“That’s Love!,” a musical about singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, will premiere at The Axelrod Performing Arts Center in February and March.
Jan. 1-4 and 7-11: “Disney’s Frozen” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Jan. 2-4: “She Loves Me,” presented by Off-Centre Stages at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Jan. 9-Feb. 1: “Grease” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Jan. 9-Feb. 1: “Company” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Jan. 10-18: “Seascape,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
Jan. 10-11, 17-18 and 23-24: “Time Stands Still” at Westfield Community Players.
Jan. 15-17: “At Home at the Zoo,” presented by Ruth Stage at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Jan. 15-18: “Barefoot in the Park” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
Jan. 16-Feb. 8: “Merrily We Roll Along” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Jan. 16-18: “Chicago the Musical” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Jan. 16-18 and 23-25: “Arms and the Man,” presented by Shakespeare 70 at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Jan. 16-Feb. 1: “Drinking Habits,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
Jan. 16-18, 23-25 and 30-31 and Feb. 1: “Misery” at Barn Theatre, Montville.
Jan. 17-25: “Same Time, Next Year” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Jan. 22-Feb. 7: “Groundhog Day: The Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
Jan. 23-25 and 30-31 and Feb. 1: “Any Night,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.
Jan. 23-Feb. 7: “Our Town” at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
Jan. 23-Feb. 15: “Kim’s Convenience” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Jan. 24-25: “True North” (reading) at The Loft at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Jan. 24-25: “Ahoy-Hoy” (reading) at The Loft at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Jan. 25: “Dedication” featuring Roger Peltzman at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.
Jan. 29-31 and Feb. 1, 5-8 and 13-15: “School of Rock: The Musical” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 6-8: “Gaslight,” presented by Theater to Go at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Jan. 30-Feb. 15: “Muleheaded, or Zora and Langston Write a Play,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.
Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 and 6-8: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by Pioneer Productions at Morristown United Methodist Church.
Feb. 4-March 1: “Come From Away” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Feb. 6-22: “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Feb. 7-28: “Play On!,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
Feb. 8: “Drumline Live” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Feb. 12: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 12-March 8: “Hamlet” at Luna Stage, West Orange.
Feb. 13-15 and 20-22: “The Prom,” presented by Thank You 5 Productions at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Feb. 14-21: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Feb. 15: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Feb. 15: “Parallel Exit: I’ll Take It,” presented by Jersey City Theater Center at White Eagle Hall.
Feb. 15: “Jersey Voices” (staged readings), presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.
Feb. 19-March 8: “That’s Love! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.
Feb. 19-March 8: “Dishwasher Dreams” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.
Feb. 19-March 15: “Samantha Inside Out” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.
Feb. 20: “Rent in Concert” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Feb. 20-28: “Urinetown” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.
Feb. 20-March 8: “Dial M for Murder” at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
Feb. 21-March 8: “No Exit” at Summit Playhouse.
Feb. 21-March 15: “A Doll’s House” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.
Feb. 22: “Rent in Concert,” presented by Peak Performances at Kasser Theater at Montclair State University.
Feb. 22: “Hey! I Heard You’re Back” (reading) at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
Feb. 24-March 26: “The Sunshine Boys” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.
Feb. 27-28 and March 1: “Kinky Boots” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 27-March 22: “Shrek” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
March 4-15: “Circus Quixote” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 5-6: “Mark Twain Tonight!” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 6-8: “The Importance of Being Earnest” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.
March 6-8, 11 and 14-15: “Clue,” presented by Bear Tavern Project at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
March 6-22: “Come Blow Your Horn,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
March 6-29: “Anastasia: The Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
March 6-29: “She Kills Monsters” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
March 7-8, 14-15 and 20-21: “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Westfield Community Players.
March 8: “Sister’s Irish Catechism: Saints, Snakes & Green Milkshakes” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
March 12-22: “Fences” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
March 13-15: “Sister’s Irish Catechism” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
March 13-15, 20-22 and 27-29: “Torch Song” at Barn Theatre, Montville.
March 14-April 11: “The Cake,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
March 17-18: “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
March 17-April 5: “What Became of Us,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
March 19-22 and 26-29: “Barefoot in the Park” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
March 20-29: “9 to 5: The Musical” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
March 20-22 and 27-29: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” presented by MTM Players at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
March 26-April 12: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
March 27: “The Mikado,” presented by New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
March 27-28: “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” presented by Phoenix Productions at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
March 27-29: “Stereophonic” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 27-April 19: “Mame” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
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 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-May 3: “Sins of the Mother” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.
April 10-18: “The Bald Soprano” at The Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union.
April 10-26: “Sexy Laundry” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
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-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 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 24-26 and May 1-3: “The 39 Steps,” presented by Maurer Productions OnStage at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
April 24-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-May 10: “My Fair Lady” at Summit Playhouse.
April 26: “Othello” (reading) at Studio Playhouse, Montclair.
April 28-May 17: “My Lord, What a Night,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
May 1: Garden State New Play Festival at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 1-3: “Illuminating New Voices,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
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 1-3: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
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 15-17: “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 8-10: “The Music Man” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 8-17: “Pippin” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
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 17: “Under the Velvet Elvis” (staged reading), presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.
May 21-24: “Kimberly Akimbo” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 23-June 7: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
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 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 5-21: “Crimes of the Heart,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
June 6-7: “Kodachrome,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.
June 11-28: “Newsies,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
June 12-July 5: “My Fair Lady” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
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 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 7-26: “Young Frankenstein” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 9-12: “The Wild Party” at Stageworks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.
July 10-Aug. 2: “Urinetown” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
July 12: “An Afternoon With Groucho” featuring Frank Ferrante at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
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.
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. 18-30: “1776” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
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. 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. 16-Oct. 24: “Send Me No Flowers” at Hunterton Hills Playhouse, Hampton.
Sept. 23-Oct. 4: “Vanities” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Sept. 24-27: “The Bodyguard: The Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
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. 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. 26-31: “Hansel & Gretel” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Nov. 13-15: “The Pillowman” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.
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, 2026: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Dec. 4-20, 2026: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Dec. 4-21, 2026: “Little Women: The Musical,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.
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