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Strange Happenings at the School Library, a fantastical adventure for all ages, will stream on Luna Stage’s digital platforms February 5 through February 28.

NJPAC’s open mic is back by popular demand! After a fantastic fall showcasing New Jersey’s homegrown talent, Jersey Fresh is once again open for talent submissions.

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's leading Latino dance organization since 1970 and recognized this year as one of America's Cultural Treasures, will be included in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Jerome Robbins Dance Division sixth annual Symposium.

The Ridge High School dance department has announced its winter showcase, Step In Time.

Centenary Stage Company, the professional non-profit theatre in residence at Centenary University, announces changes to the 2021 half of the 2020/2021 season.

Don’t forget, you have until February 1st to check these exciting works out! Help yourself get reinspired before next semester begins! ​​​​​​​

Andréa Burns (IN THE HEIGHTS, ON YOUR FEET, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE FULL MONTY) and Maulik Pancholy (IT’S ONLY A PLAY, “30 Rock,” “Weeds”) will headline New Jersey's George Street Playhouse 2021 season, starring in two hilarious full-length comedies audiences can stream at home.

When the late philanthropist Betty Wold Johnson first became a supporter of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center more than a decade ago, she asked the institution's leadership a simple question: What aspects of the Arts Center's operations were hardest to fundraise for?  

As New Jersey schools adapt to 'hybrid learning,' Englewood's Black Box Performing Arts Center pivots to present 'hybrid theater!'

Centenary Stage Company, a professional not-for-profit theatre company in residency on the campus of Centenary University in Hackettstown, NJ approximately 50 miles west of NYC, will be holding auditions for the world premiere production of Turning!

Broadway legend Chita Rivera celebrated her 88th birthday on January 23rd.

Jersey City Theater Center in partnership with I Love Greenville and the Greenville Community Plan will present a virtual schooltime commemoration for International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday, January 27, 9:30 a.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will present a virtual Lunar New Year festival and concert to celebrate the Year of the Ox.

Paper Mill Playhouse announces auditions for the institution's prestigious Summer Musical Theater Conservatory for young artists to be held this summer.

Throughout the fall 2020 semester, staff members at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers remained engaged with the university's students by adapting longtime offerings that usually take place on campus into virtual formats, as the museum building remains closed to the public and in-person programs are

The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers has announced virtual programs for the new year while the museum building remains closed to the public and in-person events are suspended until further notice.

In December of 2020, Broadway Artists Alliance assembled a stellar cast of 25 young performers to present Dear Edwina Online Edition as part of the inaugural season of 'BAAOnstage.

The Atlantic City Ballet has gone virtual! With their residency at the Circus Maximus theater on hold, the Atlantic City Ballet has made the leap into the virtual world.

As most of our nation's schools pivot to online learning, ArtsPower Theatre On Demand is a new, meaningful, and easy to use video-based academic program for teachers, parents, and caregivers that brings outstanding children's literature to young people through the magic of professional theatre.

Grammy Nominated Songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will continue to entertain fans in February with “Share The Love” LIVE Virtually.

NJ-native Peter Cusick leads Capital Productions' mounting of the classic musical set to run August 6-15 at The Henderson Theater.

MPAC resumes its limited capacity concerts this week, but there's much more going on, including two new events going on sale and the launch of our Winter Wellness program for children and adults.

 In December of 2020, Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) assembled a 'killer' cast of twenty six young performers to present the virtual sensation A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical.

10 Hairy Legs will grant its net assets following dissolution to Dance on the Lawn, via Dance NJ Inc.

Two River Theater's most popular education program, A Little Shakespeare, breaks the mold to create something entirely new with Tiny Shakes: Romeo and Juliet, adapted and directed by Em Weinstein (A Little Shakespeare: Twelfth Night).