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theatre
Crossroads Theatre Company presents The Genesis Festival of New Plays This Week 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Crossroads Theatre Company presents The Genesis Festival of New Plays from April 2-7, 2025 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. This year's line up includes: Pearls by Silma Sierra Berrada; in shame & in pride: a biomythography by Jamie Goodwin; The Carelessness of Love by Michael Dinwiddie; and hop tha A by James Anthony Tyler.
Kean Theatre Conservatory presents "They Promised Her the Moon" 
(UNION, NJ) -- Kean Theatre Conservatory presents They Promised Her the Moon from April 4-12, 2025. The play by Laurel Ollstein takes place in 1961 when the first American woman to test for space flight stepped into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours, outlasting all of the men in NASA's emerging Mercury 7 program.
MPAC to Open Registration for Summer Performing Arts School programs 
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Registration for Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)'s Summer Performing Arts School programs begins on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 12:00pm. A variety of one- and two-week sessions are being offered for children from age 7-18 in June, July and August.
Middletown Arts Center Accepting Submissions for 2025 The MAC ONE-ACTS Play-Reading Festival 
(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The Middletown Arts Center has issued a call for submissions to The MAC ONE-ACTS Annual Play-Reading Festival featuring original, one-act works by New Jersey playwrights. Entries from New Jersey residents ages 18 and older will be accepted and must be original, unpublished scripts adhering to standard professional play format with run-times of no longer than 30 minutes. Submission deadline is Friday, April 25, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Ayhan Hulagu to Bring Traditional Turkish Theater to Princeton University 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- 700-year-old traditional Turkish Theatre in America. Recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, Turkish shadow theater will be showcased at Princeton University. Actor and playwright Ayhan Hulagu adapts the 700-year-old Karagöz tradition in The Forest of the Witch for American audiences.
"The Wind in the Willows" to be Performed at RVCC 
(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College's Arts & Design department will present The Wind in the Willows by Ken Grahame, April 9-11, 2025. The production, which is free of charge and open to the public, will be staged in the Welpe Theatre at the College's Branchburg campus. Showtime is 7:00pm each night.
music
Get the Led Out to Play Three Nights at Scottish Rite Auditorium 
(COLLINGSWOOD, NJ) -- Get the Led Out (GTLO) takes over the Scottish Rite Auditorium for shows April 24-26, 2025 at 8:00pm each night. From the bombastic and epic to the folky and mystical, GTLO has captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The concerts are presented by the Camden County Board of Commissioners.
Split Level Concerts presents Rod Picott and Anya Hinkle at Jersey Shore Arts Center 
(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Critically acclaimed singer/songwriters Rod Picott and Anya Hinkle will co-headline a performance at Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Showtime is 8:00pm. The show closes out the 2024-25 season of the Split Level Concerts series which highlights renowned Americana and contemporary folk musicians in a uniquely intimate setting. The series will resume in the fall.
HOT 97's Summer Jam 2025 to Take Place at Prudential Center 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- HOT 97, New York's #1 station for Hip Hop, is again turning up the heat with Summer Jam 2025, the ultimate one-night-only celebration of the culture. Produced by The Black Promoters Collective and part of the Prudential North to Shore Festival, the biggest names in Hip Hop will take the stage on Friday, June 20, 2025 at the Prudential Center.
BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 3/31/25 
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 Chemical-X, The Porchistas, Renee Maskin, Dante Paulo Tagliani, and Ciara Zwicker. Plus a look back at "Seventy Degrees" by Jonathan Andrew.
comedy
NJPAC presents comedian Tom Segura 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- Tom Segura, one of the biggest touring comedians, will bring his new global stand-up comedy tour Tom Segura: Come Together to New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Showtime is 7:00pm.
State Theatre New Jersey presents Mark Normand: Ya Don't Say 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Mark Normand: Ya Don't Say on Friday, April 25, 2025 at 7:00pm. Dubbed by Jerry Seinfeld as the "best young up-and-coming comic," Mark has quickly become one of the most talked about touring comedians on the scene.
film
SOPAC Announces Temporary Closure of Movie Theater and Plans for Future Enhancement 
(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) has announced the temporary closure of its movie theater, previously operated by an independent entity leasing space within the center. This transition marks the beginning of a new chapter for SOPAC, as plans are underway to introduce a revitalized cinematic experience for the community. The previous tenant has vacated the theater space, and SOPAC is actively seeking a new operator to reimagine and relaunch the movie theater experience; however, there is currently no confirmed timeline.
dance
Lewis Center for the Arts presents Spring Dance Festival: Threshold 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Dance at Princeton University presents the Spring Dance Festival: Threshold, a dance concert (April 4-5, 2025) premiering five works and featuring seniors in the dance program. The concert will include a new group piece by senior Kate Stewart and a contemporary solo work by Adam Littman Davis; a new solo work choreographed by guest artist Tamisha A. Guy performed by senior Madison Qualls; a new solo work by faculty member Davalois Fearon performed by senior Moses Abrahamson; and a new contemporary ballet duet choreographed by guest artist Matthew Neenan performed by seniors Ethan Arrington and Paige Sherman.
art
The Ellarslie Open is Accepting Online Entries 
(TRENTON, NJ) -- The Ellarslie Open, Trenton City Museum's annual juried art show, invites artists to enter artwork from April 6 through May 16, 2025 via its online Call for Art. Sheryl Liebman Fisher, Associate Director of Gallery Henoch in New York City, will jury the 2025 show.
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