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theatre
This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place October 24-30, 2023 Here are previews of plays taking place from October 24-30, 2023 including a look at productions starting this week, those continuing this week, and those closing this week. 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. Jump to Featured Events, Event Previews, Event Listings, Coming Soon.
OCC Repertory Theatre Company presents "Doctor Frankenstein" (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Ocean County College Repertory Theatre Company presents Doctor Frankenstein, a new play by George Allison that asks the question, "What if Mary Shelley got it wrong... on purpose?" Performances take place in the Black Box Theater at the Grunin Center for the Arts from Thursday, October 26 through Sunday, November 5, 2023.
Centenary Stage's Fringe Festival presents ALONE: Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival 2023 continues with ALONE: Stories by Edgar Allan Poe starring Daniel Hall Kuhn. Performances take place October 26-29, 2023 in the Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. This multi-disciplinary immersive show brings six stories and poems by Poe, including The Raven, Tell Tale Heart and Annabel Lee to life through Kuhn's performance.
Music Mountain Theatre presents "Elf, the Musical" (LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre (MMT) presents a special four-weekend run of Elf, the Musical from October 27 through November 19, 2023. Get in the holiday spirit with the family favorite based on the beloved 2003 New Line Cinema hit!
music
This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place October 24-30, 2023 Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from October 24-30, 2023 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.
PHOTOS from +Live+ Unplugged at MPAC (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- On Friday, October 20, 2023, +Live+ performed at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) in Morristown. Photographer Julie Hoffman was on hand to take photos.
NJPAC presents Bonnie Raitt (NEWARK, NJ) -- Bonnie Raitt and members of her longtime touring band are bringing the "Just Like That..." tour to New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for a performance on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 7:30pm. Raitt is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose unique style blends blues, R&B, rock, and pop. After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through to the top in the early 90s with her GRAMMY-award winning albums, Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw, which featured hits, "Something To Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me" among others.
Glen Burtnik, Jeff Kazee, and more to join Remember Jones in TOMMY Concert Engagement at AxelrodPAC (DEAL PARK, NJ) -- Remember Jones and Axelrod Performing Arts Center are excited to announce very special guests as part of their theatrical celebration of The Who's rock opera Tommy, running six performances from November 10-19, 2023. Please note: this is NOT the musical Tommy, but a special theatrical concept concert of The Who's original rock opera.
Jolly Birthday Tribute & Holiday Event Spotlights Frank Sinatra! (AVON-BY-THE-SEA, NJ) -- A "Jolly Sinatra Birthday Tribute" event, presented by Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications LLC, will honor the birthday and career of Frank Sinatra, with a dash of joyous holiday merriment. The cool, festive celebration will take place on Sunday, December 10, 2023 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the Avon Municipal Building, 2 Main Street, Avon-By-The-Sea, NJ. The seating, cozy and warm indoors, has a lovely view of the Avon marina.
Makin Waves Album of the Month: "I Won't Cry Alone" by Roadside Graves "I Won't Cry Alone" is the seventh full-length release from Metuchen-based Roadside Graves for the New Brunswick-originated indie Don Giovanni Records, also the home Jersey acts Screaming Females and Teenage Halloween. In 2011, Roadside Graves released "We Can Take Care of Ourselves," based on S.E. Hinton's classic novel "The Outsiders." During the heart of the pandemic, the band collaborated remotely and again returned to Hinton's writing for inspiration, this time drawing from her more painful and surreal book "Rumblefish."
film
Talking at TIFF (TEANECK, NJ) -- It's Lights! Camera! Activism! at the live portion of the 18th Teaneck International Film Festival, Thursday – Sunday, November 9-12, in three Teaneck venues: Teaneck Cinemas, Puffin Cultural Forum, and Temple Emeth. Talkbacks are included at many of the films, with people whose backgrounds and experience provide insight into the subjects of the features, shorts, and documentaries that are on the program. Find the subjects that interest you and buy tickets in advance for $10. For details about the films, talkbacks, and venues, go to the TIFF website: www.teaneckfilmfestival.org
Lighthouse International Film Society to screen "Another Body" (LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- Seldom does a documentary film pack the punch we've come to expect from a dramatic thriller, but Another Body brilliantly blurs those lines as it follows a real-life college student whose identity has been stolen for the creation of deepfake pornography. Lighthouse International Film Society presents a screening of Another Body on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences. The screening begins at 7:30pm.
dance
Nimbus Dance presents "Slow Fade" Featuring Four Emotionally Driven Works in First-ever Fall Repertory Season (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- On November 3-4, Nimbus Dance kicks off the company's 2023-24 season with a weekend of performances at the Nimbus Arts Center. In the company’s first performances in Jersey City since appearing with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood and at the Acadia Dance Festival in Bar Harbor, ME, Nimbus presents two iconic works by Nimbus Artistic Director Samuel Pott, and works by acclaimed Japanese choreographer Yoshito Sakuraba, and by legendary dancemaker, and co-founder of Pilobolus, Alison Chase. The November performances mark the first Fall season ever for Nimbus Dance, adding to the company's 19 consecutive annual Spring performances.
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EVENT PREVIEWS
The Chatham Community Players presents Reading of "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play" by Sarah Ruhl
November 16, 2025
The Glorious Sounds of Brass to Take Place in Trenton
November 16, 2025
Vivid Stage Brings Pop-Up Theatre: Fiona's Café to Serra Doce in Summit
November 18, 2025
The Newton Theatre presents Colt Ford
November 20, 2025
Jersey City Theater Center to Open 20th Anniversary Season with Brent Birckhead Jazz at White Eagle Hall
November 20, 2025
StocktonPAC presents Swift Nation - Taylor Swift Tribute
November 20, 2025
Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts Hosting Open House on November 20th
November 20, 2025
NJPAC presents Carlos Varela with special guest Diana Fuentes
November 21, 2025
Jonas Brothers, David Bryan, and The Isley Brothers among New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2025
November 21, 2025
The Newton Theatre presents Yesterday, A Tribute to The Beatles
November 21, 2025
