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$20 B-section seats are available for students for the below performances*. New shows and special student rush ticket offers will be added throughout the season.

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The Psychology of Cults
Fri Oct 17, 2025 @ 8:00 pm

The Psychology of Cults

Hosted by renowned cult interventionist Ashlen Hilliard, this gripping live show takes audiences deep inside the world of cults—how they form, why people join, and what it takes to break free. From infamous groups like Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate, and NXIVM to lesser-known but equally insidious organizations, Ashlen unpacks the psychology, manipulation tactics, and hidden dangers that cults use to control their members as well as how coercion and abuse can happen in...

Marc Cohn & Shawn Colvin Together Onstage
Thu Nov 13, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Marc Cohn & Shawn Colvin Together Onstage

Shawn Colvin and Marc Cohn come together onstage for a special evening. Grammy winner Shawn Colvin’s songs like “Sunny Came Home” are slow-release works of craft and catharsis that become treasured, lifetime companions for their listeners. After winning a Grammy for his soulful ballad “Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn solidified his place as one of this generation’s most compelling singer-songwriters.

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Guest Attraction: New Jersey Ballet presents: Visionary Voices
Fri Nov 14, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Guest Attraction: New Jersey Ballet presents: Visionary Voices

Visionary Voices is a powerful contemporary program featuring three works: Jewel Box  by Lauren Lovette, In Creases by Justin Peck, and New Ancient Strings by Harrison Ball. 

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Creole Christmas
Tue Dec 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Creole Christmas

Celebrate the season as the legendary New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band returns with its Creole Christmas concert. The legendary band and NoLa staple band performs New Orleans classics as well as some of our best-loved holiday selections with a twist. 

Peabo Bryson, Sheena Easton, Ruben Studdard and Ilya Serov starring in Home For The Holidays
Wed Dec 3, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Peabo Bryson, Sheena Easton, Ruben Studdard and Ilya Serov starring in Home For The Holidays

Kick off the holiday season with an incredible night of music from four world-renowned artists performing their hits and holiday songs! Featuring two-time Grammy Award winner and two-time Academy Award winner Peabo Bryson (“Tonight I Celebrate My Love,” “Whole New World,”); two-time Grammy Award winner Sheena Easton (“Morning Train,” “Strut,” “Almost Over You”); American Idol winner and Grammy Award nominee Ruben Studdard; and world-renowned trumpet...

Cirque Kalabante
Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 8:00 pm

Cirque Kalabante

Cirque Kalabante (Afrique en Cirque) showcases the beauty and artistry of African culture, inspired by daily life in Guinea. A colorful show beyond its scenery, costumes and staging, Cirque Kalabante represents the strength, agility and life’s joys of young Africans as acrobats execute gravity-defying moves to the contemporary sounds of live Afro-Jazz, percussion and kora.  

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Guest Attraction: New Jersey Ballet presents: Icons of American Ballet featuring New Jersey Symphony
Mar 20, 2026 - Mar 21, 2026

Guest Attraction: New Jersey Ballet presents: Icons of American Ballet featuring New Jersey Symphony

Program features Serenade by George Balanchine, In the Night by Jerome Robbins and Nine Sinatra Songs* by Twyla Tharp. * Nine Sinatra Songs will be performed to recordings of Frank Sinatra.

Guest Attraction: New Jersey Ballet presents: Sleeping Beauty featuring New Jersey Symphony
Mar 21, 2026 - Mar 22, 2026

Guest Attraction: New Jersey Ballet presents: Sleeping Beauty featuring New Jersey Symphony

Full-length production of the timeless fairytale classic, featuring live music by New Jersey Symphony.

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Mikado
Fri Mar 27, 2026 @ 8:00 pm

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Mikado

Don’t miss this all-new, critically acclaimed restaging of The Mikado. Join Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner and the rest of the cast in this revered comic operetta.  A brief new prologue frames the classic work for today’s audiences. Gilbert’s lyrics and Sullivan’s melodies – which have delighted comic opera lovers for over one hundred thirty-five years – are still as fresh as “the flowers that bloom in the spring.” 

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The String Queens
Fri Apr 24, 2026 @ 8:00 pm

The String Queens

Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, The String Queens is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire audiences to love, hope, feel and imagine! Along with other select repertoire, the ladies will perform original music which showcases the group’s vibrant sound with fresh takes on the music of contemporary soul legends and pop icons. 

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