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Joe Lovano learned about John Coltrane in the basement of his Cleveland home. "My dad played saxophone," he said, "and he loved Coltrane. His record collection was full of Coltrane recordings from the earliest Bethlehem records, all the Prestige, into Atlantic, and, of course, the Impulse! period."
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- This spring, Arden Children's Theatre invites families into a hilariously twisted world where classic fairy tales don't go quite as expected in its next production of the 2025/26 season, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (The Stinky Cheese Man). Based on the beloved book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, adapted by John Glore, the production brings the book's fractured fairy tales to life for kids and adults alike. Directed by Steve Pacek, the production runs on the Arden’s Arcadia stage with previews starting April 8, opening night on April 18, with performances running through May 31.
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage presents "Etiquette" by David Lee White across two weekends from April 9-19, 2026. The play takes place in the Fall of 2021 and the Cellar Theatre is back in production after a year of Zoom programming.
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company presents The Niceties by Eleanore Burgess, running April 9-19, 2026 in the Kutz Blackbox Theatre of the Centenary University campus. The play follows an accomplished Ivy League professor holds routine office hours with an ambitious young student to discuss her thesis: if history is written by the victors, who tells the story of the oppressed?
(EDISON, NJ) -- Middlesex College's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Department presents Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell across two weekends (April 9-11 and April 16-18, 2026) at the Studio Theater in Edison. The play, directed by Anna Sycamore DeMers and Hope McCarthy, is a family story of new beginnings that inspects generational trauma and the tightness of the ties that bind us to our parents' imperfections.
(NEW YORK, NY) -- ARE WE IN LOVE Productions presents the TWO IN LOVE: A Two-Hander Festival, a curated evening of intimate, actor-driven storytelling. Featuring three acclaimed two-person plays: Cindy Lou Johnson's Brilliant Traces directed by Shira Behore, Johnna Adams' World Builders directed by Klara Eales, and David Ives' Venus In Fur directed by Cnaan Lavkovich. The festival will play a three-week limited engagement at Theater Lab weekends from April 9-26, 2026.
(SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- Gateway Playhouse presents Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's iconic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar weekends from April 9-19, 2026. Directed by Chip Garrison, the musical delivers an electrifying retelling of the final days of Jesus Christ through powerful music, raw emotion and explosive energy.
(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Bell Theater at Bell Works presents Sexy Laundry by Michele Riml from April 10-26, 2026. Armed with a copy of “Sex for Dummies,” Alice and Henry check themselves into a trendy spa hotel with a mission: to jump-start their 25-year marriage. Georgette Reilly Timoney plays Alice and Bill Timoney plays Henry.
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) presents the world premiere of Wilderness Generation, a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award- nominated playwright James Ijames, whose breakout work Fat Ham earned the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and national acclaim. The production, directed by PTC Co-Artistic Director and Obie Award winner Taibi Magar, serves as the final installment of the Citywide James Ijames Pass series and runs from April 10 through May 3, 2026, at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.
(LINCROFT, NJ) -- Brookdale Performing Arts Center presents Stephen Sondheim's Company - performed in an immersive, in-the-round setting where it feels like you're a guest at Bobby's birthday party. This intimate staging pulls the audience into the heart of the celebration, surrounding you with music, laughter, and the beautifully messy moments of modern relationships. Performances take place across three weekends from April 10-26, 2026.
