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BICKFORD THEATRE AT THE MORRIS MUSEUM

6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ 07960

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker and the New Grinch Suites


The Water Gap Jazz Orchestra returns to the Morris Museum to perform Duke Ellington’s iconic Nutcracker Suite and their very own Grinch Suite! This 17-piece ...


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Carolyn Dorfman Dance Announces 40th Anniversary Season Featuring a WAMFest Performance, a Gala Benefit & More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2022

Carolyn Dorfman Dance will celebrate a landmark 40 years of bold and powerful dance with their 2022-23 Season. The highlights for this year include a performance with jazz great Regina Carter at NJPAC's TD James Moody Jazz Festival in November, and more. ...

Past Shows

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 ...

Dan Levinson & Friends


Dan will be joined by some of his best friends in music with an afternoon of familiar favorites and forgotten gems. He has performed to ...

mr. RAY’s 30th Anniversary


Join us for a fun and engaging performance with mr. Ray singing his best-known songs about Kindness, Being Creative and Staying Healthy & Active…and some ...

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Garrick Ohlsson


The famed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns with a program featuring a new piece by Billy Childs titled “Each Moment Is a New Discovery.” Critically acclaimed ...

Blanc Aprés Labor Day with Mike Davis and the New Wonders


Celebrate the end of the season with a 1920s jazz party! Don your summer white clothes one more time before packing them for winter for ...

Life's a Gig with Vanisha Gould


Vanisha Gould brings her lustrous voice to the Back Deck for an exciting debut. Vanisha came to New York in 2015 from Simi Valley, California. ...

THE FUMOS
THE FUMOS
8/17


Back Deck debut! THE FUMOS are an NYC-based band reviving the glorious horn-heavy dance music of the 70s. From funk to rock, soul and jazz; ...

An Evening of String Sextets


Co-Artistic Director of Lyrica Chamber Music, cellist Ani Kalayjian curates a vivacious program of sextets including the triumphant A major Dvorak sextet, stunning Armenian composer ...

Laura Anglade Quartet


Jazz vocalist Laura Anglade is a promising storyteller with a lot to say. She draws inspiration from Carmen McRae, Blossom Dearie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, ...

Erinys Quartet


The international Erinys Quartet makes their Back Deck debut! Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with ...

Harlem Quartet


The Grammy-Award-winning Harlem Quartet returns to The Back Deck with a concert that blurs the lines of jazz and classical and highlights their signature style ...

Aizuri Quartet


Making their highly anticipated Lot of Strings debut, Aizuri Quartet brings their international award-winning musicality to an insightful program that features works by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, ...

Evan Sherman Big Band


Catch Jersey’s native son, Evan Sherman with his big band for a special appearance between his international tours! Evan returns to the Back Deck after ...

Telegraph Quartet


San Francisco’s Telegraph Quartet returns to the Back Deck after their stellar performance in 2021. Now celebrating their 10th anniversary, the ensemble the San Francisco Chronicle hailed ...

Antoinette Montague


Named a 2024 Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association, Newark’s own Antoinette Montague returns to the Back Deck to honor the 125th birthday of ...

Jazz Goes to the Movies: Lights, Camera, Swing!


From the first talkies to modern movies, some of the most memorable moments of cinema have played out to a soundtrack of jazz. This concert ...

PUBLIQuartet


Applauded by The Washington Post as “a perfect encapsulation of today’s trends in chamber music” and The New Yorker as “independent-minded”, PUBLIQuartet returns to Lot ...

Amani Tribute to Tony Bennett


Opening the fifth season on The Back Deck is the ensemble that first performed there in July of 2020! Amani will pay tribute to the ...

What Makes It Great? - The Songs of George and Ira Gershwin


Between 1918 and 1937 the Gershwin brothers produced more than 700 songs together for theater and film that helped invent the modern musical. An enormous ...

Spring Nimbus Dance


Award-winning Nimbus Dance pays homage to Martha Graham’s iconic collaboration with composer Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring, bringing artistic director, Sam Pott’s contemporary vision to this ...

