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Premiere Stages At Kean University Announces Semi-Finalists For 2024 Play Festival


by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2024

Premiere Stages at Kean University reveals the semi-finalists for the 2024 Play Festival. Discover the up-and-coming playwrights in the spotlight this year....

New Plays Take Center Stage In The Premiere Stages 2024 Season


by A.A. Cristi - April 17, 2024

Discover the new plays set to take the spotlight in the Premiere Stages 2024 Season. This year, expect innovative storytelling and unique performances from a diverse range of playwrights....

Spotlight: MAMA I'M A BIG GIRL NOW at Enclow Recital Hall


by BWW Special Offer - March 29, 2024

The original stars of Hairspray reunite in New Jersey!...

Kean Stage Presents Carolyn Dorfman Dance, January 29


by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2024

Kean Stage will present Carolyn Dorfman Dance on Sunday, January 28 at 4:00 p.m. and Monday, January 29 at 10:30 a.m. at Wilkins Theatre....

Premiere Stages At Kean University Announces 2024 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Award Winners


by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2024

Premiere Stages at Kean University announces the winners of the 2024 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards, recognizing Kean University student Riv Dabul and alumnus Dustin Ballard. Both winners will receive a cash prize and a developmental reading of their plays....

Winners Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards


by BWW Awards - January 16, 2024

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in New Jersey! Winners include Surflight Theatre, George Street Playhouse, and more....

Dates Added for Kerry Butler, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Laura Bell Bundy's MAMA I'M A BIG GIRL NOW Concert


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 12, 2024

Kerry Butler, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Laura Bell Bundy, are join forces for their brand new concert, 'Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now - The Concert.' Learn about the new performance dates!...

MEAN GIRLS High School Version Will Be Performed by Union High School Performing Arts Company This Month


by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2024

This January, the acclaimed Union High School Performing Arts Company (UHSPAC) will be presenting 'Mean Girls, High School Version.' Learn more about the musical here!...

BEST OF NJ ENTERTAINMENT in 2023


by Marina Kennedy - December 27, 2023

All of our readers agree that New Jersey entertainment is some of the very best. There are opportunities to see top shows in every part of the state with fine professional theaters, performing arts centers, and community playhouses....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW New Jersey Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Past Shows

Jazz & Roots Music Festival 2023


DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE 2023 JAZZ & ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN 2024.   Kean University ...


Godspell book by John-Michael Tebelak music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz conceived & originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak based on The Gospel According to St. ...


Stepping into the world of Into the Woods, the musical by James Lapin with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is like entering a twisted ...

Hitting New Heights with Mandy Gonzalez and Javier Muñoz


Mandy Gonzalez  and  Javier Muñoz , the Broadway stars of  Hamilton  and  In the Heights , join voices to celebrate Broadway's hottest composers, from Stephen ...

Kean University Jazz & Roots Music Festival


Free Outdoor Concert! Live Music! Food Trucks! Featuring Five-time Grammy winner DIANNE REEVES! Pack a picnic basket or visit the food trucks when you get ...


This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as “the relationship.” Through sketches and songs, Act ...

Indecent
10/15 - 10/23/2021


INDECENT, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, is a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem ...

Sylvia
10/8 - 10/16/2021


Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg’s career as a financial trader is winding down, while ...

Andrea McArdle
12/17 - 12/20/2020


Join Andrea McArdle, original star of Broadway's Annie, for an intimate holiday concert streamed from Kean University's Enlow Recital Hall for five performances Thursday, DECEMBER ...

Gruesome Playground Injuries
1/24 - 1/25/2020


Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare ...

Anna in the Tropics
11/15 - 11/23/2019


Nilo Cruz Kean University...

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
11/15 - 11/23/2019


Dive into the world of artistic obsession and the complexities of creativity with Sunday in the Park with George, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning ...

An Octoroon
10/11 - 10/19/2019


A world-premiere, old-fashioned, meta-melodrama with Humor! Feelings! Live Music! Wigs! Sensation Scenes! Slave Auctions! Exploding Steamboats! Photography! And More! Judge Peyton is dead, and his ...

Stupid Fing Bird
10/11 - 10/19/2019


WORLD PREMIERE by Aaron Posner Sort of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Directed by Howard Shalwitz An aspiring young theatre director named Conrad ...

PARADE
11/10 - 11/17/2018


In the gripping musical Parade, history unfolds with a haunting melody. Set in 1913 Georgia, the story follows Leo Frank, a Jewish American factory manager, ...

PIPPIN
2/16 - 2/24/2018


Pippin, the energetic and sometimes bizarre brainchild of director Bob Fosse, takes you on a wild journey of self-discovery. Pippin, a young prince seemingly bored ...

SEUSSICAL
11/11 - 11/19/2016


Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and promote excitement in reading and literature with Seussical! This whimsical musical is based on the books of Dr. Seuss and ...

DOGFIGHT
1/22 - 1/24/2016


Set on November 21, 1963, Dogfight follows three young Marines on the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia. ...

CHILDREN OF EDEN
11/13 - 11/21/2015


Children of Eden is a sweeping musical that brings the stories of Genesis to life. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the renowned composer ...

PETER PAN
2/20 - 2/28/2015


Based on J.M. Barrie's classic tale and featuring an unforgettable score by Morris "Moose" Charlap and Jule Styne with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and Betty ...

In the Heights
In the Heights
2/21 - 3/1/2014


IN THE HEIGHTS tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York?s Washington Heights neighborhood ? a place where the coffee from the ...

HAIRSPRAY
2/23 - 3/2/2013


The 1950's are out and change is in the air!  HAIRSPRAY , winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical piled ...

SPRING AWAKENING
11/11 - 11/19/2011


Winner of 8 TONY Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, strongSPRING AWAKENING/strong celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that ...

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