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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Kinky Boots (2/27/26-3/1/26)
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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)
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Lee Brice (1/23/26-1/23/26)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (1/22/26-1/22/26)
Sa Dance Company (1/10/26-1/10/26)
Randall Goosby Returns (1/8/26-1/8/26)
Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert (12/31/25-12/31/25)
The Nutcracker American Repertory Ballet (12/19/25-12/21/25)
Holiday Spirits: Festive Night Out, Benefitting State Theatre New Jersey’s Community Outreach Initiatives (12/16/25-12/16/25)
Cirque Dreams Holidaze (12/12/25-12/13/25)
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Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (3/28 - 3/28) | |
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Dirty Dancing in Concert
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Chris Ruggiero LIVE – Wayne, NJ - March 14, 2026
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So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience
State Theatre New Jersey (1/30 - 1/30) | |
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Diana Krall
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