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For listings of past performances by season, please see below.

2023 - 2024 Season

Kiss Me, Kate
Judy Collins
Michael Noble
Robert Pondiscio
Dinosaur Quest of Dr. T-Rex
Doctor Frankenstein
Lidia Bastianich
Victoria Schwartzman
Swingadelic
Grosse Isle
Blues Traveler
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Mariachi Herencia de Mexico
Classic Stones Live
Cynthia Sayer’s Joyride
Stacy Schiff
Stanley DeLage
When You Wish Upon a Star, a Tribute to Disney Jazz
Westminster Bell Choir
Broadway for the Holidays 3
A Christmas Carol
Winter Concert Band
Rachmaninoff Trio
The Nutcracker
Glenn Miller Orchestra
America’s Sweethearts
Cherish the Ladies
Nai Ni Chen
Pine Street Winds
Rhapsody in Black
CelloGayageum
Emiko Edwards
Rabbit Hole
Buckets & Boards
Jeffrey Morton
Beyond Their Years
Princeton Singers
123 Andres
Nina Siniakova & Arturo Delmoni
The Doo Wop Project
Rhythm of the Dance
Ella the Early Years
Time for Three
Kyle Carpenter
Margarita Rovenskaya
Rodney M. Philly Big Brass
Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Weeklings
Sentimental Journey Big Band
Spring Concert Band
Awadagin Pratt
OCC Jazz Band
James Austin, Jr.
The Breakers
Joel Zelnik Trio

2022 - 2023 Season

Jukebox Saturday Night
Brooklyn Rider
Paul Reiser w/ special guest Vance Gilbert
Champian Fulton
Ephrat Asherie Dance – UnderScored
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Matt O’Ree Band
Jeff Boyer’s Big Bubble Bonanza
Mariel Bildsten Quintet
Westminster Bell Choir
A Christmas Carol
Vienna Boys Choir
The Nutcracker
Christmas with the Celts
Doktor Kaboom! and The Wheel of Science
ConSoul
Classic Albums Live: The Dark Side of the Moon
Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Songs We Love
Red Hot Chili Pipers
The Sixties Show
Ireland with Michael
The Tamburitzans
Paula Poundstone
Aaron Weinstein
Nimbus Dance: Anima
Piano Battle
The HillBenders present: WhoGrass!
Mutts Gone Nuts
Dayna Kurtz
Brian Betz/Jon Barnes Duo
The Great Rock N Roll Time Machine
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Tis the Wind and Nothing More
Broadway for the Holidays II
The Taming of the Shrew
Ice-T
The Music of Cesar Franck
Seña y Verbo Teatro de Sordos
Jamaica Kincaid
Shaun Harper
Trekking Mexico
South Football Film
Sunji Kim
WOCC the House
Alexander Timofeev
Mia Hamm
Sonnet 4 Hands
Bella Gaia
Christopher Shin
Michael Beschloss
Anna Keiserman

2021 - 2022 Season

The Fantasticks
Misty Copeland
Mike Veny
John Pizzarelli & Catherine Russell
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock N Roll
Assisted Living the Musical
Sentimental Journey Big Band
Anna Deavere Smith
Trio Solace
Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Honey Dewdrops
The Weeklings
Harlem 100
Eric O’Neill
The Jazz Lobsters
Splish Splash – The Music of Bobby Darin
A Christmas Carol
Eric Mintel Quintet
Sweet Potato Pie
Broadway for the Holidays
Cherish the Ladies
The Nutcracker
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
American Patchwork Quartet
Sanjay Gupta
Rhapsody in Black
Anna Keiserman and Chris Herbert
Davey Alba
Real Irish Comedy Tour
Croce Plays Croce
Velocity Irish Dance
Artrageous
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Alexander Lo
Louis Prima, Jr.
Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Lightwire Theater Tortoise and the Hare, The Next Gen
Aaron Weinstein and Job Weber
Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo
The Ten Tenors
Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra
JoAnn Nocera
The HIT Men
Captain Sandy
Vox Sambou
Maria Yefimova
The Crucible
Danny Jonokuchi & the Revisionists
Miwa Matreyek
Shawn Colvin
Doo Wah Riders
Phillippe Cousteau
Charlie Apicella
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
NYC3
David Ostwald
The  Bronx Wanderers

2019 - 2020 Season

Into the Woods
Big Bang Boom!
Doktor Kaboom
The Amazing Max
Squirrel Stole My Underpants
Janet’s Planet
Oh Solo Wainwright: An Evening with Rufus
Jeh Johnson (Blauvelt Speaker Series)
The Jazz Lobsters
That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody
Raffi Besalyan
National Geographic Live: Between River & Rim, Hiking the Grand Canyon
Savion Glover & The Ideal Ensemble
Neil Berg’s 102 Years of Broadway
Pinkalicious: The Musical
Graham Nash
Layer the Walls
Our Town
Amirah Sackett
Brooks Gibbs
Zee Zee
Gerry Mulligan Tribute Quintet
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies
Thomas L Friedman (Blauvelt Speaker Series)
An Evening with The Cowboy Junkies
On Golden Pond
Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
Assisted Living: The Home for the Holidays
The Ten Tenors: Home for the Holidays
Swingadelic
Nyle DiMarco
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy present: A Celtic Family Christmas
A Christmas Carol
Vienna Boys Choir
Irish Christmas in America
The Nutcracker
Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas
Angelina Ballerina: The Very Merry Holiday Musical
Nai Ni Chen: Red Firecrackers- The History of Chinese New Year
National Geographic Live: View From Above
Lightwire Theatre present: Dino-Light
Love Letters
Mandy Harvey
Everett Jones
Rhythm of the Dance
Danú
Lovers

