Giselle, American Repertory Ballet, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
Friday October 10, 2025
American Repertory Ballet’s 2025/26 season opens with the highly anticipated return of Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg’s acclaimed adaptation of GISELLE. A haunting tale of love, betrayal, and the supernatural, GISELLE tells the story of a young woman who dies of a broken heart—only to forgive her beloved from beyond the grave. Featuring emotionally powerful and technically stunning performances, this moving production had its world premiere at the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2012 and has since captivated audiences around the world, including at its ARB Company Premiere at NBPAC in 2023. Step into the Halloween spirit with this hauntingly beautiful ballet! Tickets for GISELLE range from $42 to $72, not including additional 4% NBPAC Ticket Fee. *Post-Show Reception ($50 add-on to ticket purchase) with ARB Dancers, artistic leadership, and VIPs immediately following the performance. Light bites and beverages will be served. Click here for more information
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Celia Cruz – A Tribute to the Queen!, McCarter Theatre
Friday October 10, 2025
Celebrate the legacy of the incomparable Celia Cruz with an electrifying evening of Afro-Cuban rhythms, high-energy performances, and a dynamic live band. Featuring acclaimed Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart, three-time GRAMMY-nominated jazz pianist and composer Axel Tosca, and special guest Tito Puente, Jr. Pre-Show Salsa Party in the lobby starting at 6:00PM! Click here for more information
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“Evelyn in Purgatory”, ActorsNET
Friday October 10, 2025
When a complaint is filed against one of the 70,000 teachers in New York’s public schools, they’re sent to a Reassignment Center, one of a series of empty offices in the Department of Education Building. There, they sit and wait for their case to be reviewed. Usually for months. Occasionally stealing over a year of their lives. A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands Evelyn Reid in “the rubber room,” where she encounters a group of teachers, who have long since lost any hope of returning to a classroom. Over the course of the school year, these colleagues form an unlikely alliance, reminding each other of forgotten passions, emerging to face life outside in unexpected new directions.
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Deathtrap, Music Mountain Theater
Friday October 10, 2025
One of the biggest hits on Broadway, nominated for four Tony Awards including Best Play, this comic thriller elicits shrieks of pure terror and laughter. It’s the story of a failing playwright, a disciple destined for Broadway fame, and a disapproving wife with “strong scruples and a weak heart.” Levin takes the basic murder mystery elements and rearranges them again and again in a plot with “more twists and turns than a slalom race.
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