Fleabag - National Theatre Live


Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s iconic one-woman show returns to the big screen. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the ...

Mike Davis and the New Wonders with Special Guest Colin HanC*CK


Celebrate the Jazz Age of the 1920s with the young group that has breathed new life into the classic era. Known for their expert musicianship ...

Dear England


The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With ...

Amani - A celebration of Harry Belafonte


In 1959, Harry Belafonte created a live recording from Carnegie Hall that would remain on the charts for over three years. This concert highlighted Belafonte’s ...

Dover Quartet


Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the GRAMMY® nominated Dover Quartet has followed a “practically meteoric” ...

ETHEL
ETHEL
7/18


The genre-defying and ever-exciting ETHEL returns to the Back Deck for their first appearance since 2021. Known for their arrangements of a vast array of ...

Martin Pizzarelli and Friends


Back by popular demand, bassist Martin Pizzarelli returns to the Back Deck to remind us all why he is widely considered the most swinging bassist ...

Don Braden Big Band and Quartet


Don Braden celebrates the release of the highly anticipated Earth Wind and Wonder Volume 2 recording on The Back Deck! Don is joined on stage by both ...

The Antoinette Montague Experience


Kick off the Jazz on the Back Deck Season with the Antoinette Montague Experience! Known throughout the region for her talents as a vocalist, mentor, ...

Laura Anglade Quartet


The Toronto-based jazz vocalist, Laura Anglade, has been charming audiences by bringing a fresh face to the vintage sound of classic jazz numbers in both ...

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Chad Hoopes


The special relationship between the Morris Museum and the famed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra continues with a program featuring the critically acclaimed violinist, Chad Hoopes performing ...

Dan Levinson & Friends


Swing into spring with Morristown’s favorite, Dan Levinson! Dan will be joined by some of his best friends in music with an afternoon of familiar ...

Dance on Exhibit: Carolyn Dorfman Dance


Carolyn Dorfman Dance celebrates 40 years as a bold, athletic and dramatic force in New Jersey’s burgeoning dance landscape with Dance on Exhibit, an evening ...

Mike Davis & the New Wonders: Bix Bash 2023


Mike Davis and the New Wonders return for the Bickford Theatre’s annual celebration of Bix Beiderbecke, the enigmatic cornet sensation of the 1920s. Enjoy a ...

Mardi Gras Celebration with Thaddeus Expose


Thaddeus Exposé made his debut at the Morris Museum last year and returns to bring NOLA back to Morristown for his second annual Mardi Gras ...

Water Gap Jazz Orchestra: Nutcracker and Grinch Suites


The Water Gap Jazz Orchestra is a 17-piece big band comprised of the highest caliber professional musicians in the tri-state area. Hear their Morris Museum ...

Orpheus & Angela Hewitt


The internationally acclaimed, Grammy-Award winning, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns to the Morris Museum after their SOLD-OUT performance last April. Joined by one of the foremost ...

Rio Clemente
Rio Clemente
11/13


Morristown’s very own Rio Clemente returns to the Bickford Theatre with a program of original works and classics from the American Song Book. Rio earned ...

Stone Soup
Stone Soup
11/11


Family Folktale Day begins with a feature presentation of Stone Soup performed by the Pushcart Player in the Bickford Theatre at 11:30 AM. There will ...

i am the utterance of my name: Divining Mary Magdalene


From the creators of The Other Mozart comes a new music-theater piece about the web of clashing myths, beliefs, symbols, and decrees surrounding the life ...

Horszowski Trio


Described as power players by The Los Angeles Times, the Horszowski Trio has performed to sold-out houses and critical acclaim across the United States and ...

12th Annual Bickford Benefit Jazz Concert


The tradition continues with an evening of excellent jazz performed by some of the finest musicians performing today. As always, Dan Levinson assembles a band ...

Kaki King: Modern Yesterdays


Considered one of the most unique and influential guitarists of our time, Kaki King continues to deconstruct and redefine the role of solo instrumental artist ...

