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Third SOMA backStage Reading Series Kicks Off At SOPAC This Month


by A.A. Cristi - January 06, 2026

SOPAC and SOMA Stage will present the third SOMA backStage Reading Series featuring new works by Jenny Stafford and Holly Reed and Kelvin Reed. The series highlights staged readings with Broadway performers and includes post-show talkbacks....

Christopher J. Hanke, Norbert Leo Butz and More to Join BROADWAY ROCKS CANCER Benefit


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 03, 2025

Summit Health Cares' Broadway Rocks Cancer will take place at South Orange Performing Arts Center and will be hosted by Christopher J. Hanke. ...

New Jersey Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese Awarded Creative Communities Award


by Emmy Rice - July 26, 2025

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) honored New Jersey Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese with the Creative Communities Award at the organization's Community Changemaker Night....

Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese to be Honored at Northern NJ Community Foundation’s Community Changemaker Night


by Stephi Wild - May 28, 2025

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) will honor arts champion New Jersey Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese and four other exemplary community leaders for their contributions to make life better in North Jersey....

The Gilsons Set To Perform At South Orange Performing Arts Center This Spring


by A.A. Cristi - February 18, 2025

The Brazilian Music Award-winning trio Gilsons, a distinguished family band, is set to perform at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) on Friday, May 9th, at 8 p.m.. ...

Donna Vivino and Dominic Scaglione Jr. Light Up SOPAC’s Cabaret in the Loft Series


by Joshua Wright - January 08, 2025

The South Orange Performing Arts Center welcomes Donna Vivino and Dominic Scaglione Jr. to its Cabaret in the Loft series, celebrating two Broadway vocal powerhouses with strong local ties....

Andy McKee Comes to The South Orange Performing Arts Center in March


by Stephi Wild - November 13, 2024

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) has announced the Mainstage debut of internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer Andy McKee this March....

A CELTIC CHRISTMAS BY A TASTE OF IRELAND to Tour This Holiday Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 05, 2024

Experience the spirit of an Irish holiday with A CELTIC CHRISTMAS BY A TASTE OF IRELAND, featuring stars from RIVERDANCE and LORD OF THE DANCE. See tour dates and learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Teatro Grattacielo and Light Opera of NJ to Present L'ELISIR D'AMORE


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 08, 2024

Teatro Grattacielo and Light Opera of NJ will present L'ELISIR D'AMORE in New Jersey, featuring emerging talents from Camerata Bardi Voice Academy. Performances will take place in November. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

Teatro Grattacielo Brings L'ELISIR D'AMORE to New Jersey


by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2024

 Following two sold-out performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore at The Flea Theater in NYC this past June, Teatro Grattacielo, in collaboration with Camerata Bardi International Academy and the Light Opera of New Jersey, brings this co-production to New Jersey for three highly anticipat...

Past Shows

Jammin in the Loft w the Lynette Sheard Experience f. Nat Adderley Jr


Inaugural kickoff of this series - Lynette Sheard Experience featuring renown Pianist Nat Adderley Jr, awesome Saxophonist Mike Lee and Jacquie Lee- Gregory Burrus Productions

In the Heights
In the Heights
7/15 - 7/24/2022


Light Opera of New Jersey continues its 26th Season of operetta and musical theatre with a production of Tony award-winning In the Heights. Based on ...

Ragtime the Musical


Light Opera of New Jersey continues its 24th Season of operetta and musical theatre with a production of Ragtime the Musical directed by Jeffrey Fiorello ...

Ragtime the Musical
Ragtime the Musical
7/26 - 7/27/2019


Light Opera of New Jersey continues its 24th Season of operetta and musical theatre with a production of Ragtime the Musical directed by Jeffrey Fiorello ...

Ragtime the Musical


Light Opera of New Jersey continues its 24th Season of operetta and musical theatre with a production of Ragtime the Musical directed by Jeffrey Fiorello ...

Ragtime the Musical
Ragtime the Musical
7/19 - 7/20/2019


Light Opera of New Jersey continues its 24th Season of operetta and musical theatre with a production of Ragtime the Musical directed by Jeffrey Fiorello ...

The Spitfire Grill
The Spitfire Grill
5/2 - 5/5/2019


Seton Hall University Theatre presents The Spitfire Grill By Fred Alley, James Valcq, and Lee David Zlotoff A compelling musical, based on the movie, about ...

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