Dec. 1: “The Nutcracker,” presented by American Repertory Ballet at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Dec. 1: “The Best Time of the Year: Music and Memories of Christmas” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 1: “Sesame Street Live! Say Hello” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 1: Cirque Dreams Holidaze at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Dec. 1: “The Nutcracker,” sensory friendly performance by New Jersey Ballet at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Dec. 1, 3-8 and 10-15: “Miracle on 34th Street” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Dec. 1, 6-8 and 13-15: “A Christmas Carol” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Dec. 1, 6-8 and 13-15 : “The Christmas Show Must Go On” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.
Dec. 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-23 and 26-29: “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Dec. 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22 and 27-29: “The Gift of the Magi” at Cape May Stage.
Dec. 1-31 and Jan. 1-4: “Magic of Lights” at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
Dec. 3-8, 10-15 and 17-21: “A Playhouse Christmas” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.
Dec. 4-29: “A Christmas Carol” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.
Dec. 5: “A Magical Cirque Christmas” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 5-8: “Digging the Whole” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
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. 6-9: ” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 6-7 and 13-14: “Lennie’s Christmas Extravaganza” featuring Lennie McKenzie at East Lynne Theater Co., Cape May.
Dec. 6-15: “They Haven’t Got a Clue: The Christmas Edition” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.
Dec. 6-8, 13-15, 18 and 20-22: “Cinderella” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Dec. 6-8, 13-15 and 20-22: “Annie,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough.
Dec. 6-8, 14-15 and 20-22: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at Growing Stage, Netcong.
Dec. 7: Critical Role Presents “A Daggerheart Critmas Story Live” at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
Dec. 7, 1 p.m.: “A Christmas Carol,” presented by Yates Musical Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 7, 7 p.m.: OCC Concert Band, “The Sounds of the Holidays” at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 7: “The Nutcracker” at Republic Bank Performing Arts Center, Sewell.
Dec. 7: Kulture Kool, “Stories of India,” Milk & Cookies series at State Theatre Studio, New Brunswick.
Dec. 7 and 14: “Babes in Toyland” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Dec. 7-8: “The Nutcracker,” presented by New Jersey Ballet at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Dec. 7-8: “The Nutcracker,” presented by American Repertory Ballet at Two River Theater, Red Bank.
Dec. 7-8 and 14-15: “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play” at Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.
Dec. 7-22: “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.
Dec. 7-8, 12-15 and 18-24: “Christmas in Concert” at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
Dec. 8: “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” at Prudential Hall at NPAC, Newark.
Dec. 8: Holiday Dreams Cirque at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Dec. 8: “Un Regalo Para Andrés/A Gift for Andrés” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.
Dec. 8: Rock and Roll Playhouse Plays Music of The Beatles and More for Kids at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
Dec. 8: Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, “Holiday Pops” at Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees Township.
Dec. 9: “A Christmas Carol” performed by Gerald Charles Dickens at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 9: “A Very Merry Christmas!” at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
Dec. 10-29: “A Christmas Carol” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
Dec. 12-15 and 20-22: “Broadway for the Holidays 4,” presented by OCC Repertory Theater Company at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 13: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Atlantic City Ballet at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
Dec. 13: “A Rahway Nutcracker,” presented by Rahway Dance Theatre at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Dec. 13-14: “The Pout Pout Fish,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Dec. 13-15: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Company of Dance Arts at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 13-15: “The Nutcracker,” presented by NJ Dance Connection at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 13-15, 20-24 and 26: New Jersey Ballet’s “Nutcracker” with New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Dec. 14: “Sonic Symphony” featuring Sonic the Hedgehog music at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 14: “The Nutcracker,” presented by American Repertory Ballet at Patriots Theater at War Memorial.
Dec. 14: Princeton Symphony Orchestra, “Holiday Pops!” concert with The Princeton High School Choir at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
Dec. 14: Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Dec. 14: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Ballet for Young Audiences at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 14: “Merry, Merry Mischief: Delightful Wintery Tales for Childen of All Ages!” at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at Drew University, Madison.
