry