Winter 2025-2026 Events With Audio Description

American Repertory Theater (ART)

Location: Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

To purchase accessibility tickets for these performances or for access questions, contact Access@AmRep.org.

Wonder

Audio described: Saturday, January 24, 2026, 2:00 PM

Based on the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio and the Lionsgate and Mandeville film Wonder. This uplifting new musical follows the Pullman family as they navigate change, identity, and what it means to belong. Auggie Pullman has been homeschooled his entire life, often retreating to outer space in his imagination. But when his family decides it’s time for him to start going to school, Auggie must take off the space helmet he has used to hide his facial difference. As Auggie navigates a world filled with kindness and cruelty, his family go on their own journeys of transformation and discovery. Featuring a driving, pop-inspired score, Wonder celebrates empathy, resilience, and the power of choosing kindness.

Location: Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge

Arts Emerson (AEM)

Productions are at either the Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston or The Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston. Be sure to doublecheck locations for specific performances.

To order tickets, contact the box office at Tickets@ArtsEmerson.org, call 617-824-8400, or purchase tickets and reserve headsets online at http://ArtsEmerson.org . For more information, contact Jennie Anisimov Jennie_Anisimov@Emerson.edu or call 617-824-3091.

SpaceBridge

Audio described: Sunday, November 23, 2025, 2:00 PM

Russian refugee children and their American-born friends unite in joyful resistance, offering unignorable anti-war messages and reimagining what it means to belong. SpaceBridge brings together Russian refugee children—who fled to the U.S. due to their families’ anti-war stance and now live in NYC shelters—with American peers to build a more welcoming world. Created by Irina Kruzhilina, SpaceBridge centers on Russian youth affected by the war in Ukraine.

Location: Paramount Center – RJO Mainstage, 559 Washington Street, Boston

Noli Timere

Audio described: Saturday, January 31, 2026 8:00 PM

Noli Timere is a soaring aerial performance featuring eight extraordinary, multidisciplinary performers moving over and within a custom designed net sculpture, suspended up to 25 feet in the air. Conceived by Guggenheim Award-winning choreographer Rebecca Lazier in partnership with world-renowned sculptor Janet Echelman, Noli Timere presents a seamless, symbiotic interaction between movement and sculpture in which both are continually reshaped and transformed by one another. Created with original music by acclaimed Quebecoise composer Jorane, Noli Timere fuses contemporary dance and avant-garde circus with art installation and advanced engineering to question how we navigate an unstable world.

Location: Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston

Broadway in Boston (BIB)

Citizens Opera House, 539 Washington Street, Boston, MA

For tickets contact 617-259-3440 or visit boston.broadway.com/theatre/citizens-opera-house/#accessibility

The Sound of Music

Audio described: Sunday, January 11, 2026, 1:00 PM

For 65 years, The Sound of Music has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant to be enjoyed – it’s meant to be shared. Now, a critically acclaimed North American tour brings the cherished musical to stages across the country to teach a new generation to sing. This vibrant and romantic tale of Maria and the von Trapp family will captivate audiences with its universal themes of love, resilience and the power of music. Featuring beloved songs like “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and “Edelweiss,” The Sound of Music is the iconic tale of a spirited nun who chooses not to live behind closed doors – and, by following her heart, learns to climb every mountain. The Sound of Music features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the Oscar®-winning film, which continues to be one of the most successful movie musicals of all time.

Location: Citizens Opera House, 539 Washington Street, Boston

Some Like it Hot

Audio described: Sunday, February 1, 2026, 1:00 PM

Winner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album. Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, Some Like It Hot is the glorious, big, high-kicking story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime. With its irresistible combination of heart and laughs, song and dance, Some Like It Hot won more theater awards than any show in its season, and was named Best Musical by the Drama Desk, The Drama League, and the Outer Critics Circle.

Location: Citizens Opera House, 539 Washington Street, Boston

Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts (HAN)

2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA

For tickets call the box office at 877-571-7469 or email Info@TheHanoverTheater.com Mentioning audio description seating, and for discounted tickets use the code “AUDIO”.

