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Go Behind The Scenes Of Netflix's LIFE ON OUR PLANET Live At McCarter In May


by A.A. Cristi - April 28, 2025

Go behind the lens of one of Netflix's most ambitious nature documentaries when The Making of Our Planet: Life on Our Planet comes to McCarter Theatre Center on Saturday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. ...

World Premiere Musical I AND YOU And More Set for McCarter Theatre Center 2025-2026 Season


by A.A. Cristi - April 02, 2025

McCarter Theatre Center has unveiled its 2025-2026 subscription season, featuring an exciting lineup of theater, music, and dance that brings together groundbreaking new works, celebrated productions, and world-renowned artists. ...

McCarter Theater Center to Celebrate Women's History Month with LEGACY OF LIGHT by Karen Zacarias


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 03, 2025

This March, honor Women’s History Month at McCarter Theatre Center with Karen Zacarías’ Legacy of Light, a heartfelt, time-bending comedy directed by McCarter Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen....

Photos: HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES Launches National Tour


by Stephi Wild - March 03, 2025

The national tour of Tectonic Theater Project’s Here There Are Blueberries launched last month at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ. Check out all new photos here!...

Video: Watch Karen Zacarías & Sarah Rasmussen Talk LEGACY OF LIGHT


by Michael Major - February 20, 2025

Playwright Karen Zacarías and director Sarah Rasmussen discuss themes and the creative process behind Legacy of Light at the McCarter Theatre Center. Watch the video now!...

New Jersey Theatre Alliance Reveals 2025 Fellows


by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2025

New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced the selection of three exceptional emerging professionals for the 2025 Career Accelerator Program, a six-month paid fellowship designed to cultivate the next generation of theatre leaders....

HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES Launches National Tour At McCarter Theatre Center Tomorrow


by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2025

The National Tour of Here There Are Blueberries, the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist play from Tectonic Theater Project by Tony and Emmy nominee Moisés Kaufman and Emmy nominee Amanda Gronich opens tomorrow night Friday, January 24 and runs through February 9 at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeto...

New Jersey Theatre Alliance Seeks Submissions From Caregivers


by Stephi Wild - January 08, 2025

New Jersey professional and family caregivers are invited to submit all forms of creative writing, including prose, poetry, and theatrical pieces that reflect the theme of caregiving or the personal healing experience. ...

Twelve Puppies from The Seeing Eye to Attend McCarter Theatre Center's A CHRISTMAS CAROL


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 20, 2024

On December 22, McCarter Theatre Center will welcome twelve special guests to its beloved holiday offering A Christmas Carol — adorable puppies from the Middlesex County Seeing Eye puppy raising club....

Cast Set For National Tour of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES


by Stephi Wild - December 18, 2024

The cast has been announced for the national tour of Tectonic Theater Project’s new play, Here There Are Blueberries. Learn more about the cast and find out where to catch the show here!...

Past Shows

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 ...

Duel Reality
Duel Reality
10/9 - 10/13/2024


An epic, cirque-infused performance that dazzles the senses and stirs the heart. Inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, two fueding families engage in a battle ...

Choice
Choice
5/8 - 6/2/2024


From the writer of the hit Broadway musical - and soon-to-be film franchise - Wicked and the beloved 90’s TV series My So-Called Life, comes ...

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 ...

Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
3/6 - 3/24/2024


A 1960s Motown girl group catches their big break in an amateur competition and rises from obscurity to superstardom. But will their friendship—and their music—survive ...

The Sound of (Black) Music


An Afrofuturist take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, The Sound of (Black) Music fuses jazz, blues, funk, gospel, R&B, hip-hop, and more to pay ...

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 ...

The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black
10/13 - 10/29/2023


A dark and scary mystery  unfolds in this masterful theatrical event. The story comes to life as an old man recounts the events of his ...

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 ...

Ride the Cyclone by
4/30 - 5/29/2022


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 ...

Tiger Style!
1/12 - 2/7/2021


Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. Albert’s just been passed up for promotion ...

Goodnight Nobody
1/10 - 2/9/2020


Berlind Stage: Goodnight Nobody...

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 ...

Frankenstein
10/6 - 11/3/2019


An eerie evening of ghost stories crackles to life as Mary Shelley spins her tale of love, horror, power, and unholy experimentation. Chicago audiences and ...


David Catlin; dir: David Catlin....

Gloria: A Life
9/6 - 10/6/2019


This new play about Gloria Steinem and the women she has partnered with in a decades-long fight for equality is brought to life by a ...

Skylight
5/3 - 6/2/2019


Berlind Stage: David Hare; dir: Emily Mann....


What do you do when you’re a Classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long lost manuscript by Euripides ...

