Encanto: The Broadway Musical

Encanto: The Broadway Musical is an upcoming musical stage show, based on the 2021 Disney movie of the same name. It is produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and acts as a live re-telling of the events of the movie. It is set to premiere at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.

Synopsis
The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift - every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigal's last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.

Act 1
The show starts with a young Mirabel being shown a special magic candle by her grandmother, Abuela Alma. Abuela tells her the story of how she lost her beloved, Pedro, and after his death, the candle created a miracle, as well as a sentient house named Casita, for the family to live within an encanto, a magical realm bordered by high mountains. The candle also gives special powers called "gifts" to the children of the family, and now it's time for Mirabel to get her gift. Mirabel asks what her gift will be, and Abuela tells her that it is sure to be as special as she is ("Open Your Eyes").

10 years later, Mirabel is now 15-years old, and some local kids start pestering her with questions about the family. She tells them all about her family and their powers. Pepa can control the weather (and is married to Félix), Julieta can heal people with her food (and is married to Agustín), Dolores has super hearing, Camilo can shapeshift, Isabela can make flowers grow, Luisa is super strong, and Bruno (who went missing on the night of her gift ceremony) can see into the future ("The Family Madrigal"). As the kids ask Mirabel what her gift is, it's revealed that she didn't get one ("What About Mirabel?").

The Madrigals gather together to prepare for the next gift ceremony for Antonio, Pepa and Félix's youngest son. Mirabel attempts to help out by setting decorations, but is shut down by Abuela, who tells her it would be better for her to step aside ("A Perfect Night"). Antonio is nervous, worried that he may not get his own gift like Mirabel, but Mirabel gives him the courage to go through with the ceremony.

On the night of the ceremony, the village gathers, excited yet nervous about what will happen ("Colombia, Mi Encanto"). As the ceremony begins, Antonio, still nervous, walks towards his door with Mirabel holding his hand, and he gets his own gift: the ability to talk with animals. As his room is formed, everyone is celebrating, and the Madrigals take a photo together, accidentally forgetting Mirabel. This leads Mirabel to sing about her true feelings about not receiving a gift ("Waiting on a Miracle").

That night, Mirabel suddenly sees cracks forming around the house, the doors losing their lights, and the candle flickering, but when she tries to show everyone, everything is back to normal, leading the family to doubt her. Julieta convinces Mirabel to get some sleep, but being far too anxious, she goes to check on the candle, only to learn that Abuela does indeed believe her, as she prays to her lost Pedro to save their miracle. Mirabel decides she will be the one to save the magic ("Save Our Miracle").

The next day, she asks Dolores if she knows anything about the magic fading, and she informs her that she heard Luisa's eye twitching all night, leading Mirabel to question Luisa. Luisa eventually confesses that she feels overburdened by the family, due to her having to carry so much ("Surface Pressure"). She also reveals that last night she felt weak, and then suggests that Mirabel go to Bruno's old room, recalling that he once had a vision about the family's magic.

Mirabel then sneaks into Bruno's tower, entering his room. After some struggling to enter his vision cave, she finds fragments of a slab of opaque emerald glass, which is Bruno's vision, and she tries to figure out what he could've seen ("What Did He See?"). She barely escapes as the cave crumbles and falls apart, and finds the vision somehow involves her. Upon leaving, Luisa reveals that her strength is fading and Abuela tells Mirabel not to talk to anyone, especially Isabela, as she is to be engaged that evening to Mariano Guzmán, a local man.

The family overhears Mirabel asking about Bruno and explains to her how his predictions often caused trouble, and Mirabel reassembles the glass and sees a picture of Casita cracking behind her, leading her to believe that she will be the one to destroy the magic ("We Don't Talk About Bruno"). As Mariano arrives for the dinner, Agustín discovers the vision, and tells Mirabel not to tell anyone about it, but Dolores overhears them discussing it, and they both realize that she's going to tell everyone during the dinner.

Act 2
As the show returns for the 2nd act, the family gets together to have dinner with the Guzmáns. However, despite Mirabel's constant stare at Dolores, she is still unable to keep what she heard a secret, and tells the family what Mirabel saw in Bruno's vision. The house begins to crack once more, and their powers begin to falter. Mirabel attempts to hide the cracks and prevent people from finding out, but amidst the chaos, Bruno's vision is assembled by coatis, and is revealed to the family. With Mariano's face injured, and a large downpour caused by Pepa, everyone blames Mirabel for the failed proposal despite her pleading she had nothing to do with the incident. Abuela tries to tell the rest of the village that nothing is wrong.

That night, Mirabel finds some rats taking the pieces of Bruno's vision, and she sees them going through a hidden passage in the walls behind a painting. She quickly follows them, as they bring the pieces to a cloaked figure, who she quickly recognizes as Bruno. She starts chasing him as he runs away, and when she falls through the floor, Bruno saves her (though it is then revealed the hole is not very deep). Mirabel follows him into his new room, where he reveals that he never really left the house, and has been living in the walls for 10 years. He tells her that the reason was because after she didn't get her gift, Abuela asked him to look into the future to figure out the reason why, and the vision was left unclear, but afraid of how his family would view it, he broke the vision and went into hiding. But he couldn't leave the family entirely, as he still cares about his family ("We Don't Talk About Bruno (Reprise)").

After hearing his story, Mirabel manages to convince Bruno to have another vision, so she can find out how to save the miracle. Bruno states that he needs a big open space to have a vision, and Antonio offers them his room (having heard everything from the rats). Mirabel and Bruno then use Antonio's room as Bruno looks into the future, but it appears the same as his last vision. Bruno and Mirabel are both confused and concerned, but Mirabel notices a yellow butterfly. They follow it and it eventually leads to them finding a solution that involves Mirabel hugging someone to make the magic burn brighter. But she's quickly infuriated to find out the person in question is Isabela ("Time for a Vision"). Mirabel complains to Bruno about it, but he tells her that she, not Isabela, will ultimately decide the Casita's fate before going back into hiding.

