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Heathers The Musical
5/10 - 5/26/2024


Based on the cult classic movie of the same name, the musical centers around three shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing Heathers in the 1980s, who are the hottest ...


Bye Bye Birdie: Youth Edition is a one-hour adaptation of Bye Bye Birdie, specially tailored for elementary and middle school-aged actors. A loving musical send-up ...


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The Ritz Theatre Company Partners With ParaSight Experience For MURDER ON THE NILE


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 11, 2024

The Ritz Theatre Company is presenting MURDER ON THE NILE in partnership with ParaSight Experience. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

World Premiere of Brand-New Holiday Panto, HOLLYSTALK, is Coming to The Ritz Theatre Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 24, 2023

The Ritz Theatre Company presents the world premiere of 'Hollystalk,' a fast-paced and fun-filled holiday panto inspired by British pantomime traditions. ...

The Ritz Theatre Company to Present August Wilson's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM This Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2023

Don't miss the riveting production of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at The Ritz Theatre Company. Explore themes of rage, racism, self-hatred, and exploitation in this powerful drama....

The Ritz Theatre Company Gears Up For Dynamic 2023-2024 Season Featuring WEST SIDE STORY, HEATHERS, And More


by A.A. Cristi - June 02, 2023

The Ritz Theatre Company gets set to go big in the months ahead, officially announcing a bold, new season beginning in September that reinforces the organization's ongoing commitment to 'embracing diversity in our stories and those who share them.'...

I HATE HAMLET Opens At The Ritz On June 9


by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2023

On June 9, the comedy-drama play “I Hate Hamlet” will open at the Ritz Theatre Company, a historic New Jersey venue....

School Groups Leave Production of SCHOOL OF ROCK at The Ritz Theatre Company Mid-Show Due to 'Inappropriate' Content


by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2023

The Ritz Theatre Company has addressed controversy surrounding its production of School of Rock....

Ritz Theatre Company Presents SCHOOL OF ROCK Beginning This Week


by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “School of Rock” is coming to the Ritz Theatre Company, a historic New Jersey venue, May 12 – May 28, 2023. ...

South Jersey's Ritz Theatre Company Will Stage Alex Wilkie's New Comedy HEATHENS ON THE BEACH


by A.A. Cristi - April 18, 2023

A new comedy by Moorestown playwright Alex Wilkie will make its world premiere at the Ritz Theatre Company, a historic New Jersey venue, from April 28 to 30....

MACBETH Opens March 17 At The Ritz Theatre Company


by A.A. Cristi - March 07, 2023

Something wicked this way comes… when William Shakespeare's “Macbeth” opens at the Ritz Theatre Company, a historic New Jersey venue, on March 17....

THE COLOR PURPLE to be Presented at The Ritz Theatre Company This Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 03, 2023

Directed by Kyrus Keenan Westcott, The Color Purple runs at The Ritz from February 10th through February 26th....

Past Shows

Anything Goes: Youth Edition
4/26 - 4/27/2024


Anything Goes: Youth Edition is a one-hour adaptation of Anything Goes, specially tailored for elementary and middle school-aged actors. Anything Goes is a wacky shipboard ...

HOLLYSTALK (OR, HOW A GIANT OF A MISTAKE BECAME THE BEST CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!)


World Premiere! Created in the holiday tradition of British Pantomime and following the success of their 2021 hit show CINDY ELLA…, Bruce Curless and Brian ...

AUGUST WILSON'S MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM


MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM October 13 – October 29, 2023 Written by August Wilson Directed by Darryl Thompson, Jr. Ma Rainey, fiery and determined, fights ...

Rock of Ages
9/8 - 9/24/2023


In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA's most famous rock club, they fell in ...

The Color Purple
The Color Purple
2/10 - 2/26/2023


This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of her life forms ...

Camelot
Camelot
1/13 - 1/29/2023


CAMELOT Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Adapted by David Lee Directed by Lori Aleixo-Howard Music & Vocal Direction by ...

