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# ‘Water for Elephants’ musical to launch national tour in fall 2025
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/water-for-elephants-musical-to-launch-national-tour-in-fall-2025/
- Published: 2024-08-13T13:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-13T13:06:57.000Z
- Description: The Tony Award-nominated musical will hit the road.
- Author: Andy Lefkowitz
- Tags: Tour, Water for Elephants, News

“Water for Elephants,” the circus-infused musical that received seven [2024 Tony Award nominations](https://www.broadwaynews.com/2024-tony-nominations-the-full-list/), will receive a national tour, set to begin in fall 2025\. The tour will launch in Baltimore, Maryland, in the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.

Featuring a score by [PigPen Theatre Co.](https://www.broadwaynews.com/with-water-for-elephants-pigpen-theatre-co-reignites-imagination-on-broadway/) and a Tony-nominated book by [Rick Elice](https://www.broadwaynews.com/rick-elice-reveals-the-guiding-emotion-of-water-for-elephants/), “Water for Elephants” is an adaptation of Sara Gruen’s 2006 novel of the same name. The musical follows soon-to-be-veterinarian Jacob Jankowski who, following a tragic incident, finds comfort and a new family among both humans and animals of a Depression-era traveling [circus](https://www.broadwaynews.com/in-water-for-elephants-circus-moves-arent-just-tricks-theyre-storytelling/). 

Tony nominee [Jessica Stone](https://www.broadwaynews.com/5-minutes-with-a-tony-nominee-water-for-elephants-jessica-stone/) directs the musical, which began Broadway previews on Feb. 24 and [opened](https://www.broadwaynews.com/the-broadway-review-water-for-elephants-explores-familiar-territory-through-novel-theatrics/) on March 21 at the Imperial Theatre, where it continues to play. Joining Stone on the musical’s creative team are Tony-nominated co-choreographers [Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb](https://www.broadwaynews.com/in-water-for-elephants-circus-moves-arent-just-tricks-theyre-storytelling/).

Tour casting and a full schedule of cities and venues are still to be announced.