(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- George Street Playhouse presents The Nerd by Larry Shue from April 24 through May 20th. The cast includes Jonathan Kite, Ann Harada, Colin Hanlon, Kate Reinders, Zach Shaffer, and Stephen Wallem, and Hayden Bercy. Kevin Cahoon will direct the popular comedy, which closes out GSP’s mainstage season.... READ ON

New Jersey Stage takes a look at shows coming to stages around the Garden State with our monthly theatre preview in NJ Stage Magazine.  Issue 46 also contains features on The Nerd at George Street Playhouse and Turning Off The Morning News at McCarter Theatre.  The magazine is available for free at www.NJArtsMag.com and readable on any PC, tablet, or smartphone.... READ ON

The award-winning playwright and New Jersey native, Christopher Durang, is back with Turning Off The Morning News - his third World Premiere commission for McCarter Theatre in Princeton. It serves as a follow up to his Tony Award-winning play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and runs from May 4th through June 3rd.... READ ON

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- With a Tony award for Best Regional Theatre under its belt and numerous productions finding their way across the Hudson, it should be no shock when the Paper Mill Playhouse lands yet another hit musical headed to the boards of Broadway. That was the general consensus from the crowd after Sunday’s opening night performance of The Sting starring Harry Connick Jr. and J. Harrison Ghee. ... READ ON

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Scott Joplin’s classic rag “The Entertainer” is highly recognizable. It was used to great effect in an Oscar winning movie called “The Sting” which happed to star Paul Newman and Robert Redford.  Joplin was born in Texas and found his true calling as a ragtime composer in Chicago in 1893.  His compositions helped fuel ragtime into a major craze. Joplin’s rags are a featured part of the absolutely entertaining new musical “The Sting” which premiered at Paper Mill Playhouse on April 8th.... READ ON

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Imagine knowing that every mouthful of food you ate could be your last.  Centenary Stage Company presents the world premiere of Michelle Kholos Brooks’ Hitler’s Tasters from April 6 through April 22 in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.  The play is inspired by a true story.... READ ON

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse presents the World Premiere of The Sting from March 29 through April 29. It's a new musical based on the Academy Award-Winning Film. Chicago. 1936. Get ready to enter a smoke-filled world of cons and capers, where nothing is what it seems and no one is who they appear to be. ... READ ON

This show is gonna take you to church. “Crowns” at McCarter Theatre is a joyous play with gospel music, celebrating African American culture, community ties, and, of course, fabulous hats. Jesse and Dave are in Princeton to go behind the scenes of this 15th anniversary revival Regina Taylor’s acclaimed show.... READ ON

It’s a long way from Saskatoon to Georgetown, and that doesn’t mean only 1600 miles as the crow flies.... READ ON

It all starts with the lyric hook.  That’s one of the central building blocks behind the dynamic musical theatre team of Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann.  ... READ ON