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Twelve Puppies from The Seeing Eye to Attend McCarter Theatre Center's A CHRISTMAS CAROL


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 20, 2024

On December 22, McCarter Theatre Center will welcome twelve special guests to its beloved holiday offering A Christmas Carol — adorable puppies from the Middlesex County Seeing Eye puppy raising club....

Cast Set For National Tour of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES


by Stephi Wild - December 18, 2024

The cast has been announced for the national tour of Tectonic Theater Project’s new play, Here There Are Blueberries. Learn more about the cast and find out where to catch the show here!...

Guest Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at McCarter Theatre-Holiday Spirit in Princeton


by Marina Kennedy - December 17, 2024

McCarter Theatre Center’s annual production of A Christmas Carol has returned to Princeton, New Jersey, and brings with it plenty of holiday merriment....

Interview: Joel McKinnon Miller in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at McCarter Theatre


by Marina Kennedy - November 21, 2024

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Joel McKinnon Miller who plays Ebenezer Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol.'  We learned about his fascinating career and the upcoming show at McCarter Theatre.  ...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL to Return to McCarter Theatre Center This Holiday Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 15, 2024

Get ready to be transported to 19th-century London for McCarter Theatre Center’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Learn how to purchase tickets this holiday season....

EMPIRE RECORDS: THE MUSICAL to Play Final Performance at McCarter Theatre Center This Weekend


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2024

McCarter Theatre Center’s world premiere production of Empire Records will play its final performance this Sunday October 6 at The Berlind Theatre. Learn more about the new musical!...

The 7 Fingers' DUEL REALITY to be Presented at McCarter Theatre Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2024

The 7 Fingers' DUEL REALITY will be performed at McCarter Theatre Center, showcasing a modern twist on Romeo and Juliet through acrobatics and storytelling. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets....

Guest Review: EMPIRE RECORDS: THE MUSICAL at McCarter Theatre-Electrifying


by Marina Kennedy - September 22, 2024

On Sunday, September 15, the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center saw a packed house for 'Empire Records: The Musical,' an adaptation of the eponymous cult classic film....

McCarter Theatre Center 2024-25 Presented Programming Season Begins


by Blair Ingenthron - September 21, 2024

McCarter Theatre Center has begun its highly anticipated 2024-2025 Presenting Season, offering a blend of perennial favorites and exciting cutting-edge talent....

Exclusive: EMPIRE RECORDS Is Hitting High Notes at the McCarter


by Joey Mervis - September 18, 2024

Empire Records is raising the volume in Princeton, New Jersey! An all-star cast has come together for the debut of the new musical, based on the 1995 film, at the McCarter Theatre Center- just a short train ride from New York City. In this video, watch exclusive highlights from the show and behind t...

Past Shows

Duel Reality
Duel Reality
10/9 - 10/13/2024


An epic, cirque-infused performance that dazzles the senses and stirs the heart. Inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, two fueding families engage in a battle ...

Choice
Choice
5/8 - 6/2/2024


From the writer of the hit Broadway musical - and soon-to-be film franchise - Wicked and the beloved 90’s TV series My So-Called Life, comes ...

Ship Happens: A Cruisical!
Ship Happens: A Cruisical!
5/24 - 5/25/2024


The Princeton Triangle Club, continuing its tradition of presenting an original musical comedy, will present an encore performance of the newest Triangle Show at the ...

Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls
3/6 - 3/24/2024


A 1960s Motown girl group catches their big break in an amateur competition and rises from obscurity to superstardom. But will their friendship—and their music—survive ...

The Sound of (Black) Music


An Afrofuturist take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, The Sound of (Black) Music fuses jazz, blues, funk, gospel, R&B, hip-hop, and more to pay ...

Ship Happens, A Cruisical
Ship Happens, A Cruisical
11/10 - 11/12/2023


Climb aboard the SS  Giznee Fairytale , a cruise with all of the amenities - buffets, shuffleboard, and even magic? While other passengers enjoy their ...

The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black
10/13 - 10/29/2023


A dark and scary mystery  unfolds in this masterful theatrical event. The story comes to life as an old man recounts the events of his ...

Bulrusher
Bulrusher
9/13 - 10/7/2023


Filled with passion and peppered with live music and gentle humor, this Pulitzer Prize finalist transports us to the predominantly white town of Boonville, nestled in ...

Ride the Cyclone by
4/30 - 5/29/2022


Holiday POPS!


Tuesday, December 14 at 7:30 pm Live ConcertJoin the Princeton Symphony Orchestra for this treasured Princeton tradition as the PSO performs festive orchestral favorites and ...

Wosner Plays Mozart


Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 pmLive ConcertThe Princeton Symphony Orchestra performs Evan Williams The Dream Deferred and Schuberts Tragic fourth symphony. Guest artist Shai Wosner ...

Tiger Style!
1/12 - 2/7/2021


Albert and Jennifer Chen were at the pinnacle of academic achievement. But now they suck at adult life. Albert’s just been passed up for promotion ...

Goodnight Nobody
1/10 - 2/9/2020


Berlind Stage: Goodnight Nobody...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/10 - 12/29/2019


Create memories with the ones you love at Princeton's Tony Award-winning theatre.Follow Ebenezer Scrooge on a magical journey through Christmas past, present, and future and ...

Frankenstein
10/6 - 11/3/2019


An eerie evening of ghost stories crackles to life as Mary Shelley spins her tale of love, horror, power, and unholy experimentation. Chicago audiences and ...


David Catlin; dir: David Catlin....

Gloria: A Life
9/6 - 10/6/2019


This new play about Gloria Steinem and the women she has partnered with in a decades-long fight for equality is brought to life by a ...

