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Wonder Musical Premieres at ART With Authentic Casting and New Moon Boy Device

Performances continue in Cambridge through February 8.

Overview

  • Garrett McNally, who shares the role of Auggie with Max Voehl, portrays the character with the same facial difference, emphasizing genuine disability representation.
  • The world-premiere adaptation at ART’s Loeb Drama Center features music and lyrics by A Great Big World, a book by Sarah Ruhl, and direction by Taibi Magar.
  • A newly added character, Moon Boy—Auggie’s imaginary friend and alter ego—offers a theatrical window into the protagonist’s inner voice, performed by Nathan Salstone.
  • Early reviews praise the young ensemble’s vocal power and the piano-driven score, while noting uneven pacing that speeds through parts of the second act.
  • Javier Muñoz plays Auggie’s father, Nate, highlighting the production’s focus on joy, humanity, and the story’s choose-kind ethos.