Theater & Live Performance
RMN dispatches tagged Theater & Live Performance.
In Maplewood, Watching Rocky Horror Still Means Performing Rocky Horror
Event Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts · Maplewood, New Jersey
The Maplewood Strollers will bring The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the Burgdorff Center with a live Cosmic Light Cabaret shadowcast, audience participation and the ritual that turned a movie into something audiences have been rebuilding for half a century.
State Theatre New Jersey Pairs Pirates and Star Wars With Live Symphony Performances in 2027
Event State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, New Jersey
The New Jersey Symphony will bring two blockbuster film scores to life in New Brunswick, first with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in February and then a 50th-anniversary presentation of Star Wars: A New Hope in May.
The Black Pearl Sails Into New Brunswick With a Full Live Orchestra
Event State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Jersey Symphony will perform Klaus Badelt’s swashbuckling score live as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl plays on the big screen at State Theatre New Jersey.
Alton Brown Brings Food, Science and a Little Mayhem to State Theatre New Jersey
Event State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, New Jersey
The longtime Good Eats host comes to New Brunswick Oct. 24 for a more intimate live show built around demonstrations, music, storytelling and the kind of kitchen curiosity that made generations suspicious of Uni-taskers.
Rocky Horror at State Theatre NJ Got Weird in All the Right Ways
Reported Event State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Barry Bostwick, the Friday Nite Specials shadow cast, a fully committed crowd and a polished VIP after-party made Saturday night one of the best Rocky Horror experiences I have seen anywhere.
Sometimes the Best Place to Tell History Is the Place That Remembers It
Event Hunterdon County Historic Courthouse · Flemington, New Jersey
A workshop of The Crossing brings Jacob Francis and the Ten Crucial Days back into the Hunterdon County courthouse where one part of his own Revolutionary War story was recorded.
Rocky Horror Was Never Just a Movie
Culture
The many lives of a cult classic that keeps changing shape
The Dog Dug Under the Fence. The Humans Did the Rest.
Reported Feature
New Jersey Repertory Company’s Nacho Ate Superman starts with a missing pedigreed rabbit, a rescue dog and a hole beneath a fence. Then the people arrive and turn an animal incident into something much more recognizably human.
A Historic Farmstead Is Still Doing Its Job. It Just Changed Jobs.
Event Farmstead Arts · Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Farmstead Arts is heading into a fall stretch that moves from Revolutionary history to a member art show to community theater. The interesting part is not simply how much is on the calendar. It is what happens when preservation keeps a place in use instead of turning it into scenery.
Philly Fringe Is Open, and the City Is Part of the Show
Event FringeArts · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
More than 370 shows across 100-plus venues turn Philadelphia into a three-week argument for wandering off the official path.
The Ugly Pancake Comedy Festival Is Building a Jersey Shore Comedy Circuit
Event Wild Air Beerworks · Asbury Park, New Jersey
Ugly Pancake's fourth festival opens in Manhattan, then returns to Asbury Park for a first-timers showcase and a Tidal Wave collaboration that turns closing night into the next booking.
Lenny Bruce Is Still Arguing With the Room
Event Union County Performing Arts Center · Rahway, New Jersey
Ronnie Marmo brings “I'm Not a Comedian…I'm Lenny Bruce” to UCPAC in Rahway on Oct. 2, returning Bruce's argument about speech, power and the live room to a New Jersey stage.
One Man, Eighteen Lives: Chazz Palminteri Brings the Original A Bronx Tale to Carteret
Event Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center · Carteret, New Jersey
Before the Robert De Niro film and the Broadway musical, A Bronx Tale was one actor rebuilding an entire Bronx neighborhood by himself. On Oct. 16, Palminteri brings the original 18-character solo performance to Carteret PAC.
At Brook Arts Center, the Fall Calendar Starts Before Opening Night
Event Brook Arts Center · Bound Brook, New Jersey
Youth theater, filmmaking and a free writers workshop give Brook’s fall season a second purpose: not simply presenting finished work, but giving New Jersey creators a place to learn how the work gets made.
Smodcastle Checks Into the Overlook for The Shining: Live on Stage
Event SModcastle Cinemas · Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Raconteur Radio returns to Atlantic Highlands on Oct. 9 with a live theatrical parody built from scripts, sound, lighting, music and a cast that includes Kevin Smith in the least age-appropriate Danny Torrance casting imaginable.
William Shatner Is Bringing The Wrath of Khan to New Brunswick - Then Taking the Stage
Event State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, New Jersey
State Theatre New Jersey will screen Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Jan. 29, 2027, followed by a live appearance and audience Q&A with William Shatner. Tickets go on sale Sept. 18 at 10 a.m.
Rocky Horror Is Ready to Do the Time Warp Again in New Brunswick
Event State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Barry Bostwick joins a 4K screening, live shadow cast and full audience-participation night at State Theatre New Jersey on Oct. 3.