Alea
Alea
8/25


Alea is a progressive and pioneering artist delivering messages of love, connection and Latinx empowerment. Her original compositions summon lush, vibrant landscapes from La Guajira, ...

Evan Sherman Big Band


NJ native Evan Sherman is well known to audiences in NYC and he was reintroduced to NJ in 2019 when he brought his big band ...

Balourdet Quartet


Making their Lot of Strings debut, the Boston based Balourdet Quartet has quickly made a name for themselves as rising stars in classical music! They ...

Danny Jonokuchi


Danny Jonokuchi amazed our Bickford audiences when he made his debut last October at the Bickford Benefit alongside Dan Levinson, now he makes his Back ...

Antoinette Montague


Antoinette Montague doesnt give concerts; she gives an experience. And there is no better place to experience her jazz phenomenon than on the Morris Museums ...

Dan Levinson


Dan returns to the Back Deck with a fantastic program that continues to pay homage to the legendary early jazz greats with his signature mix ...

Amani: Caribbean Calypso on the Back Deck


Amani brings the sounds of the Caribbean to the Back Deck! Playing hits by Harry Bellafonte, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, and Sunny Rollins, enjoy an ...

Telegraph Quartet


Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape and powerfully adept with a combination of brilliance and subtlety, ...

Tesla Quartet


Praised for their superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand (The International Review of ...

Martin Pizzarelli and Friends


Bassist Martin Pizzarelli returns to Jazz on the Back Deck after his SOLD-OUT show last year! A member of New Jerseysfirst jazz family, Martins own ...

Argus Quartet


Opening the third season of Lot of Strings is the Back Deck debut of The Argus Quartet! TheArgus Quartetis dedicated to celebrating the artistic landscape ...

The Rhythm Method: On Time


Brooklyn based string quartet The Rhythm Method returns to the Morris Museum after their debut during the 2021 season of Lot of Strings with a ...

Britton-René Collins: On Time


A world premiere percussion event featuring award-winning virtuoso, Britton-Ren Collins. Collins has been commissioned to compose a new work on the theme of time which ...

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Nobuyuki Tsujii


Morris Museum audiences developed a special relationship with the famed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra when they began performing with small chamber groups in the Museums outdoor ...

Amani: Caribbean Calypso


Hear local favorites! Amani will play familiar hits that will help usher in Spring weather by artists like Harry Bellafonte, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, and ...

National Theatre Live: A View From the Bridge


Filmed live onstage from Londons West End, Arthur Millers dark and passionate play A View from the Bridge returns exclusively to cinema screens. Ivo Van ...

Hanover Wind Symphony: Music as Motion


The Hanover Wind Symphony returns to the Bickford Theatre with Music as Motion featuring Kenneth DeCarlo as the trumpet soloist. Hear Hanover perform Carnival of ...

Larry Fuller Trio


Larry Fuller is an internationally acclaimed American jazz pianist, band leader, and composer known by critics and fans to swing like a beast!. He is ...

Discovering Antarctica: Heroic Tales of Shackleton, Crean & Scott


Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Irelands unsung heroes, is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan ...

Mike Davis: Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke


Mike Davis returns for his annual birthday tribute to the legendary Bix Beiderbecke! Although Bix would be turning 118 this year, his music sounds fresh ...

National Theatre Live: King Lear


Captured live from Londons West End in 2018, see Ian McKellens extraordinarily moving portrayal (Independent) of King Lear in the Bickford Theatre. Considered by many ...

Mardi Gras Jazz Concert with Thaddeus Exposé


Celebrate Mardi Gras with the authentic sounds of New Orleans very own Thaddeus Expos! Thaddeus Expos was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a ...

National Theatre Live: War Horse


The critically acclaimed and international smash-hit play War Horse returns to cinemas for the first time this November to mark Remembrance Day. It is based ...

National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


This critically acclaimed play took the theatre and screen by storm. Based on the novel by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens, the play ...

