Theater, April 2024-May 2025

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Robert I. Rubinsky and Ellen Foley will co-star in “Kabaret Kaput” at The Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove, April 5-7.

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

April 4-6: “The Grapes of Wrath” at Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, Paramus.

April 4-14: “Backwards, Forwards, Back” at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 4-May 5: “Gun & Powder” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

April 5-6: “The Fantasticks” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

April 5-7: “Hello, Dolly!” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
April 5-7: “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at Barn Theatre, Montville.
April 5-7: “Kabaret Kaput,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.

April 5-14: “Arsenic & Old Lace” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

April 5-7 and 12-14: “Rent” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

April 5-21: “Murder on the Nile” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Heights.

April 6: “Fragments” (reading), presented by Black Box Performing Arts Center at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck.

April 6-21: “Fiddler on the Roof” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

April 6-28: “A Thousand Maids” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

April 7: “Late Night Catechism” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 7: “The Golden Games: The Golden Gays Musical Game Show” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

April 10 and 12-14: “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 10, 17 and 24: Women Playwright Series readings at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 11-14: “Rent” at Tohill Theater at Rowan University, Glassboro.

April 12-13: “My Big Gay Italian Funeral” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

April 12-21: “Spring Awakening” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
April 12-21: “Steel Magnolias” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

April 12-14 and 19-21: “The Importance of Being Earnest,” presented by OCC Repertory Theatre Company at Black Box Theater Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

April 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27: “HMS Pinafore” at Spring Lake Theatre.

April 12-28: “Steel Magnolias” at Playhouse 22, East Brunswick.
April 12-28: “Murder on the Orient Express” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

April 13: “Vicki Lawrence and Mama, a Two-Woman Show” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

April 14: “Keith Moon: The Real Me” at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck.

April 15: “The Chinese Lady” (reading) at Cape May Stage.

April 16: “Menopause the Musical” at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.

April 18-28: “Kodachrome,” presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.
April 18-28: “Grease,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 18-May 12: “The Two-Hander” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

April 19-21 and 26-27: “Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” presented by Trilogy Repertory at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.

April 19-May 5: “Ripcord,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.

April 19-21 and 26-28 and May 4-5: “Nunsense” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

April 20: “A Bronx Tale,” one-man show featuring Chazz Palminteri at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

April 23: “The Works of Langston Hughes” at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

April 23-May 19: “Tick, Tick… Boom!” at George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick.

April 25-May 11: “The Bodyguard: The Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

April 25-May 19: “Queen of the Night at Luna Stage, West Orange.

April 26-28: “The Addams Family” at Hackensack Performing Arts Center.

April 26-May 11: “Is He Dead?” at Summit Playhouse.

April 27: “Jai Shri Ram: Ramayan” at Cure Insurance Arena, Trenton.

April 27-28: “Clue” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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

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: “The Calamari Sisters’ Sausagefest” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

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 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 7-9: “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 14-15: “7th Inning Stretch” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

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

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

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

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-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 13-28: “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.

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

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

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-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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 3: “Miss Holmes,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 28-April 6, 2025: “Footloose” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

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

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