Karis Anderson as Tina Turner in TINA - The Tina Turner Musical. Photo by Manuel Harlan
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Tickets are now on sale for State Theatre New Jersey's 2024-25 Broadway Season, featuring Tony® Award-winning and groundbreaking Broadway hit shows, are now on sale. The season includes TINA-The Tina Turner Musical; Ain't Too Proud-The Life and Times of The Temptations; The Addams Family; and Dear Evan Hansen.
Other shows included in the Broadway season include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical on November 23-24 and An Evening with Sutton Foster on January 31, who is currently starring in New York City Center Encores! adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress as Princess Winnifred.
A “Broadway Buy More Save More” program is also now available. Ticket buyers who purchase two Broadway shows save 10% or buy three or more shows save 15%. Ticket buyers can also become a season ticket holder and save 20%. Season ticket holders for the State Theatre’s Broadway shows receive a wide array of benefits, from first access to the best seats, 20% savings on single ticket prices and on any show added to the Broadway season, bring your friends 15% off discounts, half price drinks, exclusive concierge access to handle seating needs, and free exchanges within the same show.
For tickets, more information, or group discounts, call State Theatre Guest Services at 732-246-SHOW (7469) or visit online at STNJ.org/Broadway. State Theatre Guest Services, located at 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick NJ, is open by phone and email only, Tuesday through Friday from 11:00am to 5:00pm. For in-person purchases, Guest Services is open Tuesday through Friday from 12:00pm to 4:30pm. Additional ticket and transaction fees may apply.
State Theatre New Jersey’s Broadway Series is sponsored by Magic 98.3.
2024-25 STATE THEATRE NEW JERSEY BROADWAY SEASON:
OCTOBER 2024 | TINA – The Tina Turner Musical. An uplifting comeback story like no other, TINA–The Tina Turner Musical is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. Set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her most beloved hits, this electrifying sensation will send you soaring to the rafters!
One of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, Tina Turner won 12 Grammy® Awards and her live shows were seen by millions, with more concert tickets sold than any other solo performer in music history. TINA–The Tina Turner Musical is written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall.
Performances take place Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 7:30pm; Friday, October 4, 2024 at 8:00pm; and Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm. Tickets range from $40-$105.
OCTOBER 2025 | Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations. The electrifying, smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and silky-smooth harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one.
Nominated for 12 Tony® Awards and the winner of the 2019 Tony® Award for Best Choreography, Ain't Too Proud tells the thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal, as the group's personal and political conflicts threatened to tear them apart during a decade of civil unrest in America.
Written by three-time Obie Award winner Dominique Morisseau, directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys), and featuring the Tony®-winning choreography of Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, On Your Feet!), the unforgettable story of this legendary quintet is set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits, including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” and so many more.
Performances take place Friday, October 25, 2024 at 8:00pm; Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm; and Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00pm. Tickets range from $40-$105.
NOVEMBER 2024 | Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. The Grinch broke box office records for two consecutive years on Broadway during its holiday engagements at the St. James and Hilton theatres in New York. Since then, more than 2.1 million theatregoers across America have been delighted by this heart-warming holiday musical, which The New York Times praised as “100 times better than any bedtime story” and the Gannett papers hailed as “A genius of a show! A total delight for both kids and adults.”
Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical features the hit songs “You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” (written by Albert Hague and Dr. Seuss) from the original animated series. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small," decides to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving Whos. Magnificent sets (John Lee Beatty) and costumes (Robert Morgan) inspired by Dr. Seuss’ original illustrations help transport audiences to the whimsical world of Whoville, while the Music and Book of Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason breathe new life into this timeless story of the true meaning of Christmas. The 2024 production is directed by Matt August and choreographed by Bob Richard based on the original choreography by John DeLuca and originally created by 3-time Tony® Award-winning director, Jack O’Brien.
Performances take place Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 10:30am, 3:00pm, & 7:30pm; and Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:00pm & 5:30pm. Tickets range from $40-$105.
JANUARY 2025 | The Addams Family. A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, The Addams Family is the magnificently macabre hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren't upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
On the heels of Wednesday, the third most-watched show on Netflix of all-time, Big-League Productions, Inc. presents The Addams Family, a devilishly delightful musical comedy based on the bizarre and beloved characters by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams.
Performances take place Friday, January 24, 2025 at 8:00pm; Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm; Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 2:00pm. Tickets range from $40-$105.
JANUARY 2025 | An Evening with Sutton Foster. See Tony® Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer, Sutton Foster, in her STNJ debut! Foster will perform from her extensive Broadway catalogue including, The Music Man, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd, and more! Currently, Foster is starring in New York City Center Encores! adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress as Princess Winnifred. Prior to this, Foster, starred as Mrs. Lovett in the Tony® Award-winning Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opposite Aaron Tveit at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Performance takes place Friday, January 31, 2025 at 8:00pm. Tickets range from $39-$99.
MARCH 2025 | Dear Evan Hansen. Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by the Washington Post, this is the first musical to take a groundbreaking look—from the point of view of both the parents and young people—at our complex, interconnected, and social media-filled lives.
Evan Hansen is a high school student who always feels like he’s on the outside looking in. Evan finally gets what so many of us are searching for—the chance to finally fit in. What follows is a poignant, funny, and powerful musical about how even though it can be hard, we can find each other—and ourselves—along the way.
Including some of the most iconic musical theatre songs from the last decade, including “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through A Window,” and “For Forever,” Dear Evan Hansen features an uplifting score by the Tony ®, Grammy®, and Oscar®-winning team behind The Greatest Showman and La La Land, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Tony® Award-winner Steven Levenson.
Performances take place Friday, March 28, 2025 at 8:00pm; Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm; and Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 2:00pm. Tickets range from $40-$105.
After major renovations, State Theatre New Jersey celebrated its 100th Anniversary in December 2021 in a fully renovated theater. Originally built as a silent film and vaudeville palace, State Theatre’s historic significance was honored by PBS by featuring it in its documentary series, Treasures of New Jersey, in the fall of 2018. “Treasures of New Jersey: State Theatre New Jersey” can be streamed online.
Today, State Theatre is the largest performing arts center in Central New Jersey and has welcomed more than six million people through its doors since reopening as a nonprofit performing arts center in 1988. State Theatre New Jersey is a cornerstone of the cultural vitality of Middlesex County and averages a total economic impact on New Brunswick and the surrounding area of more than $18 million a year. The mainstage programs have featured high-caliber artists such as Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Kevin Hart, Ringo Starr, Melissa Etheridge, John Leguizamo, Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Program offerings include Broadway, orchestra, family, dance, comedy, rock/pop, jazz, Performances for Schools, and Sensory-Friendly Performances.
State Theatre New Jersey’s programs are made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. For information on events, go to MiddlesexCountyCulture.com.
