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NEWSIES Begins Performances At Mayo Performing Arts Center This Month
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Disney’s Newsies, Mayo Performing Arts Center’s spring production, will feature a cast of over 50 young performers from Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Essex and other surrounding counties.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Present SHAPES OF WATER At The Montclair Dance Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Join Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company as they perform Shapes of Water at the first Montclair Dance Festival. Learn more about the festival and performance and see how to attend.
THE STREETCAR PROJECT is Coming to Aspen and Asbury Park This Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
The Streetcar Project is bringing its version of Tennessee Williams’s landmark American play, A Streetcar Named Desire, to Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House, and to Asbury Park, NJ’s historically haunted Carousel House. Learn more!
The Flip Side: Improv Comedy Comes to Madison Community Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Vivid Stage is celebrating its 30th Anniversary season, marking decades of bringing contemporary theatre to audiences in the state of New Jersey. Learn more here!
Photos: Norm Lewis, Liz Callaway & More Attend Final Johnny Mathis Concert
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2025
The stars came out to celebrate the final concert of entertainment icon Johnny Mathis' 'The Voice of Romance' at Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Englewood, New Jersey. Take a look at photos from the event!
Diana Ross to Perform at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in October
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2025
​Diana Ross, radiant icon and legendary entertainer, is coming to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center this fall. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School to Host Benefit to Support Music Education Programs
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2025
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School will host a Benefit Concert to raise funds to prevent the loss of vital music programs. Learn more and see how to attend the event.
Diana Ross to Perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in October
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2025
Diana Ross, radiant icon and legendary entertainer, will come to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Monday, October 27 at 7:30PM. After a record-breaking world tour and sold-out 2024 show at NJPAC, Ms. Ross returns to New Jersey to share a lifetime of memories with her iconic hits.
THE WILLOWS Will Be Performed as Part of American Theater Group and UCPAC’s Play Reading Series
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2025
American Theater Group (ATG) in partnership with the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC), will present the premiere reading of Sharyn Rothstein’s new play The Willows as part of its free Play Reading Series.
Photos: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST At The Shakespeare Theatre Of New Jersey
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
After a two-decade-long absence from The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Artistic Director Brian B. Crowe brings Oscar Wilde and his delicious wit back to the Main Stage with one of the playwright’s most beloved comedies – The Importance of Being Earnest. Check out photos from the show.
Classic American Tales' Theater Workshop to be Presented at End of the Road Theater in May
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
Total strangers from various backgrounds and ages signed up for Classic American Tales’ (CAT) Theater Workshop, and here they are performing, script-in-hand, under the direction of CAT’s artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth, in Scene Night. 
Real-Life Families Perform in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF By Theater To Go At Kelsey Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
Multiple real-life families will come together to share in this moving theatrical experience of Fiddler on the Roof at Kelsey Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Mo Amer Comes To NJPAC
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
Comedian, Mo Amer, will perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) this summer. Learn more about the upcoming appearance and how to get tickets here.
George Salazar, Will Rolland, Will Connolly & More Set for BE MORE CHILL Reunion at Two River Theater
by Joshua Wright - May 15, 2025
Two River Theater will host Be More Chill 10th anniversary concerts on July 24–25 with original cast members including George Salazar, Will Roland, and Will Connolly. Tickets on sale May 20.
East Lynne To Officially Move Into Clemans Theater
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
After years of multi-million-dollar renovations, East Lynne Theater Company, Cape May's award-winning Equity Professional Theater, will officially be handed over the keys to the former Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) by the city of Cape May in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 22. The building will now publicly be called the Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME Church.
COURAGE IN CARE: COMMUNITY DOULAS AND THE JOYFUL REVOLUTION OF BIRTH On Display At Newark ArtSpace
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Penn Live Arts (PLA) has announced updated programming for Toll the Bell, its commemoration for National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday, June 6, 2025. 
Premiere Stages at Kean University Unveils Semi-Finalists for 2025 Play Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Premiere Stages has revealed the 2025 Premiere Play Festival Semi-Finalists. The Play Festival panel and literary staff reviewed 805 submissions. Learn more here!
Princeton Ballet School Now Enrolling for Fall 2025
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Princeton Ballet School is now enrolling for Fall 2025! PBS has locations in Princeton, Cranbury, and New Brunswick. Learn more and see how to join now!
Montclair Dance Festival is Coming to Montclair State University in May
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
New Jersey nonprofit Freespace Dance will bring the first Montclair Dance Festival to Montclair State University. The family-friendly day-long ticketed event features a variety of dance genres. Learn how to attend.
WORD ON FRONT: A Spoken Word And Music Festival is Coming to Passage Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Passage Theatre Company will present its second annual spoken word and music festival, WORD on FRONT: Return to Harlem Renaissance. Learn more and see how to attend.
The Fab Faux Comes to State Theatre New Jersey
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
The Fab Faux perform A Hard Day's Night and Abbey Road in their entireties. Joining The Fab Faux are The Hogshead Horns (with Blues Brothers, Blood, Sweat & Tears and SNL band alums).
MPAC Unveils Free Summer Outdoor Concert Schedule
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
MPAC has revealed its 2025 Summer free concert lineup.  Events will take place outdoors at Vail Mansion Plaza, adjacent to MPAC, and Pioneer Park, by 1776 on the Green.
Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop Reveals Annual Spring Festival Of Shows
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
Centenary Stage Company’s Young Performers Workshop (YPW) is set to present their annual Spring Festival of Shows May 23 through June 1 in the Little Theatre of the Seay Building on the campus of Centenary University.
Hot 97 SUMMER JAM Comes to Prudential Center In June
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
HOT 97, New York's #1 station for Hip Hop, is again turning up the heat with Summer Jam 2025, the ultimate one-night-only celebration of the culture. Produced by The Black Promoters Collective and part of the Prudential North to Shore Festival, the biggest names in Hip Hop will take the stage on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.
Surflight Theatre to Stage the North American Premiere of IRVING BERLIN'S TOP HAT
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
Surflight Theatre is opening their 2025 Season with the West End smash hit musical Irving Berlin's Top Hat. Adapted for the stage by Matthew White and Howard Jacques, and directed and choreographed by Paula Hammons Sloan.

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