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Asbury Shorts USA, New York City's longest running non-competitive short film showcase returns to the revered Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, New Jersey on Saturday, March 8, 2025 to present their national touring “44th Short Film Concert- An Evening of the World's Best Short Films.

Fresh from their 2025 GRAMMY win for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, Sō Percussion will appear with Princeton Symphony Orchestra at concerts in March.

The Jazz Studies department and the Intercultural Institute at NEC present a full-day event of The Legacy Of Istanbul In America featuring guest performers saxophonist Sam Newsome and drummer and faculty member Nasheet Waits.

Two River Theater's stylish thriller that inspired a Hitchcock classic, Dial M for Murder, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, from the original by Frederick Knott, starts performances this weekend.

MeenMoves will present the third annual International Women's Day of Dance! Come celebrate near the fountain at Riverview-Fisk Park, where we'll showcase talented female choreographers through live dance performances.

Broadway's master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theatre concert Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 14 at 8 pm.

Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point will showcase all of William Shakespeare's 37 plays – in just 95 minutes – in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged/Revised/Again)” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield.

 The Westfield Arts Collective announced plans to transform the historic Rialto Theater in downtown Westfield, New Jersey, into the Center for Creativity @ The Rialto.

A memorable musical event, Sammy By The Sea, presented by producer Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the multitalented, sensational performer known as Mr.

Join Chris Pinnella (former lead singer with Trans-Siberian Orchestra) along with his 10-Piece Orchestra as they bring you reimagined interpretations from some of the most prolific bands and songwriters of the last century.

Kean Stage will host New Orleans Songbook: A Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Production at Enlow Recital Hall in February.

Experience an extraordinary Halloween with The Vampire Circus! When the moon rises, the enchantment begins at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Thursday, October 23rd, at 8 PM.

Kelsey Theatre will host a one-night only staged reading-complete with a nine-piece orchestra-of the inspiring new musical 'It's Never Too Late,' presented by Theater to Go Feb.

Meera Iyer from Morristown Beard School in Morristown, and Bianca Diez, from Morris County School of Technology in Denville were named the Region 4 Finalists at the 2025 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Region 4 competition, part of the National Poetry Out Loud recitation program.

State Theatre New Jersey will host A Night in Lights: State Theatre New Jersey Benefit Gala, featuring a performance by Kelli O'Hara and more.

Nutley Little Theatre is holding auditions for their June production, FOR PETER PAN ON HER 70TH BIRTHDAY, written by Sarah Ruhl and Directed by Gina Sarno.

The Chatham Community is inviting you to “relive your childhood” with the family-friendly musical, “You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown”, based on The Comic Strip Peanuts by Charles M.

Centenary Stage Company is begning rehearsals for their first professional theatre series production of 2025 this week, as the cast meets for The Receptionist by Adam Bock.

Dover Little Theatre will soon present Misery.

The Jazz Composers Alliance will present the 21-piece JCA Orchestra in a program of new music by resident composers David Harris, Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington and Mimi Rabson.

On March 21and 22, 2025, the historic seaside town of Asbury Park will host the inaugural Color & Light Festival, a groundbreaking event set to redefine the cultural landscape of New Jersey and the Tri-State Area.

State Theatre New Jersey will present Eddie B.

]Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) has announced that two-time Grammy Award-winning artist Gloria Gaynor will be honored and serve as a guest speaker at its annual Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, March 18, at 11:30 a.

The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center will present the musical within a comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone, over two weekends in February.

Get ready to rock 'n' roll as The Actors Studio of New Jersey will present 'Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel,' a brand-new musical tribute that'll have you saying 'It's Now or Never' to experience the magic of Elvis Presley's timeless music.