Dancing With the Stars Spotlights Disney Broadway
Connor Wood's Team Wildcats earned a perfect score from judges in the season's first team dances.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Dance
Dancing with the Stars held its Disney on Broadway Night episode, with contestants performing routines to songs from Disney Broadway musicals. Cynthia Erivo of Wicked served as guest judge, and several Broadway singers performed during the broadcast.
Why it matters
The episode marked the first team dances of the season and featured a theme that drew on Broadway-style staging. Contestants also worked with one less rehearsal day because of election night.
Team Wildcats, made up of Ezra Frech, Harry Shum Jr., and Jenna Dewan, received a perfect score from the judges in the season's first team dances. Contestants had one fewer rehearsal day than planned because of election night, and the stub does not report scores for the remaining teams.
The players
Dancing with the Stars
A long-running reality competition in which celebrities are paired with professional dancers and scored by a panel of judges.
Cynthia Erivo
An Oscar- and Tony-nominated actress and singer best known for originating the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked.
The details
Team captains Tatyana Ali and Connor Wood were chosen for having the season's lowest scores and selected their teammates. Routines were built around songs including "A Star Is Born" from Hercules, "I See the Light" from Tangled, and "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid.
Timeline
Election night: contestants lost one rehearsal day ahead of the episode.
Friday at 1 p.m.: Mirrorball Madness airs weekly on KAMR+ and MyHighPlains.com.
Next week: the episode themed "Grammy Night" airs.
Industry Dynamics
Themed nights like Disney on Broadway extend the franchise's pattern of pairing celebrity dancers with recognizable musical catalogs, which keeps familiar show tunes central to its format. Using Broadway performers and a guest judge from a Broadway hit ties the broadcast to the live-theater audience that also supports these stage productions.
Viewers can watch the weekly episode on KAMR+ and MyHighPlains.com, with the broadcast airing Fridays at 1 p.m. The schedule means audiences can follow the team competition on the same weekly timetable as the season's other episodes.
The takeaway
Themed episodes give the season a clear structure that viewers can follow week to week. Watching the team dances in order shows how captains' choices and rehearsal schedules shape the final scores.
What happens next
The next episode, themed "Grammy Night," airs next week.
Further reading
For more on performance trends, see our Dance coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by NBC4 - Amarillo.