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 ...

The Niceties
1/11 - 2/10/2019


Zoe, a Black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the ...

Detroit '67
10/9 - 10/28/2018


Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....

The Age of Innocence
9/7 - 10/7/2018


adapt: Doug McGrath; dir: Doug Hughes. World Premiere...


Regina Taylor; dir: Regina Taylor. Matthews Stage:...

Stones in His Pockets
1/12 - 2/11/2018


Marie Joines; dir: Lindsay Posner. Berlind Stage:...

A Night with Janis Joplin
10/10 - 10/29/2017


Randy Johnson; dir: Randy Johnson....

Simpatico
9/8 - 10/8/2017


Sam Shepard Adapted from Didier Long and Séverine Vincent Directed by Didier Long With Emma de Caunes, Jean-Claude Dauphin, CLAIRE NEBOUT, ??and Serge Riaboukine VINCENT ...

Intimate Apparel
5/5 - 6/4/2017


At 35, Esther is lonely. A skilled African-American seamstress in 1905 Manhattan, she makes exquisite undergarments for clients including a sincere socialite from tony Fifth ...


Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but ...


William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw. Berlind Stage:...


This joyful musical adaptation of the Dickens' classic features all your favorite Christmas carols....


This joyful musical adaptation of the Dickens' classic features all your favorite Christmas carols....

Disgraced
10/11 - 10/30/2016


Ayad Akhtar....

Disgraced
10/11 - 10/30/2016


New York. Today. A Muslim-American lawyer is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while he distances himself from his cultural roots. At the moment of ...

Bathing In Moonlight
9/9 - 10/9/2016


Nilo Cruz; dir: Emily Mann....

Bathing In Moonlight
9/9 - 10/9/2016


Nilo Cruz; dir: Emily Mann....

ALL THE DAYS
4/29 - 5/29/2016


Sharyn Rothstein; dir: Emily Mann....

THE MOUSETRAP
3/8 - 3/27/2016


After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the ...


August Wilson; dir: Jade King Carroll....


One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It's 1930s Paris ...

Tennessee Williams' BABY DOLL
9/11 - 10/11/2015


adapt: Pierre Laville, Emily Mann; dir: Emily Mann....

Five Mile Lake
5/1 - 5/31/2015


Rachel Bonds; dir: Emily Mann....


Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most ...

Sizwe Banzi is Dead
1/16 - 2/15/2015


CAST presents the regional premiere of Athol Fugard’s classic “Sizwe Banzi is Dead.” “A joyous hymn to human nature.” — The New York Times...

The Barber of Seville
4/1 - 5/4/2014


A lecherous old man is no match for young love and sheer audacity, especially when Figaro is involved. Dr. Bartolo is love with Rosina, his ...

The Marriage of Figaro
4/9 - 5/4/2014


One of the most celebrated and delightfully amusing operas ever written, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro involves a wildly entertaining parade of mistaken identities, cross-dressing ...

Fences
1/10 - 2/9/2014


Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony® Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy ...

The White Snake
10/15 - 11/3/2013


Mary Zimmerman is mesmerizing. From Metamorphoses to The Arabian Nights, audiences have embraced her enchanting adaptations of epic tales. Now the Tony Award-winning director casts ...

Proof
9/6 - 10/6/2013


Winner of the 2001 Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, ...

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

One-Man Star Wars® Trilogy


Written & Performed by Charles Ross Take a new trip to a galaxy far, far away. One-Man Star Wars® Trilogy is a hilarious nonstop stage ...

Phaedra Backwards
10/18 - 11/6/2011

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

Audra McDonald


Audra McDonald, the multi-talented star of Broadway, television, opera, and the concert stage returns to McCarter prior to starring on Broadway in Porgy and Bess. ...

Videos


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George Street Playhouse (4/29 - 5/18) Tracker
Reading of To Experience Encanto Negro by Oriana Nelson ’25 in New Jersey Reading of To Experience Encanto Negro by Oriana Nelson ’25
Drapkin Studio at Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus (5/4 - 5/4)
Irving Berlin's Top Hat in New Jersey Irving Berlin's Top Hat
Surflight Theatre (5/28 - 6/15)
Cinderella in New Jersey Cinderella
Surflight Theatre (8/27 - 8/31)
Carmen in New Jersey Carmen
Surflight Theatre (11/15 - 11/15)
My Broadway - Concert by John D. Smitherman in New Jersey My Broadway - Concert by John D. Smitherman
Surflight Theatre (8/4 - 8/4)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Concert in New Jersey Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Concert
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/30 - 5/30)
HAiR in New Jersey HAiR
Vanguard Theater Company (6/12 - 6/29)
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