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The Wolves
The Wolves
12/12 - 12/14/2025


"Left quad! Right quad! Lunge!" From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, a high school girls’ indoor soccer team- The Wolves- warms up. As ...

Your Name Means Dream
Your Name Means Dream
11/20 - 12/14/2025


Can a machine hold not just our data, but our dreams? Shut in and forgotten by his family, Alom’s only companion is Stacy — an ...

Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas
Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas
12/12 - 12/20/2025


Nutley Little Theatre presents UH OH, HERE COMES CHRISTMAS, written by Robert Fulgham and directed by Alex Oleksij.    This charming show takes a funny, ...

A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play


This Charles Dickens Holiday Classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with vintage commercials

Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Jersey Christmas Show


Move over, London—Scrooge is spending Christmas in Jersey!  This fast, funny, and full-of-surprises reimagining of  A Christmas Carol  takes Dickens’ classic tale and gives it ...

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


American Theater Group presents It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Based on the classic film, the 90-minute adaptation is performed as a 1940s ...

Joy Meets Girl
Joy Meets Girl
12/13 - 12/21/2025


A world premiere production of a new holiday play that celebrates finding your true bliss among family and friends during this joyous season, written by playwright ...

Joy Meets Girl
Joy Meets Girl
12/13 - 12/21/2025


Addie is passionate about everything, especially Christmas, but worries she's too much of a dreamer. A Christmas wedding might be just what she needs...or is ...

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 ...

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


“No man is a failure who has friends.” Step in from the cold as our stage is transformed into a 1940s radio studio for this ...

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


“No man is a failure who has friends.” Step in from the cold as our stage is transformed into a 1940s radio studio for this ...

Let' Catch Santa
Let' Catch Santa
11/19 - 12/28/2025


Let's Catch Santa Written by Dan McCormick Directed by Roy Steinberg November 19th – December 28th Wednesday – Saturday at 7 PM Sunday at 3 PM WORLD PREMIERE PLAY ...

Stereophonic
Stereophonic
3/28 - 12/29/2025


“ A BRILLIANT PIECE OF MUST-SEE BROADWAY." –  Chicago Tribune The most Tony® Award-winning show of 2024. The most Tony® Award-nominated Play of all time.  ...

With A Capital C - free reading Nutley Little Theatre


  Sunday, January 18, 2026 2:00 pm Nutley Little Theatre   47 Erie Pl  Nutley NJ A free staged reading of an original script written ...

With A Capital C - free reading Nutley Little Theatre


  Sunday, January 18, 2026 2:00 pm Nutley Little Theatre   47 Erie Pl  Nutley NJ A free staged reading of an original script written ...

What the Constitution Means to Me


Pioneer Production is excited to announce a special, limited-engagement run of Heidi Schreck's "What the Constitution Means to Me," coming to Morristown in early 2026.  ...

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 ...

What Became of Us
What Became of Us
3/17 - 4/5/2026


Two siblings — one born here, one born there, grow up, grow apart, and come back together—again and again. Spanning years and possibilities,  What Became ...

My Lord, What A Night
My Lord, What A Night
4/28 - 5/17/2026


A Remarkable Friendship. A Night That Changed History. Princeton, 1937. When world-famous contralto  Marian Anderson  is turned away from a hotel because of her race, ...

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 ...



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Latest New Jersey Reviews


Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at Connecticut Theatre Company


by Jared Reynolds - December 12, 2025

Cozy, cute, and full of Christmas cheer. That’s what you get with Miracle on 34th Street. That was abound and aplenty at the Connecticut Theatre Company’s production of the motion picture classic! CTC’s production of Miracle on 34th Street kept the joy of the season at the heart of this production, ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre


by Doug Poms - December 12, 2025

What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Olney Theatre? Olney Theatre continues its lovely tradition of its annual rendering of Paul Morella’s one-person adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.” Now in its 16th year, this r...

Review: ELF at The 5th Avenue Theatre


by Shelley Dean - December 12, 2025

The movie Elf is one of those films that sticks with you throughout your life; you remember the spaghetti, the syrup, and the unrivaled holiday cheer from the unique story. It’s only natural that a story full of this much nostalgia takes on a new life that honors its legacy. Enter Elf: The Musical. ...

Review: QUEEN CITY ARTS FESTIVAL, INC. at Mint Museum


by Vickie Evans - December 12, 2025

The event was a strong representation of the transformative power of the arts and the importance of creating platforms for Black playwrights and performers....

Review: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at Theatre Under The Stars


by Brett Cullum - December 12, 2025

Going into Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS, you already know what you are in for. Most people have seen the film starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen, released in 1954....

Review: MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE at The Metropolitan Opera


by Gabby Ziccarelli - December 12, 2025

As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld. This abridged, English-language production is a visually sumptuous version of Mozart's singspiel bathed in bold primary colors, shape...

Review: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Tesseract Theatre Company is a Peppy High Energy Production


by James Lindhorst - December 12, 2025

Director Will Bonfiglio, Music Director Larry D. Pry, Choreogrpaher Jo Palisoc, and the entire company deserve a lot of credit for their all in committed, peppy, and high-spirited production of a marginal show that is staged as a pet project far too often. There are thousands of musical theater asse...

Review: MUSEUM OF AUSTERITY, Young Vic


by Franco Milazzo - December 12, 2025

There are many museums dedicated to disaster, but only Britain could create one in which the exhibits are victims of its own fiscal policies. Museum of Austerity, revived at the Young Vic, is a cool, technologically-slick indictment, a moral subpoena served directly to your eyeballs through augmente...

Review: How Founding Fathers Found Love in MAHAR KEMERDEKAAN


by Rakaputra Paputungan - December 12, 2025

On August 24, the theater production company Broadwayang put on their latest production, Mahar Kemerdekaan (“The Dowry of Independence”) at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. It’s based on the true story of Indonesia’s founding fathers and how their love lives intertwine with the struggle for independence....

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of Jordan Fein's INTO THE WOODS?


by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 12, 2025

What happens after Happily Ever After, after all? In Sondheim and Lapine’s beloved musical retelling of the Grimm classics, a parade of familiar folktale figures find their way “Into the Woods” and try to get home before dark—under the guidance of Mark Lamos, who dazzled us with A Little Night Music...



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