WESTFIELD -- This May, Westfield Community Players transports you back to 1981 in Larry Shue’s The Nerd. It was a time when people danced to records and used complicated answering machines. We also see characters struggling with careers and love lives just as folks do now. Experiencing The Nerd is l...

MORRISTOWN -- Legendary folk singer and songwriter Richard Shindell is coming to the Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series on Friday, May 1 at 7:30 PM at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown, and also webcast. Jess Klein will open.Widely regarded as one of the finest...

SUMMIT -- Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present its annual Meet the Artist new play reading series on Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 20 and 27. All readings will take place at the Summit Community Center, 100 Morris Ave, at 7 pm.The new play reading series is...

CRANFORD -- The final production of the 107th season at CDC Theatre in Cranford will be the wonderful musical Fiddler On The Roof. The multi-award-winning tale of Tevye the Dairyman and his family’s struggles in a changing Russia is a true musical theatre “tradition.”Continuing a new program at CDC ...

Ingredients Cabbage Fritters 7 cups thinly sliced cabbage 1/2 cup finely chopped scallions, plus more for garnish 1 cup peeled and grated carrot 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup white rice flour 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon finely chopp...

UNION – Registration for Actors Reading with Kids (ARK), a summer program sponsored by The Theater Project and Union Public Library, is now open.Twelve students in grades two through six will be paired with working actors for weekly sessions over Zoom in July and August. They will work on reading al...

MADISON -- Looking for a night out to escape the Netflix doom scroll? Something beyond movies at the megaplex or a typical bar crawl? The Flip Side, a completely improvised theatrical comedy experience, is appearing May 9 — and it’s anything but predictable. The Flip Side is the house team of Vivid ...

SUMMIT -- Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is enrolling its late spring session of improv classes for adults. This session runs May 4 through June 29, 2026. Classes offered this session include the Joy of Improv introductory class, the advanced Scene Essentia...

WESTFIELD -- Choral Art Society of New Jersey is busy preparing the second concert of its 2025–2026 season. The concert, “The Mestre: History’s Classical Bridge from Rio to Vienna”, explores musical connections between the familiar Austrian composers, Joseph Haydn (1732– 1809) and WolfgangAmadeus Mo...

WESTFIELD -- In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the Friends of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, in partnership with the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission, invite the public to experience A Tour of Notable Homes, a self-guided journey through four of Westfield’s most storied re...