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Count Basie Center for the Arts

99 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701

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Hollywood Hits: From West Side Story to Spirited Away

Hollywood Hits: From West Side Story to Spirited Away

Oct 10

Keitaro Harada conductor New Jersey Symphony Lights, camera, action! Rising-star conductor Keitaro Harada leads a program of thrilling orchestral music from classic movies. Movie-musicals West Side Story and An American in Paris , with their timeless tunes, are heard alongside...

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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue

Golden Girls The Laughs Continue

Oct 11

The Golden Girls are back in an all-new show! 2026 finds Sophia out on bail, after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring at Shady Pines. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together, with help from...

Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

Nov 21

Eric Jacobsen conductorChristian McBride double bassChris Komer hornNew Jersey SymphonyJazz and classical meet in this genre-defying program full of color, rhythm, and fun. Montclairs own jazz legend and nine-time GRAMMY Award-winner, Christian McBride debuts with your New...

Mozart & Ravel

Mozart & Ravel

Jan 9, 2027

Valentina Peleggi conductorBlake Pouliot violinNew Jersey SymphonyPodium powerhouse Valentina Peleggi debuts with a kaleidoscopic program of childlike wonder, symphonic muscle, and dizzying virtuositywith enough warmth for the coldest January night. Plus, Blake Pouliot, one of...

Gil Shaham Plays Dvořák

Gil Shaham Plays Dvořák

Feb 20, 2027

Xian Zhang conductorGil Shaham violinNew Jersey SymphonyLegendary violinist Gil Shaham makes a welcome New Jersey return, joining with Xian Zhang for Dvoks only violin concerto, brimming with Bohemian character. This virtuosic concerto is paired with a fizzing Dvok overture and...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in Concert

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in Concert

Feb 26, 2027

Lawrence Loh conductor New Jersey Symphony This fantasy swashbuckler film follows pirate Jack Sparrow and the blacksmith Will Turner as they attempt to rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann. The trio encounters Captain Barbossa and the Black Pearl crew who are afflicted by a...

Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Mahler's Fifth Symphony

Mar 20, 2027

Christoph Knig conductorGabriel Cabezas celloNew Jersey SymphonyChristoph Knig made his US debut in 2009 conducting your New Jersey Symphony in Mahlers Symphony No. 5. Now one of the orchestras closest musical friends, he returns to this piece that started it all. Plus, be the...

Dvořák's New World Symphony

Dvořák's "New World" Symphony

May 1, 2027

Xian Zhang conductorGabriela Montero pianoNew Jersey SymphonyA musical tour around the worldXian Zhang is your travel agent as we journey from the Nordic chill of Finland with Sibelius nationalistic overture, to the warmth and fire of Latin America with Gabriela Monteros...

Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert

Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert

May 21, 2027

Nicholas Hersh conductor New Jersey Symphony Luke Skywalker begins a journey that will change the galaxy in Star Wars: A New Hope . Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has...

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Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at Moorestown Theater Company

Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at Moorestown Theater Company

by Donna Marie Nowak · July 27, 2026

As temperatures reach the stratosphere this summer, it’s a good idea to cool off “under the sea” with the award-winning Moorestown Theater Company’s swimmingly good production of The Little Mermaid, their 261st show, directed by Mark Morgan and produced by Mark Morgan and Carol Ann Murray. …

Past Shows

40 total · showing 11–20

Opening Weekend: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

Opening Weekend: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

Oct 11

Xian Zhang conductor Joyce Yang piano New Jersey Symphony From Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone to Dvoák’s autumnal Eighth, our season-opening concert is full of musical warmth. Tchaikovsky’s riveting First Piano Concerto heats it up further with blazing passages for the pianist...

Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich

Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich

Jun 7

Xian Zhang conductor Conrad Tao piano New Jersey Symphony Russian fireworks to close our season: Shostakovich’s blazing triumph of a symphony written after a frightening threat to his life; and Rachmaninoff’s own triumph of the soul, his Piano Concerto No. 2, created as he...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert

Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert

Apr 9

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor New Jersey Symphony Thirty years after the defeat of the Empire, Luke Skywalker has vanished, and a new threat has risen: The First Order, led by the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke and his enforcer, Kylo Ren. General Leia Organa’s military...

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Brahms Violin Concerto with Vadim Gluzman

Brahms Violin Concerto with Vadim Gluzman

Mar 22

Lina González-Granados conductor Vadim Gluzman violin New Jersey Symphony When a dear friend brings you a present…that’s the feeling of violinist Vadim Gluzman, who’s given New Jersey Symphony audiences one memorable performance after another, returning to solo in Brahms’ prized...

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Nimbus Dance & NJ Symphony Present Firebird and Dark Water

Nimbus Dance & NJ Symphony Present Firebird and Dark Water

Mar 8

Nimbus Dance collaborates with the New Jersey Symphony for two world premiere works this spring. Firebird , choreographed by Artistic Director Samuel Pott, reimagines the iconic folktale through a contemporary lens, depicting themes of freedom, flight, and reconciliation...

The Firebird with Xian Zhang

The Firebird with Xian Zhang

Mar 8

Xian Zhang conductor Jonathan Spitz cello Nimbus Dance | Samuel Pott, artistic director & choreographer New Jersey Symphony You may be lifted out of your seat as the final pages of Stravinsky’s landmark ballet, The Firebird , light up the hall in phosphorescent musical color...

Brahms and Chopin

Brahms and Chopin

Feb 22

Christoph König conductor Tony Siqi Yun piano New Jersey Symphony Compelling new voices and the pleasure of dear friends. Christoph König is a cherished, frequent guest on the New Jersey Symphony’s podium, a master especially of classics like Chopin’s tune-filled Concerto No. 1...

Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Feb 14

George Daugherty conductor George Daugherty & David Ka Lik Wong creators New Jersey Symphony Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is back! Celebrate Looney Tunes and its legendary stars, including Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner and of course Bugs Bunny, our...

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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert

Dec 6

Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor New Jersey Symphony The New Jersey Symphony presents Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert featuring the complete film, with the score performed live to picture. The Muppets perform Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale, with Kermit the...

StageMagThe Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert StageMag
Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade

Opening Weekend: Xian Conducts Scheherazade

Nov 2

Xian Zhang conductor Inon Barnatan piano New Jersey Symphony Stories and music together – what could be better? Kauyumari tells the tale of a joyful search for the mystical “blue deer” of long-ago Mexico. In Scheherezade , you’ll sail the seas with Arab pirates of the past...

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