From left, Aleksey Igudesman, John Malkovich and Hyung-Ki Joo co-star in “The Music Critic” at The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, April 17.
April 1-5: “What Became of Us,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
April 1-12: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
April 1, 8 and 15: Women Playwrights Series (readings) at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
April 1-26: “1776” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
April 3-4: “Much Ado About Nothing” at Dover Little Theatre.
April 3-5, 10-12 and 17-19: “Mame” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
April 4 and 10-11: “The Cake,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
April 6-May 3: “The Mountaintop” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.
April 7-May 16: “Some Enchanted Evening: A Celebration of the Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.
April 9-11: Stockton Theatre New Works Showcase at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
April 9-19: “The Niceties” at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
April 9-19: “Etiquette” at Vivid Stage, Summit.
April 9-12 and 16-19: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.
April 9-May 3: “Sins of the Mother” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.
April 9-May 3: “& Sons” at Luna Stage, West Orange.
April 10: “A New Year Is Coming” at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
April 10-18: “The Bald Soprano” at The Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union.
April 10-17 and 17-24: “The Cottage” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
April 10-25: “True West” at Nutley Little Theatre.
April 10-26: “Sexy Laundry” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
April 10-12, 17-19 and 24-26: “Company” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
April 11: “The Tea: Interview With the Stars …” at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
April 13: “Neither Rain nor Snow …” (staged reading) at West End Arts Center, Long Branch.
April 16-17: The Improvised Shakespeare Company at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 16-17, 19, 23-24, 26 and 30 and May 1 and 3: “The Mountaintop” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.
April 17: “The Music Critic” featuring John Malkovich at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 17-19: “Rent (School Edition),” presented by William Paterson University Music Department at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.
April 17-19 and 23-26: “Quarter Rican” at DMK Black Box Theatre at Union Arts Center.
April 17-May 2: “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
April 17-May 2: “The Drowsy Chaperone,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.
April 17-May 3: “Inspecting Carol,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
April 17-May 3: “Fences” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.
April 18: “Man of the House” at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
April 18-19: “Finishing the Hat: The Music of Sondheim,” presented by The Actors Studio of New Jersey at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
April 23-25: “Clue the Musical“ at Sussex County Community College, Newton.
April 23-May 3: “Little Women: The Musical” at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
April 23-May 9: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
April 24: “Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: I Love the ’80s to Death” at The Underground at Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
April 24-26 and May 1-3: “The 39 Steps,” presented by Maurer Productions OnStage at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
April 24-26 and May 1-3: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
April 24-May 10: “Present Laughter” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
April 24-May 17: “A Bronx Tale: The Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
April 25-26 and May 1-3 and 7-10: “My Fair Lady” at Summit Playhouse.
April 26: “Othello” (reading) at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
April 27: “The Agitators” (reading), Revolutionary Voices series, presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
April 28-May 17: “My Lord, What a Night,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
April 30: “Menopause the Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’ “ at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 1: Garden State New Play Festival at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 1: “Death Do Us Part” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
May 1-3: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 1-3: “Illuminating New Voices,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
May 1-3, 7-10 and 14-16: “Company” at Masquerade Theatre, Riverside.
May 1-17: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.
May 1-17: Garden State New Play Festival, presented by Jersey City Theater Center at White Eagle Hall.
May 1-24: “Porgy & Bess” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
May 2-17: “The Skin of Our Teeth” at Chester Theatre Group.
May 2-3, 8-9 and 15-16: “The Nerd” at Westfield Community Players.
May 2-31: “The 39 Steps,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
May 6-31: “Mrs. Christie” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
May 7-10 and 14-17: “Ragtime: The Musical” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
May 8: “Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
May 8: The Calamari Sisters, “Bun in the Oven: Contractions” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 8-9: “The Bitchy Waiter Show” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
May 8-10: “The Music Man” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 8-10 and 15-17: “On Time” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
May 8-17: “Pippin” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
May 8-24: “Chicken & Biscuits” at South Camden Theatre Company.
May 9: Young Playwrights Awards Readings at Cape May Stage.
May 14: National Playwrights Symposium Readings at Cape May Stage.
May 15-23: “Much Ado About Nothing,” presented by The Maplewood Strollers at Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, Maplewood.
May 15-17, 22-24 and 29-31 and June 5-6: “Spamalot” at Barn Theatre, Montville.
May 15-June 7: “Disaster” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
May 16-June 7: “Private Lives,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
May 17: “Under the Velvet Elvis” (staged reading), presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.
May 21-31: “Our Town,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
May 23-June 7: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
May 27: “Liberty Madness: Scenes From a Revolution,” presented by Thinkery & Verse at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 28: “Am I Doing This Right?” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
May 28-31 and June 4-7: “Guys and Dolls” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.
May 28-June 28: “West Side Story” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
May 31: “Menopause the Musical 2” at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
June 2-3: “Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
June 3-28: “What the Constitution Means to Me” at Cape May Stage.
June 4-28: “Elephant Shoes” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.
June 4-28: “The Vienna Lessons” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.
June 5-14: “Things I Know to Be True,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.
June 5-20: “She Kills Monsters” at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
June 5-20: “Fun Home” at Dover Little Theatre.
June 5-21: “Crimes of the Heart,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
June 6: “7th Inning Stretch” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.
June 6-7: “Kodachrome,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
June 6 and Oct. 24: “My Big Gay Italian Wedding” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
June 11-21: “Having Our Say,” presented by The Theater Project at DMK Black Box Theatre at Union Arts Center.
June 11-28: “Newsies,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
June 12-27: “Asuncion” at Nutley Little Theatre.
June 12-28: “Jagged Little Pill: The Musical” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.
