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Ireland’s great playwright and poet, J.M. Synge, has penned a grand adventure — part tall-tale, part outrageous comedy and part bittersweet parable

Alfred is happy about his life. He’s happy with his job. He’s happy with his marriage. He’s even happy raising his special needs daughter. But when his best friend invites him to dinner to meet the latest woman in his life, things spin out of control.

Pajama Game concerns the battle over a 7.5 cent raise between management and labor at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory. Amidst the conflict, a romance ensues between the new superintendent, Sid, and the leader of the Union Grievance Committee, Babe.

Hilarious sequel to the international hit musical,Nunsense.

The only thing he can be faithful to is being center stage.

Charity Valentine is the eternal optimist. While working at the seedy Fan-Dango ballroom, she is often taken advantage of and continually experiences bad relationships. Finally, she seems to have met a decent fellow in Oscar.

‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ is the Broadway adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic book. The story revolves around Tom Sawyer, a fourteen-year-old boy growing up in America’s heartland.

The year is 1825 and slave auctioneer Malcolm Jeters is headed home when he falls from his mule in Mississippi's Natchez Trace during a storm. Injured and starving, he yells for help. The only ones who appear are runaway slaves. The question is, who will save whom in this compelling new play.  A NJ Premier

Winner of 3 Tony and 4 Drama Desk awards, this side-splitting comedy will have you singing its praises!

This summer, The  Outdoor Stage will transform into the Forest of Arden at the beautiful and family-friendly amphitheatre. Shakespeare’s splendid and pithy comedy filled with some of his most colorful and beloved characters will delight all ages.

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.

Britain’s master of wit has created tour de force roles for two leading ladies in this delightful comedy about the seven-year itch.

Premiere Stages is proud to present the New Jersey Premiere of Pulitzer Prine Winner Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris.

The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including "Hooray For Captain Spalding," and "Lydia, The Tattooed Lady."

One of Shakespeare’s most astute and complex political plays, the Bard examines the mentality of the masses and the downfall of a noble soldier turned reluctant politician whose unyielding hubris brings about his tragic downfall.

Broadway's landmark musical

Masters of Motown has been called the most entertaining history lesson ever performed! This show authentically reproduces the look, choreography, style and sound made famous by a record label that was relatively unknown at the time but went on to profoundly influence the history of popular music.

Upon arriving in Tarrytown, Ichabod Crane learns about the local ghosts. None are as frightening as The Headless Horseman. No one dares say the name lest he rise up to terrorize the villagers. But is he real- or imagined? A World Premiere from the playwright who wrote last season's The Poe Mysteries.

Over the years the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra has been heard on the soundtracks of several motion pictures and television programs. The Orchestra's audio and video recordings have been widely praised in rekindling interest in America's rich traditions of theater, cinema, and dance orchestra music.

Winner! 2008 Tony Award Best Revival of a Play.  A successful architect thinks he can juggle his three flight attendant finacees... until his life hits some turbulance!

The world's greatest love story takes to the streets in this landmark Broadway musical that is one of the theatre's finest accomplishments.

This long-forgotten and eccentric romance by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Idiot’s Delight

Giradoux’s eerily prescient, eccentric, post-war comedy pits the common people of Paris against a conglomerate of financiers determined to destroy the City of Lights in order to profit from the reputed oil fields lying beneath the its streets.

Premiere Stages is proud to present Erik Gernand's The Beautiful Dark, a powerful story ripped straight from the headlines, and the Winner of the 2013 Play Festival!

On the eve of war, a battle of faith ignites between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis.

After his death, Bean is heralded as a great artist, and the art world now wants his work. But did a New England family destroy his paintings, misplace them, or hide them in this 1932 Broadway hit by Pulitzer Prize-winner Sidney Howard. “It’s a play that has remained fresh and funny.”-“NY Times"

This world premiere explores the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Evans — better known by her pen name George Eliot. An outcast living a socially unconventional life

A heart-warming romantic comedy about the transformative powers of love.

This recently discovered and translated play by the Russian master provides a very special theatrical and literary gift for our audiences. This reading marks the first time the play will be heard in America! A special panel discussion with Nabokov experts will precede the reading.

Just as Juliana Smithton's research leads to a potential breakthrough, her life takes a disorienting turn. As Juliana traces her memories and relationships back in time, mysteries pile up until the truth is revealed one devastating night. A haunting drama from the 2012 Broadway season.

Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has resulted in a string of flops and a shortage of funds.

Our production celebrates the 75th anniversary of this beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning, American classic. The ordinary citizens of the ordinary town of Grover’s Corners weave an extraordinary and timeless tale about life, love and mortality.

Lee Blessing's Pulizer Prize-nominated drama is an absorbing and brilliant debate on the eternal hope and relentless futility of high-stakes politics.

Will Holmes win his latest battle?  Will it be check or check-mate?

The fourth annual Something Wicked This Way Comes

ELTC’s popular vintage-radio style production, complete with live sound effects and commercials, with two great detectives! "Sherlock Holmes Adventure of the Copper Beeches" about a governess in peril, and "Nick Carter and the Strange Dr. Devolo," in which Manhattan millionaires are missing. 

Here is a chance to witness the close up magic, miracles and mindgames of John!