Empire Wild Holiday Concert


Empire Wild blew audiences away with their Morris Museum debut on The Back Deck this past June, now they return inside the Bickford Theatre for ...

Pianist Jenny Lin: Glass Reflections


Born in Taiwan, raised in Austria, educated in Europe and America, Jenny Lin has built a vibrant international career, notable for innovative collaborations with a ...

Josie & Grace
Josie & Grace
11/5 - 11/7/2021


From the creators of the hit off-Broadway show Josephine, this new musical explores the extraordinary and mostly untold story of the friendship between two of ...

The Diamond-and-Emerald Bickford Benefit Concert


Dan Levinson celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Benefit and the 20th anniversary of his first appearance at the Theatre! Levinson has once again assembled ...

Harlem Quartet


The Grammy Award winning Harlem Quartet is as adept at Mozart as they are at Ellington. Harlem Quartet advances diversity in classical music while engaging ...

Imani Winds


Celebrating over two decades of music making, the Grammy nominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center: Marcus Printup


In the second collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, JaLC trumpeter, Marcus Printup will lead an ensemble as he explores his own musical heritage through ...

Tesla Quartet


Praised for their superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand (The International Review of ...

PUBLIQuartet


Applauded by The Washington Post as a perfect encapsulation of todays trends in chamber music, and by The New Yorker as independent-minded, the Grammy nominated ...

Don Braden Earth Wind and Wonder New Adventures


Don Braden continues his exploration of the intersection of Jazz and Pop with a new program of his arrangements of works by Stevie Wonder and ...

Neville Dickie and The Midiri Brothers


The annual tradition continues for its fifth year and counting!...

Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi


This award-winning husband and wife team are without a doubt two of the greatest exponents of classic jazz piano, specializing in the exciting sounds of ...

My Son, The Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy


Brad Zimmerman combines years of training as an actor with years on the stand up comedy circuit to create this hybrid play that weaves a ...

Rio Clemente and Friends


The legendary Bishop of Jazz will present his debut of Rio Plays Rio, full of original music and popular American standards....

Macbeth - National Theatre Live (Encore)


The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war sets the stage. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeth family is propelled towards the crown by forces ...

Bach in the Subways 2019


March 21 is Johann Sebastian Bachs 334th birthday. To celebrate his work and to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers, musicians ...

Bix Beiderbecke's Birthday Bash


Our annual tradition continues remembering the unique sound of one of the earliest great jazz improvisers. Cornetist Mike Davis will once again lead the celebration....

It Don't Mean a Thing, Music of Duke Ellington Featuring the Kyle Athayde Dance Party


Rob Kapilow takes listeners inside the music, slowing down and recomposing key passages to hear why a piece is so extraordinary. Next the piece is ...

The Brass Project Pops


There's fun for all in this survey of hits, including jazz, marches, film music, and original works composed specifically for The Brass Project....

Seussology


Shows at 11:00am and 1:30pm. Explore the background of Dr. Seuss and his beloved works. You know Thing 1 and Thing 2. Now you will ...

Julius Ceasar - National Theatre


Nicholas Hytner's production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar's return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles ...

Hanover Wind Symphony


A program featuring the trumpet section of the Hanover Wind Symphony and a guest soloist, Michael R. Baker. Now in its 34th season, the Wind ...

Morgan's Journey - Children's Theatre


Shows at 11:00am and 1:30pm. Starting at the moment of his birth, we follow Morgan on an intriguing journey of discovery, learning valuable lessons on ...

Herb Gardner's Groundhog Jam


Trombonist Herb Gardner returns after a two year hiatus to celebrate one of his favorite holidays along with the finest musicians from New England and ...

I'm Not Running - National Theatre


Shows at 2:00PM (LIVE) and 7:00PM (Encore). Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When ...

The Madness of George III


2:00PM (LIVE); 7:00PM (ENCORE). It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behavior is becoming increasingly erratic ...

Billy Bishop Goes to War
Billy Bishop Goes to War
11/9 - 11/18/2018


November 9, 8:00PM; November 10, 8:00PM; November 11, 2:00PM; November 16, 8:00PM; November 17, 2:00PM; November 18, 2:00PM. Books, Music and Lyrics by John MacLachlan ...

