(OGDENSBURG, NJ) -- Northstar Theater Company presents Rock of Ages across two weekends from June 19-28, 2026. This musical takes you back to the time of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair! This Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical features the hits of bands including Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more.
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip’s last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality.
Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ’n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall.
Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer.
Performances take place Friday and Saturday nights at 7:00pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. The theater is located at 21 Kennedy Avenue in Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Rock of Ages contains mature themes, strong language, sexual references, and depictions of alcohol and substance use. Recommended for teens and adults; parental discretion advised.
Please Note: This venue is not handicap accessible. Wheelchair access is not available.
The production is directed by Kerri Batche with musical direction by Scott Tomlin and choreography by Kelly Dacus-Smith.
Funding has been made available in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of National Endowment of the Arts, through the State/County Partnership Block Grant Program as administered by the Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council.
