Live
Madison Wells Live develops and produces a curated slate of artist-driven work across Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End, and national tours. Our work has garnered 64 Tony Award® nominations and 21 wins. Select credits include Hadestown (Tony Award, Best Musical); Company (Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical); The Inheritance (Tony Award, Best Play); Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Tony-nominated, Best Play); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Olivier®-nominated, Best New Play); Swept Away; Shucked (Tony-nominated, Best Musical), and Hold On to Me Darling. At the heart of it all is a belief that great storytelling can provoke, inspire, and move audiences around the world.
Productions
During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish and secrets will be revealed in Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem.
After 7th grader Suzy Swanson receives the news that her best friend has drowned, she can't believe it was an accident and vows to solve the mystery of what really happened.
When a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Mass., the four survivors face a reckoning: how far will they go to stay alive? And can they live with the consequences?
Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, We Live in Cairo follows six student activists using their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are.
During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish and secrets will be revealed in Jaja’s bustling hair braiding salon in Harlem.
Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself transported to his 12th birthday where he and his friend Lettie are plunged into a magical world where their survival depends on their ability to reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything around them. From the imagination of best-selling author Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane takes audiences on an epic journey to a childhood once forgotten.
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley come together again to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. Sun Records, now donned with a Christmas tree, garland, and mistletoe, rings with the sounds of the season and chart-toppers that made these four famous. Follow along with the gang’s usual antics as we journey through a story of Christmas past, present, and future.
Seven Deadly Sins takes audiences on a tantalizing tour of their inner demons, exploring the perils and pleasures of the Biblical sins outdoors as they rotate through a series of cleverly designed storefront windows in New York’s Meatpacking District.
This re-gendered revival of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical, Company, follows bachelorette Bobbie who on the night of her 35th birthday, contemplates her life of singledom as her friends begin to wonder why can't she find the right man to settle down and start a family with.
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.
Bringing the songs of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter to the stage. This new musical set in 1920s Cumberland tells the fantastical and comical tale of Jackson Jones and his family of swindlers as they gamble their way to love and riches.
You will be transported to Memphis, Tennessee on December 4th 1956, where music was changed forever. The four musicians have a jam session at the famous Sun Records, where they created some of the most well-loved songs of all time.
Recent News
The world premiere of “Heartbreakers,” the “Romeo and Juliet” adaptation using the rock catalog of Grammy winners Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, is slated for May 4 to June 6, 2027, in CST’s small Upstairs Studio.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding peeks into the lives of an older generation, in 2019, having emigrated from the same part of the continent. Both plays probe Black female identity using a single setting yet this one takes it a step further by confining the story to one working day.
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre have released rehearsal images ahead of the UK premiere of the Tony Award-winning play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding which runs at the venue from Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 25 April 2026.
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble for the U.K. premiere of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy that will run at the London venue from March 18 through April 25.
A five-way co-production of Jocelyn Bioh’s Harlem salon comedy, directed by Whitney White, makes its final stop after crisscrossing the country.
The Tony award-winning play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding will receive its UK premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as part of its new season of work.
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan has announced three new productions for 2026.
The digital release from Joy Machine Records features the cast of the upcoming world premiere New York Theatre Workshop musical.
