NEW JERSEY THEATRE NEWSROOM

The Morris Choral Society will close its season with a performance of Brahms Requiem at St.

Two River Theater held its 32nd Annual Gala at Park Loft, raising $320,000 and featuring live performances from the cast of world premiere musical ELEPHANT SHOES, a co-production with Deaf West Theatre.

Earthquake's annual Father's Day Comedy Show returns to NJPAC in Newark, hosted by Sheryl Underwood, with performances by TK Kirkland, Donnell Rawlings, Mr.

MPAC in Morristown announced a packed upcoming lineup including Wynton Marsalis, KC and the Sunshine Band, Darren Criss, Derek Hough, Straight No Chaser, and DISNEY'S FROZEN among the ticketed performances.

The Theater Project’s 2026 New Play Readings series will present a staged reading of Jack McGrath’s House Rules, a play inspired by The Odyssey.

Crossroads Theatre Company will present SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD, directed by Ricardo Khan alongside Tony winner John Kani.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman will return to NJPAC's Prudential Hall in Newark for a multimedia program featuring live performances, personal storytelling, and clips from the GRAMMY-nominated documentary Itzhak, with pianist Rohan DeSilva.

NJPAC announced registration is open for the 15th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, with finalists set to perform on the NJPAC stage in Newark before a panel of judges including José James and Gretchen Parlato.

Centenary Stage Company will present DOUBLE VISION: THE FOREIGNER EXPERIENCE, a one-night tribute concert at the Sitnik Theatre in Hackettstown, NJ, with proceeds benefiting the Hackettstown Rotary Club's charitable initiatives.

The Masterwork Music and Art Foundation will honor New Jersey musician Wayne Walters at its 65th anniversary gala in Morristown, where grant awardees will also be recognized and new award winners announced.

Professor Brian Cox will bring his EMERGENCE world tour to NJPAC's Prudential Hall in Newark, following his 'Horizons' show, which drew nearly half a million fans worldwide.

McCarter Theatre Center announced its upcoming Dance and Music Series, featuring London City Ballet, Ronald K.

State Theatre New Jersey will host its A NIGHT IN LIGHTS Annual Benefit Gala at The Heldrich Hotel, featuring live entertainment, auctions, and the inaugural Spotlight Awards honoring jazz vocalist Svetlana Shmulyian and lighting designer Craig Werner.

The Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, NJ, received a $5,000 Local Arts Program grant from the Somerset County Board of Commissioners to expand programming and establish the venue as a co-presenting house.

The South Jersey Jazz Society will present Las Vegas headliner George Bugatti at the Gateway Playhouse for a one-night performance tracing the history of jazz on Broadway.

TheatreZone and Florida Gulf Coast University will co-produce CABARET, the Tony Award-winning Kander and Ebb musical, at the FGCU TheatreLab in Fort Myers, with FGCU students performing alongside Actors' Equity professionals.

Trumpeter, composer, and writer Nate Wooley has been appointed Artistic Director of Pyroclastic Records, succeeding founder Kris Davis.

NJPAC will present Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for its annual Mother's Day weekend, featuring five world premieres and the first season under new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.

Art House Productions will present Playing Favorites, a solo exhibition by Bryant Small curated by Andrea McKenna, at the Art House Gallery in Jersey City, NJ, featuring works never before exhibited publicly.

Classic American Tales will present a series of storytelling performances across New Jersey, featuring works inspired by Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, and Paul Robeson, alongside a Revolutionary War-era diary performance at historic venues.

The URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center has announced the nominees and honorable mentions for the 2026 Carteret PAC Central Jersey Marquee Awards.

The Middletown Arts Center will soon present the seventh edition of The MAC ONE-ACTS Play-Reading Festival, featuring original, one-act works by New Jersey playwrights read theatrically by local actors.

Undead Arts, in collaboration with New Jersey Symphony, will present a reimagined production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute on May 2 & 3, 2026, at 3 pm, at The Harborside Atrium.

Luna Stage is now presenting the outstanding World Premiere of '& Sons,' smartly written by Jack Angelo Cummings and superbly directed by Matt Monaco.

Nimbus Dance will present SUM OF PARTS, featuring the world premiere of A Land, A Promise by Princess Grace Award-winning choreographer Houston Thomas, with a live choral score performed by the West Village Chorale.