Theater, December 2026-December 2027

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Cameron Knight will play Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” at The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, Dec. 8-27.

Dec. 1-20: “2 Pianos 4 Hands,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 2-6, 8, 10-13 and 16-20: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.”

Dec. 2-6, 9-13 and 16-20: “Jitney,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Dec. 2-6, 9-13, 16-20 and 26-27: “Murder for Two: The Holiday Edition” at Cape May Stage.

Dec. 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 22-2426-27 and 29-20 and Jan. 1-3: “Mary Poppins” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Dec. 3-5: “Solid Gold: A Show-stopping Cabaret” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Dec. 3-6 and 9-13: “Disney’s Frozen the Musical,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Dec. 3-20: “Annie,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
Dec. 3-20: “A Christmas Carol,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.
Dec. 3-20: “Fully Committed,” presented by East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May at Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME, Cape May.

Dec. 3-24: “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Dec. 4: “A Christmas Carol” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.

Dec. 4-5: “Matilda: The Musical” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

Dec. 4-6 and 11-13: “A Christmas Carol” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

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: “A Christmas Carol,” presented by Yates Musical Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 5: “The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year” (murder mystery) at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
Dec. 5: “A Christmas Carol” at Presbyterian Church of Milford.

Dec. 5-6: “Freestyle: A Love Story” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.

Dec. 5-20: “Frozen” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Dec. 5-20: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Dec. 5-24: “A Christmas Carol: Live Radio Play” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

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.

Dec. 8-27: “A Christmas Carol” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Dec. 11-12: “It’s a Wonderful Life: A New Musical,” presented by Stars Theatre Company at First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford.

Dec. 11-13: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Dec. 11-19: “The Twelve Dates of Christmas” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Dec. 11-20: “It’s a Wonderful Life: Radio Transcript” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

Dec. 11-13 and 18-20: “Frozen” at CDC Theatre, Cranford.

Dec. 12: “A Christmas Carol” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 12: “A Very Special Special” (holiday variety show), presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

Dec. 14: “Waitress” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 18-20: “Socks on the Wall: A Cosmic Christmas Odyssey” at Hopewell Valley Stage.
Dec. 18-20: “It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play,” presented by StageWorks Theatre Group at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Dec. 19: “The Addams Family” at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Dec. 26-27: “The Calamari Sisters’ Christmas Carol” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Jan. 7-8: “The Who’s Tommy” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Jan. 8-10: “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Jan. 9-10, 15-17 and 23-24: “Arcadia” at Westfield Community Players.

Jan. 15-16: “Waitress” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Jan. 15-17: “Water for Elephants” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Jan. 15-23: “Kodachrome” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.

Jan. 15-24: “Cadillac Crew” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

Jan. 15-31: “Noises Off” at Holmdel Theatre Company.
Jan. 15-31: “Judgement at Nuremberg” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

Jan. 15-Feb. 7: “Million Dollar Quartet” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Jan. 16-24: “Arsenic and Old Lace” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Jan. 16-Feb. 6: “Calendar Girls,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Jan. 21-Feb. 13: “Purpose” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Jan. 22-31: “If You Speak Love: An Affair with Shakespeare,” presented by Shakespeare 70 at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

Jan. 27-Feb. 21: “Lend Me a Tenor” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Jan. 28-Feb. 14: “A Woman” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Feb. 4-14: “Agamemnon,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Little Theatre at Centenary University, Hackettstown.

Feb. 4-7 and 11-14: “The Light in the Piazza,” presented by StageWorks Theatre Group at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Feb. 4-28: “The Beautiful Future Is Coming” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

Feb. 5-14: “The Other Place,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

Feb. 5-20: “Wait Until Dark” at Village Playbox, Haddon Heights.

Feb. 5-28: “Mean Girls” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Feb. 6-7: “Mystic Pizza: A New Musical” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Feb. 12-14: “Disney’s Frozen” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 12-14: “Forever Plaid” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Feb. 12-21: “Defying Gravity” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

Feb. 12-27: “Rabbit Hole” at Nutley Little Theatre.
Feb. 12-27: “The Good Doctor,” presented by Bridge Players Theatre Company at Broad Street United Methodist Church, Burlington.

Feb. 18 and 20: “The 4th Witch,” presented by Manual Cinema at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University.

Feb. 18-28: “Life Expectancy,” presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

Feb. 19-27: “Tuck Everlasting
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

Feb. 19-28: “The Chorus Line” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Feb. 19-21 and 26-28: “Deathtrap” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
Feb. 19-21 and 26-28: “Grey Gardens” at CDC Theatre, Cranford.

Feb. 19-March 7: “Sylvia,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Feb. 20-27: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Feb. 20-March 7: “Marjorie Prime” at Summit Playhouse.

Feb. 20-March 13: “The Imaginary Invalid,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Feb. 27: “Menopause the Musical” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 5-28: “Memphis” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

March 6-7: “The Wiz” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 6-7, 12-14 and 20-21: “The Night of the Iguana” at Westfield Community Players.