Dec 14: “Winnie the Pooh” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Dec. 14: “The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year” (murder mystery dessert theater) at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
Dec. 14-15: “The Nutcracker,” presented by BalletArts and Adelphia Orchestra at River Dell High School.
Dec. 15: “The Nutcracker,” presented by State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 15: “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Dec. 15: “The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Dec. 17-18: “Disney’s The Jungle Book Kids” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 20: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Atlantic City Ballet at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Dec. 20-22: “The Nutcracker,” presented by American Repertory Ballet at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Dec. 20-22: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Tricia Sloan Dance Studio at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
Dec. 20-22: “Kelsey Holiday Extravaganza Remixed” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Dec. 21: “The Nutcracker,” presented by Atlantic City Ballet at Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood.
Dec. 21: Rock and Roll Playhouse Plays Emo for Kids, “Holiday Celebration” featuring Scaramouche & the Fandangos, at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Dec. 21: “Frosty the Snowman” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Dec. 28: Brady Rymer & the Little Band That Could at Growing Stage, Netcong.
Dec. 28-29: “PAW Patrol Live!: A Mighty Adventure” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Dec. 31: First Night Morris, Morristown.
Dec. 31: First Night Ocean City.
Dec. 31: First Night Ocean County, Seaside Heights.
Jan. 2-5: “Disney on Ice Presents ‘Frozen’ and ‘Encanto’ “ at Prudential Center, Newark.
Jan. 3-5 and 10-12: “Tarzan” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Jan. 11: “The Wild World of Animals” featuring Grant Kemmerer at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Jan. 15-16: “The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Jan. 17: “The Wild World of Animals” featuring Grant Kemmerer at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
Jan. 18-26: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Jan. 19: John Pizzi, children’s comedy show at American Hotel, Freehold.
Jan. 23: Murray SawChuck, magician, at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.
Jan. 24-26: Monster Jam at Prudential Center, Newark.
Jan. 24-26: Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire at Cure Insurance Arena, Trenton.
Jan. 24-26: “The Addams Family” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Jan. 24-Feb. 1: “A Little Shakespeare: The Tempest” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.
Jan. 25: New Jersey Symphony, “Lunar New Year Celebration” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Min Kwon, piano; Peking University Alumni Chorus; Starry Arts Children’s Chorus (Rebecca Shin, director).
Jan. 25: Mike Super, “Magic & Illusion” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Jan. 25: “Get Hypnotized! The Erick Känd Comedy Hypnosis Show” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Jan. 25-26: Garden State Comic Fest: Winter Fest at Codey Arena, Morristown.
Jan. 26: “Pinkalicious the Musical,” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Jan. 30: “Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live!” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.
Jan. 31 and Feb. 1-2, 7 and 9: “James and the Giant Peach” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Feb. 4: “Life Every Voice: A Letter to the Editor,” presented by Pushcart Players at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
Feb. 4: “Aesop’s Fables” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
Feb. 6-9: “Disney on Ice Presents Frozen & Encanto“ at Cure Insurance Arena, Trenton.
Feb. 7: ” ‘Til Death Do Us Part” (murder mystery dessert theater) at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
Feb. 8-9 and 15-16: “The Velveteen Rabbit” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.
Feb. 12: “Life Every Voice: A Letter to the Editor,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
Feb. 14: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 14-16 and 21-23: “Blithe Spirit” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
Feb. 14-March 2: “Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girls Baseball Dream” at Growing Stage, Netcong.
Feb. 15: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Feb. 15: “Sleeping Beauty” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
Feb. 16: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Feb. 17: The Harlem Globetrotters at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Feb. 21: Zuzu African Acrobats at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
Feb. 22: “Gazillion Bubble Show” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Feb. 22: “Mutts Gone Nuts” at Berrie Center at Ramapo College, Mahwah.