June 12-14, 18, 20-21 and 26-28: “Legally Blonde the Musical” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
June 12-July 5: “My Fair Lady” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
June 14: “The Golden Games: A Golden Girls Musical Pride Game Show” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
June 18-28: “We’ll Meet Again” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
June 18-July 5: “Guys & Dolls” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
June 19-28: “Reefer Madness” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.
June 19-21 and 26-28: “The Comedy of Errors,” presented by Shakespeare 70 at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
June 22: “What Would Meryl Do?” (reading) at Cape May Stage.
June 25-28: “Assassins” at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
June 26-July 19: “Grease” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
June 27-28: “Monty Python’s Spamalot” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
June 28: “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later” (reading) at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
June 28: “Indecent” (staged reading), presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.
July 3-26: “Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
July 4-10: “Together Off-Broadway: Merman & Martin in Concert,” tribute to Ethel Mermman and Mary Martin at Cape May Stage.
July 7-26: “Young Frankenstein” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 9-12: “The Wild Party” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
July 10-12: “Rock of Ages” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
July 10-18: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center, West Orange.
July 10-19: “Into the Woods” at Summit Playhouse.
July 10-Aug. 2: “Urinetown” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
July 11-Aug. 2: “Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
July 12: “An Afternoon With Groucho” featuring Frank Ferrante at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
July 15-Aug. 23: “Kalamazoo” at Cape May Stage.
July 17-19 and 24-26: “The Drowsy Chaperone,” presented by Fool Moon Theatre Company. Venue TBA.
July 18: “A Lesbian, a Divorcee and a Married Woman Walk Into a Bar” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
July 20: “U.S.A.” (reading) at Cape May Stage.
July 24-26: “Footloose (Youth Edition),” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
July 24-Aug. 8: “The Solve It Squad” at Dover Little Theatre.
July 27: “All the Way” (reading), Revolutionary Voices series, presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
July 28-Aug. 16: “Pretty Woman: The Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 30-Aug. 23: “A Change of Position” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.
July 31 and Aug. 1-2 and 7-9: “Company,” presented by Off-Centre Stages at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
July 31 and Aug. 1-2, 7-9 and 14-16: “Spring Awakening” at Holmdel Theatre Company.
Aug. 7-16: “Hair” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Aug. 7-16: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Aug. 7-23: “Driving Miss Daisy” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Aug. 7-30: “The Will Rogers Follies” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Aug.10: “Appendage” at Cape May Stage.
Aug. 14-23: “Shakespeare in the Wild: The Merry Wives of Windsor,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
Aug. 18-30: “1776” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Aug. 19-30: “All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain,” featuring Patrick Page, at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Aug. 20-23 and 27-30: “Escape to Margaritaville” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
Sept. 1-20: “Ghost: The Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Sept. 4-20: “La Gringa” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Sept. 4-27: “The Cher Show” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Sept. 4-27: “The Bodyguard: The Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Sept. 5-27: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 7-25: “A Beat of Our Own” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Sept. 9-Oct. 18: “Your Name Means Dream” at Cape May Stage.
Sept. 11: “A Night With Groucho” featuring Frank Ferrante at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Sept. 11-27: “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
Sept. 11-13, 16-20, 23-24, 26-27 and 30 and Oct. 1-4: “Come From Away” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Sept. 14: “We Declare: Words That Shaped a Nation,” part of Revolutionary Voices series, presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
Sept. 16-Oct. 24: “Send Me No Flowers” at Hunterton Hills Playhouse, Hampton.
Sept. 18-Oct. 4: “Native Gardens” at South Camden Theatre Company.
Sept. 23-Oct. 4: “Vanities” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Sept. 24-27 and Oct. 1-4: “9 to 5: The Musical” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.
Sept. 25-27: “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Sept. 25-Oct. 4: “Once the Musical,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Sept. 27: “Married, Single, and a Baby” at Cape May Stage.
Oct. 1-25: “Nacho Ate Spiderman” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.
Oct. 2-4: “Death of a Salesman” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 2-18: “Murder on the Nile” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Oct. 7-11: “Deceived” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Oct. 8-24: “Shrek the Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
Oct. 9-Nov. 1: “Trolls and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Oct. 10-Nov. 15: “Hamlet,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
Oct. 16-25: “Oliver!” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Oct. 17-Nov. 1: “By the Water” at Summit Playhouse.
Oct. 23-25: “The American Soldier: Stories From the Front Lines” at Cape May Stage.
Oct. 23-Nov. 15: “A Christmas Story” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Oct.-23-Nov. 15: “Disney’s Freaky Friday” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Oct. 23-Nov. 8: “Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
Oct. 24: “My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
Oct. 26-31: “Hansel & Gretel” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Nov. 6-8: “Parade,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Nov. 13-15: “The Pillowman” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.
Nov. 13-22: “Teeth,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Nov. 13-22: “Annie” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Nov. 18-Dec. 27: “Murder for Two: The Holiday Edition” at Cape May Stage.
Nov. 19-Dec. 5: “Solid Gold: A Show-stopping Cabaret” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
Nov. 20-Dec. 13: “A Christmas Carol” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Dec. 2-20: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Dec. 4-20: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Dec. 4-21: “Little Women: The Musical,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
Dec. 5-20: “Frozen” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Dec. 5-31: “The Gifts of the Magi,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
Jan. 16-24: “Arsenic and Old Lace” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Jan. 21-Feb. 13: “Purpose” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Feb. 12-14: “Frozen: The Broadway Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 20-27: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Feb. 20-March 7: “Marjorie Prime” at Summit Playhouse.
March 10-21, 2027: “Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
April 2-11, 2027: “Tootsie: The Musical” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
May 1-16, 2027: “Once” at Summit Playhouse.
May 8-16, 2027: “42nd Street” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
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