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This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place October 28 to November 3, 2025

Here are previews of plays taking place from October 28 to November 3, 2025 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.




 

State Theatre New Jersey presents Richard Thomas in "Mark Twain Tonight!" by Hal Holbrook

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight! by Hal Holbrook from November 5-6, 2025. Emmy® Award-winning actor Richard Thomas will star in a new production of Mark Twain Tonight!. Richard is the first and only actor authorized to perform the play, written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook.



State Theatre New Jersey presents "Mrs. Doubtfire" - The New Musical Comedy

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Mrs. Doubtfire – The New Musical Comedy with four performances from November 1-2, 2025. Out-of-work actor Daniel Hillard will do anything for his kids. After losing custody in a messy divorce, he creates the kindly alter ego of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives.



McCarter Theatre Hosts Special Halloween Evening of "300 Paintings"

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Join McCarter Theatre Center on Friday, October 31, 2025 for a special Halloween evening of 300 Paintings! Guests are invited to come in costume as their favorite artist and enjoy $5 Halloween drink specials from 6:30pm–7:30pm.



The Middletown Arts Center and Dunbar Repertory Company present "A Soldier's Play"

(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The Middletown Arts Center, in conjunction with Dunbar Repertory Company, presents Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play, directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, Sr., November 8-16, 2025. In a segregated Louisiana army camp in 1944, the murder of a rancorous Black sergeant stirs deep-seated animosity and corruption among the soldiers under his command. When a clean-cut Northern captain arrives to investigate, truths are confessed and a shocking secret is revealed.





'An Old-Fashioned Family Murder' – A Whodunit at George Street Playhouse

by Karen Nowosad
published 2025-10-23

Many theater goers enjoy going to see a "whodunit." This genre of theater includes mystery stories involving some sort of crime being committed. There are elements of suspense and fun as it challenges the audience to figure out who is responsible. If you are in the mood to solve an onstage theatrical crime, go to George Street Playhouse and see An Old-Fashioned Family Murder.



An Interview with Jay Wade who stars as The Creature in "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"

by Gary Wien
published 2025-10-22

Jay Wade is starring as The Creature and Lord Byron in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey now through November 16, 2025. These are roles he's very familiar with having portrayed them at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre as well.



'Bull Durham the Musical' Brings the Joys of Baseball to Paper Mill Playhouse

by Karen Nowosad
published 2025-10-21

It is said that baseball is America's pastime. The game creates a culture all its own whether it’s on the professional level or right in our own communities. And that's what Bull Durham The Musical does so well. It provides a look into the culture of a baseball minor league team from Durham, North Carolina. The community support for the Durham Bulls allows us to see the joys, the losses, and those great baseball superstitions.



This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place October 21-27, 2025

Here are previews of plays taking place from October 21-27, 2025 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.



Jersey Arts Podcast: Shakespeare Theatre's Frankenstein Reveals the Story Behind the Story

by Maddie Orton, JerseyArts.com
published 2025-10-16

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Frankenweenie, Poor Things... the story of Frankenstein has been adapted many times over and continues to find new relevance with each interpretation. Playwright David Catlin's version, called Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, does double duty by presenting a story within a story.


 

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