Theater, November 2024-November 2025

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Ray Fisher will star in “Macbeth” at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University in Madison, Nov. 1-17.

Nov. 1-2: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
Nov. 1-2: “The Music Man” at Summit Playhouse.

Nov. 1-3: “My Italy Story,” presented by American Theater Group at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
Nov. 1-3: “Jersey Boys” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Nov. 1-3: “Macbeth,” presented by The Curtain at Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City.
Nov. 1-3: “Dracula” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Nov. 1-3: “Miss Holmes,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.
Nov. 1-3: “Soul Samurai,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Kutz Theatre, Hackettstown.
Nov. 1-3: “The Night of the Living Evil Dead” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.
Nov. 1-3: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at Shea Auditorium at William Paterson University, Wayne.

Nov. 1-3 and 7-9: “Dracula” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Nov. 1-3 and 8-10: “Gruesome Playground Injuries” at Art House Productions, Jersey City.
Nov. 1-3 and 8-10: “Dracula” at Chester Theatre Group.

Nov. 1-2 and 8-10: “The Rocky Horror Show” at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.

Nov. 1-17: “White Christmas” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Nov. 1-17: “School of Rock” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

Nov. 1-3, 5-10 and 15-17: “Macbeth” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.

Nov. 1-3, 7-10, 14-17 and 21-24: “Your Name Means Dream” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Nov. 2: “Don’t Stop Me Now: A Celebration of Rock Musicals at The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
Nov. 2: “Girls Night: The Musical” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Nov. 2-3 and 8-9: “The Night Side” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

Nov. 2-23: “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

Nov. 3: “Late Night Catechism” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Nov. 8-10 and 13-16: “Orlando” at Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Nov. 8-24: “God of Carnage,” presented by South Camden Theatre Company at Waterfront South Theatre.

Nov. 9: “My One and Only (Ma Eli Ghayro)” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Nov. 9: “Seth Rudetsky’s Big Fat Broadway Live” with J. Harrison Ghee at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.

Nov. 10: “Assisted Living: The Musical” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Nov. 14-17: “Done to Death,” presented by Little Egg Theater Company at Little Egg Harbor Township Community Center.

Nov. 14-Dec. 8: “Lonely Planet” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

Nov. 15: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.

Nov. 15-17: “The Color Purple: The Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Nov. 15-23: “Tartuffe” at Bauer Bucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union.

Nov. 15-17 and 21-23: “The Trip to Bountiful,” presented by Trilogy Repertory Theater at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
Nov. 15-17 and 21-23: “Polaroid Stories,” presented by RCNJ Theater at Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Mahwah.

Nov. 15-16 and 22-23: “The Death of Sherlock Holmes?” at East Lynne Theater Co., Cape May.

Nov. 15-17 and 21-24: “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Nov. 16: “When the Child Cries” at Resorts, Atlantic City.

Nov. 19-24: “Elf the Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Nov. 20-Dec. 29: “The Gift of the Magi” at Cape May Stage.

Nov. 21-24: “Natural Shocks” at Chester Theatre Group.

Nov. 21-Dec. 7: “Legends: A Cabaret” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Nov. 22-Dec. 15: “A Christmas Carol” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Nov. 23-24: “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Nov. 27: “Thank Yule for Being a Friend: The Holiday Musical Adventure,” presented by The Golden Gays at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Nov. 27-Dec. 29: “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Nov. 30-Dec. 15: “Miracle on 34th Street” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Dec. 2: Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale),” co-presented by Capital Philharmonic and Passage Theatre at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Dec. 3-22: “Gene & Gilda,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 4-29: “A Christmas Carol” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.

Dec. 5-15: “They Haven’t Got a Clue (Christmas Edition)” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

Dec. 5-21: “A Christmas Carol, presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

Dec. 5-8, 13-15 and 19-22: “Scrooge” at Spring Lake Theatre.

Dec. 6-15: “They Haven’t Got a Clue: The Christmas Edition” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

Dec. 6-21: “She Loves Me” at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

Dec. 6-22: “Annie,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.

Dec. 7: “Seth Rudetsky’s Big Fat Broadway Live” with Krysta Rodriguez at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Dec. 7: “A Christmas Carol,” presented by Yates Musical Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Dec. 7-21: “White Christmas” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Dec. 8: “Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of Magi’s Gold” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 9: “A Christmas Carol” performed by Gerald Charles Dickens at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 10-29: “A Christmas Carol” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Dec. 12: “Rent” at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
Dec. 12: ” ‘Twas A Girls Night Before Christmas: The Musical” at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.

