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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: 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...

Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY, Beacon Arts Centre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - December 12, 2025

A spellbinding love story about the beautiful Princess Aurora banished to a faraway land to keep her safe from the wicked sorceress, Carabosse who places an evil curse on her that if she pricked her finger before her 21st birthday, she would die! Little did she know that the Queen cast a counter-spe...

Review: A VERY MERRY MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS at Music Box Lounge Hot Springs


by Theresa Bertram - December 12, 2025

A festive whirlwind of skits, songs, jokes, and just enough dance to keep your toes tapping, A VERY MERRY MUSIC BOX CHRISTMAS is everything you want a holiday variety show to be—warm, silly, tuneful, and absolutely packed with personality. ...

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at The National Theatre


by Rachael F. Goldberg - December 12, 2025

The biggest issues with the musical adaptation of 'Water for Elephants' is that it doesn’t seem to know what it’s trying to be, and the choreographic and performance talent in this tour would be better served by stronger material....

Review: BE A LION at Booth Playhouse


by Vickie Evans - December 12, 2025

What a remarkable and entertaining night of theatre. 'Be A Lion' was absolutely sensational. Based on a spinoff of The Wizard of Oz/The Wiz, 'Be A Lion' answers the proposed question, 'What happened to the Emerald City after 'The Wizard' left? What an incredible journey with sensational songs and gl...

Review: HOLIDAY SHOW 2025 - SOLSTICE at Circus Juventas


by Jared Fessler - December 11, 2025

What did our critic think of HOLIDAY SHOW 2025 - SOLSTICE at Circus Juventas?...

Review: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at Schoolhouse Theater


by Bruce Apar - December 11, 2025

Those dramatis personae (ha!) and more are animated to a fare thee well by only two – count ‘em – two actors, Mr. Guy and Mr. Lang, who bring to their poly-personality assignments proficient physical suppleness and chameleon-like chops. I started to keep track of how many characters they essay, and ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL ADAPTED BY ORSON WELLES at Unhinged Productions At Hanover Little Theatre


by Andrea Stephenson - December 11, 2025

This is one of the most enjoyable versions of A Christmas Carol this reviewer has seen in recent years—it is unique and entertaining, while maintaining the classic storyline and its underlying themes....



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