A Christmas Carol

Audio described: Sunday, December 21, 2025, 2:00 PM

Adapted by Main Stage Artistic Director, Troy Siebels, The Hanover Theatre proudly presents our 18th annual production of A Christmas Carol. New York based, John Little, reprises the epic role of Ebenezer Scrooge as the bitter old cheapskate. Featuring original music composed by Worcester’s own Steve Gagliastro, this festive holiday favorite is accompanied by the Mighty Wurlitzer for A Christmas Carol that is timeless, nostalgic, and one-of-a-kind. Be sure to get seated early to enjoy a special pre-show concert featuring the largest and most versatile theatre pipe organ in New England, led by accomplished organist Sean Redrow.

Chicago

Audio described: Sunday, January 11, 2026, 1:00 PM

In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses, vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart, become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amidst a media frenzy. Broadway’s longest-running musical has been razzle dazzling audiences for over 28 years, 6 Tony® Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, and a Grammy®, we’re just getting started.

The Huntington Theatre Company (HTC)

264 Huntington Avenue, Boston

The Huntington’s renovated theatre on Huntington Avenue is the place to be for great accessible theater this season. Some shows will run at the Huntington Theatre, and others will be at the Huntington’s Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End. Please note the location of each production. For more information on The Huntington’s access programs and to reserve tickets, please email Access@HuntingtonTheatre.org or call 617-266-2800. Tickets are $20 for each blind/low vision patron and a guest. Season Ticket Packages can be booked in advance. Keep the same seats for every performance, and renew into the same seats next season! Don’t want to see all the shows? Pick and choose which ones you want for the same $20 price. Please note that the start times vary for each production!

Fun Home

Audio described: Saturday December 6, 2025, 2:00 PM

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book! Winner! Two Obie Awards, including Outstanding Musical! **Fun Home **is a beloved, groundbreaking, and emotionally rich story of seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir, the musical traces Alison through childhood, college, and adulthood, as she unravels her complex relationship with a brilliant, volatile, and closeted father. How have the mysteries of her father’s life shaped her own understanding of love and self-acceptance? With a soaring score by Jeanine Tesori and a sharp, heartfelt book by Lisa Kron, Fun Home is a beautiful, can’t-miss theatrical experience, directed by Logan Ellis.

Location: The Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston

SpeakEasy Stage Company (SPK)

All performances of SpeakEasy Stage Company productions will take place in the Roberts Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston MA

Tickets for patrons utilizing the Audio Description service (and their guests), are $25, with the code SPKAUDIO. Call the BCA box office at 617-933-8600, or email Alex Lonati at AlexLonati@SpeakEasyStage.com.

Lizard Boy

Audio described: Sunday, November 16, 2025, 3:00 PM, & Friday, November 21, 2025, 7:30 PM

Lizard Boy is a musical by Justin Huertas. Trevor doesn’t get out much—but tonight, everything changes. What starts as a first date turns into an unexpected adventure in this funny, offbeat, and deeply moving new musical. Featuring a genre-blending indie-rock score and three Drama Desk nominations, Lizard Boy is a heartfelt and wildly inventive coming-of-age story about self-acceptance, connection, and becoming the hero of your own life.

Job

Audio described: Tentative dates: Sunday, January 25, 2026, 3:00 PM, & Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:30 PM

Written by Max Wolf Friedlich, Job tells the story of Jane, who wants her Big Tech job back. Loyd, the therapist assigned to assess her, isn’t so sure. As their session spirals, Job becomes a high-stakes psychological thriller—probing power, politics, and mental health in an age where identity is performative and everything is on the record.

Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT) at Boston University

180 The Riverway, Boston, MA

For tickets, call 617-353-3001 or visit WFT’s website at http://WheelockFamilyTheatre.org . All performances will be Open Captioned. To learn more about accessibility at Wheelock Family Theatre, contact Jamie Aznive at (617) 353-1451 or at Jaznive@BU.edu.

Annie

Audio described: Sunday, December 7, 2025, 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:00 AM (Student Matinee), & Friday, December 12, 2025, 7:30 PM

Set in 1930s New York City during the Great Depression, Annie is the heartwarming story of a young orphan girl with unwavering optimism and a belief that brighter days are always ahead. Living under the harsh care of the bitter Miss Hannigan, Annie dreams of reuniting with her parents. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she is invited to spend Christmas with billionaire Oliver Warbucks.