March 10-21: “Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

March 10-April 4: “Loch Ness” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

March 11-27: “Kind of Blue,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

March 12-21: “What the Constitution Means to Me” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

March 12-28: “The Shark Is Broken” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

March 16-April 4: “Bad Dates: End Game,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

March 17-April 25: “Million Dollar Quartet” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

March 18: “Mark Twain Tonight!” featuring Richard Thomas at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 19: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “The Pirates of Penzance” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 19-21: “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 24-27: “Arcadia,” presented by Shakespeare 70 at The Don Evans Black Box Theater at The College of New Jersey Center or the Arts, Ewing.

March 25: “Disenchanted!” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 27: “Supernatural” (staged reading) at Bickford Theatre at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

March 30-31 and April 1: “Mystic Pizza” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 1-4: “Bingo! The Winning Musical,” presented by StageWorks Theatre Group at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

April 1-18: “Cost of Living” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

April 2-10: ” ‘night, Mother
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

April 2-11: “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 2-18: “Silent Sky” at Holmdel Theatre Company.
April 2-18: “Of Mice and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

April 3: “Disenchanted!” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

April 3-11: “Tootsie: The Musical” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

April 3-24: “One Man, Two Guv’nors,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

April 7-8: “Legally Blonde: The Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 8-18: “It’s You,” presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

April 9-24: “The Moors” at Nutley Little Theatre.
April 9-24: “The Welkin,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

April 9-25: “3000 Days of Abandonment” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

April 10: “Rent in Concert,” presented by Peak Performances at Memorial Auditorium at Montclair State University.

April 10-11: “The Who’s Tommy,” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 16-18 and 23-25: “American Idiot” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
April 16-18 and 23-25: “Our Town” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

April 22-May 9: “Clyde’s,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

April 22-May 2: “Evil Dead: The Musical,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 23-25: “Memphis: The Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 27-May 16: “The Cocktail Party Effect,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

April 29-30: “Stomp” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 29-May 23: “Bobby Robotowitz” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

April 30-April 15: “Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical,” presented by Bridge Players Theatre Company at Broad Street United Methodist Church, Burlington.

April 31-May 17: “Pippin” at Village Playbox, Haddon Heights.

May 1-16: “Once” at Summit Playhouse.

May 1-2, 7-8 and 14-16: “Our Town” at Westfield Community Players.

May 5, 12, 19 and 26: “Meet the Artist” (new play readings), presented by Vivid Stage at Summit Community Center.

May 7-22: “Hello Dolly” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.

May 8-16: “42nd Street” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 8-30: “True Marriage” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton.

May 13-16 and 20-23: “The Spitfire Grill,” presented by StageWorks Theatre Group at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

May 14-16 and 21-23: “La Cage aux Folles” at CDC Theatre, Cranford.

May 14-June 5: “Come From Away” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

May 14-June 6: “American Idiot” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

May 15-June 13: “Come From Away,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

May 19-June 27: “Dear Evan Hansen” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

May 28-30 and June 1 and 3-6: “The Bridges of Madison County” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

June 4-6: “Shucked” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

June 4-13: “Permanent Collection,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

June 5-27: “Trip Around the Sun” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

June 10-27: “Jesus Christ Superstar,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

June 11-26: “Sister Act
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
June 11-26: “The Grown-Ups” at Nutley Little Theatre.

June 11-27: “Come From Away” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

June 16-20, 22-24, 26-27 and 29-30 and July 1-3: “Crazy for You” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

June 25-27: “Les Misérables” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

June 25-July 3: “Dancing at Lughnasa,” presented by Shakespeare 70 at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

July 2-25: “Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

July 6-11, 13-15, 17-18 and 20-24: “The Bodyguard” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 7, 14, 21 and 28: “Summer Solos” (play readings), presented by Vivid Stage at Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit.

July 8-11: “Firebringer,” presented by StageWorks Theatre Group at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

July 23-25 and 30 and Aug. 1: “Anything Goes” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

July 27-31 and Aug. 1, 3-5, 7-8 and 10-15: “The Heart of Rock and Roll” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Aug. 6-15: “Les Misérables” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Aug. 17-22, 24-26, 28-29 and 31 and Sept. 1-5: “Mamma Mia!” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Aug. 19-22 and 26-29: “August: Osage County,” presented by StageWorks Theatre Group at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Aug. 23: “An Afternoon With Groucho” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Aug. 27-Sept. 12: “Doubt: A Parable” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Sept. 3-26: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Sept. 8-12, 15-16 and 18-19: “Spitfire Grill” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 22-26 and 29-30 and Oct. 1-3: “Nunsense” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 1-3: “The Crucible” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 6-10: “Accomplice” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 8-24: “Frankenstein” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 13-17: “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 15-17 and 22-24: “Dear Evan Hansen” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Oct. 21: “Italian Bred: Growing Up Italian” featuring Candice Guardino at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.

Oct. 22-Nov. 14: “Annie” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Nov. 12-21, 2027: “The Little Mermaid” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Nov. 27-28 and 30 and Dec. 2-5, 8-12 and 15-19, 2027: “Ebenezer: A Musical Christmas Carol” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Dec. 3-19, 2027: “A Christmas Carol” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

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