Theater, May 2024-June 2025

The State Theatre in New Brunswick will present “The Kite Runner,” May 3-4.

May 1-2 and 4: “Beehive: The ’60s Musical” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

May 1-5: “Gun & Powder” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

May 1-5, 8-12 and 15-19: “Tick, Tick… Boom!” at George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick.

May 2-5 and 9-11: “The Bodyguard: The Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

May 2-5, 9-12 and 16-19: “The Two-Hander” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch. (NJArts.net Review)

May 3: “Romeo and Juliet” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

May 3-4: “The Kite Runner” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 3-4: “The Prom,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 3-5: “Ripcord,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.

May 3-5 and 10-11: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.
May 3-5 and 10-11: “Is He Dead?” at Summit Playhouse.

May 3-5 and 9-12: “East Carson Street” at Bell Theater, Holmdel.

May 3-5 and 10-12: “When Monica Met Hillary” at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.

May 3-18: “Nine” at Chatham Playhouse.
May 3-18: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Village Playbox, Haddon Heights.

May 3-19: “Tuck Everlasting” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
May 3-19: “Hair” at Cranford Dramatic Club Theatre.

May 4: “A Bronx Tale” starring Chazz Palminteri at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

May 4-5: “Nunsense” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

May 4-5, 11-12 and 17-18: “See How They Run” at Westfield Community Players.

May 4-19: “Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson — Apt. 2B” at Chester Theatre Group.

May 4 and 18 and June 1, 8 and 22: “A Dundie Demise” murder mystery at Resorts, Atlantic City.

May 6: “The Magdalene” (reading) at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

May 8-June 2: “Choice” at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 9-12: “Canned Goods,” presented by American Theater Group at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 9-12: “I Hate Hamlet,” presented by Little Egg Theater Company at Little Egg Harbor Township Community Center.

May 9-19: “Violet” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

May 9-12 and 16-19: “Beethoven’s Wrong Note: A Steampunk Opera,” presented by The Strollers at Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, Maplewood. 

May 10: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “The Pirates of Penzance” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 10: “Baby,” presented by Skyline Theatre Company at Little Theatre at Bloomfield Children’s Library.

May 10-11: “Pride and Prejudice”, presented by October Ensemble at Forked River Presbyterian Church.

May 10-19: “Grease” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
May 10-19: “Guard Bitches” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
May 10-19: “The Mountaintop,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.

May 10-11 and 17-19: “Proof” at Citizens Bank Theater, Succasunna.

May 10-26: “Heathers the Musical” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Heights.

May 11-12: “Mean Girls” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

May 12: “Fabulous Fanny: The Songs & Stories of Fanny Brice” at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.

May 13: “Loving, Longing, Leaving” (reading) at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

May 14-June 13: “Weekend Comedy” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

May 15-June 9: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.

May 16: National Playwright Symposium Readings at Cape May Stage.

May 16-19: “Canned Goods,” presented by American Theater Group at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.
May 16-19: “Comedy of Errors: A Tragedy,” presented by Thinkery & Verse at St. John the Evangelist Church, New Brunswick.

May 16-19, 23-26 and 30-31 and June 1-2 and 6-9: “Queen of the Night“ at Luna Stage, West Orange.

May 17-19, 24-26 and 31 and June 1-2: “Something Rotten!” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

May 18: “Cabaret in Captivity” at Jersey City Theater Center.

May 19: “Light the Torches” (reading), presented by New Jersey Women Playwrights Program at Madison Community Arts Center.

May 24-June 9: “Sweet Charity” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

May 29-June 9: “Fences,“ presented by Crossroads Theatre Company at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

May 30-June 16: “Million Dollar Quartet” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

May 31 and June 1-2: “You Make My Frame ‘Shake’ “ at Bergen County Players, Oradell.
May 31 and June 1-2: “The Calamari Sisters’ Sausagefest” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

May 31 and June 2: “Things With Friends” (reading) at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

May 31 and June 1-2 and 7-9: “Bright Star” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

May 31-June 16: “Evita” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

June 1-2: “She Reached for Heaven” (reading) at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

June 4-9: “Echoes of Freedom: Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela’s Jazz Heritage,” presented by Crossroads Theatre Company at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

June 5-6: “Menopause the Musical 2” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

June 5-30: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
June 5-30: “Becoming Dr. Ruth” at Cape May Stage.

June 7-8: “Stomp” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

June 7-9: “Constellations,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

June 7-16: “Monty Python’s Spamalot” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

June 7-23: “Memphis” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.
June 7-23: “Kong’s Night Out,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.
June 7-23: “Gint” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Heights.

June 8-20: “Gem of the Ocean” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

June 9: “Menopause the Musical 2” at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.

June 13: “Girls Night: The Musical” at Newton Theatre.

June 13 and 15: “Annie,” presented by DoItBig Productions at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

June 14-15: “7th Inning Stretch” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

June 14-16: “Into the Woods,” presented by DoItBig Productions at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

June 14-16 and 21-23: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

June 14-16, 21-23 and 27-29: “Bent” at Nutley Little Theatre.

June 14-30: “Avenue Q” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

June 19-29: “Beauty and the Beast” at Plays-in-the-Park at Roosevelt Park, Edison.

June 19-July 6: “Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty” at East Lynne Theater Co., Cape May.

June 19-July 7: “South Pacific” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

June 19-July 14: “As You Like It,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, outdoors at Saint Elizabeth University, Florham Park.