Dec. 13-14: “My Big Gay Italian Christmas” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

Dec. 13-15 and 19-21: “4000 Miles” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Dec. 13-22: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Dec. 13-22: “Winter Wonderettes” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.

Dec. 14: “A Christmas to Remember” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Dec. 27-29: “The Calamari Sisters’ Feast of the Seven Fishes” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Jan. 3-12: “American Son” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

Jan. 10-12: “World Builders,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

Jan. 10-26: “Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Jan. 16-19: “The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Jan. 18: “The Calamari Sisters’ Sausage Fest” at Newton Theatre.

Jan. 18-26: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Jan. 21-Feb. 9: “Small,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Jan. 24-26: “The Addams Family” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Jan. 24-Feb. 9: “Here There Are Blueberries” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Jan. 29-Feb. 23: “Mystic Pizza” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Feb. 6-March 2: “A Case for the Exististence of God” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

Feb. 7-8: “The Cher Show” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Feb. 7-16: “Sylvia” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

Feb. 7-9, 14-16 and 20-22: “Chapter Two” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Feb. 8-23: “The Plot” (workshop production) at Chester Theatre Group.

Feb. 8-March 1: “Rabbit Hole” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

Feb. 13: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Feb. 14-16 and 21-23: “The Prom” at Spring Lake Theatre.

Feb. 14-March 2: “Kinky Boots” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Feb. 15-22: “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Feb. 15-March 9: “Dial M for Murder” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

Feb. 21-March 1: “Alice by Heart” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.

Feb. 21-March 8: “The Crucible” at Summit Playhouse.

Feb. 21-March 9: “Top Dog/Underdog,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Feb. 28 and March 1-2: “Mary Poppins,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 6-23: “Purlie,” presented by American Theater Group. Venues TBA.

March 13-16: “what the end will be …,” presented by Theater Q at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

March 14-30: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.
March 14-30: “Julius Caesar” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

March 15-April 5: “Things My Mother Taught Me” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

March 18-April 6: “King James,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

March 20-23 and 27-30: “Curtain Up” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

March 20-April 6: “Legacy of Light” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

March 21: “Forever Young: A Tribute to Your Life and Music” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

March 21-April 6: “Perfect Arrangement” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

March 27-April 13: “Fade” at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

March 28-30: “Dear Evan Hansen” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 28-30: “Come From Away” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 28-April 6: “Footloose” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

March 29-April 27: “Take the Lead” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

April 1-May 10: “Swing!” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

April 3: “Stomp” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 3-6 and 10-13: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Spring Lake Theatre.

April 4-12: “They Promised Her the Moon” at Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union.

April 5-6: “Stomp” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 5-27: “¡VOS!” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

April 11-13, 18-19 and 24-26: “King Lear” at Nutley Little Theatre.

April 12-27: “Casa Valentina” at Chester Theatre Group.

April 15-17: “Come From Away” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 24-27: “Liberace & Liza: A Tribute (After-Hourz),” presented by Theater Q at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

April 25-27: “Clue” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 25-May 4: “Wit” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

April 25-May 10: “Fun Home” at Summit Playhouse.

April 29-May 18: “The Shark Is Broken,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

May 1-18: “Primary Trust” at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 1-25: “the ripple the wave that carried me home” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

May 2-4: “Kinky Boots,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 2-17: “Home, I’m Darling,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

May 2-18: “Rock of Ages” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.
May 2-18: “Sister Act” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

May 3-June 1: “A Little Night Music” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

May 8-11 and 15-18: “Bat Boy: The Musical” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

May 9: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “HMS Pinafore” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

May 9-18: “1776” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 14-15: “Mean Girls” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 16: “Menopause the Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’ “ at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 29-June 29: “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

June 6-8: “Tape,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

June 6-22: “Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

June 7-29: “The Price” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

June 12-29: “Kinky Boots” at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

June 13-29: “Nine” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

June 13-15, 20-22 and 26-28: “For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday” at Nutley Little Theatre.

June 19-22: “TL/DR (Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix)” presented by Theater Q at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

July 10-13: “Spring Awakening” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

July 25-27: One Act Jamboree at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Aug. 21-24 and 28-31: “Boeing Boeing” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Nov. 6-23, 2025: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

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