“In this newest version of Bittersuite, we have returned to explore the American Middle Class as we age. Have we changed; have we learned; who are we now,” said Champagne.

“The Essence” is a fast-moving revue for people who couldn’t care less about nostalgia, for people who know nothing about Yiddish and couldn’t imagine attending a show with Yiddish in it.

Steve Solomon's Off-Broadway comedy hit

Our stage presentation tells the timeless story of a true misfit who becomes a beloved hero.  With Johnny Marks’s classic songs and the enduring Christmas spirit of the 1964 television special, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER is one show that will make your holidays shine.

The smash hit of 2011 returns to the CSC stage! "A tonic for children and adults…a transfixing journey…," raved the New York Times about the show that ran for ten years in Madison Square Garden.

Based on tales from the Old West written by Bret Harte and O. Henry, they are brought beautifully to life in storytelling fashion by ELTC’s artistic director,Gayle Stahlhuth. As in her other holiday shows, she portrays thirty-plus characters, quickly moving from one. A present for the whole family.   

We all know the story of Ebenezer Scrooge...but what ever happened to Jacob Marley? To escape his own chains, he begins a journey of laughter, terror, redemption, and renewal.

A wonderful tale for the holidays, Brian B. Crowe’s imagining of Pericles 

A perfect antidote to all the holiday glitz and commercialism. This popular one-night only event will feature a joyful cornucopia of sparkling and inspiring holiday tales, songs and poems read by members of our venerable company of actors.

Broadway star, Joel Rooks, brings George Burns to life.

World Premiere and Winner of our 2013 New Play-Reading Festival.  This humorous, insightful play is about the perils of life in the fifth grade.

Meena is desperately unhappy at her job, so she decides to participate in a drug trial for a new medication designed to increase job satisfaction. Will the new drug provide a shortcut to happiness? Or will falling in love threaten to derail her journey to personal fulfillment? A 2012 Off-Broadway hit!

Dorante is a charming young man newly arrived in the capital, and he has but a single flaw: He cannot tell the truth. In quick succession he meets Cliton, a manservant who cannot tell a lie, and falls in love with Clarice, a charming young woman whom he unfortunately mistakes for her friend Lucrece.

Based on the beloved Caldecott Honor-winning picture book, KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY MUSICAL is the perfect show for a family-friendly outing.

The forests are not always what they seem in Sondheim’s spellbinding and romanticInto the Woods

In this world premiere production, a beloved former school principal, and a dedicated custodian meet in a soon-to-be-demolished schoolhouse, rediscovering a long-suppressed moment in the town's history.

Come be "part of our world" as Disney'sThe Little Mermaid

The best new singing talents in NJ showcased as students from Paper Mill's hightly competitive summer conservatory perform in this professionally produced musical extravaganza! Swing Awakening is a celebration of the rich history of standards and jazz hits that are the soul and heart of musical theatre.

Mitch Shapiro is 40.  And he's fired.  When Wall Street cuts him loose, he moves back to Sayreville, NJ for an epic high-stakes battle of the bands.  Best buddies, old girlfriends and one hot New Jersey momma make for fast times and a new start for this Jersey boy.  Who says you can't go home?

A world-premiere musical starring television, screen, and stage icon Tony Danza (Who’s the Boss?, Taxi)! Based on the hit movie, this insanely funny musical tells the tale of a guy with an extraordinary fear of marriage, his long-time girlfriend, and an unscrupulous gambler looking for another shot at love

Based on the Oscar® winning DreamWorks film that started it all, the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre comes to dazzling new life on our stage!

A new comedy by the author of The Dangers of Electric Lighting.

A grieving mystery writer is hired to ghostwrite the “story of the century” — but finds himself becoming part of the story instead.

Bill Jr. is distracted under pressure and off his game.  Will a surprising evening with his parents send him further off kilter?  Secrets are expose dnad clever little lies are crafted when a confidence shared between father and son esclates into an unexpected revelation that could change everything.

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, this beloved classic will enthrall you with the tale of a young orphan’s quest to find home and family in Victorian London. The larger-than-life characters sing and dance their way into your heart with iconic songs including “Who Will Buy” and “Consider Yours

“One of those depth charge plays that has lasting relevance and can triumphantly survive any test of time… -The New York Post

“One of those depth charge plays that has lasting relevance and can triumphantly survive any test of time… -The New York Post

Losing everything is just the beginning. In this hilarious original musical comedy, good guy Josh Cohen is caught in a lifelong battle with bad luck. He’s single, broke, and woefully underemployed when his apartment is robbed. But then a mysterious letter arrives that could change his life forever.

One of the most acclaimed musicals of all time,South Pacificis an exquisite story of romance and love set against the backdrop of a lush tropical island during WWII. This musical masterpiece boasts remarkable songs that transcend time like “Some Enchanted Evening” and “Younger Than Springtime.”

A rock & roll celebration of growing up and falling in love set in the Fabulous Fifties. The world’s #1 musical bursts onto the Paper Mill stage in an all new production.Greasestrikes a universal chord with an irresistible mix of fast cars and first loves. It’s a thrilling injection of pure fun.

Veteran singer-songwriter Christine Lavin returns to the Mill Hill Playhouse! In addition to her beautiful melodies and witty, incisive lyrics, Lavin adds hilarious stories, baton twirling and a pre-show knitting circle. Advance tickets are highly recommended.