Feb. 28: The Harlem Globetrotters at Cure Insurance Arena, Trenton.
Feb. 28: Illusionist Rick Thomas at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Feb. 28 and March 1-2: “Mary Poppins,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 28-March 15: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie, Brown!,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.
March 1: Laurie Berkner Band at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 1: Bill Blagg, “Family Magic” at The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
March 5: “The Heron’s Journey” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
March 7: “The Littlest Cove,” presented by Treehouse Shakers at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
March 8: “The Signature Project,” presented by Patrick Dunning at Citizens Bank Theater, Succasunna.
March 9: “A Year with Frog and Toad” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
March 9: “Goodnight Moon” and “The Runaway Bunny,” presented by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
March 15: “Meet the Music: Inspector Pulse Takes His Pulse!,” presented by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with Bruce Adolphe, host, at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University.
March 16: “Sesame Street Live: Say Hello” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 16: Timbalooloo, “Jazz for Kids” at Pfleeger Concert Hall at Rowan University, Glassboro.
March 18: “The Vanishing Elephant,” presented by Cahoots NI at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
March 20: Dude Dad, “On Thin Ice” at Victoria Theater at NJPAC, Newark.
March 22: “Sesame Street Live! Say Hello” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
March 23: “Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey,” presented by Lightwire Theater at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.
March 23: “The Pa’akai We Bring” at The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
March 28: “Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey,” presented by Lightwire Theater at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
March 28-April 6: “Her Beautiful Sound” at Growing Stage, Netcong.
March 29: “Three Little Pigs” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
March 30: The Peking Acrobats at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 4-6, 11-13 and 18-19: “Godspell” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
April 5: “Charlotte’s Web” at Wilkins Theater at Kean University, Union.
April 9: “Stone Soup … and Other Stories,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
April 12: “Treasure Island,” presented by The Panto Company at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
April 13: “Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live!” at BergenPAC, Englewood.
April 17: “Pete the Cat,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
April 19: “Three Little Pigs” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
April 23: Blippi, “Join the Band Tour” at Patriots Theater at War Memorial, Trenton.
April 23: “The Velveteen Rabbit,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
April 26: “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Live” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
April 26: Blippi, “Join the Band Tour” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 1: “Peter and the Starcatcher” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
May 2-23: “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical” at Growing Stage, Netcong.
May 3: “Our Planet Live” featuring Dan Tapster at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.
May 4: “Pete the Cat” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 6: “Underneath a Magical Moon,” presented by Tutti Frutti Productions at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
May 13: “Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 16-18: “Beetlejuice Jr.” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 17: New Jersey Symphony, “Discover Mozart & Bach (Family Concert)” at NJPAC, Newark. Xian Zhang, conductor; Eric Wyrick, violin; Francine Storck, violin. Program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Johann Sebastian Bach’s Double Concerto for Two Violins; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 35, “Haffner.”
May 17: “The Jungle Book” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
May 22: 360 Allstars at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 24-25 and 29-31 and June 1: “The Magical Library of Mrs. Miriam Buttersham” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
June 7-8: “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical,” Theater for Young Audiences series at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.
June 25-29, July 30-31 and Aug. 1-3: “Peter Pan” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
June 28-29: Garden State Comic Fest at Codey Arena, Morristown.
July 2-3 and 5-6: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 9-13 Aug. 6-10: “The Wizard of Oz” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 11-27: “The Wizard of Oz” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.
July 16-20 and Aug. 20-24: “The Little Mermaid” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
July 23-27 and Aug. 13-17: “The Spongebob Musical (Youth Edition)” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Aug. 1-3: “The Ballad of Mulan” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.
Aug. 27-31: “Cinderella” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Nov. 6-23: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.
Nov. 7-9 and 13-16: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Nov. 20-Dec. 6, 2025: “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.
Nov. 29-Dec. 14, 2025: “Elf the Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
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