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Richard

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show

Saturday, October 18, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736




 

Rusalka

Rusalka – New Jersey Opera Theater

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage
1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065



George

George Street Playhouse presents An Old-Fashioned Family Murder

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Dracula

Dracula

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Grunin Center - Black Box Theater
1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754



CDC

CDC Theatre presents "The Shark Is Broken"

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
CDC Theatre
78 Winans Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016



The

The Growing Stage presents "Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical"

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
The Historic Palace Theatre
7 Ledgewood Avenue, Netcong, NJ 07857






 

interACT

interACT Theatre Productions presents "DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE"

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts
10 Durand Road, Maplewood, NJ 07040



URINETOWN

URINETOWN

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
36 Church Street, Middletown, NJ 07748



Richard

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show

Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 3:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736



Shakespeare

Shakespeare Virtual Book Club: The Monsters We Make!

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - Thomas H. Kean Theatre Factory
3 Vreeland Rd, Florham Park, NJ 07932






 



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Westfield Community Players presents "Much Ado about Nothing" set in the Jazz Age

(WESTFIELD, NJ) -- Westfield Community Players presents Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing with flappers and gangsters a la Al Capone? Performances run across three weekends (October 11-25, 2025).


Paper Mill Playhouse Announces Cast and Creative Team for "Bull Durham"

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the casting and the creative team for Bull Durham, the first production of their 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday, October 2 ahead of a Sunday, October 12 in a run that continues through Sunday, November 2, 2025.


PHOTOS from "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" at Growing Stage

by John Posada
published 2025-10-15

(NETCONG, NJ) -- The Growing Stage: The Children's Theatre of New Jersey kicks off their 44th Main Stage Season with Diary of a Wimpy Kid weekends from October 10-26, 2025. Based on the book series by Jeff Kinney, the musical has a book by Kevin Del Aguila, music and lyrics by Michale Mahler & Alan Schmuckler. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.


PHOTOS from "URINETOWN" at Middletown Arts Center

(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center present URINETOWN, the hilarious musical with a terrible name, running October 17–26, 2025. Audiences can expect a wickedly funny, fast-paced satire that takes on the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics and even the very conventions of musical theatre itself. Fawn Nocera Photography was on hand to take photos.


PHOTOS from "The Rocky Horror Show" at Algonquin Arts Theatre

(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre presents The Rocky Horror Show from October 10–19, 2025. Audiences are invited to do the "Time Warp" again as this outrageous, rock-filled cult classic comes to thrilling life on the Algonquin stage. The production features Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien.





 

Centenary Stage Company's NEXTStage Repertory presents "Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play"

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's NEXTStage Repertory will return for the 2025-2026 season with a production of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play weekends from October 16-26, 2025. After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare" entirely from memory.


Middlesex College presents "Haunting Melodies"

(EDISON, NJ) -- Middlesex College's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Department presents Haunting Melodies October 16-18, 2025 at the Studio Theater in Edison. The musical event, directed by David Shirley, will submerge the audience into a world of spooky songs and scenes from Broadway favorites and the American Songbook.


"Grease" Is The Word

by Suzanne Pisano
published 2025-10-16

​​​​​​​For the next two weekends, the Pink Ladies and Burger Palace Boys of Rydell High School will be joyfully singing and dancing their way through "Grease," one of the world's most beloved musicals, at the Spring Lake Theatre. If this past Sunday's performance is any indication, audiences are in for an exuberant treat.


Starlight Performing Arts presents "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"

(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- Surflight Theatre is pleased to present the Starlight Performing Arts production of the hilarious and heartwarming musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Performed by Starlight Performing Arts students in grades 8–12, this Tony Award-winning comedy will take the stage on Friday, October 17 at 7:00pm and Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 7:00pm.


MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center present "URINETOWN"

(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center present URINETOWN, the hilarious musical with a terrible name, running October 17–26, 2025. Audiences can expect a wickedly funny, fast-paced satire that takes on the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics and even the very conventions of musical theatre itself.