Wynn confirms AWAKENING closing date and 2027 replacement plan

Wynn Las Vegas has confirmed that AWAKENING will give its final performances on 10 October 2026, ending a resident engagement that began in 2022. The resort plans to bring an unnamed production to the 1,600-seat Awakening Theater in 2027, setting up a major changeover in large-scale resident theatre on the Las Vegas Strip.

Wynn has not disclosed the successor production’s title, concept, format, creative team, cast or ticketing information. The only timing supplied is the calendar year; Wynn has not narrowed the launch to a month or date. The announcement therefore does not establish whether the new work will resemble AWAKENING in scale, design or performance style.

The closure was publicly reported on 21 August 2026. AWAKENING opened at Wynn in 2022, but the current material does not establish a day-specific opening date. No exact performance total has been announced, and no continuation, transfer, touring or preservation plan has been identified for the production after its Las Vegas run.

For audiences unfamiliar with the show, AWAKENING brings together illusion, music, dance and grand-scale puppetry, performed by 60 international artists. Its narrative centres on the character IO, while Anthony Hopkins provides the narration. The action unfolds on a 360-degree prismatic stage.

The principal credited creators bring experience from Broadway and major international live entertainment. Executive producer and producer Bernie Yuman is connected in his official biography with Broadway’s ON YOUR FEET! and the Las Vegas work of Siegfried & Roy. Producer and director Baz Halpin has worked on large-scale arena and stadium productions, while producer and character designer Michael Curry is associated with THE LION KING on Broadway. The credits assign Curry the show’s character design and Halpin its direction, alongside producer roles for all three.

AWAKENING runs for 80 minutes without an interval and occupies the 1,600-seat Awakening Theater. It is a Las Vegas Strip resident production, not a Broadway or West End engagement. By announcing a 2027 replacement before the current run ends, Wynn has set out its intention to keep the room in theatrical use. The company has not said whether the successor will retain the 360-degree stage or any part of the current technical configuration.

The official remaining schedule comprises two performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 6.30 pm and 9 pm, with Sunday shows at 4 pm and 7 pm. The pattern places two performances on each of the five listed show days. Wynn confirms 10 October as the endpoint but has not identified the exact final curtain time. The published date should therefore be treated as controlling rather than assuming that a particular scheduled performance will close the run.

The financial scale attached to AWAKENING requires careful attribution. The Las Vegas Review-Journal characterises it as a $120 million production, but that figure does not appear in the current Wynn material reviewed. Wynn has not publicly confirmed or itemised the amount, so the available information does not show how much, if any, relates to development, theatre conversion, equipment or other capital expenditure. It should not be presented as an audited production-only cost.

Wynn has released no attendance, revenue, operating-cost or profitability figures for the engagement. In a statement carried by KTNV Channel 13, the company acknowledged AWAKENING’s producers, cast, crew and creative team but gave no substantive commercial or artistic reason for ending the run. Wynn has not stated how many cast, crew or venue workers will be affected. Its public material identifies 60 international artists in the production, but provides no overall workforce figure. The closure cannot reliably be attributed to ticket sales, reviews, operating costs or a broader market contraction.

No direct Australian cast, creative or producing connection has been established. The development belongs to the wider United States commercial-theatre market rather than signalling an Australian, Broadway or West End engagement. Its relevance for Australian readers lies in the scale of the Las Vegas changeover and Wynn’s decision to follow one major resident show with another production in the same 1,600-seat venue.

A ticketing discrepancy remains around the final run. Ticketmaster was still indexing AWAKENING performances on 11 October and later when the sources were reviewed, dates that conflict with Wynn’s official announcement. Those listings appear stale unless Wynn formally reconfirms them. Readers should not rely on the post-closing inventory, and no exact final-performance time should be inferred from it. Unless Wynn issues revised information, 10 October 2026 remains the confirmed last date.