Celebrate American Repertory Ballet's annual Nutcracker tradition with your family! The only ARB performances featuring a live orchestra and choir! Bring the entire family to experience the joy and celebration of this holiday tradition and make memories to last a lifetime—featuring thrilling choreography, Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, a cast of more than 100 dancers, and ARB’s only area performances with a live orchestra and choir!
This holiday favorite tells the magical story of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they batt le larger-than-life mice alongside toy soldiers, and travel through a whirlwind of dancing snowflakes to the Land of Sweets.A tradition for 60 years, ARB’s The Nutcracker is one of the longest continuously running Nutcracker productions in the nation.
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Kenny G The Miracles Holiday and Hits Tour 2025 (12/11/25-12/11/25)
Cirque Dreams Holidaze (12/12/25-12/13/25)
Holiday Spirits: Festive Night Out, Benefitting State Theatre New Jersey’s Community Outreach Initiatives (12/16/25-12/16/25)
The Nutcracker American Repertory Ballet (12/19/25-12/21/25)
Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert (12/31/25-12/31/25)
Randall Goosby Returns (1/8/26-1/8/26)
Sa Dance Company (1/10/26-1/10/26)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (1/22/26-1/22/26)
Lee Brice (1/23/26-1/23/26)
DRUM TAO—THE BEST (1/24/26-1/24/26)
Gabby's Dollhouse Live! (1/25/26-1/25/26)
So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience (1/30/26-1/30/26)
Freestyle Flashback Concert 2026 (1/31/26-1/31/26)
The Little Mermaid Sing-A-Long (2/1/26-2/1/26)
512: The Selena Experience (2/6/26-2/6/26)
Who's Bad (2/7/26-2/7/26)
Rent in Concert (2/19/26-2/19/26)
Dru Hill (2/20/26-2/20/26)
Les Ballets Africains (2/24/26-2/24/26)
Kinky Boots (2/27/26-3/1/26)
Brit Floyd: The Moon, The Wall and Beyond 2026 (3/4/26-3/4/26)
Blackberry Smoke (3/5/26-3/5/26)
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra (3/15/26-3/15/26)
Dirty Dancing in Concert (3/18/26-3/18/26)
Diana Krall (3/20/26-3/20/26)
Direct from Rome: The Three Italian Tenors (3/21/26-3/21/26)
Dog Man: The Musical (3/22/26-3/22/26)
Stereophonic (3/28/26-12/29/25)
Mozart's Requiem (4/19/26-4/19/26)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Concert (5/31/26-5/31/26)
Season Finale: Symphonie fantastique (6/4/26-6/4/26)
Ben Folds with the New Jersey Symphony (6/14/26-6/14/26)
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Engelbert Humperdinck "A Winter World of Love" (12/9/25-12/9/25)
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis (12/6/25-12/6/25)
Sarah Brightman: A Winter Symphony (11/30/25-11/30/25)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (11/29/25-11/29/25)
The Sound Studio: Enriqueta Somarriba, Piano & Maria Brea, Sporano (11/23/25-11/23/25)
Wicked Sing-A-Long (11/23/25-11/23/25)
Tyler Henry (11/22/25-11/22/25)
Elf The Musical (11/14/25-11/16/25)
Rhapsody in Blue (11/9/25-11/9/25)
The Canine Stars Stunt Dog Show (11/8/25-11/8/25)
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The Wolves
Old Library Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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Les Ballets Africains
State Theatre New Jersey (2/24 - 2/24) | |
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Blithe Spirit
Players Guild of Leonia (1/23 - 2/8) | |
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Circus Quixote
McCarter Theatre Center (3/4 - 3/15)
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Mozart's Requiem
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (4/16 - 4/16) | |
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Broadway for the Holidays 5
Grunin Center for the Arts (12/12 - 12/21) | |
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Holiday Spirits: Festive Night Out, Benefitting State Theatre New Jersey’s Community Outreach Initiatives
State Theatre New Jersey (12/16 - 12/16) | |
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New Year’s Eve Bubbly Bash with David Clark, The Music of Billy Joel
Surflight Theatre (12/31 - 12/31) | |
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