Skylight
5/3 - 6/2/2019


Berlind Stage: David Hare; dir: Emily Mann....


What do you do when you’re a Classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long lost manuscript by Euripides ...

The Gods of Comedy
The Gods of Comedy
3/12 - 3/31/2019


"Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery thats sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously ...

The Niceties
1/11 - 2/10/2019


Zoe, a Black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the ...

Detroit '67
10/9 - 10/28/2018


Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....

The Age of Innocence
9/7 - 10/7/2018


adapt: Doug McGrath; dir: Doug Hughes. World Premiere...


Regina Taylor; dir: Regina Taylor. Matthews Stage:...

Stones in His Pockets
1/12 - 2/11/2018


Marie Joines; dir: Lindsay Posner. Berlind Stage:...

A Night with Janis Joplin
10/10 - 10/29/2017


Randy Johnson; dir: Randy Johnson....

Simpatico
9/8 - 10/8/2017


Sam Shepard Adapted from Didier Long and Séverine Vincent Directed by Didier Long With Emma de Caunes, Jean-Claude Dauphin, CLAIRE NEBOUT, ??and Serge Riaboukine VINCENT ...

Intimate Apparel
5/5 - 6/4/2017


At 35, Esther is lonely. A skilled African-American seamstress in 1905 Manhattan, she makes exquisite undergarments for clients including a sincere socialite from tony Fifth ...


Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but ...


William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw. Berlind Stage:...


This joyful musical adaptation of the Dickens' classic features all your favorite Christmas carols....


This joyful musical adaptation of the Dickens' classic features all your favorite Christmas carols....

Disgraced
10/11 - 10/30/2016


Ayad Akhtar....

Disgraced
10/11 - 10/30/2016


New York. Today. A Muslim-American lawyer is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while he distances himself from his cultural roots. At the moment of ...

Bathing In Moonlight
9/9 - 10/9/2016


Nilo Cruz; dir: Emily Mann....

Bathing In Moonlight
9/9 - 10/9/2016


Nilo Cruz; dir: Emily Mann....

ALL THE DAYS
4/29 - 5/29/2016


Sharyn Rothstein; dir: Emily Mann....

THE MOUSETRAP
3/8 - 3/27/2016


After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the ...


August Wilson; dir: Jade King Carroll....


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 ...

Tennessee Williams' BABY DOLL
9/11 - 10/11/2015


adapt: Pierre Laville, Emily Mann; dir: Emily Mann....

Five Mile Lake
5/1 - 5/31/2015


Rachel Bonds; dir: Emily Mann....


Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most ...

Sizwe Banzi is Dead
1/16 - 2/15/2015


CAST presents the regional premiere of Athol Fugard’s classic “Sizwe Banzi is Dead.” “A joyous hymn to human nature.” — The New York Times...

The Barber of Seville
4/1 - 5/4/2014


A lecherous old man is no match for young love and sheer audacity, especially when Figaro is involved. Dr. Bartolo is love with Rosina, his ...

The Marriage of Figaro
4/9 - 5/4/2014


One of the most celebrated and delightfully amusing operas ever written, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro involves a wildly entertaining parade of mistaken identities, cross-dressing ...

Fences
1/10 - 2/9/2014


Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony® Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy ...

The White Snake
10/15 - 11/3/2013


Mary Zimmerman is mesmerizing. From Metamorphoses to The Arabian Nights, audiences have embraced her enchanting adaptations of epic tales. Now the Tony Award-winning director casts ...

Proof
9/6 - 10/6/2013


Winner of the 2001 Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, ...

Into the Woods
5/3 - 6/2/2013


Berlind Theatre: - adapt: Fiasco Theater from James Lapine; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim; music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Noah Brody, Ben Steinfeld....

The Winter's Tale
4/2 - 4/21/2013


Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...

A Delicate Balance
1/18 - 2/17/2013


Berlind Theatre: - Edward Albee; dir: Emily Mann....

Are You There, McPhee?
5/4 - 6/3/2012

Travesties
3/13 - 4/1/2012


The second of two plays looking back at 100 years ago, Travesties is written by one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th Century. A ...

The Convert
1/13 - 2/12/2012

A Christmas Carol
12/4 - 12/24/2011

One-Man Star Wars® Trilogy


Written & Performed by Charles Ross Take a new trip to a galaxy far, far away. One-Man Star Wars® Trilogy is a hilarious nonstop stage ...

Phaedra Backwards
10/18 - 11/6/2011

Ten Cents a Dance
9/9 - 10/9/2011

Audra McDonald


Audra McDonald, the multi-talented star of Broadway, television, opera, and the concert stage returns to McCarter prior to starring on Broadway in Porgy and Bess. ...

Videos


Ladies of Laughter in New Jersey Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) Tracker
Broadway Through the Ages in New Jersey Broadway Through the Ages
Westfield High School Auditorium (12/31 - 1/1) Tracker
The Music of Led Zeppelin in New Jersey The Music of Led Zeppelin
Bergen Performing Arts Center (5/3 - 5/3)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang in New Jersey Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (4/4 - 4/4)
The Nutcracker in New Jersey The Nutcracker
State Theatre New Jersey (12/22 - 12/22)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Directed by Diane L. Parker in New Jersey Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Directed by Diane L. Parker
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College (2/14 - 2/23)
Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich in New Jersey Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich
Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University (6/6 - 6/6)
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony in New Jersey Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/15 - 2/15)
Celia Vive - A Musical Tribute to Celia Cruz in New Jersey Celia Vive - A Musical Tribute to Celia Cruz
State Theatre New Jersey (2/8 - 2/8)
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