Theater, April

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DANIEL RADER

Lenne Klingaman and Allen Gilmore co-star in “Legacy of Light” at The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, through April 6.

April 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 15-16, 22-24, 26 and 29-30 and May 1, 4, 6-8, 10 and 13-15: “Swing!” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

April 2-6: “Legacy of Light” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton. (NJArts.net Review)
April 2-6: “King James,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. (NJArts.net Review)
April 2-6: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

April 2-6, 9-13, 16-20 and 23-27: “Take the Lead” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

April 3: “Stomp” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 3: “Mr. Still” (staged reading) at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.

April 3-5: “Nora: A Doll’s House” at Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, Paramus.

April 3-6 and 9-13: “Fade” at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
April 3-6 and 9-13: “Wasabia,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 3-6 and 10-13: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Spring Lake Theatre.
April 3-6 and 10-13: “In the Mix” (short plays), presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

April 4: Short Play Festival at Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center, Plainfield.

April 4-5: “Peter and the Starcatcher,” presented by Phoenix Productions at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 4-5: “Things My Mother Taught Me” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

April 4-6: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.
April 4-6: “Liberace & Liza, a Tribute: Shore, Why Not?” at House of Independents, Asbury Park.
April 4-6: “Perfect Arrangement” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.
April 4-6: “Footloose” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
April 4-6: “God of Carnage,” presented by North Star Theater Company at Sparta Avenue Stage.
April 4-6: “Anything Goes,” presented by Trilogy Repertory Theater at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.

April 4-6 and 9-12: “They Promised Her the Moon,” presented by Kean Theatre Conservatory at Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union.

April 4-6 and 11-13: “Ride the Cyclone” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

April 4-6 and 12-13: “Deathtrap” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

April 5-6: “Stomp” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 5-6: “Project Comeback” (one-act comedies), presented by The Company Theatre Group at Tierney’s Tavern, Montclair.

April 5-6, 9-13, 16-19 and 23-27: “¡VOS!” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

April 6: “The 24 Hour Plays Hoboken: 7th Inning Stretch Edition” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

April 8-13: “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 9: “Lessons From a Jellyfish,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown. Women Playwrights Series.

April 9-12: “Fefu & Her Friends” at Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.

April 11: “A Bronx Tale” with Chazz Palminteri at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

April 11-12: “My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

April 11-13: “Ordinary Days” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

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

April 11-13, 18-19 and 25-26: “Guys and Dolls” at Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, Maplewood.

April 11-13, 18-19 and 25-27: “Casa Valentina” at Chester Theatre Group.

April 12-13: “The Devil & Daisy Dirt” at Pinelands Preservation Alliance, South Hampton.
April 12-13: “Project Comeback” (one-act comedies), presented by The Company Theatre Group at Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Montclair.

April 13: “Golden Gays: Hot Flashbacks, the Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
April 13: “Healing Voices: Caregivers’ Stories” (short works) produced in partnership with New Jersey Theatre Alliance at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.

April 14: “The Devil & Daisy Dirt” at Mancini Hall at Ocean County Library, Toms River.
April 14: “King of the Hollywood Fixers” (reading), presented by American Theater Group at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

April 15: “The Devil & Daisy Dirt” at Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

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

April 16: “Crime Fiction,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown. Women Playwrights Series.

April 17-20 and 24-27 and May 1-4 and 10-11: “Comfort” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

April 18-20, 25-27 and May 2-4: “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive “ at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

April 23: “The Mighty Four,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown. Women Playwrights Series.

April 24-27 and May 2-4: “Carrie,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 24-27 and May 1-4 and 8-10: “Hairspray” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

April 25-27: “Clue” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 25-27: “The Super ’70s Prom” (dinner theater) at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

April 25-27 and May 2-4: “Wit” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.
April 25-27 and May 2-4: “Deathtrap,” presented by Ocean County College Repertory Theater Company at Black Box Theater at Ocean County College, Toms River.

April 25 and 27 and May 2-4: “Anything Goes” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

April 25-27 and May 2-4 and 9-10: “Fun Home” at Summit Playhouse.

April 25-27 and May 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18: “West Side Story” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

April 26: “The Devil & Daisy Dirt” at LoMotion Lie at Parsippany Arts Center, Lake Hiawatha.

April 27: “The Devil & Daisy Dirt” at Bernards Township Library, Basking Ridge.

April 27: “The Calamari Sisters’ Clam Bake” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

April 29-30 and May 1-4, 7-11 and 14-18: “The Shark Is Broken,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

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