(May. 16 12:30 AM) - One of the most well known inventors and statesmen of all time is coming to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman. Join Benjamin Franklin on a musical journey from Christopher Columbus through the Revolutionary War. Educational and fun, this perfect for anyone interested in our country's history.

(May. 15 8:21 PM) - Back from National Tour and sold out shows in Washington and New York, Princeton’s Famous Triangle Show returns to McCarter Theatre Center for two encore performances of its 2011 original musical extravaganza, Doomsday of Our Lives…Hindsight is 2012.

(May. 15 3:33 PM) - Among the former Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre nominees and winners are Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway, Tony award winner Laura Benanti and 2011 Tony Award winner, Nikki M. James.

(May. 15 2:28 PM) - Stand-Up Comedy Night returns to Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ on Thursday, June 7th, 2012 at 8pm. Hosted by comedian Michael Che, the evening will feature fellow talented comics Anthony DeVito, Sean Donnelly and Michelle Wolf. Tickets (for mature audiences) are $10 each, and can be purchased in person at the box office, on the phone at 973-395-5551, or on the Luna Stage website: www.lunastage.org.

(May. 15 11:04 AM) - American Idol’s Constantine Maroulis (Tony Award-nominee, Rock of Ages) joins nearly a dozen Broadway favorites to salute "Broadway’s most-wonderfully wicked showstoppers" in the gala benefit evening, Life Upon the Wicked Stage: Broadway’s Greatest Villains, Thieves and Ladies of the Evening, on Saturday, June 9, 2012, 8 pm, at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, in Morristown, NJ.

(May. 14 1:04 PM) - Peak Performances has been rapidly making Montclair State University a major cultural destination, even for New Yorkers. Nine premieres including stunning, often startling, new music, dance and theater works by composers David T. Little, Laurie Anderson, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon; choreographers Benjamin Millepied, Richard Alston, Vusi Mdoyi, Jasmin Vardimon; directors Robert Wilson and Romeo Castellucci are among the highlights of the 2012/13 Peak Performances season. Peak is where exceptions rule.

(May. 14 8:15 AM) - The Children's Theatre will present the live-on-stage musical BEN FRANKLIN AND THE HISTORY OF AMERICA May 16-19 at the Broadway Theatre of Pitman, 43 S. Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071.

(May. 14 12:30 AM) - Christine Goodman (prod.) is casting Something to Remember Me By, an original, immersive drama taking place around a dining room table. Jack Halpin, dir. Rehearsals begin immediately (evenings and weekends); runs June 7, 8, 9, 10 and 14, 15, 16 at Art House Productions in downtown Jersey City, NJ.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - Paper Mill Playhouse previously announced the Winter-Spring, 2012 Season of Children’s Programming, which closes with Skippyjon Jones today.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - Best known for his role on "The Dukes of Hazzard," Tom Wopat has also appeared on Broadway in Sondheim on Sondheim, I Love My Wife, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, 42nd Street, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Catch Me If You Can. He received Tony nominations for his roles in A Catered Affair and the revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Wopat’s latest CD Consider it Swung is a swinging collection of standards.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - The Mercer Dance Ensemble (MDE), featuring students and community dancers, presents "On the Move!" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Performances will be held tonight, May 12 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 13 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

(May. 11 7:41 PM) - Christine Goodman (prod.) is casting Something to Remember Me By, an original, immersive drama taking place around a dining room table. Jack Halpin, dir. Rehearsals begin immediately (evenings and weekends); runs June 7, 8, 9, 10 and 14, 15, 16 at Art House Productions in downtown Jersey City, NJ.

(May. 11 2:42 PM) - Based on The Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning educational cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs is making a comeback, instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulations.”

(May. 11 8:44 AM) - Bergen County Players (BCP) is proud to present a limited engagement of The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. BCP will hold special post-show talkbacks immediately following each performance on May 19 at 2:00 PM and May 20 at 7:00 PM.

(May. 11 12:30 AM) - Artistic Director Roy Steinberg has announced his plans for the Equity theatre’s upcoming 2012 season along with some money-saving changes to the theatre's subscription packages.

(May. 11 12:30 AM) - Paul Gross, one of Canada’s acclaimed actors, leads the cast of Are You There, McPhee? a world premiere by John Guare at McCarter Theatre Center. Directed by Sam Buntrock, the production runs now through June 3, 2012.

(May. 11 12:30 AM) - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in its inaugural season under the leadership of artistic director Robert Battle, makes its annual stop at NJPAC’s Prudential Hall during from tonight, May 11 through May 13. The company brings NJPAC premieres of Home, choreographed by Rennie Harris, Paul Taylor’s Arden Court, Minus 16, choreographed by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin and of which NJPAC is a co-commissioner, and Takademe, an early work by Battle, in addition to repertory classics such as Alvin Ailey’s inspiring Revelations.

(May. 9 4:28 PM) - Over the course of five weeks, Paper Mill Playhouse launched five short video interviews with Once on This Island composer Stephen Flaherty. Watch the fifth and final part of the interview series below!