Louis Palena News

Christmas has arrived at Music Mountain Theatre! After a successful run of A Christmas Story, the Musical and Frosty and Rudolph, MMT's traditional A Christmas Carol returns November 30-December 16.

The countdown to Christmas is on at Music Mountain Theatre! The highly anticipated production of A Christmas Story, The Musical opens Friday, November 9 and runs through Sunday, November 25.

Let's do the time warp again at Music Mountain Theatre! The Rocky Horror Show is back - for just THREE performances. One fateful night, Brad Majors and his fiance, Janet Weiss, innocently set out to visit an old professor. A thunderstorm and a flat-tire force them to seek help at the castle of Dr. Frank 'N' Furter, an alien, transvestite scientist with a manic genius and an insatiable libido. A loving homage to the classic B Sci-Fi film and horror genres with an irresistible rock'n'roll score, The Rocky Horror Show is a hilarious, wild ride that no audience will soon forget.

Musical Comedy and Murder have never been funnier together! From the creators of Cabaret and Chicago, Curtains: The Musical Comedy Whodunit, opens at Music Mountain Theatre on Friday, October 5. This hysterical, but not often performed, show was chosen to be part of MMT's second season by audience members in a contest held during the theatre's first season.

Godspell needs little introduction, but when it was first produced on Broadway in 1971, it was groundbreaking in it's stage treatment of the historical storytelling of the life of Jesus Christ. Based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, it deals with the last days of Jesus and includes dramatized versions of several well-known parables - and yet, it is something more - a religious experience, a demonstration of joy, and a celebration of humanity. The musical features the well-known songs Bless the Lord, Day by Day, and By My Side.

Godspell needs little introduction, but when it was first produced on Broadway in 1971, it was groundbreaking in it's stage treatment of the historical storytelling of the life of Jesus Christ. Based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, it deals with the last days of Jesus and includes dramatized versions of several well-known parables - and yet, it is something more - a religious experience, a demonstration of joy, and a celebration of humanity. The musical features the well-known songs Bless the Lord, Day by Day, and By My Side.

Winter days are drifting away to 'summer nights' at Music Mountain Theatre with the opening of the Broadway classic, Grease, beginning April 6!

A Chorus Line opens at Music Mountain Theatre on Friday March 2. The show is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, the musical is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. A Chorus Line provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.

Music Mountain Theater in Lambertville, NJ presents the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singular sensation, A CHORUS LINE, featuring Michael Bennett's original Broadway direction and choreography. A Chorus Line will run March 2 - 18 with performances on Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm & 8pm and Sundays at 3pm.

Nunsense A-Men opens opens Friday and will be performed through Sunday at Music Mountain Theare in Lambertville, NJ.

Music Mountain Theatre opens 2018 with 42nd Street, a classic musical theatre hit. Artistic directors Louis Palena and Jordan Brennan are re-creating the show's iconic choreography by Gower Champion - listen to the 'Lullaby of Broadway' in Lambertville!

Music Mountain Theatre opens 2018 with 42nd Street, a classic musical theatre hit. Artistic directors Louis Palena and Jordan Brennan are re-creating the show's iconic choreography by Gower Champion - listen to the 'Lullaby of Broadway' in Lambertville!

A Christmas Carol is a musical based on Charles Dickens classic tale. With music and lyrics written by Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens, the show was presented annually at Madison Square Garden December 1994 to December 2003.

The 2003 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features 1960s-style music and is based on the 1988 John Waters film. It's 1962, and plump, big-haired teenager Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on the local teenage TV dance program.

The 2003 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features 1960s-style music and is based on the 1988 John Waters film. It's 1962, and plump, big-haired teenager Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on the local teenage TV dance program.

A summer tradition returns to Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre when the family musical, 'The Wizard of Oz' takes the stage. Set to run for three weekends, the beloved musical will begin on Friday, August 4 and continue through Sunday, August 20, 2017. Performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical 'Hair', often hailed as the father of modern rock musicals, is up next at the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre. Set for 6 performances, 'Hair' will be performed from July 21 through July 30, 2017 with performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 pm.

A Fourth of July tradition returns to the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre stage with 'Stars 'n Stripes' a salute to America. Set for three performances, 'Stars 'n Stripes' will be performed on Friday, June 30, Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

One of the most explosive movie musicals bursts onto the Open Air Theatre stage when 'Footloose the Musical' begins a two weekend run. Opening Friday, June 16 and continuing through Sunday, June 25, performances of 'Footloose the Musical' are Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

As construction on Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville, New Jersey's newest performing arts center continues, Curtain Up Productions and the Downtown Performing Arts Center have decided to continue their tradition of summer theater at the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre and produce an abridged summer season prior to Music Mountain Theatre's fall 2017 opening.