UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has named the Kean University students and alum who have won the 2026 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards. This year Premiere Stages recognizes the work of four student playwrights, Goodness Kehinde (Class of ‘26...

WESTFIELD -- The Rialto Center for Creativity’s Spotlight Series continues into 2026 with an event that brings playwright, novelist, and humorist Marc Acito back to his hometown to discuss his decadeslong creative career, which spans Broadway, The New York Times, NPR, and more. The event will take p...

WESTFIELD – Due to the recent winter storm that impacted communities across New Jersey and beyond, the ChoralArt Society of New Jersey’s January 25, 2026 concert, The Cohort: Exploring the shared musical lineage of great English composers, was rescheduled to Sunday, February 1, 2026. The concert wil...

WESTFIELD -- The New Jersey Festival Orchestra (NJFO) proudly announces the establishment of The David Badertscher Conductor’s Chair in Honor of Maestro David Wroe, made possible through the extraordinary generosity of longtime supporter and Board member David Badertscher.Mr. Badertscher’s transform...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD – Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Repertory Theatre is thrilled to present “Guys and Dolls”, the beloved Broadway musical that brings together gamblers, showgirls, and unlikely romances in a colorful, highenergy celebration of love and luck. Featuring music and lyrics by Fran...

FANWOOD -- The Fanwood Memorial Library is proud to present a live jazz performance by the Bradford Hayes Trio on Wednesday, February 5, at 7:00 PM. This special concert is free and open to the public, and music lovers of all ages are warmly invited to attend.Saxophonist Bradford Hayes has been a po...

UNION -- Are you over 60 and interested in acting, singing, or writing plays?The Gateway Family YMCA – Wellness Center Branch and The Theater Project have joined forces to present Silver Stages, a trio of free workshops for seniors that will begin on March 2. Each workshop will comprise 10 two-hour ...

UNION -- American Theater Group(ATG) will presentLerner and Loewe’s beloved My Fair Lady as its final main stage production of the 2025-26 season. The production will run February 26 to March 15 at three NJ venues — the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, the DMK Theater/ Union Arts Center in Union ...

WESTFIELD - Westfield Community Players presents the powerful, character-driven contemporary drama, Time Stands Still, opening Saturday, January 10.After barely surviving a bomb blast in Iraq, photojournalist Sarah Goodwin finds herself caught in a tug of war between her career and the quiet of dome...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD – Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (SPFHS) is proud to announce that junior Lucas Lugo has been selected for the highly competitive Cooper Hewitt Design Hive Program, a paid, youth-led initiative at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.The Design Hive ...