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Pushcart Players Artistic Director Performs "Over the River and Through the Woods" with Company Theatre Group

(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Paul Whelihan, producing artistic director of NJ's renowned touring educational theater, Pushcart Players will appear in the Company Theatre Group's production of Over the River and Through the Woods from March 7-15, 2026 at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center.



New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-28-26

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!



Outpost in the Burbs presents Josh Joplin and Jeffrey Gaines on March 21st

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Outpost in the Burbs presents Josh Joplin and Jeffrey Gaines in a co-headlining show on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at the First Congregational Church of Montclair. Showtime is 8:00pm.



Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to NJPAC for Mother's Day Weekend

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Beloved as one of the world's most popular dance companies, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater completes its 20-city coast-to-coast United States tour at Newark's New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) from Friday-Sunday, May 8-10, 2026.



Art House Productions presents "Secret Garden"

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents Secret Garden, honoring the life and work of Gordana Jerosimic. Co-curated by Andrea McKenna and Ivy Huang of IMUR Gallery, this solo exhibition will be on view at the Art House Gallery from March 6-29, 2026.










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(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) continues its Global Music Series with an electrifying international performance by South African sensation Nomfusi on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at White Eagle Hall. Showtime is 6:00pm.

(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College's Arts & Design Department will present its annual Music Faculty Recital, Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2:30pm. The concert, which is open the public, will be held in the Welpe Theatre at the College's Branchburg campus.

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Legendary Motown singers...West African acrobatics...a joyful youth chorus. From the Temptations and The Four Tops to Mayo Performing Arts Center's visual art exhibit by Art in the Atrium, MPAC has a variety of events celebrating excellence in black artistic achievement during Black History Month.

(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a Spring Season of Jazz with free monthly jazz jams at Clement's Place and two special concert events inside the Victoria Theater. This series, running from September through June, is co-presented by NJPAC's Jazz Advisory Committee and Rutgers University–Newark's Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS). Immerse yourself in the relaxing sounds of jazz music that stimulate the players’ and listeners' minds.

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Arden Theatre Company presents the Philadelphia premiere of Good Bones, the newest play by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright James Ijames (Fat Ham), about gentrification and the consequences of change in a neighborhood and in a family. Directed by Philadelphia-based award-winning actor Akeem Davis, the production begins performances January 22, opens January 28, and runs through March 8, 2026.

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse presents Come From Away from February 4 to March 1, 2026. The play deals with September 11, 2001 - the day the world stopped - and September 12, when a small Newfoundland town started bringing people together. Come From Away tells the true story of 7,000 stranded airplane passengers welcomed by a community that turned fear into friendship and strangers into family.

(NEW YORK, NY) -- The 2026 edition of the Chain Winter One-Act Festival takes place from February 5 through March 1, 2026, at Chain Theatre (312 West 36th Street, 3rd and 4th Floors, New York, NY). The festival has become one of the city's largest and most dynamic showcases for new work.







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Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Eric Troyer and Dave Scott-Morgan of The Orchestra. This may be one of my favorite chats because I felt like a fly on the wall watching two very talented friends catch up. A somewhat talkative fly, but a fly nonetheless.



Immersive theater has long been all the rage for adults, but at Mile Square Theatre's production of The Young King, kids get to step into the story.



(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The MAC Players at the Middletown Arts Center presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee across three weekends from February 27 to March 8, 2026. The hit play is about an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Fawn Nocera Photography was on hand to take photos.



(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Diana Krall – Tour 2026 on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 8:00pm. Diana's unique artistry transcends any single musical style and has made her one of the most recognizable artists of our time. As The New York Times recently noted, Krall possesses "A voice at once cool and sultry, wielded with a rhythmic sophistication."



(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) has a ton of great shows coming this spring. March is highlighted by the return of Riverdance and The High Kings, as well as the country, Americana and blues sounds of Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. In April, there's a lot of talk going on – From satirist David Sedaris to journalist Douglas Murray to foodie Alton Brown to the storytelling of The Moth! Plus, favorites including Patti LaBelle, Tony Danza and a K-POP spectacular!



(CHATHAM, NJ) -- Featuring some of the best soon-to-be-released movies from around the world, Arthouse Film Festival will unspool for ten weeks beginning March 16, 2026 at Chatham Hickory Cinema. The selected films comprise award winners from Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Telluride, Venice and SXSW film festivals, along with prestige studio films, screened in Chatham before their New York theatrical release dates.



Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of a special performance by Linda Eder on Valentine's Day 2026 at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) in Morristown.










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