Wonder at Loeb Drama Center

Wonder

Loeb Drama Center
64 Brattle St. Cambridge

From the theater that brought you Gatsby, Waitress, and Jagged Little Pill comes a new musical about change, identity, and what it means to belong. Featuring a driving, pop-inspired score by the GRAMMY Award?-winning duo A Great Big World (?Say Something,? ?This Is the New Year?) and a book by MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl (Eurydice; The Clean House; Smile, a memoir), this uplifting show celebrates empathy, resilience, and the power of choosing kindness

Presented by American Repertory Theater

Thru - Feb 8, 2026

Tuesdays: 7:00pm

Wednesdays: 2:00pm & 7:00pm

Thursdays: 7:00pm

Fridays: 7:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 7:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 617-547-8300

americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/wonder/

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Wonder Reviews

Average Rating based on 7 reviews

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The Boston Globe - Highly Recommended

"...The most striking aspect of the new musical "Wonder" is the light touch the creative team takes to heavy subjects. Not light as in "superficial;" instead, it's more subtle, introducing ideas and then letting them unfold in a way that allows the audience to choose what's important to them. The result is an extraordinarily heartfelt story that avoids dipping into cliche."

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- Terry Byrne

WBUR - Highly Recommended

"...The dynamic world premiere boasts an excellent ensemble with impressive vocals and begs audiences to change the way they see the world. Based on R.J. Palacio's novel of the same name (which was made into a film), the play is written by MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Sarah Ruhl with music and lyrics by Ian Axel and Chad King, the Grammy-winning pop duo known as A Great Big World."

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- Jacquinn Sinclair

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...American Repertory Theater’s world premiere of the musical adaptation of R. J. Palacio’s best-selling Wonder and the eponymous 2017 film, is, indeed, filled with wonders. The children’s novel is not only the story of a boy with a facial difference, though that is its most visible marker, but also the story of his family and friends, and how his struggle to make his way in a world that isn’t always kind affects them."

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- Lynne Weiss

New England Theater Mirror - Highly Recommended

"...This is the premise of Wonder, the new coming-of-age musical drama débuting at American Repertory Theater. Based on R.J. Palacio’s best-selling 2012 young adult novel, Sarah Ruhl’s play tells the story of Auggie Pullman, a boy born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that interferes with the development of facial features."

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- Shelley A. Sackett

The New England Theatre Geek - Not Recommended

"...Wonder: The Musical, with a book by Sarah Ruhl, music and lyrics by A Great Big World (Ian Axel and Chad King), and direction by Taibi Magar, largely misses the mark, even falling prey to tropes that the source material managed to avoid."

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- Maegan Bergeron-Clearwood

Boston Arts Diary - Highly Recommended

"...The music, though thematically uniform throughout, is played beautifully, and the songs, though quite similar in tonality, carry a kind of beautiful comprehensive effect that relies on the honesty and heartfelt-ness of the writing and potency of the production rather than upon the inventiveness of the material. Indeed, sometimes the most simply expressed poems can be greatly affecting, and this is very true of this endearing, moving and beautifully executed production."

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- Charles Munitz

On Boston Stages - Recommended

"...Despite its imperfections, “Wonder” is blessed with a plethora of young talent, some very smart staging and choreography, and an upbeat message – choose kindness — strongly and clearly sent."

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- Rich Fahey

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Wonder Reviews

The Boston Globe - Highly Recommended

WBUR - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

New England Theater Mirror - Highly Recommended

The New England Theatre Geek - Not Recommended

Boston Arts Diary - Highly Recommended

On Boston Stages - Recommended

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