Celebrate American Repertory Ballet's annual Nutcracker tradition with your family! The only ARB performances featuring a live orchestra and choir! Bring the entire family to experience the joy and celebration of this holiday tradition and make memories to last a lifetime—featuring thrilling choreography, Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, a cast of more than 100 dancers, and ARB’s only area performances with a live orchestra and choir!
This holiday favorite tells the magical story of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they batt le larger-than-life mice alongside toy soldiers, and travel through a whirlwind of dancing snowflakes to the Land of Sweets.A tradition for 60 years, ARB’s The Nutcracker is one of the longest continuously running Nutcracker productions in the nation.
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Croce Plays Croce (1/11/25-1/11/25)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel (1/12/25-1/12/25)
Step Afrika! (1/17/25-1/17/25)
Freestyle Flashback (1/18/25-1/18/25)
The Addams Family (1/24/25-1/26/25)
Dancing With the Stars: Live! (1/28/25-1/28/25)
Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey (1/30/25-1/30/25)
An Evening with Sutton Foster (1/31/25-1/31/25)
Sutton Foster (1/31/25-1/31/25)
The Simon & Garfunkel Story (2/7/25-2/7/25)
Celia Vive - A Musical Tribute to Celia Cruz (2/8/25-2/8/25)
Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Experience (2/14/25-2/14/25)
Tito Nieves (2/15/25-2/15/25)
Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2/16/25-2/16/25)
Theresa Caputo Live: The Experience (2/20/25-2/20/25)
Tracy Morgan (2/22/25-2/22/25)
Brahms and Chopin (2/23/25-2/23/25)
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms (3/20/25-3/20/25)
Dear Evan Hansen (3/28/25-3/30/25)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Xian Zhang (4/6/25-4/6/25)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert (4/13/25-4/13/25)
The Music of Led Zeppelin (5/4/25-5/4/25)
State Theatre New Jersey is at 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ.
The Nutcracker (12/21/24-12/21/24)
Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland (12/14/24-12/14/24)
The Temptations & The Four Tops (12/12/24-12/12/24)
The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert (12/8/24-12/8/24)
The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert with NJ Symphony (12/8/24-12/8/24)
The Musical Box (12/6/24-12/6/24)
An Evening with Chevy Chase & National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (12/5/24-12/5/24)
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical! (11/23/24-11/24/24)
Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (11/23/24-11/24/24)
Videos
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Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) | |
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Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/2 - 2/2) | |
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Xian Conducts Mozart
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/17 - 5/17) | |
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Carolyn Dorfman Dance to Perform at 92nd Street Y
Harkness Dance Center (1/12 - 1/12) | |
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Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Mayo Performing Arts Center (3/16 - 3/16) | |
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Brahms and Chopin
State Theatre New Jersey (2/23 - 2/23) | |
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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
South Hunterdon Regional HS (2/27 - 3/1) | |
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the ripple the wave that carried me home
Luna Stage (5/1 - 5/25) | |
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Anything Goes!
Sieminski Theater (3/29 - 4/6) | |
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