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Rutgers Theater Announces 2026-27 Season

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Rutgers mainstage theater season opens later this month with Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba. The drama, adapted by Chay Yew, explores repression, family, and desire as five daughters struggle under the strict rule of their domineering mother following the death of their father. The House of Bernarda Alba runs at Philip J. Levin Theater from October 23-31, 2026.



Bergen County Players to present "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors"

(ORADELL, NJ) -- Bergen County Players (BCP) opens its Halloween season with Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, a fast-paced comic retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. Directed by Perry Award-winner Ray Yucis, the show runs at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from October 24 through November 14, 2026.



Algonquin Arts Theatre presents "Oliver!"

(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre presents Oliver! across two weekends from October 16-25, 2026. A beloved musical based on Charles Dickens' timeless novel, Oliver! tells the story of a young boy searching for home and belonging.



Dunbar Repertory Company presents "FOR COLORED GIRLS Who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf"

(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- Dunbar Repertory Company presents Ntozake Shange's FOR COLORED GIRLS Who have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf at the Middletown Arts Center across two weekends from November 7-15, 2026. This is the groundbreaking "choreopoem" – a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. The production is directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, SR.








State Theatre New Jersey presents the 20th Anniversary Tour of "Jersey Boys"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents the Tony® Award-winning musical Jersey Boys, for three performances from October 16-17, 2026. Jersey Boys is the true behind-the-music story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.



Kean Department of Theatre presents "References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot"

(UNION, NJ) -- The Kean Department of Theatre presents References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot from October 9-17, 2026 in the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center. This is an Obie Award-winning surrealist play by José Rivera that follows Gabriela, a lonely housewife in Barstow, California, awaiting her soldier-husband Benito’s return from the Gulf War in 1991.



The National Tour of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" comes to MPAC

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Con man Harold Hill brings "Trouble" to River City when Big League Productions' National Tour of Meredith Willson's The Music Man comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) for three performances from October 16-17, 2026. The show is helmed by veteran director Matt Lenz. Emmy Award winning and TONY Award® nominated choreographer Joshua Bergasse brings the story's celebrated production numbers spectacularly to life on stage.



Ray Andersen Talks About "Sound Mind" - a new musical

by Gary Wien
published 2026-10-05

Ray Andersen has had quite a musical career. Long-time Jersey Shore rock fans may remember his time as a member of Cats On a Smooth Surface - the Stone Pony house band that Bruce Springsteen often jammed with. Indie rock fans may remember him from his band, Blue Van Gogh, in the mid-1990s. Classic rock fans may have seen him as a member of Meat Loaf where he appeared on many national television shows around the world or with his current David Bowie tribute show. Children and young adults may know him as Mr. Ray performing melodic rock tunes for kids.



Light Opera of New Jersey presents "Amahl and the Night Visitors"

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- This holiday season, Light Opera of New Jersey (LONJ) invites audiences of all ages to experience the magic of Gian Carlo Menotti's beloved one-act opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors.









LATEST COLUMNS


Makin Waves Song of the Week: "The Only Man to Make It Through the Dance" by Jake Thistle

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "The Only Man to Make It Through the Dance" from "A Stranger By Design," the latest album by Jake Thistle.




Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 10/01/2026

What do you call a rocker by night who pays tribute to multiple classic rock bands and someone who has done children's music during the day? You call him Paulie Z that's what.




Makin Waves Song of the Week: "In Another Life" by Deardarkhead

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "In Another Life" from "The Pendulum Swings," the first album in 26 years from the Atlantic City rockers Deardarkhead.




This Week in Music

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(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- At thirteen, Freddy and Barney were a matched set; everybody called them Fred and Barney. Then Barney's family left town suddenly, and the two best friends spent thirty years not talking about why. In Kill Goofy, the new play by Livingston native Eric Alter, they are finally back in the same room, a childhood bedroom that has not changed since 1994, circling the one thing they both experienced and never once discussed.

The Ritz Theatre Company presents "Trolls and Men"

The Ritz Theatre Company presents "Trolls and Men"

(HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Ritz Theatre Company presents Trolls and Men by Alex Wilkie weekends from October 9-25, 2026. Set in 1940s Norway, and based on a true story, Trolls and Men tells the inspiring story of Julius Thoreson, the artistic director of the Trondheim Transformational Theater. The production is directed by Lori Aleixo-Howard.

The Growing Stage presents Roald Dahl

The Growing Stage presents Roald Dahl's "Matilda, the Musical"

(NETCONG, NJ) -- The Growing Stage kicks off their season with Roald Dahl's Matilda, the Musical weekends from October 9-25, 2026. Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl, the Tony Award-winning musical is the captivating masterpiece from the Royal Shakespeare anarchy of childhood, the power of imagination and the inspiring story of a girl who dreams of a better life.

2nd Stage at Burlington County Footlighters presents "Tiny Beautiful Things"

2nd Stage at Burlington County Footlighters presents "Tiny Beautiful Things"

(CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- 2nd Stage at Burlington County Footlighters presents Tiny Beautiful Things across two weekends from October 9-17, 2026. Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that "Sugar" was publishing online from 2010-2012. 

interACT Theatre Productions presents the East Coast Premiere of "The Graveyard Girls"

interACT Theatre Productions presents the East Coast Premiere of "The Graveyard Girls"

(MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- interACT Theatre Productions presents the East Coast Premiere of The Graveyard Girls by Tommy Jamerson across three weekends from October 9-24, 2026 at The Burgdorff Center for The Performing Arts. Every Halloween, besties Lauree, Sydney and Nancie have made a tradition of sneaking into an abandoned graveyard and attempting to outscare each other with a series of campfire tales packed with premium spookage...

Studio Players presents "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"

Studio Players presents "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"

(UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Studio Players presents POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive across three weekends from October 9-24, 2026. An uproarious Broadway debut by playwright Selina Fillinger, this is a riotous comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world.

Spring Lake Theatre Company presents "Noises Off"

Spring Lake Theatre Company presents "Noises Off"

(SPRING LAKE, NJ) -- Spring Lake Theatre Company presents Noises Off by Michael Frayn across three weekends from October 9-24, 2026. Wildly fast-paced farce that reveals the hilarious backstage disasters of a touring play.

Villagers Theatre presents "Assassins"

Villagers Theatre presents "Assassins"

(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre presents Assassins across two weekends from October 9 -17, 2026. In this musical, our nation's most notorious assassins gather on stage to violently pursue a twisted American Dream.

The 108th Season at CDC Theatre Opens with a Beach Party!

The 108th Season at CDC Theatre Opens with a Beach Party!

(CRANFORD, NJ) -- Summer doesn’t have to end! Leave your troubles at the door and spend ninety minutes at a completely unhinged beach party... a Psycho Beach Party! CDC Theatre presents this hilarious send up of Gidget, Frankie and Annette beach party movies, with a dash of Hitchcock psychological suspense thrillers across two weekends from October 9-18, 2026.

First Avenue Playhouse presents "Our Town"

First Avenue Playhouse presents "Our Town"

(ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ) -- First Avenue Playhouse presents Thornton Wilder's Our Town, weekends from October 9-24, 2026. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written," Our Town presents the small town of Grover's Corners in three acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage" and "Death and Eternity."