This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place April 23-30, 2024

Here are previews of plays taking place from April 23-30, 2024 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. Click on the title to go to the full preview. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place from April 23-30, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from April 23-30, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview. Jump to Featured Events, Event Previews, Event Listings.

Avenel PAC presents A Tribute to John Prine with Joe D'Urso & Friends

(AVENEL, NJ) -- The Avenel Performing Arts Center presents A Tribute to John Prine with Joe D’Urso & Friends on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 7:30pm. Artists scheduled to perform include The Ready For Prine Time Players: Gary Solomon, Loren Korevec, Chris Brown, Jake Thistle, Michelle Solomon, David Frye, Tim O'Donohue, and Joe D'Urso.

State Theatre New Jersey presents Harry Chapin's Greatest Stories LIVE featuring The Chapin Family

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Harry Chapin's Greatest Stories LIVE featuring The Chapin Family on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 8:00pm. Watch as two generations of the musical Chapin Family—Tom, Steve, and Jen Chapin, and The Chapin Sisters (Abigail and Lily) bring the songs of Harry Chapin to life.

Wicked to Cast Their Spell at Salty's Beach Bar

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-04-23
"We're so excited. The band is just poised and ready to hit the road and rock out and get this album out to the masses," laughed the man simply known as "Danny" as he discussed his band Wicked, their new album "Sunburn" and their April 25 show at Salty's Beach Bar in Lake Como, NJ. 

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 04-23-24

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!

Gun & Powder Both Run Dry in Paper Mill Musical

by Bruce Chadwick - published 2024-04-22
I was a kid in the late 1950s and early 1960s and the western was undisputed, unchallenged King of television. No matter what channel you turned to, there was a marshal with a ten gallon hat and big, big badge shooting it out with the bad guys. There were good citizens, like the men of the Ponderosa in Bonanza, fighting evildoers every single week, Women? The most gorgeous women in the world, all in love with the good guys. No matter what channel you turned to, there was the story of truth justice and the American way – on horseback. Six gun glory.

Mile Square Theatre presents NJ Premiere of "Show Up, Kids!"

(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre is pleased to announce their Theatre for Family and Young Audiences Production for their 2023-24 season: Show Up, Kids!, directed by Michole Biancosino, which has a four-week limited engagement at Mile Square Theatre from Wednesday, April 24 through Sunday, May 19, 2024. Show Up, Kids! is a semi-improvised comedy where a hapless host uses audience suggestions for the plot, props, characters, and setting of a completely original story.

"The Two Hander" is a Compelling World Premiere at NJ Rep

by Gary Wien - published 2024-04-22
(LONG BRANCH, NJ) — "Do you ever wonder how much of your memories you chose to forget?" That's a question asked by Claire, a 29-year-old writer (currently working for a ticket agency) during her first time at therapy. Diana, her sharp-witted therapist, says, "Memory is an asset. You’ve already lived it, now learn from it."