June 15: “No Regrets,” Édith Piaf tribute starring Christine Andreas, at Bell Theater, Holmdel.

June 20: “Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies” at Bell Theater, Holmdel.

June 21: “Grace Revised” (reading), presented by New Jersey Women Playwrights Program at Madison Community Arts Center.

June 21-22 and 28-29: “The Trail to Oregon!,” presented by October Ensemble at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.

June 24: “Tru” (reading) at Cape May Stage.

June 28-30 and July 5-7: “The Sound of Music” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

July 2: “Cthulhu: The Musical!” at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

July 5-21: “Anything Goes” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

July 6-12: “Rita Hayworth — The Heat Is On!” at Cape May Stage.

July 6-7, 12-14 and 18-21: “My Fair Lady” at Spring Lake Theatre.

July 9-28: “Footloose” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 10-20: “In the Heights” at Plays-in-the-Park at Roosevelt Park, Edison.

July 10-28: “The Book of Will” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.

July 11-13 and 18-20: “Fiddler on the Roof,” presented by Trilogy Repertory at Pleasant Valley Park, Basking Ridge.

July 11-21: “Grease” at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

July 11-Aug. 4: “The Bookstore” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

July 12-21: “The Wedding Singer” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

July 12-14 and 20-21: “School of Rock at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

July 12-28: “West Side Story” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Heights.

July 13-14: South Asian Theater Festival at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

July 13-28: “Cats” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

July 17-Aug. 25: “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson — Apt. 2B” at Cape May Stage.

July 23-Aug. 15: “Always … Patsy Cline” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

July 26-28: One Act Jamboree at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

July 26-Aug. 18: “The King and I” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

July 30-Aug. 18: “Titanic the Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 31 and Aug. 1-10: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Plays-in-the-Park at Roosevelt Park, Edison.

July 31-Aug. 31: “Dial M for Murder” at East Lynne Theater Co., Cape May.

Aug. 1-3: “Confessions of a Showgirl” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Aug. 2: “Girls Night: The Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Aug. 6-9 and 13-15: “Grease,” presented by Ocean City Pops and Ocean City Theatre Company at Ocean City High School.

Aug. 10-18: “Spring Awakening” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Aug. 12: “Seascape” (reading) at Cape May Stage.

Aug. 15-18 and 22-25: “Anastasia” at Spring Lake Theatre.

Aug. 20-Sept. 1: “Heave Over Heels” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Aug. 22-25: “Big Fish” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Aug. 23-Sept. 8: “The Scarlet Pimpernel” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Sept 4-15: “Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 4-22: “Sense and Sensibility” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.

Sept. 5-29: “The Other American” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Sept. 6-22: “Becky’s New Car,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.

Sept. 6-Oct. 6: “Empire Records” at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Sept. 11-Oct. 20: “Stones in His Pockets” at Cape May Stage.

Sept. 12-22: “My Way: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Sept. 13-19: “The Toxic Avenger,” presented by South Camden Theatre Company at Waterfront South Theatre.

Sept. 13-15, 20-22 and 26-28: “Travesties” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Sept. 13-29: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Sept. 13-Oct. 6: “Beauty and the Beast” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Sept 18-29: “The Great American Trailer Park” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 18-Oct. 10: “One Slight Hitch” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

Sept. 18-Oct. 12: “A Case for the Existence of God” at East Lynne Theater Co., Cape May.

Sept. 27: “Beatrice’s Couch” (reading), presented by New Jersey Women Playwrights Program at Madison Community Arts Center.

Oct. 1-20: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 2-6: “Steel Magnolias” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 2-Nov. 3: “Jersey Boys” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Oct. 3-6: “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 7: “Native Gardens” (reading) at Cape May Stage.

Oct. 9-13: “Duel Reality” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Oct. 9-13: “Daddy Long Legs” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 11-20: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Oct. 11-12, 18-20 and 25-26: “Jekyll & Hyde” at Spring Lake Theatre.

Oct. 16-Nov. 17: “Macbeth” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.

Oct. 17: “Menopause the Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change,’ “ at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Oct. 17-Nov. 2: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Oct. 18: “Something Blue” (reading), presented by New Jersey Women Playwrights Program at Madison Community Arts Center.

Oct. 18-20: “Dueling Divas,” interactive dinner show at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 18-19 and 25-26: “Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier,” presented by October Ensemble at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.

Oct. 18-Nov. 2: “The Music Man” at Summit Playhouse.

Oct. 18-Nov. 3: “Miss Holmes,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.
Oct. 18-Nov. 3: “Dracula” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 25-Nov. 3: “The Night of the Living Evil Dead” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3 and 7-9: “Dracula” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Oct. 31-Nov. 24: “Your Name Means Dream” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Nov. 1-17: “White Christmas” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

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

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

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

Nov. 15-24: “Hello, Dolly!” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 14-30: “Julius Caesar” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 25-May 10, 2025: “Fun Home” at Summit Playhouse.

April 29-May 18, 2025: “The Shark Is Broken,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

May 2-18, 2025: “Sister Act” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

May 8-25, 2025: “Primary Trust” at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 9-18, 2025: “1776” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 29-June 29, 2025: “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

June 6-22, 2025: “Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

June 13-15, 20-22 and 26-28, 2025: “For Peter pan on Her 70th Birthday” at Nutley Little Theatre.

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