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VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY

180 Bloomfield Ave Montclair NJ
Montclair, NJ 07042

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
12/4 - 12/21/2025


James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone's favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece... and a rare modern classic. ...



First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards; RIDE THE CYCLONE Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Essex County Declares ‘Montclair Theater Day’ Ahead of Vanguard Theater Festival


by A.A. Cristi - July 03, 2025

The Essex County Board of Commissioners has officially declared the second Saturday in July as Montclair Theater Day, honoring the debut of the Montclair Theater Festival and the ongoing contributions of Vanguard Theater Company....

Tanya Saracho's FADE to be Presented at Vanguard Theater Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2025

Vanguard Theater Company will present Tanya Saracho's critically acclaimed play Fade, running in April. This thought-provoking production explores the complexities of class, race, and identity. Learn more. ...

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....

Applications For The New Jersey Theatre Alliance Career Accelerator Program Are Now Open


by A.A. Cristi - September 25, 2024

New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced that applications for the 2025 Career Accelerator Program are now open....

Past Shows

Topdog Underdog
Topdog Underdog
10/9 - 10/26/2025


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2023 Tony award for Best Revival of a Play, Suzan-Lori Parks’ searing and darkly funny play ...

HAiR
HAiR
6/12 - 6/29/2025


A celebration of the 1960s counterculture, HAIR bursts onto the stage in all its barefoot, beaded, and bell-bottomed glory. With an electrifying rock score featuring ...

Fade
4/10 - 4/13/2025


Vanguard Theater Company presents Fade, a poignant play by Tanya Saracho that examines race, class, and identity within the competitive landscape of Hollywood. Set against ...

Fade - Play by Tanya Sarracho


In the vibrant tapestry of Fade, the intricate threads of class and race entwine. Follow Lucia, a trailblazing Mexican-born novelist, on her groundbreaking journey into ...

Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
12/5 - 12/22/2024


Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Cordially Indisposed - Play by Doriane Swain


Don't miss the WORLD PREMIERE of Cordially Indisposed by Doriane Swain!

Alice By Heart
Alice By Heart
9/26 - 9/29/2024


Six Special Encore Performances!

Pippin
Pippin
6/21 - 6/30/2024


Vanguard Theater presents Pippin with a burlesque twist: Broadway talent, mesmerizing pole dancers, daring aerialists, soldiers, circus performers, and more, make this a "don't miss."
Limited Tickets Remain

Vanguard Theater Presents: Spiritrials


Vanguard Theater Company is presenting "Spiritrials" by Dahlak Brathwaite March 22nd-25th! Witness the convergence of art and activism in Dahlak Brathwaite's "Spiritrials" — an unmissable ...

Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening
6/15 - 7/2/2023


With only each other for guidance, a group of young men and women travel the fraught and rocky path of adolescence, discovering their bodies, their ...

Passing Strange
Passing Strange
2/16 - 3/5/2023


Passing Strange is the 2008 Tony Award winning autobiographical rock musical about migration — a geographical migration but also its hero’s migration beyond the tenets ...

The Spitfire Grill
The Spitfire Grill
11/3 - 11/20/2022


The Spitfire Grill is a beautiful musical about second chances, as a young woman just released from prison decides to start her life anew in ...

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
11/10 - 11/21/2021


Next to Normal is an unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey ...

For the Love of Charlie Brown!


A Vanguard Theater Production! All your favorite Peanuts characters with skits and songs from "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown," Snoopy," and Peanuts television specials, ...

The Wiz of Oz
The Wiz of Oz
1/31 - 2/2/2020


Welcome to our mash-up of the classic and contemporary movie musicals! We created this show to exemplify Vanguard's mission of D.R.E.A.M. Children of all different ...

Memphis: the Musical
Memphis: the Musical
7/13 - 7/16/2017


Vanguard Theater Company - Brings Broadway to the Burbs with Memphis the Musical. Guest Broadway artist Dwayne Clark amongst others star in this musical about ...

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