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Sesame Street Live! Say Hello


Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street are coming to your neighborhood to say hello! At Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, sing, dance, ...

Ladies of Laughter


The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous is excited to be back at Bergen PAC on February 3rd! This show includes a cross section of ...

Eric McCormack and Laura Bell Bundy


Join us for an electrifying concert with Broadway icons Eric McCormack and Laura Bell Bundy! Eric is celebrated for his Emmy-winning TV career and acclaimed ...

Bat Boy: The Musical
Bat Boy: The Musical
11/8 - 11/17/2024


Don’t Miss Catalyst’s Theater Company’s Bat Boy: The Musical A Tale of Horror, Humor, and Heart! Catalyst Theater’s Company’s production of Bat Boy: The Musical ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
10/16 - 11/17/2024


Macbeth | By William Shakespeare Directed by Brian B. Crowe Spurred on by supernatural solicitings, a noble general and his wife embark on a bloody ...

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals


ALIEN INVASION MEETS MUSICAL MADNESS! Spotlight Players Present The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals Brace yourselves, Matawan! An invasion is coming—an invasion of song and ...

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Mary & Eleanor
Mary & Eleanor
11/15 - 11/23/2024


In the political frenzy of the 1932 Democratic Convention, Jersey City’s Mary T. Norton and Eleanor Roosevelt debated the role women must play in politics.

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Ronny Chieng - The Love to Hate it Tour


See Ronny Chieng in his STNJ debut!  Ronny Chieng is a stand up comedian, actor, and Correspondent on  The Daily Show . In addition to ...

A Life Worth Living, a new musical


A Life Worth Living  is a new dramatic-comedy musical that follows Gavin, a depressed teenager involuntarily sent to a residential mental health treatment facility. There, ...

Creative Forces: Peck, Robbins, & More


Join New Jersey Ballet for Creative Forces, featuring Justin Peck’s dynamic Murder Ballades and Jerome Robbins’ elegant In the Night. Peck’s Murder Ballades brings thrilling ...


It’s a Shore Holiday marks a festive occasion in the Atlantic City Ballet's 42nd season. This special performance captures the spirit of the holidays through ...


One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It's 1930s Paris ...

Rock 'N Roll Doo Wop Spectacular


Four great acts, one amazing night of music! Peter Noone  is a multi-talented entertainer. Growing up as a child actor, Noone starred in the long-running ...


Ruby in the Rough, a new play by Lynn Marie Macy, takes the audience to New Year’s Eve 1929, where three showgirls face a life-altering ...

The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years
11/15 - 11/16/2024


TWO VOICES. TWO STORIES. A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERFORMANCE.  Join us for “The Last Five Years,” a tragic love story told entirely in song. Performed by NJ’s ...


The Nature of the Stars features a poignant encounter between a bookstore owner and a young customer as they navigate the challenges of loss and ...

Tosca
Tosca
11/16


Presented by Center Stage Opera Co. In 1889 Puccini, barely 30 years old, set his sights on Sardou’s play, a wrenching melodrama of love and hate, passion ...


The Theater Project and Cranford Library will showcase staged readings of three new plays on November 16 at the Cranford Community Center. The works include ...


Old Globe Theatre: - book: Robert L. Freedman; lyrics: Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak; music: Steven Lutvak; dir: Darko Tresnjak....

Pageant Pending
Pageant Pending
11/15 - 11/17/2024


Welcome to America’s Most Wanted, the biggest pageant event in all 50 states! The lights are blinding, the competition is cutthroat, and the interview questions ...

Primo Puccini


Commemorating the 100-year anniversary of famed composer Giacomo Puccini’s death and the premiere of his last opera, The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey presents a ...

The Color Purple
11/15 - 11/17/2024


The Color Purple, the poignant musical based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, paints a powerful portrait of resilience and hope in the face of ...

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals


ALIEN INVASION MEETS MUSICAL MADNESS! Spotlight Players Present The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals Brace yourselves, Matawan! An invasion is coming—an invasion of song and ...

The Alan Parsons Live Project


Seeing Alan Parsons in concert is a must for any music lover, as it offers a rare opportunity to experience a legendary figure who has ...


Celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the world’s most beloved children's authors - Roald Dahl - with a fantastical tale of a boy, his ...

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue


Trombone Shorty brings an eclectic show crafted in the rich music scene of his hometown of New Orleans. Evoking the tradition of the second line ...

12 Angry Jurors
12 Angry Jurors
11/14 - 11/23/2024


“12 Angry Jurors” is a compelling drama about a jury that must decide whether a teenager is guilty of murdering his father.

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!


Whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon star in his own musical production!


Dorado Schmitt and Sons: Django Festival All-Stars showcases the rich sound of gypsy jazz, drawing inspiration from the legendary Romani-French guitarist Django Reinhardt. Led by ...

Freezing Antarctica
11/15 - 11/23/2024


Freezing Antarctica is a compelling love story intertwined with a save-the-world plot, showcasing the journey of Russian meteorologist Nikita Alexandra Romanov and American adventurer Jack ...


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