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A joyous new musical comedy celebrating the power of community through music, dance, and laughter. After leading their college dance team to a state championship, friends Mary and Preeti head to Nationals until a disagreement over blending traditional and contemporary Indian...
The Players Guild of Leonia (PGL) opens their 2026-2027 season with a world premiere production of THE OLD LADIES BAR, in collaboration with KaleidoscopeEnsemble Theatre Company . This new play, written by Natasha Caroline Lowery Rivers, opens Friday September 18th for two...
The Lost Virginity Tour Written by Cricket Daniel Four women in a retirement community meet weekly for their baking club. But instead of swapping recipes, they share stories about their “first time,” inspiring one of them to plan a road trip revisiting where they each lost their...
Dirty Deeds - The AC/DC Experience celebrates the thunderous energy of both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson eras of AC/DC, delivering a performance that takes audiences through the story of the legendary Australian rock band. The show features hits including Dirty Deeds Done...
This bilingual English/Mandarin production brings together Juliet from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Jul-Yingtai from the ancient Chinese legend The Butterfly Lovers. Co-produced by Yale Vermilion Theater and Vermilion Theater Inc., the work explores tragic romance, female...
My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure is a theatrical comedy production written by and starring Anthony J. Wilkinson, a three-time Daytime Emmy winner. The show is part of the beloved My Big Gay Italian series, known for over-the-top comedy, outrageous characters, heartfelt family...
Xian Zhang conductorGeorge Li pianoNew Jersey SymphonyA new season begins with two of Classical musics most epic works. Music Director Xian Zhang introduced George Li to New Jersey audiences 10 years ago and hes since become a true local favorite, returning now for Beethovens...
Composer Tod Machover is joined by composer, Columbia University professor, and AI-music pioneer George Lewis for a conversation about where musical AI has been and where it could be headed. The two discuss Lewis's software Voyager, built in the 1980s, one of the first...
The third installment in our Classics for Kids! series, bringing fantastic live theatre to families and young theatregoers! An underwater fantasy based on Chinese folklore, The Dragon King tells the tale of an intrepid Grandmother who journeys to the bottom of the sea in search...
Academy Award winners Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star in this true story as Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigation of a seemingly minor hotel room break-in uncovers the greatest political scandal in United States history. The film...
A free concert featuring the NJYS Youth Symphony, Inner City Dance Ensemble, and guest artists representing Korean traditional music, tabla, and the EC Llanera harp. Presented as part of Wharton Arts' free performance series in Rahway, supported by the New Jersey Economic...
Itzhak Perlman returns to NJPAC for a Sunday matinee concert following his successful 2023 visit. The multimedia program interweaves storytelling with personal photos, clips from the GRAMMY-nominated Itzhak documentary, and live performances with his pianist and friend Rohan De...
Destroying David is a thrilling, witty and heartfelt solo show about the power of art to help us through our darkest hours.
Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s meteoric rise to sainthood. Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the Tony-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor, illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Peron...
The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center take the stage October 16–25, 2026, with the celebrated Gypsy, A Musical Fable. Regarded by many theatre professionals as one of the finest musicals ever created, Gypsy tells the unforgettable story of an ambitious stage mother...
Itzhak Perlman returns to Prudential Hall at NJPAC on October 25 for an afternoon multimedia program blending live violin performances, storytelling, and visual content. Audiences will experience personal anecdotes, rare family photos, and video clips from the GRAMMY-nominated...
The Jazz Ambassadors is the official touring big band of the United States Army. Formed in 1969, this 19-member ensemble has received great acclaim at home and abroad performing America's greatest original art form, jazz. Concerts by the Jazz Ambassadors are programmed to...
At thirteen, Freddy and Barney were inseparable best friends until Barney's family left town suddenly. Thirty years later they're reunited in a childhood bedroom that hasn't changed since 1994, finally confronting the one thing they never discussed. The new play by Livingston...
Tod Machover moderates a conversation among several generations of MIT Media Lab alumni exploring what has made the Lab a fruitful environment for investigating music technologies, forms and impacts, from the Hypercello to Brain Opera to Guitar Hero. Panelists include Teresa...
Kate Hammill's irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth and sidekick takes the stage in this fast-paced romp. The production re-examines the world's most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. It is performed by Centenary...
A sunny, laid-back, progressive beach community becomes a lot darker as next-door neighbors clash over an incident involving their pets. The animals may be the catalyst, but the fur really flies when the pet owners go to battle. Written by Michelle Kholos Brooks and directed by...
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Xian Zhang conductor George Li piano New Jersey Symphony A new season begins with two of Classical musics most epic works. Music Director Xian Zhang introduced George Li to New Jersey audiences 10 years ago and hes since become a true local favorite, returning now for Beethovens...
Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her...
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A Beat of Our Own McCarter Theatre Center (10/07-10/25) |
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The Lost Virginity Tour Barn Theatre (9/18-10/04) |
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The Old Ladies Bar Players Guild of Leonia (9/18-9/27) |
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Gil Shaham Plays Dvořák Count Basie Center for the Arts (2/20-2/20) |
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MrBallen: Lights out Live Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center (10/08-10/08) |
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Fifty Ways To Leave Your Forties Napoleon Room at Club Cafe (10/17-10/17) |
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The Dragon King The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (10/24-10/24) |
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North By Northwest McCarter Theatre Center (3/10-3/21) |
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Matilda Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center (6/25-6/27) |
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Purpose McCarter Theatre Center (1/21-2/13) |
