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Seussical
6/20 - 6/23/2024


Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and promote excitement in reading and literature with Seussical! This whimsical musical is based on the books of Dr. Seuss and ...


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New Jersey Youth Symphony Ends Season With Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony


by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2022

The New Jersey Youth Symphony announced today it will present a concert Exploring Music, Technology and Communication: Together We Celebrate Youth Excellence and Leadership on Saturday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the West Side Presbyterian Church located at 6 South Monroe Street in Ridgewood....

New Jersey Youth Symphony Announces Auditions For The 2022-23 Season


by A.A. Cristi - April 21, 2022

The New Jersey Youth Symphony announced today that it will hold in-person auditions for the 2022-23 season. Audition registration for New Jersey's largest youth orchestra program, encompassing 15 ensembles including strings, winds, percussion, jazz, chamber music, and three full orchestras, is avail...

450 Student Musicians Unite to Support Ukraine In Performance


by A.A. Cristi - March 29, 2022

It's hard to imagine 450 student musicians in one space performing to support the Ukraine but that's what happened on the weekend when The New Jersey Youth Symphony, a program of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, had their annual “Playathon” but this time to partially support relief eff...

450 Student Musicians Support Ukraine in Performance Together


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2022

It’s hard to imagine 450 student musicians in one space performing to support the Ukraine but that’s what happened on the weekend when The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS), a program of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, had their annual “Playathon” but this time to partially support rel...

New Jersey Youth Symphony Presents Playathon For Ukraine Livestream


by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2022

The New Jersey Youth Symphony, a program of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, announced today that it will once again support relief efforts in Ukraine by donating 25% of its proceeds received on the day of the 2022 Playathon event to Doctors Without Borders for their efforts in Ukraine...

BWW Interview: Grammy Award-Winner Paul Shaffer Talks Career, Receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award & More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 07, 2022

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts will honor world-renowned singer, composer, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Shaffer with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 'Together We Celebrate' Annual Gala. ...

BWW Review: A CONCERT FOR PEACE at Union County Performing Arts Center


by Lianna Albrizio - March 01, 2022

The orchestra performed compositions by Marvin Hamlisch and Leonard Bernstein....

Paul Shaffer Will Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts


by Stephi Wild - February 16, 2022

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts will honor world-renowned singer, composer, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Shaffer with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the ”Together We Celebrate” Annual Gala....

BWW Interview: Terre-Blair Hamlisch of A CONCERT FOR PEACE at Union County Performing Arts Center on 2/26


by Lianna Albrizio - February 10, 2022

The New Jersey Youth Symphony will perform Leonard Berstein's Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah' for Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano and the east coast premiere of Marvin Hamlisch's Anatomy of Peace, A Symphonic Suite in One Movement....

New Jersey Youth Symphony to Present AN AMERICAN SALUTE At Patriots Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 19, 2021

The New Jersey Youth Symphony will presentAn American Salute: Honoring Our Veterans on Sunday, November 7 at 3:00 p.m. at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton....

Past Shows

Mary Poppins Jr
11/19 - 11/20/2022


One of the most popular Disney movies of all time is capturing hearts in a whole new way: as a practically perfect musical! Mary Poppins ...


Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country ...


Designed for elementary school students, Frozen KIDS is a 30-minute adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical, which was based on the 2013 Walt Disney Animation ...


Part II of a survey of the history of Jazz music through listening, briefly touching on each of the eras of Jazz from the mid-50s ...


Part I of a survey of the history of Jazz music through listening, briefly touching on each of the eras from Early Jazz in the ...


The Paterson Music Project, a program of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, announced today that it will host a MLK Celebration Virtual Concert ...

The Addams
11/21


The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Performing Arts School will present an original show based on The Addams Family by Andrew Lippa. With lyrics ...


Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts is continuing the virtual Salon Series on Sunday, NOVEMBER 8 at 7:00 p.m. on WhartonArts.tv. Replacing cabaret-style seating on ...

Seussical Kids
6/5 - 6/6/2020


"Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper!...

Elf-the Musical Jr.
12/6 - 12/8/2019


Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity....


Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of ...

DISNEY'S 101 DALMATIANS KIDS
1/18 - 1/19/2019


In a loving home in the city of London, Dalmatian parents, Pongo and Perdita happily raise their Dalmatian puppies, until the monstrous Cruella De Vil ...

DISNEY'S ARISTOCATS KIDS
7/19 - 7/20/2018


Madame's jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. What's a cat to do? Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and ...

ANNIE KIDS
6/15 - 6/16/2018


Leapin' Lizards!  The popular comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals.  With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little ...

HONK! JR
6/18


Produce the show that beat The Lion King out of the Olivier award (the British equivalent to the Tony Award)! Honk! Junior is a contemporary ...

DISNEY'S ALADDIN KIDS
1/21 - 1/22/2017


Welcome to the marketplace of Agrabah, where we?re about to begin the fantastic tale of the street rat who became a prince! This stage adaptation ...

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Surflight Theatre (6/26 - 6/30)
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Marine Park (6/29 - 6/29)
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Surflight Theatre (9/4 - 9/15)
Discover Mozart & Bach in New Jersey Discover Mozart & Bach
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/17 - 5/17)
85 Years of Faith and Music: An Anniversary Concert in New Jersey 85 Years of Faith and Music: An Anniversary Concert
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Cape May Stage (12/15 - 12/15)
Handel's Messiah in New Jersey Handel's Messiah
Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University (12/21 - 12/21)
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