Summer Stages: Hot Summer Theatre in New Jersey

With Memorial Day a memory, New Jersey audiences can turn their attentions to summer fun, which includes a full schedule of music and theater events across the Garden State. We have made a few picks for Jersey friends to enjoy so come on out and support the arts and enjoy!

NJ PAC in Newark, "Sounds of the City" sponsored by the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey From July 11 to August 29th on Thursday evenings at 5:00 pm. Free as the air! Enjoy eight exciting concerts and discover for yourself why New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark is the place to meet and mingle on Thursday evenings in the summertime. Performers include Felix Hernandez's Rhythm Revue, Sheila E., Shaggy, and The Ohio Players. For more information, visit their web site at NJPAC.org.

LUCKY STIFF at the 4th Wall Theatre, Bloomfield
Based on The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carloby Michael Butterworth
From the creators of Ragtime and A Man of No Importance, this well-oiled musical farce concerns Harry, a mild-mannerEd English shoe salesman, who must take his recently murdered (and embalmed) uncle to Monte Carlo in order to inherit six million dollars. If Harry doesn't fulfill the task, all of the money will go to the Universal Dog Home in Brooklyn...and Harry hates dogs! Filled with zany characters and plenty of plot twists, this show is a delight from beginning to end!
June 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 at Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield. http://www.4thwalltheatre.org/

SHAKESPEARE THEATER OF NEW JERSEY, Madison Shakespeare's pastoral comedy "As You Like It" (June 19-July 28) will be presented outdoors at the amphitheater on the College of Saint Elizabeth campus. At the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater at Drew University, the company will stage "The Playboy of the Western World" (May 29-June 23), Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels" (July 3-28 ) and more. (973) 408-5600, shakespearenj.org.

SURFLIGHT THEATER Beach Haven. Sometimes the cliché "The show must go on" just plain fits. Over the last few years, Surflight has survived bankruptcy, a fire that damaged company housing and, most recently, $750,000 worth of damage from Hurricane Sandy. Regardless, a full season is planned, including "The Boy Friend" (May 24-June 16), "George M!" (June 19-July 7), "South Pacific" (July 10-28), "LES MISERABLES" (July 31-Aug. 24) and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (Aug. 28-Sept. 8). (609) 492-9477, surflight.org.