The creative team is also set for the forthcoming biomusical on the 11-time Grammy winner, premiering later this month in Tennessee.
He will perform several times during the 2025–2026 season.
The festival will showcase the companies of Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem.
If you can't get a free ticket to the Shakespeare in the Park production, you can watch the play at home.
Written by Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar, the show comes to NYC via Out of the Box Theatrics.
Thirty plays will be presented at the week-long event at The Lynn F. Angelson Theater.
Kyra Belle Johnson and Fergie L. Philippe star in the Disney musical.
The committee attends all productions and later meets to determine, by vote, the Tony nominees for the season.
The release coincides with the London return of the Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan musical.