Theater, September 2026-December 2027

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Ronnie Marmo wrote and will star in “I’m Not a Comedian … I’m Lenny Bruce” at The Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, Oct. 2.

Sept. 1-20: “Ghost: The Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 2-6, 9-13 and 16-20: “Lunar Eclipse,” presented by East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May at Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME, Cape May.

Sept. 3-20: “Flawless,” presented by Premiere Stages at Kean University, Union.
Sept. 3-20: “La Gringa” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Sept. 4-27: “The Cher Show” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Sept. 4-27: “The Bodyguard: The Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Sept. 5-27: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Sept. 9-Oct. 18: “Your Name Means Dream” at Cape May Stage.

Sept. 11: “A Night With Groucho” featuring Frank Ferrante at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 11-26: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Sept. 11-27: “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.

Sept. 11-13, 16-20, 23-24, 26-27 and 30 and Oct. 1-4: “Come From Away” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.

Sept. 12-Oct. 4: “The Piano Lesson” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

Sept. 12-13 and Oct. 16-18: “Married by the Mob” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Sept. 14: “We Declare: Words That Shaped a Nation,” part of Revolutionary Voices series, presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Sept. 16: “Dementia Man, an Existential Journey” at Grunin Center cor the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Sept. 16: “The Unwitting Magician” by Jeremy Dobrish at South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Sept. 16-Oct. 24: “Send Me No Flowers” at Hunterton Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

Sept. 18-26: “[title of show]
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

Sept. 18-27: “Khan!!! A Parody Trek-Tacular” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

Sept. 18-Oct. 3: “The Thanksgiving Play,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

Sept. 18-Oct. 4: “The Last Virginity Tour” at Barn Theatre, Montville.
Sept. 18-Oct. 4: “Native Gardens” at South Camden Theatre Company.

Sept. 18-Oct. 11: “Teen Dad,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Sept. 19: “Billy Van Zandt, Alone at Last!” at Brookdale Community College Performing Arts Center, Lincroft.

Sept. 19-20: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by Pioneer Productions at The Bickford Theater at Morris Museum, Morris Township.

Sept. 19-Oct. 10: “The Producers,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Sept. 23-Oct. 4: “Vanities” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 24-27 and Oct. 1-4: “9 to 5: The Musical” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

Sept. 24-27 and Oct. 1-4, 8-11 and 15-18: “Rent” at Art House Productions, Jersey City.

Sept. 25-26: “Forever Plaid,” presented by Atlantic City Theater Company at Stockton University Performing Arts Center, Galloway.

Sept. 25-27: “Beetlejuice” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Sept. 25-27: “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Sept. 25-Oct. 4: “Once the Musical,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.

Sept. 27: “Married, Single, and a Baby” at Cape May Stage.

Oct. 1-25: “Nacho Ate Spiderman” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Oct. 2: “I’m Not a Comedian I’m … Lenny Bruce” at Union County Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 2: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by Pioneer Productions and Morris Arts at The Amp, Dover.

Oct. 2-3: “Hocus Pocus Parody Show” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 2-4: “Death of a Salesman” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 2-18: “Murder on the Nile” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Oct. 3: “Stop the Funeral: The Remix” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 3: “Bill W. and Dr. Rob” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Oct. 5, 10 and 17: New Play Reading Festival at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Oct. 7-11: “Deceived” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 7-25: “A Beat of Our Own” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Oct. 8-18: “B.I.N.G.O., or Brittney Isle’s Nice Geriatric Orgy” (workshop production), presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

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

Oct. 8-Nov. 1: “The War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast,” presented by East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May at Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME, Cape May.

Oct. 9: “Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 9-17: “Assassins
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

Oct. 9-18: “Destroying David,” presented by American Theater Group at DMK Theater at Union Arts Center.

Oct. 9-28: “Trolls and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 9-Nov. 1: “Trolls and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 10-Nov. 15: “Hamlet,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Oct. 11: “Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 13: “Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 13-Nov. 1: “The Unexpected 3rd,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 15-25: “Effa Loves Baseball,” presented by Premiere Stages at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
Oct. 15-25: “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory Company at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Oct. 16: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.

Oct. 16-17: “Jersey Boys” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 16-17: “The Improvised Shakespeare Company” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 16-17: “Meredith Willson’s The Music Man” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

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

Oct. 17-Nov. 1: “By the Water” at Summit Playhouse.

Oct. 23-25: “Destroying David,” presented by Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge
Oct. 23-25: “The American Soldier: Stories From the Front Lines” at Cape May Stage.

Oct. 23-25 and 30-31 and Nov. 1: “Macbeth,” presented by OCC Repertory Theatre Co. at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Oct. 23-25 and 28-31: “The House of Bernarda Alba” at Philip J. Levin Theater at Rutgers Theater, New Brunswick.

Oct. 23-Nov. 7: “X” at Nutley Little Theatre.

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. 24: “My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

Oct. 24-Nov. 14: “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Oct. 26: “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary” (staged reading) at West End Arts Center, Long Branch.

Oct. 26-31: “Hansel & Gretel” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 31-Nov. 22-: “Stir” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

Nov. 5-6: “The Screwtape Letters” at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Nov. 5-8: “Too Fat for China,” Fringe Festival at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 6-8: “Harvey” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.
Nov. 6-8: “Parade,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Nov. 7-9: “The Guys,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Nov. 12-14: Stockton Theater Project at Experimental Theatre at Stockton University, Galloway.

Nov. 12-15: “Ghost Dance: A Picture of a Madman,” Fringe Festival at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 13-14: “Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Nov. 13-15: “The Pillowman” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.
Nov. 13-15: “Remember the Ladies” (staged reading) at Liberty Hall Museum Carriage House at Kean University, Union.

Nov. 13-21: “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

Nov. 13-22: “Teeth,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Nov. 13-22: “Annie” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Nov. 13-29: “Matilda: The Musical” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

Nov. 14-15: “A Bridgerton Murder Mystery Experience” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Nov. 18-Dec. 27: “Murder for Two: The Holiday Edition” at Cape May Stage.

Nov. 18-Jan. 3: “Mary Poppins” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Nov. 19: “Menopause the Musical” at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Nov. 19-22: “Unseen,” Fringe Festival at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 19-Dec. 5: “Solid Gold: A Show-stopping Cabaret” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Nov. 20-22: “A Christmas Story: The Musical” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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

Nov. 25: “Golden Gays: Sophia Got Run Over by a Reindeer” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Nov. 27-29: “A Christmas Carol” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

Nov. 27-Dec. 13: “Disney’s Frozen the Musical,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 27-Dec. 20: “Jitney,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

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

Dec. 2-20: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

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

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. 5-20: “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. 11-19: “The Twelve Dates of Christmas” at Nutley Little Theatre.

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

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

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

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. 12-27: “Rabbit Hole” at Nutley Little Theatre.

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

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

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 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 12-28: “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 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 25: “Disenchanted!” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

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

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: “Of Mice and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

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

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.

May 1-16: “Once” at Summit Playhouse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug. 27-Sept. 12, 2027: “Doubt: A Parable” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 8-24, 2027: “Frankenstein” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Sept. 3-26, 2027: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Oct. 22-Nov. 14, 2027: “Annie” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

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

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