Wicked, SIX, Les Mis, & Chicago – Broadway Shows Coming to Iowa

If you're a fan of musicals, you'll be able to see some big ones in Iowa in the coming months! Here's a rundown of the nationally touring musicals that are stopping in Iowa within the next year or so:

The Addams Family

• Adler Theatre, Davenport
  • Thursday, October 16th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
• Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls
  • Friday, October 17th & Saturday, October 18th, 2025 at 7 p.m.
• Stephens Auditorium, Ames
  • Sunday, October 19th at 7:30 p.m.
• "Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren't upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's 'normal' boyfriend and his parents."

The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows Tuesday, October 21st to Sunday, October 26th, 2025
• "Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A Beautiful Noise is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chartbusting, show-stopping American rock icon."

Les Misérables

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Wednesday, November 12th to Sunday, November 16th, 2025
• "Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit."

The Notebook

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Tuesday, December 2nd to Sunday, December 7th, 2025
• "Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, The Notebook tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart."

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

• Adler Theatre, Davenport
  • Sunday, December 7th, 2025 at 3 p.m.
• Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls
  • Friday, December 12th & Saturday, December 13th, 2025 at 7 p.m.
• Stephens Auditorium, Ames
  • Monday, December 15th, 2025 at 7 p.m.
• "Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains, this incredibly heartwarming, unforgettable production and amazing cast imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season."
• Featuring songs by Dolly Parton - Dolly is NOT part of the show

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Tuesday, December 16th to Sunday, December 21st, 2025
• "...The Grinch discovers there’s more to Christmas than he bargained for in this heart-warming holiday classic. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is “two sizes too small,” decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday-loving Whos."

Hadestown

• Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
• Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
• "HADESTOWN intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back."

Mrs. Doubtfire

• Adler Theatre, Davenport
  • Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
• Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls
  • Tuesday, January 27th & Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 at 7 p.m.
• Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
  • Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
• Stephens Auditorium, Ames
  • Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
• "Based on the beloved film, MRS. DOUBTFIRE tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids."

SIX

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Tuesday, January 13th to Sunday, January 18th, 2026
• "From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power!"

Kinky Boots

• Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
• Dates/Times
  • Friday, January 23rd, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, January 24th, 2026 at 2 p.m.
  • Saturday, January 24th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, January 25th, 2026 at 2 p.m.
• "Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. The unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that you change the world when you change your mind."

Dog Man: The Musical

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Saturday, January 31st, 2026 at 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.
• "Best buds George and Harold have been creating comics for years, but now that they’re in 5th grade, they figure it's time to level up and write a musical based on their favorite character, Dog Man, the crime-biting sensation who is part dog, part man, and ALL HERO!! How hard could it be?"

Chicago

• Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls
  • Monday, February 2nd & Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 at 7 p.m.
• Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
  • Monday, March 2nd, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
• "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."

Kimberly Akimbo

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Tuesday, February 3rd to Sunday, February 8th
• "Kimberly is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this 'howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show' (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush… and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure."

The Outsiders

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Tuesday, February 24th to Sunday, March 1st
• "In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their Greaser family of ‘outsiders’ battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. The Outsiders navigates the complexities of self-discovery as the Greasers dream about who they want to become in a world that may never accept them."

The Music Man

• Des Moines Civic Center
  • Dates/Times
    • Friday, March 20th, 2026 at 7 p.m.
    • Saturday, March 21st, 2026 at 2 p.m.
    • Saturday, March 21st, 2026 at 7 p.m.
    • Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 at 1 p.m.
    • Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.
• Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
  • Dates/Times
    • Friday, March 27th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
    • Saturday, March 28th, 2026 at 2 p.m.
    • Saturday, March 28th 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
    • Sunday, March 29th, 2026 at 2 p.m.
• "Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize — this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall."

Beetlejuice

• Adler Theatre, Davenport
  • Shows Tuesday, April 28th to Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
• Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City
  • Dates/Times
    • Friday, May 1st, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
    • Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 at 2 p.m.
    • Saturday, May 2nd, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
    • Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 1 p.m.
    • Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.
• "Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, BEETLEJUICE tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes."

Suffs

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Dates/Times
  • Shows from Tuesday, April 28th to Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
• "BEHIND EVERY POWERFUL WOMAN… ARE MORE POWERFUL WOMEN. Direct from Broadway, comes the acclaimed Tony Award®-winning Suffs about the brilliant, passionate, and funny American women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote."

Wicked

• Des Moines Civic Center
• Shows from Wednesday, September 2nd through Sunday, September 20th, 2026
• "Wicked, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships… until the world decides to call one 'good' and the other one 'wicked.'"

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