Storytelling - With Nisse Greenberg


Sundays: October 14, 21, 28, 2018 and November 4, 2018. Nisse Greenberg is a storyteller, producer, and educator for The Moth and The Story Collider. ...

Jazz Showcase - Full Count Big Band


This popular 17 piece big band has been entertaining New York and New Jersey audiences for more than a decade with an eclectic mix of ...

National Theatre - Follies


New York, 1971—there’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre and the next day, the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after ...

Real to Reel Film Series - A Place at the Table (2012)


Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, and Raj Patel are featured in this examination of the issue of hunger in America, focusing on the plight of three ...

NJ Young Filmmakers Festival Award Winning Films 2018


Join us for a special screening to recognize and celebrate the work of emerging filmmakers in New Jersey. Organized by the Thomas Edison Media Arts ...

What Makes it Great - Octet for Strings


2:00PM. Octet for Strings (E-flat Major, Op. 20) by Felix Mendelssohn performed by the Harlem Quartet. Rob Kapilow—conductor, composer, author, and NPR and PBS music ...

SmartTalks - What is Jazz and Why Does It Matter?


1:00PM. SmartTalk with Michael Conklin, Jazz Historian, presently pursuing his Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from Drew University. This new programming dimension hosts a ...

Inside Cinema Film Series - Murder My Sweet (1944)


10:00AM. Raymond Chandler’s 1940 hard-boiled novel—a superb, complex, shadowy, twisting Film Noir of murder, corruption, blackmail, double-cross, and double identity, starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, ...

Souvenir, a Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins


Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 7:30PM; Friday, September 28, 2018 at 8:00PM; Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 2:00PM. Play by Stephen Temperley. Florence Foster Jenkins, ...

Hamlet
Hamlet
9/23


As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet ...

Crossing Indian Rhythms


Through the Morris Museum’s new partnership with the Carnatic Music Association of North America, young Indian percussionist, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, and friends decipher the astounding complexities ...

Dance Party with Louis Prima, Jr. and the Witnesses


The son of the great Louis Prima brings a high-energy, fun show to every venue. His concert at the Bickford Theatre in 2016 was a ...

Beauty and the Beast - Children's Theatre


Performances at 11:00AM* and 1:30PM. Based on the original story by Madame Leprince De Beaumont, this production has all the magic and mystery that we ...

Dan Levinson's Midsummer Night's Jazz Party


Fans of Dan Levinson have heard his "repertory bands" over the years, paying tribute to great jazz artists of the past. This year, for Dan's ...

Lasermania - Children's Theatre


Performances at 11:00AM and 1:30PM. A perfect, rockin' family event. A Bickford favorite returns with pure laser fun set to contemporary, pop/rock music that is ...

The Antoinette Montague Experience


Antoinette Montague is a popular jazz and blues singer hailing from Newark who has performed all over the world. Her CDs continue to receive airplay ...

Svetlana and the Delancy Five


One of the emerging hot jazz groups from Brooklyn, Svetlana and the Delancy Five have been getting rave reviews from places like the Wall Street ...

Harlem Wizards - Children's Theatre


Performances at 11:00AM and 1:30PM. The basketball antics of this crazy team returns. Get ready for oohs, aahs, and serious laughter inspired by world class ...

Danny Bacher and His All-Star Band Accentuate the Positive


A popular new talent on the jazz scene, Danny Bacher is building a loyal following across the country. His clean, crisp delivery is reminiscent of ...

Bubble Trouble - Children's Theatre


Performances at 11:00AM* and 1:30PM. Jeff Boyer takes bubbles to the max in this one-man extravaganza. It's the craziest, most creative bubble show around. He ...

The Magic of Sharks - Children's Theatre


Performances at 11:00AM* and 1:30PM. Steve Woyce makes magic happen with amazing shark facts in his high-energy show blending comedy, magic, and storytelling, with a ...

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