Family Entertainment, May 2026-May 2027

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“Mutts Gone Nuts!” will be presented in Newark, May 9.

May 1: “Stars on Ice” featuring Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Isabeau Levito, Amber Glenn, Jason Brown, others, at Prudential Center, Newark.
May 1: “The Price Is Right Live” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

May 1-3: “Seussical” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

May 1-16: “Seussical the Musical” at Bridge Players Theatre Company, Burlington.

May 1-17: “Nate the Great: The Musical” at Growing Stage, Netcong.

May 2: Tahira, Milk & Cookies Music & Storytelling Series at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.

May 2-3: Cape May Renaissance Faire at 4H Fairgrounds, Middle Township.

May 2, 9, 16 and 23: “101 Dalmatians KIDS” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

May 3: Jeff Boyer’s Big Bubble Bonanza at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 3: Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Princeton Public Library. “PSO Bravo!” educational program.

May 5: “How Music Talks” featuring Bay Atlantic Symphony at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

May 6: “Bill Blagg’s Magic in Motion,” School-Time series at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.

May 8-9 and 15-17: “Shrek the Musical,” presented by West Milford Players at West Milford Presbyterian Church.

May 9: “Mutts Gone Nuts!” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
May 9: “Cinderella” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

May 11-26: “Little Red Riding Hood” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

May 15-17: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

May 15-25: “Circus Vazquez” at Quaker Bridge Mall, Lawrenceville.

May 16 and Aug. 15: “Royal Tea Party” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

May 21: “Doodle Pop,” presented by Brush Theatre, School-Time series at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.

May 22-31: Young Performers Workshop: Winter Festival of Shows at Little Theatre at Centenary University, Hackettstown.

May 23-24, 27-28 and 30-31: “Cosmic Campfire Chronicles,” presented by Tomato Patch Jr. and The Bear Tavern Project at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

May 29-31: “Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

June 5-7 and 12-14: “Seussical the Musical,” presented by Theater to Go at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

June 6: “Blippi: Be Like Blippi Tour” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
June 6: Steampunk Alchemy Fest at Vasa Park, Hackettstown.

June 7: Oran Etkin: Timbalooloo at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

June 2-3: “Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

June 5: Oz “The Mentalist” Pearlman at Event Center at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.

June 6, 13, 20 and 26-27: “Disney’s Moana JR.” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

June 7: “Sesame Street Live: Elmo’s Got the Move” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

June 13: “Sesame Street: Elmo’s Got the Moves” at BergenPAC, Englewood.
June 13: “American Folktales,” part of “Classics for Kids!” series at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.
June 13: “The Musical Adventures of the Caribbean Pirates” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

June 16-17: “Bluey’s Big Play” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

June 21: The Rock and Roll Playhouse Plays Music of Phish & More for Kids featuring Uncle Ebenezer, at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.

June 24-28 and Aug. 5-9: “Cinderella” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

June 29-July 3: “Jack and the Beanstalk” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

July 1-3 and 5 and Aug. 19-23: “The Wizard of Oz” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 3-4 and 10-11: “Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

July 8-12 and Aug. 26-30: “Snow White” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 10-12 and 17-19: “The Little Mermaid,” presented by The Yardley Players at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

July 11-26: “Shrek: The Musical” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

July 15-19: “Peter Pan” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 17-18 and 24-25: “The Little Mermaid” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

July 17-Aug. 2: “Freaky Friday: A New Musical,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.

July 18: “A Toy’s Tale” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

July 22-26 and Aug. 12-16: “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 23-24: “Shrek the Musical Jr.” at Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center, West Orange.

July 29-31 and Aug. 1-2 and Sept. 2-6: “The Little Mermaid” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 31 and Aug. 1, 7-8 and 14-15: “Disney’s Aladdin KIDS” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Aug. 9: “Puppetonia! Construction Party” at West End Arts Center, Long Branch.

Aug. 21-22 and 28-29: “Alice in Wonderland” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Aug. 23: The Wiggles at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.

Sept. 12, 19 and 26: “Disney’s The Lion King KIDS” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Sept. 19: “Learn to Tame a Dragon” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Sept. 20: “Skullduggery: A Magical Pirate Adventure,” sensory friendly theater performance at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 4: “Plim Plim” at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Oct. 8-24: “Shrek the Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Oct. 10: “The Little Ghost Who Couldn’t Say Boo” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Oct. 10, 17 and 24: “The Great Pumpkin” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Oct. 10-11: Catsbury Park Cat Convention at Bell Works, Holmdel.

Oct. 15-18: “A Year With Frog and Toad” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.

Oct. 16-25: “Oliver!” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

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. 24: “The Dragon King,” presented by The Tanglewood Marionettes as part of “Classics for Kids!” series at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Oct. 31 and Nov. 7 and 14: “James and the Giant Peach JR.” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Nov. 6-29: “The Wizard of Oz” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

Nov. 7: “Puppy Squad” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Nov. 7-8: Gormánuður: A Viking Harvest Festival at Vasa Park, Hackettstown.

Nov. 10-Dec. 20: “A Playhouse Christmas” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

Nov. 13-22: “Annie” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Nov. 20-Dec. 13: “A Christmas Carol” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 12 and 19: “Frosty and Rudolph” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Dec. 5: “Elf Shelf Holiday Spectacular” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 5-13: “A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

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.

Dec. 16-19: “Mrs. Tinkerton’s Christmas Toy Shop” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Dec. 18-20: In Progress Jazz Orchestra, “Holiday Concert” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Dec. 19: “Holiday Pops!” with Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Princeton High School Choir at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. John Devlin, conductor.
Dec. 19: “Merry, Merry Mischief!” (seasonal short stories and poems), part of “Classics for Kids!” series at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Dec. 19-24: “Twas the Night Before Christmas” at The Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Jan. 23: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Discover Rachmaninoff” interactive family concert. Xian Zhang, conductor; Tony Siqi Yun, piano. Program includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Jan. 30: New Jersey Symphony, “2027 Lunar New Year Celebration” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Naomi Woo, conductor; Sophia Liu, piano. Program TBA.

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.

April 16, 2027: “Magic After Dark” comedy and magic show featuring Mike McLaughlin, Meadow Perry and Joe Holiday at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 1-8, 2027: “A Little Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

May 15, 2027: New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. “Discover Tchaikovsky” interactive family concert. Xian Zhang, conductor. Program includes Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

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