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Kim's Convenience
Kim's Convenience
1/23 - 2/15/2026


Before it became an award-winning, hit comedy series on Netflix, the laugh-out-loud, heartwarming Kim’s Convenience was a smash on stage. At Mr. Kim’s corner variety ...

Circus Quixote
Circus Quixote
3/4 - 3/15/2026


Cervantes’ classic is reimagined in a dazzling new production from the creators of McCarter audience favorites, Lookingglass Alice and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.   Somewhere in ...

Mrs. Christie
Mrs. Christie
5/6 - 5/31/2026


1926. In the library of an English manor, a panicked Agatha Christie bursts in, breathless. Champagne glasses litter the floor and secrets hang thick in ...



McCarter Theatre to Honor Former Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Emily Mann at Annual Gala


by Gillian Blum - January 24, 2026

McCarter Theatre Center announced that former Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Emily Mann will receive the inaugural Roger S. Berlind Award at its annual gala on June 12, 2026....

McCarter Theatre Center Launches Teen Conservatory Program in 2026


by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2026

McCarter Theatre Center will present a new Teen Conservatory Program starting in 2026, aimed at providing young artists with professional training, mentorship, and performance opportunities. This initiative seeks to nurture the next generation of theater professionals by offering a comprehensive edu...

McCarter Theatre Center Launches Teen Conservatory Program in 2026


by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2026

McCarter Theatre Center will present a new Teen Conservatory Program starting in 2026, aimed at providing young artists with professional training, mentorship, and performance opportunities. This initiative seeks to nurture the next generation of theater professionals by offering a comprehensive edu...

KIM'S CONVENIENCE Comes To McCarter Theatre


by Stephi Wild - January 09, 2026

McCarter Theatre Center will welcome the new year with Kim’s Convenience, the award-winning comedy about a Korean family-run corner store that inspired the hit CBC television series later distributed internationally on Netflix. ...

Winners Announced For The 2025 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards


by BWW Awards - January 16, 2026

Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025....

A CHRISTMAS CAROL to be Presented at McCarter Theatre This Holiday Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 04, 2025

McCarter Theatre is inviting audiences to celebrate the holiday season with the return of A Christmas Carol, filled with music, magic, and the timeless spirit of generosity. ...

Cameron Knight To Star As Ebenezer Scrooge In McCarter Theatre Center’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL


by A.A. Cristi - November 19, 2025

McCarter Theatre Center will present its 45th annual production of A Christmas Carol from December 9–28, 2025, continuing a tradition that began in 1980. This year’s staging, adapted and directed by Lauren Keating....

McCarter Theatre Calls for All Former 'Tiny Tims' to Celebrate 45 Years Of A CHRISTMAS CAROL


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 07, 2025

McCarter Theatre Center is seeking former cast members who played the beloved character of Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol to reconnect as part of its 45th-year celebration....

Chris Thile To Perform At McCarter Theatre October 18


by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2025

Mandolinist and composer Chris Thile will appear at McCarter Theatre Center on Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m., performing a solo concert that reflects his wide-ranging musicianship and cross-genre approach to the instrument....

Video: Watch the Trailer For 300 PAINTINGS at McCarter Theatre Center


by Michael Major - October 02, 2025

In 2021, Sydney comedian Sam Kissajukian quit standup, rented an abandoned cake factory, and spent six months in a manic whirlwind, creating 300 large-scale paintings, unknowingly documenting his mental state through the process. Watch the video!...

Past Shows

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/9 - 12/28/2025


The holiday tradition you love is back—filled with music, magic, and the timeless spirit of generosity. And this year, McCarter is proud to welcome acclaimed ...

300 Paintings
300 Paintings
10/29 - 11/2/2025


Direct from a critically acclaimed off-Broadway run – LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, one week only!  In 2021, Sydney comedian Sam Kissajukian quit standup, rented an abandoned cake ...

I & You: The Musical
I & You: The Musical
9/13 - 10/12/2025


McCarter Theatre Center presents the world premiere of I & You: The Musical, featuring Broadway stars Jasmine Forsberg and Benji Santiago in lead roles. Based ...

Primary Trust
5/9 - 5/25/2025


Primary Trust, Eboni Booth's 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, makes its debut at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, running from May 9 to May 25. Directed ...

Noli Timere
2/7 - 2/8/2025


Noli Timere is a world premiere spectacle set to take place at McCarter Theatre Center on February 7-8, 2025. This innovative production comes from a ...

Ship Happens: A Cruisical!
Ship Happens: A Cruisical!
5/24 - 5/25/2024


The Princeton Triangle Club, continuing its tradition of presenting an original musical comedy, will present an encore performance of the newest Triangle Show at the ...

Ship Happens, A Cruisical
Ship Happens, A Cruisical
11/10 - 11/12/2023


Climb aboard the SS  Giznee Fairytale , a cruise with all of the amenities - buffets, shuffleboard, and even magic? While other passengers enjoy their ...

Bulrusher
Bulrusher
9/13 - 10/7/2023


Filled with passion and peppered with live music and gentle humor, this Pulitzer Prize finalist transports us to the predominantly white town of Boonville, nestled in ...

Holiday POPS!


Tuesday, December 14 at 7:30 pm Live ConcertJoin the Princeton Symphony Orchestra for this treasured Princeton tradition as the PSO performs festive orchestral favorites and ...

Wosner Plays Mozart


Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 pmLive ConcertThe Princeton Symphony Orchestra performs Evan Williams The Dream Deferred and Schuberts Tragic fourth symphony. Guest artist Shai Wosner ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/10 - 12/29/2019


Create memories with the ones you love at Princeton's Tony Award-winning theatre.Follow Ebenezer Scrooge on a magical journey through Christmas past, present, and future and ...

The Gods of Comedy
The Gods of Comedy
3/12 - 3/31/2019


"Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery thats sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously ...

Into the Woods
5/3 - 6/2/2013


Berlind Theatre: - adapt: Fiasco Theater from James Lapine; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim; music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Noah Brody, Ben Steinfeld....

The Winter's Tale
4/2 - 4/21/2013


Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...

A Delicate Balance
1/18 - 2/17/2013


Berlind Theatre: - Edward Albee; dir: Emily Mann....

Are You There, McPhee?
5/4 - 6/3/2012

Travesties
3/13 - 4/1/2012


The second of two plays looking back at 100 years ago, Travesties is written by one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th Century. A ...

The Convert
1/13 - 2/12/2012

A Christmas Carol
12/4 - 12/24/2011

Phaedra Backwards
10/18 - 11/6/2011

Ten Cents a Dance
9/9 - 10/9/2011

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