McCarter Theatre Videos

McCarter Theatre is inviting audiences to celebrate the holiday season with the return of A Christmas Carol, filled with music, magic, and the timeless spirit of generosity. Watch the video now!

In 2021, Sydney comedian Sam Kissajukian quit standup, rented an abandoned cake factory, and spent six months in a manic whirlwind, creating 300 large-scale paintings, unknowingly documenting his mental state through the process. Watch the video!

Lauren Gunderson and Ari Afsar’s exciting new musical I & You: The Musical opens tomorrow night Friday September 19 at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre. Get a first look at footage here!

Signature Theatre has a video inside rehearsals for Play On!, with the cast rehearsing 'Take The A Train.' Play On! is a musical based on Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night and set to the syncopated soundtrack of Duke Ellington’s greatest hits. 

Folk trio I’m With Her will release their stunning new record entitled Wild and Clear and Blue tomorrow. Ahead of the album, the band visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the title track. Watch the performance here.

Playwright Karen Zacarías and director Sarah Rasmussen discuss themes and the creative process behind Legacy of Light at the McCarter Theatre Center. Watch the video now!

Audiences will get a double bill of jazz brilliance with Makaya McCraven & SHABAKA on Saturday, October 19. Check out a video sneak peek at the performance here.

Catch up on all the latest from the week ending September 20, 2024 with videos from Sunset Boulevard, The Hills of California, Big Gay Jamboree, Maybe Happy Ending and more!

Empire Records is raising the volume in Princeton, New Jersey! An all-star cast has come together for the debut of the new musical, based on the 1995 film, at the McCarter Theatre Center- just a short train ride from New York City. In this video, watch exclusive highlights from the show and behind the scenes interviews from the cast and creative team. 

Composer Zoe Sarnak discusses her score for Empire Records: The Musical in the video here!

Get a first look at South Coast Repertory's world premiere of Galilee, 34 by Eleanor Burgess. Directed by Davis McCallum, the story exploring the disciples in the aftermath of the Crucifixion, runs through May 12, 2024 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

Go behind the scenes of the sets of McCarter Theatre Center - which is presenting the Tony Award-winning, Motown-infused musical, Dreamgirls, in co-production with Goodspeed Musicals. Watch the all-new video.

McCarter Theatre Center is presenting the Tony Award-winning, Motown-infused musical, Dreamgirls, in co-production with Goodspeed Musicals. In an all-new video, go behind the scenes of the costumes for the production.

In this video, watch as Gabrielle Beckford is joined by Nathaniel Blackwood and Criston Oats to give a very special sneak peek of 'Self'/ 'You Gotta Be'.

Watch Deidre Staples and Mahkai talk about Everyman Theatre's production of the critically acclaimed play, Crumbs.

Get a first look at footage of Dreamgirls at McCarter Theatre Center. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Cleveland Play House presents a reimagined adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a haunting and highly theatrical adaptation of the classic horror story. Just in time for Halloween, this sensual, poetic adaptation by David Catlin currently running through November 12 in the Outcalt Theatre, located in the heart of Playhouse Square. Watch a teaser trailer for the production here!

Based upon Roger Q. Mason’s Kilroys Listed play Lavender Men, this short film is a searing portrait of body dysmorphia, food addiction, and queer loneliness in the age of digital intimacy. 

Olivia Oguma has created a new video featuring performers reciting a monologue from Our Town, titled 'their town. OUR town.'

American Repertory Theater presents Gloria: A Life, presented in association with the McCarter Theatre Center and by special arrangement with Daryl Roth. Written by Tony Award nominee Emily Mann (Having Our Say, Still Life) and directed by Tony Award winner Paulus (Jagged Little Pill, The White Card), performances of the Off-Broadway hit begin Friday January 24, 2020 at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, MA. The production opens officially on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Due to one week of added performances, it will now close Saturday, March 1, 2020.