Theater, January-December 2025

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Chazz Palminteri will star in “A Bronx Tale” in Englewood, Feb. 13; West Long Branch, Feb. 15; and Atlantic City, April 11.

Jan. 3-5 and 10-12: “American Son” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

Jan. 8-9: “Disney’s Newsies the Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Jan. 9, 16-17: “Golden Girls Murder Mystery” at Carriage House at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Jan. 10-12: “World Builders,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

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

Jan. 11: “Gemstones,” presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

Jan. 11-12, 18-19 and 24-25: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” at Westfield Community Players.

Jan. 13: “Mother’s Day” (reading), presented by American Theater Group at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Jan. 16-19: “The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Jan. 17-19 and 24-26: “The Clean House,” presented by Shakespeare ’70 at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

Jan. 18: “The Calamari Sisters’ Sausage Fest” at Newton Theatre.

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. 23-Feb. 8: “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Jan. 24-26: “The Addams Family” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Jan. 24-Feb. 9: “Here There Are Blueberries” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Jan. 29-31 and Feb. 1-2, 5-9, 12-17 and 20-23: “Mystic Pizza” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Feb. 1: “Men Are From Mars — Women Are From Venus” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Princeton.

Feb. 5-21: “Macbeth” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

Feb. 6-10: “The Tempest,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Little Theatre at Centenary University, Hackettstown.

Feb. 7-8: “The Cher Show” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Feb. 7-16: “Sylvia” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

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

Feb. 8-23: “The Plot” (workshop production) at Chester Theatre Group.

Feb. 8-March 1: “Rabbit Hole” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

Feb. 8-March 2: “A Case for the Exististence of God” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

Feb. 13: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Feb. 13-14: “The Vagina Monologues” at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Feb. 13-March 9: “Make Believe” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Feb. 14-16 and 21-23: “The Prom” at Spring Lake Theatre.
Feb. 14-16 and 21-23: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

Feb. 14-March 2: “Kinky Boots” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Feb. 15: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.

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

Feb. 15-March 9: “Dial M for Murder” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

Feb. 20-23 and 27-28 and March 1-2: “Once” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Feb. 21-23: “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Feb. 21-March 1: “Alice by Heart” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.

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

Feb. 21-March 9: “The Receptionist,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Little Theatre at Centenary University, Hackettstown.
Feb. 21-March 9: “Top Dog/Underdog,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Feb. 28 and March 1-2: “Mary Poppins,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 4: “Insidious: The Further You Fear” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 6: “Insidious: The Further You Fear” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

March 6-9, 13-16 and 21-23: “Purlie,” presented by American Theater Group at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

March 7-9 and 14-16: “Oklahoma!” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

March 7-30: “Jersey Boys” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

March 8: Asbury Short Film Concert at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

March 8-9, 15-16 and 21-23: “Rope” at Westfield Community Players.

March 13-16: “what the end will be …,” presented by Theater Q at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

March 13-23: “Boeing-Boeing” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

March 14-16 and 21-23: “Amadeus,” presented by Ocean County College Repertory Theatre Company at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

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

March 14-April 6: “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

March 15-April 5: “Things My Mother Taught Me” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

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

March 20-23 and 27-30: “Curtain Up” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

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

March 21: “Forever Young: A Tribute to Your Life and Music” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

March 21-23 and 28-30: “Kinky Boots” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

March 21-April 6: “Perfect Arrangement” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

March 27-April 13: “Fade” at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

March 28-30: “Dear Evan Hansen” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 28-30: “Come From Away” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 28-April 6: “Footloose” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
March 28-April 6: “Fiddler on the Roof” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

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

April 1-May 10: “Swing!” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

April 3: “Stomp” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 3-13: “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 4-5: “Peter and the Starcatcher,” presented by Phoenix Productions at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 4-6: “The Man Who Came to Dinner” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

April 4-12: “They Promised Her the Moon” at Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University, Union.

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 5-27: “¡VOS!” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

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

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

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 12-27: “Casa Valentina” at Chester Theatre Group.

April 13: “Golden Gays: Hot Flashbacks, the Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

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

April 16-May 16: “Romeo and Juliet” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

April 24-27: “Liberace & Liza: A Tribute (After-Hourz),” presented by Theater Q at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

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

April 24-May 10: “Hairspray” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

April 25-27: “Clue” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 25-May 4: “Wit” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

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

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

April 25-May 18: “West Side Story” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

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

May 1-18: “Primary Trust” at Berlind Theater at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 2-4: “Kinky Boots,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 2-17: “Home, I’m Darling,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

May 2-18: “Rock of Ages” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.
May 2-18: “Sister Act” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

May 3-4, 10-11 and 16-17: “Steel Magnolias” at Westfield Community Players.

May 3-25: “the ripple the wave that carried me home” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

May 3-June 1: “A Little Night Music” at Bergen County Players, Oradell.

May 8-11 and 15-18: “Bat Boy: The Musical” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

May 9: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “HMS Pinafore” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

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

May 14-15: “Mean Girls” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 16: “Menopause the Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’ “ at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 28-June 15: “Top Hat: The Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

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

May 30-31 and June 1 and 6-8: “South Pacific” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

June 6-8: “Tape,” presented by Chatham Players at Chatham Playhouse.

June 6-8 and 13-15: “1776” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

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

June 7-8 and 13-14: “The Seafarer” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

June 7-29: “The Price” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

June 12-29: “Kinky Boots” at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

June 13-29: “Nine” at Playhouse 22 at East Brunswick Community Arts Center.

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

June 18-July 6: “9 to 5: The Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

June 19-22: “TL/DR (Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix)” presented by Theater Q at House of Independents, Asbury Park.

June 20-22 and 27-29: “The Importance of Being Earnest,” presented by Shakespeare ’70 at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

July 4-27: “Legally Blonde the Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

July 8-27: “42nd Street” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

July 10-13: “Spring Awakening” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

July 11-13: “Party of 1 (Acts): A Weekend on One Acts” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

July 11-13 and 18-20: “Meet Me in St. Louis” at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

July 17-Aug. 10: “Can’t Run, Can’t Dance” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

July 25-27: One Act Jamboree at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

July 29-Aug. 17: “West Side Story” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Aug. 8-10 and 14-17: “Hairspray” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Aug. 19-Sept. 7: “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Aug. 21-24 and 28-31: “Boeing Boeing” at StageWorks at Studio 237, Pompton Lakes.

Sept. 5-6 and 12-13: “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

Sept. 5-28: “Parade” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Sept. 10-21: “Calendar Girls” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 11-21: “Godspell” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Sept. 11-Oct. 5: “How My Grandparents Fell in Love” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Sept. 25-Oct. 5: “On Golden Pond” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Sept. 26-28 and Oct. 3-5: “Into the Woods” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

Oct. 3-5: “The Mousetrap” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 9-12: “Tru” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 16-Nov. 1: “School of Rock” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Oct. 24-Nov. 16: “Cats” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Oct. 30-Nov. 23: “The Drop-Off” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Oct. 31: “The Lives, Loves and Tales of Terror of Edgar Allan Poe” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

Nov. 6-23: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

Nov. 20-Dec. 6: “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Nov. 29-Dec. 14: “Elf the Musical” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Dec. 5-7 and 12-14: “The Sound of Music” at Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, Budd Lake.

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