‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Wicked’ coming to Peace Center for 2026-27 Broadway season
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Blockbuster musical Wicked headlines the slate of Broadway shows headed to the Peace Center for the 2026-2027 season.
The schedule features multiple magical productions like Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child .
Greenville will also host several shows on their first-ever national tour, including five-time Tony Award winner Buena Vista Social Club , a re-imagined Dirty Dancing: The Musical , and Operation Mincemeat .
Rounding out the season's lineup will be Just in Time , Heathers The Musical , and Maybe Happy Ending .
"Broadway is evolving, and this season reflects its fearless new energy," said Megan Riegel, CEO and president of the Peace Center. "We've brought together the year's most daring new hits and reimagined classics to create a season that feels both fresh and timeless, reminding us that the best stories are the ones we experience together, right here in the Upstate."
The season kicks off September 29, 2026 with Maybe Happy Ending and wraps with Buena Vista Social Club in August 2027.
Full season subscriptions go on sale Thursday at 9:30 a.m. while individual show tickets will be on sale at a later date.
Full 2026-27 Broadway season schedule:
Helen J Shen, Darren Criss in the Original Broadway Production of MAYBE HAPPY ENDING. (Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
Maybe Happy Ending
September 29 – October 4, 2026
Winner of 6 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Maybe Happy Ending tells the deeply human story of a chance encounter that sparks connection, adventure, and maybe even love. Don't miss the totally original new musical adventure that explores what it means to be human. Even if they're not.
Dirty Dancing: The Musical
November 10 – 15, 2026
Get ready to have the time of your life! Based on Lionsgate's beloved film, the story that awakened a generation is back in a new stage production. Dirty Dancing: The Musical is the feel-good escape you've been craving, alive with the pulse of electrified dancing, the thrill of secret encounters, and the allure of forbidden romance. Set to live music from the original film you love, Baby and Johnny bring to life the summer that changed everything. Your reservation at Kellerman's awaits!
Zoe Jensen as Glinda and Jessie Davidson as Elphaba in the National Tour of WICKED (Photo: Joan Marcus)
Wicked
April 21 – May 9, 2027
Welcome to the wonderful Land of Oz…where there is a 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.
The Broadway company of Operation Mincemeat (Photo: Matt Crockett)
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
May 18 – 23, 2027
How did a dead body, a fake love letter, and — of all people — Ian Fleming turn the tide of World War II? Olivier Award winner for Best New Musical and a 2025 Tony® winner, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical is the best-reviewed show in West End history. It's 1943 and the Allies are on the ropes. Luckily, they're about to gamble our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin' in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, it's the fast-paced, hilarious true story of the secret mission that won WWII.
Kyra Belle Johnson and Fergie L. Philippe in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. (Photo by Matthew Murphy. © Disney)
Disney's Beauty & The Beast
June 22 – 27, 2027
Be Our Guest at BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Disney's first North American touring production of the beloved musical in over 25 years. This enchanting and timeless tale, filled with the romance and grandeur audiences know and love, has been brought to life like never before, with spectacular new sets and dazzling costumes. The show boasts the Oscar®-winning and Tony Award®-nominated score, including the classic songs "Be Our Guest" and "Beauty and the Beast."
The cast of Heathers The Musical (Photo: Pamela Raith Photography)
Heathers The Musical
July 6 – 11, 2027
Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is, until J.D., the mysterious teen rebel, teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it's murder being a somebody…
The cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Photo: Manuel Harlan)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
July 21 – 25, 2027
Join the next adventure and experience the wizarding world like never before at this record-breaking hit and winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Play. When Harry Potter's headstrong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Prepare for a mind-blowing race through time, spectacular spells, and an epic battle, all brought to life with the most astonishing theatrical magic ever seen on stage.
Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin in Just In Time (Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
Just In Time
August 3 – 8, 2027
An "utterly electrifying" (Entertainment Weekly) new musical, JUST IN TIME brings to life the story of Bobby Darin, the legendary singer whose short but remarkable journey took him from teen idol to global sensation.
The Broadway company of Buena Vista Social Club. (Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Buena Vista Social Club
August 24 – 29, 2027
Step into the heart of Cuba, beyond the glitz of the Tropicana, to a place where blazing trumpets and sizzling guitars set the dance floor on fire. Here, the real sound of Havana is born – and one woman discovers the music that will change her life forever.
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