See two of the most iconic Motown groups of all time live in concert at STNJ as they perform their top hits including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch),” “Ain't Too Proud to Beg,” “Baby, I Need Your Loving,” and many more.
The Temptations, often referred to as American music royalty, are world-renowned superstars of entertainment, revered for their phenomenal catalog of music and prolific career. They are one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world today. Their concerts include fan favorites such as “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me),” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone." They were also ranked #1 in Billboard magazine’s most recent list of the Greatest R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of All Time. The Temptations are the recipients of numerous awards and honors, and have been the subject of a smash hit Broadway musical, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. The Temptations’ heritage, influence, and contributions to not only American culture and African American communities but also to the global music landscape are monumental.
The Four Tops, originally called the Four Aims, made their first single for Chess in 1956, and spent seven years on the road and in nightclubs, singing pop, blues, Broadway, but mostly jazz—four-part harmony jazz. When Motown’s Berry Gordy Jr. found out they had hustled a national Tonight Show appearance, he signed them without an audition to be the marquee act for the company’s Workshop Jazz label. Their first Motown hit, “Baby I Need Your Loving” in 1964, made them stars and their '60s track record on the label is indispensable to any retrospective of the decade. Their songs, soulful and bittersweet, were across-the-board successes. When Motown left Detroit in 1972 to move to Los Angeles, the steadfast Tops decided to stay at home, and with another label. They kept up a string of hits with ABC-Dunhill for the next few years, until the groups move to Casablanca Records in 1980. Smokey Robinson remembers: “They were the best in my neighborhood in Detroit when I was growing up (and) the Four Tops will always be one of the biggest and the best groups ever. Their music is forever."
Co-presented with The Bowery Presents
Comedy Night Live! (10/18/24-10/18/24)
The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes (10/19/24-10/19/24)
Gilberto Santa Rosa (10/20/24-10/20/24)
Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations (10/25/24-10/27/24)
America Ride On Tour 2024 (11/1/24-11/1/24)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (11/2/24-11/2/24)
U.S. Navy Band - Commodores Jazz Ensemble (11/3/24-11/3/24)
Scotty McCreery (11/7/24-11/7/24)
Mutts Gone Nuts: Unleashed! (11/10/24-11/10/24)
Dionne Warwick (11/13/24-11/13/24)
Ronny Chieng - The Love to Hate it Tour (11/15/24-11/15/24)
Rock 'N Roll Doo Wop Spectacular (11/16/24-11/16/24)
The Alan Parsons Live Project (11/20/24-11/20/24)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (11/21/24-11/21/24)
Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (11/23/24-11/24/24)
An Evening with Chevy Chase & National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (12/5/24-12/5/24)
The Musical Box (12/6/24-12/6/24)
The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert (12/8/24-12/8/24)
Croce Plays Croce (1/11/25-1/11/25)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel (1/12/25-1/12/25)
The Addams Family (1/24/25-1/26/25)
Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey (1/30/25-1/30/25)
An Evening with Sutton Foster (1/31/25-1/31/25)
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2/16/25-2/16/25)
Tracy Morgan (2/22/25-2/22/25)
Brahms and Chopin (2/23/25-2/23/25)
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms (3/20/25-3/20/25)
Dear Evan Hansen (3/28/25-3/30/25)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang (4/6/25-4/6/25)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert (4/13/25-4/13/25)
The Music of Led Zeppelin (5/4/25-5/4/25)
State Theatre New Jersey is at 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ.
Chris Botti (10/12/24-10/12/24)
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA (10/11/24-10/11/24)
Brain Regan (10/6/24-10/6/24)
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical (10/3/24-10/5/24)
TINA–The Tina Turner Musical (10/3/24-10/5/24)
Blippi: Join the Band Tour! (9/28/24-9/28/24)
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (9/27/24-9/27/24)
The Life and Music of George Michael (9/22/24-9/22/24)
Don McLean Starry Starry Night Tour 2024 (9/21/24-9/21/24)
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico (9/13/24-9/13/24)
Videos
David Caserta's Haunted Illusions
Bergen PAC (10/25 - 10/25) | ||
Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) | ||
Stephanie J. Block
Union County Performing Arts Center (10/19 - 10/19) | ||
Eric McCormack and Laura Bell Bundy
Enlow Recital Hall (11/16 - 11/16) | ||
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Algonquin Arts Theatre (10/11 - 10/20)
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Into the Woods
Middletown Arts Center (10/18 - 10/27) | ||
Jekyll & Hyde
Spring Lake Theatre (10/11 - 10/26)
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Bat Boy: The Musical
The Vogel (10/25 - 10/26) | ||
Timeless Masterpieces: Swan Lake Act II & More
Mayo Performing Arts Center (5/17 - 5/18) | ||
Marie Rader Presenting Series: An Afternoon with Ali Stroker
Pfleeger Concert Hall Stage (12/15 - 12/15) | ||
Kinky Boots
Vanguard Theater Company (6/12 - 6/29) | ||
Paquito D'Rivera with New Jersey Symphony
Mayo Performing Arts Center (11/10 - 11/10) | ||
Creative Forces: Peck, Robbins, & More
Mayo Performing Arts Center (11/8 - 11/8) | ||
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