Mirabel then goes to try and apologize to and hug Isabela, but Isabela is far too mad to hug Mirabel, blaming her for ruining her life. Isabela demands Mirabel apologize, but Mirabel cannot bring herself to do it. As Isabela tries dragging her out, Mirabel calls Isabela out for being selfish, which makes Isabela reveal that she feels burdened by being perfect and that she never wanted to marry Mariano and was only doing so for the family. Her anger causes her to grow a cactus instead of a flower, which causes Isabela to embrace her true self by making more wild, exotic, and carnivorous plants and both sisters forgive each other and hug (fulfilling Bruno's vision), seemingly healing the house and magic ("What Else Can I Do?").

However, when Abuela discovers what has been happening, she refuses to accept that Mirabel has been doing any good, and unfairly blames Mirabel for everything, like Bruno leaving, the cracks, and the magic fading, simply out of spite for not having a gift. Isabela attempts to stand up for Mirabel, but is shut down by Abuela, who reminds her that Mirabel is the reason her engagement dinner went horribly. Abuela then grounds Mirabel for a month, but Mirabel, unable to handle anymore of Abuela's mistreatment, angrily snaps at her for always seeing her as a disappointment and putting too much pressure on the family to be perfect, revealing that Abuela is the reason Bruno left, and she is the one who has hurt the family and the miracle.

At that moment, the house begins to break apart. As it tries to get everyone out to safety, Isabela, Camilo, and the rest of the family lose their gifts as the magic quickly fades. Mirabel stays behind to try and retrieve the candle, but it disappears before she can reach it. The Casita uses its remaining magic to shield her from its collapse, and the Madrigals are all left homeless and powerless by the disaster. Full of grief, Mirabel begins to see her family ridiculing and blaming her for everything, but in reality, they are trying to comfort her. As Abuela tries to approach Mirabel for a hug, Mirabel instead sees Abuela telling her to run away and never let the family see her again. Heartbroken, Mirabel runs away, disappearing before the family can catch her ("No More Miracles").

Hours pass as the family and the rest of the town are unable to find Mirabel. Abuela eventually finds her sobbing by a river (which she was able to reach due to the mountains surrounding the village breaking apart as Casita crumbled), and Mirabel, still full of grief, apologies for ruining everything. Abuela mentions that the river is where Pedro perished, and she tells the story of how she and Pedro met, fell in love, got married, had children, and how armed conflict forced them to flee their home village, which led to Pedro sacrificing himself to save her and the rest of the village. After Abuela tells Mirabel the story, she admits that everything was indeed her fault. She explains how, determined to preserve the magic, she ignored how her expectations were harming the family, and that she forgot that what made everyone special was that they were a family. Mirabel recognizes the burdens Abuela carried having to build up the family alone, and Abuela realizes that when she called for Pedro's help, he responded by sending Mirabel, and the 2 reconcile with a hug ("Dos Oruguitas"). Bruno then appears, attempting to take the blame for what happened to the house, only to be hugged by Abuela. The 3 of them make their way back home.

After returning to the village, Mirabel reunites with the family, who all apologize for making her feel not special, but Mirabel reveals what went on between her and Abuela. She then decides they need to rebuild Casita together. Bruno is welcomed back to the family, and the rest of the village arrive to help rebuild Casita with them as thanks for all the family has done for them. While rebuilding the house, Mirabel helps Mariano and Dolores start a relationship together. After completing the house, Mirabel adds the doorknob her family made just for her to the front door, which causes the house to spring back to life, and the magic returns, giving the Madrigals back their gifts, finally letting them use them the way they want ("All of You"). During their celebration, they all get together for a family picture, this time with all the members, including Mirabel and Bruno, ending the show.

Cast

 * Isabela Merced as Mirabel Madrigal
 * Olga Merediz as Alma (Abuela) Madrigal
 * Lin-Manuel Miranda as Bruno Madrigal
 * Naomi Scott as Isabela Madrigal
 * Auli'i Cravalho as Luisa Madrigal
 * Zendaya as Dolores Madrigal
 * Rhenzy Feliz as Camilo Madrigal
 * Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Antonio Madrigal
 * Carolina Gaitán as Pepa Madrigal
 * Daveed Diggs as Félix Madrigal
 * Susana Zabaleta as Julieta Madrigal
 * Pedro Pascal as Agustín Madrigal
 * Maluma as Mariano Guzmán
 * Anthony Ramos as Pedro Madrigal

Songs

 * Open Your Eyes
 * The Family Madrigal
 * A Perfect Night
 * Colombia, Mi Encanto
 * Waiting on a Miracle
 * Save Our Miracle
 * Surface Pressure
 * What Did He See?
 * We Don't Talk About Bruno
 * We Don't Talk About Bruno (Reprise)
 * Time for a Vision
 * What Else Can I Do?
 * No More Miracles
 * Dos Oruguitas
 * All of You

Trivia

 * Each of the Madrigals are each represented with a different musical instrument, with the songs usually playing their respective instruments throughout their parts.
 * Mirabel - Accordion
 * Alma - Piano
 * Bruno - Rainstick
 * Isabela - Harp
 * Luisa - Flute
 * Dolores - Maracas
 * Camilo - Trumpet
 * Antonio - Steel Drum
 * Pepa - Vibraphone
 * Félix - Saxophone
 * Julieta - Choir
 * Agustín - Clarinet
 * Pedro - Guitar