New Jersey Theatre Newsroom

Internationally acclaimed, multiple Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor and NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider conducts the NEC Jazz Orchestra in a program of her music on Thursday, April 17 at NEC's Jordan Hall.

Entering its sixth year, the Back Deck concert series will return with a robust season of performances featuring a lively mix of outstanding talents in jazz, classical, and genres in-between. Learn more!

Players Guild of Leonia wil present A NORMAL HEART - Larry Kramer's groundbreaking and deeply moving drama about the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Company Theatre Group has announced a special fundraising event: “PROJECT COMEBACK: THE MONTCLAIR TOUR,” featuring 4 nights of hilarious one-act plays. Learn more here!

 It’s a night of family entertainment during the holiday season at with improviser Colin Mochrie and celebrity hypnotist, Asad Mecci who bring their new show HYPROV to  New Jersey Performing Arts Center in December.

Founded by choreographer/director Stefanie Batten Bland, CONCRETE is a three-week intensive that explores the hyphenated dance genre of physical theatre and how these techniques function inside kinesthetic awareness in immersive theatre settings.

Jersey City Theater Center will present Perennial Land – The Data Forest, an innovative two-part installation that delves into the intricate relationship between nature, culture, and environmental justice.

State Theatre New Jersey will present George Lopez on Friday, April 18 at 8pm. George Lopez's illustrious and multi-faceted career encompasses television, film, stand-up comedy, and late-night television. 

The Union High School Performing Arts Company will present Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's beloved musical Into the Woods. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

George Street Playhouse has revealed the complete cast and creative team for The Shark is Broken, written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Rehearsals are officially underway for the world premiere of Take the Lead at Paper Mill Playhouse.  Catch up with the cast and creative team in this video!

American Theater Group will present the premiere reading of King of the Hollywood Fixers by Douglas J. Cohen as part of its free Monday Night Play Reading Series. Learn how to attend.

A free reading of King of the Hollywood Fixers is coming to Hamilton Stage next month. Union County Performing Arts Center’s Free Play Reading Series will resume with the reading of this play by Douglas J. Cohen.

Centenary Stage Company will open the world premiere of Wasabia by Wendy Herlich next week. The production was originally a part of CSC’s Women Playwrights Series Readings in the Spring of 2024 and through that process was selected for the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation award giving it a full production in this season’s lineup.

A third show featuring the hilarious Mojo Brookz has been added to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) due to overwhelming demand. Mojo Brookz will perform three shows experience 'Unforgettable Laughter' on Saturday, April 12, at 7 PM and 9:30 PM.

TwoSet Violin, classical music’s favorite viral duo, takes the stage with the New Jersey Symphony as part of their World Tour! Join violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen for a concert experience on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 2 pm.

The Tony Award Winning Crossroads Theatre Company will celebrate 35 years of black stories with a lineup of new plays from a multigenerational cohort of new and established writers. Learn more!

New Jersey Symphony and Windborne Music Group present The Music of Led Zeppelin with Brent Havens conducting and Justin Sargent performing as a vocalist on the program.

Whether you are someone who follows sports or not,'King James' has great personal and social appeal.  It will run through Sunday April 6 with matinee and evening performances available. 

A washed-up Broadway playwright has a plan to revive his career: a plan that involves theft, betrayal, and murder-along with loads of laughs-in the dark comedy-thriller 'Deathtrap,' presented by Maurer Productions OnStage at the Kelsey Theatre, April 4-13, on Mercer County Community College's West Windsor Campus.

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.

Classic American Tales (CAT) is offering a theater workshop that begins on Wednesday, April 30 and concludes, after four full-group and several break-out smaller-group rehearsals, with a performance at End of the Road Theater on Saturday, May 24.

Watch a first look video at Beautiful: The Carole King Musical! The musical follows the incredible journey of how Carol Klein of Brooklyn became Carole King, world-famous pop icon and hitmaker.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center will celebrate International Jazz Day with a free musical celebration featuring 100+ young local musicians performing on the iconic NJPAC stage.

Randolph High School Drama Club has announced its spring musical Mean Girls: High School Version. Check here for more details.