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theatre
NJPAC to Celebrate Governor Kean's 90th Birthday with Broadway-Themed Bash 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will celebrate the birthday of New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean with a dinner and evening of musical theater on his 90th birthday, April 21, 2025. The event begins at 5:30pm.
Algonquin Arts Theatre Announces Summer 2025 Theatre Classes 
(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre is thrilled to announce its lineup of Summer 2025 Theatre Classes, offering an exciting array of programs for young performers of all experience levels. Designed to engage and inspire students from kindergarten through 10th grade, these classes provide a fun and educational opportunity to develop acting, improvisation, and musical theatre skills.
Art House Productions presents 2025 INKubator New Play Festival 
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents the 2025 INKubator New Play Festival from April 28 - May 7. This year's playwrights are Phillip Gregory Burke, Sarah Cuneo, Molly Horan, Frank Murdocco, and M. D. Schaffer. Audiences who attend the festival will have the opportunity to participate in conversations with the writers, directors, and actors following each performance. All readings are free to attend, but advanced registration is required.
music
Michael Arnone's 32nd Annual Crawfish Festival to take place May 30 to June 1st 
(AUGUSTA, NJ) -- Michael Arnone's 32nd Annual Crawfish Festival returns to New Jersey, May 30 – June 1, 2025, to showcase the best food and music that Louisiana and New Orleans have to offer. The festival welcomes several Grammy Award winning and nominated musicians and more to two stages this year.
bergenPAC presents Hollywood Nights - A Tribute to Bob Seger 
(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents Hollywood Nights - A Tribute to Bob Seger on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:00pm. This is the ultimate tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
Albert Music Hall presents Songwriters in the Pines on Sunday 
(WARETOWN, NJ) – Celebrating local music and musicians has always been central to the mission of the Pinelands Cultural Society (PCS), which operates the Albert Music Hall. In honor of the Hall's 50th Anniversary, PCS revived the Songwriters in the Pines show last year. Following its success, the society is excited to continue the event for another year.
Greenwood Gardens presents Music in the Garden Concert Series 
(SHORT HILLS, NJ) -- Greenwood Gardens is thrilled to announce its upcoming Music in the Garden Concert Series. With performances in May, July, and September, the program is composed of outdoor concerts featuring jazz and classical music, as well as the Great American Songbook, set in an enchanted garden setting. Stone Mountain Properties of Short Hills is sponsoring the Series for the fourth year.
Theater Q Asbury presents "Liberace & Liza: A Tribute: Shore, Why Not?" 
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Theater Q Asbury, New Jersey's LGBTQ+ Theater Company, proudly announces the full cast and creative team for the second production of its inaugural 2024-2025 season and first offering in its cabaret series. "Liberace & Liza, A Tribute: Shore, Why Not?" is a dazzling cabaret of camp, glam, jazz hands, and candelabra, starring David Saffert & Jillian Snow, with arrangements and consulting by Bo Ayers, Liberace’s musical director of 13 years. Performances take place April 4-6, 2025. For one night only, on Saturday, April 5th, the show will feature a special guest appearance by RuPaul's Drag Race star Thorgy Thor.
The Guess Who's Burton Cummings LIVE! at MPAC 
Inside Morristown, NJ's MPAC auditorium this Wednesday, March 12, 2025 evening, American women and American men ready themselves for a 60th Anniversary Hits concert by singer Burton Cummings, the voice of the Canadian rock group, The Guess Who.
BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 3/17/25 
Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Joey Affatato, The Comrades, Indeyevid, The Clydes, Chris Rockwell, and Timelord Smith. Plus a look back at "It Ain't Me" by Status Green.
comedy
State Theatre New Jersey presents Daniel Tosh Live 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Daniel Tosh Live on Saturday, April 5, 2025 with performances at 7:00pm & 9:30pm. Tosh is a comedian, host, writer, and producer.
art
Monmouth Museum hosts "Harmony, Balance & Symmetry" 
(LINCROFT, NJ) -- Monmouth Museum, Nilson Gallery announces the opening of Harmony, Balance & Symmetry, a kaleidoscopic digital art exhibition featuring the work of north New Jersey, New York and Long Beach Island-based artist Carol Nussbaum. The show will be on display from April 15 to June 1, 2025 at the Nilson Gallery at the Monmouth Museum on the campus of Brookdale Community College.
Trenton City Museum presents Exhibition Showcasing Works By 10 Eastern European Artists of the Mercer County Area 
(TRENTON, NJ) -- "Cultural Connections: Eastern European Artists from the Greater Trenton Area" is a two-month Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie exhibition highlighting the work of regional artists with Eastern European backgrounds. The exhibition, featuring the work of 10 artists, runs from April 5 through June 8, 2025.
community
Study Tour of Egg Harbor Township Reveals Family History of Local Holocaust Survivors 
(EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- To the naked eye, it is unclear what kind of history the land beneath a local Hispanic church, a Wawa and a Wal-Mart held.
It's only when shoulder-to-shoulder with a second-generation Holocaust survivor that the indelible mark of families and individuals who fled religious and ethnic persecution in Europe became clear to Stockton University students on a March 5 excursion.
FL!P Circus 2025 Tour comes to Westfield Garden State Plaza 
(PARAMUS, NJ) -- FL!P Circus, one of America's best family entertainment values, brings their new 2025 national tour to the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, NJ from March 21 - April 1. Created by the Vazquez family, this intimate big top experience has consistently entertained audiences around the country with its high-energy, family-friendly, edge-of-your-seat production. The 2025 show brings together an entirely new cast of stellar international human talent who are guaranteed to wow.
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