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
12/2 - 12/18/2022


Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, SHE LOVES ME is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Starcatcher
10/21 - 11/6/2022


Tony-winning PETER AND THE STARCATCHER upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, Peter Pan. ...

The Bisley Boy
The Bisley Boy
9/16 - 10/2/2022


World Premiere! THE BISLEY BOY is a gothic musical fantasy that follows the private life of Bram Stoker, theater manager and author of DRACULA. Inspired ...

In the Heights
7/15 - 7/31/2022


In the Heights
In the Heights
7/15 - 7/31/2022


In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New Yorks Washington Heights a place where the coffee from the corner bodega ...

The Marvelous Wonderettes
The Marvelous Wonderettes
6/10 - 6/26/2022


This smash Off-Broadway hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, where we meet four girls with hopes and dreams as big as ...

Pageant
5/13 - 5/29/2022


Pageant
Pageant
5/13 - 5/29/2022


Six contestants emerge from behind a shimmer curtain to take part in an epic battle of hairspray and cheesy quatrain. Ushered on by a crooning ...

Tick, Tick... BOOM!
Tick, Tick... BOOM!
3/18 - 4/3/2022


Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick Boom!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent, is the story ...

Greater Tuna
2/11 - 2/27/2022


Greater Tuna
Greater Tuna
2/11 - 2/27/2022


What do Arles Struvie, Thurston Wheelis, Aunt Pearl, Petey Fisk, Phineas Blye, and Rev. Spikes have in common? In this hilarious send-up of small-town morals, ...

Falsettos
Falsettos
1/14 - 1/30/2022


Hilarious, heartbreaking, and utterly unique, next up is William Finn and James Lapines groundbreaking musical, Falsettos. Falsettos revolves around the life of a charming, intelligent, ...

Falsettos
1/7 - 1/23/2022


William Finn and James Lapine’s groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical FALSETTOS returned to Broadway in an all new production from Lincoln Center Theater. Lapine returned to ...

The Absolute Fantastical Adventures of Cindy Ella and the Golden Christmas Goose in the Joyous Years That Followed the Never-Ending Plague: A Short Panto


The title says it all! THE ABSOLUTE FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF CINDY ELLA AND THE ONCE AND FUTURE GOLDEN CHRISTMAS GOOSE IN THE JOYOUS YEARS THAT ...

Melancholy Play
10/22 - 11/7/2021


Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. ...

Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce


Tillys melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. ...

Once on This Island
Once on This Island
9/17 - 10/3/2021


Ti Moune is a fearless peasant girl who falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the island. When their divided ...

The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
3/5 - 3/22/2020


Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman, is a modern-day classic, reminiscent of Shakespeare. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action ...

Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity
1/9 - 2/2/2020


A newly imagined production of this high-energy, comedic musical with dancing inspired by the late, great Bob Fosse!Inspired by Federico Fellinis Nights of Cabiria, Sweet ...

Scrooge: The Musical
Scrooge: The Musical
12/12 - 12/22/2019


Our annual holiday classic returns, revitalized and reimagined!A family tradition across the region and fun for all ages, this timeless musical follows the plot of ...

The Wiz
The Wiz
10/31 - 11/24/2019


A beloved Broadway gem, The Wiz infuses L. Frank Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a dazzling mix of rock, gospel, and soul music. ...

Mother Goose Stories
Mother Goose Stories
5/17 - 5/19/2018


The classic tales of Mother Goose come to life on stage at The Ritz Theatre Co., Haddon Township, NJ. With Mother Goose it’s rhyming time! ...

Barnum
Barnum
10/20 - 11/19/2011


Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages... step right up to The Ritz Theatre for a front row seat and a first ...

Moon Over Buffalo
Moon Over Buffalo
9/9 - 10/8/2011


Are you in need of an evening filled with fussing and fighting, mishaps and mayhem, sword fights and stage lights… then look no further than ...

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