2018 - 2019 Season

The Man of La Mancha
Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR.
Fun with Energy
Tim Kubart and the Space Cadets
The Great Rock N Roll Time Machine
David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
Goowins Balloowins
Bernie Williams and His All-Star Band
Choir! Choir! Choir!
Gabrielle Stravelli
Assisted Living: The Musical
The Young Dubliners
Cynthia Sayer & Her Joyride Quartet: The Hot Banjo Show
National Geographic Live – Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous
Farewell Angelina
Yesterday: A Tribute to the Beatles
The Rainbow Fish
Almost, Maine
Ellis Island: Gateway to America
The Alexandria Folk Dance Troupe of Egypt
Broadway’s Next H!t Musical
Don Braden: Earth Wind and Wonder
Mandy Gonzalez: Fearless!
San Jose Taiko
Driving Miss Daisy
The Stray Cat Lee Rocker
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
OCC Concert Band Sounds of the Season
Christmas with the Celts
The Best Christmas Pageant Eve
National Geographic Live – When Women Ruled the World
Rockapella
Canadian Brass – Christmas Time is Here
Ana Gasteyer: Holiday Tipple
The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
A Very Electric Christmas
Bosendorfer Afternoons:  Hans-Derek Yu
An Intimate Evening with Rickie Lee Jones
Aisha Fukushima
5, 6, 7, 8! A Love Letter to Broadway
Ranky Tanky
Bosendorfer Afternoons:  Arturo Delmoni and Nina Siniakova
Hairspray Sing-Along with host Jeremy Grunin!
A Man and His Prostate with Ed Asner
Robert Eric’s Piano Man – A Tribute to Billy Joel – Benefit Concert
Introducing Alexis Morrast
Bosendorfer Afternoons: Friday Matinee Young Artist Recitals – Alexander Lo
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
An Afternoon of Magic & Illusion: A Sensory Friendly Performance
Temple Grandin – The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger’s
Temple Grandin: Developing Individuals Who Have Different Kinds of Minds
Bollywood Boulevard: A Journey Through Hindi Cinema Live (Schools n Stage)
The Tamburitzans
Love/Sick
John Pizzarelli Trio “For Centennial Reasons: 100 Years Salute to Nat King Cole”
Alice in Wonderland
OCC Concert Band An American Salute
The Midiri Brothers Salute Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
The Bronx Wanderers
The Magic School Bus
National Geographic Live Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul
The Boomer Boys!
Mike Kaplan Nonet: Duke Meets Monk
Starry Nights with the NJSO
Basement Musicians: A Walk Down Memory Lane

2017 - 2018 Season

Doktor Kaboom
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Swingadelic Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Bubble Trouble
Up In Arms: Monster Intelligence
Brundibar
Geoff Gallante
The British Invasion Years
Champian Fulton
Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway
Storm Large
Resonances Boreales – Northern Vibes
At the “Jass” Band Ball
Ailey II
Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan
PROOF
Blauvelt Lecture Series: Jon Meacham
Tony Danza: Standards & Stories
The Everly Brothers Experience
Vietnam … through my lens
The Church Sisters
Candid Camera’s 8 Decades of Smiles! with Peter Funt
Irma Thomas, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and the Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Arlo Guthrie
Telling: Jersey Shore
Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
A Christmas Carol
The Nutcracker
Peter & Will Anderson
Vienna Boys Choir
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Frozen Sing Along
A Garfield Christmas
New York Voices
Janet’s Planet
John Gorka with Amilia K. Spicer
The Midiri Brothers
Black String
Las Cafeteras
Songbook: Steven Page and the Art of Time Ensemble
Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny
Sierra Hull
Pirate School
The Birdland All Stars featuring Tommy Igoe
Michael Lynche
Blauvelt Lecture Series: Chrissy Metz
The World Goes ‘Round
Kuniko Yamamoto
Artrageous
Dennis Lichtman’s Queensboro Five
Cinderella
TUSK
Glenn Crytzer
Blauvelt Lecture Series: Erin Brockovich
The HillBenders present The Who’s TOMMY
Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters
What a Piece of Work is Man (Shakespeare Review)
OCC Concert Band Salute to Broadway Part II
Peter Yarrow
Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi
Hotel California
The Jazz Lobsters

2016 - 2017 Season

Shades of Buble
Bucky Pizzarelli
Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon
Patti LuPone
New Jersey Tap Ensemble
Emel Mathlouthi
Ramsey Lewis and John Pizzarelli
Bria Skonberg
Ethel
Crystal Bowersox
Urban Bush Women
Pinkalicious, The Musical
Lez Zeppelin
Arlo Guthrie
Home Free
The Kings Singers
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
A Christmas Carol
Molly Ryan
Culinary Adventures feat. Mary Ann Esposito & Joe Leone
The Nutcracker
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live from WVL Radio Theatre
The Celtic Tenors
Tom Wopat and Linda Purl
The Midiri Brothers
Doktor Kaboom
Vocalosity
One Man Lord of the Rings
The Sons of Serendip
Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars
Ricky Riccardi
Disney’s Choo Choo Soul with Genevieve
StoryFaces
American Showstoppers: An Evening of Kander & Ebb
Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles
Rhythm in the Night, The Irish Dance Spectacular
Switchback
What’s Going On: The Marvin Gaye Experience
The Tamburitzans
Graeme of Thrones
Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
Sing A Long Grease
Stephanie Trick
Koresh Dance Company
Jimmy Webb – The Glen Campbell Years
The Little Mermaid
Dr. K’s Motown Revue
Immortal Chi
Yesterday – The Beatles Tribute
Back to the 80’s
JAX
The Jazz Lobsters

2015 - 2016 Season

The Jazz Lobsters
Paper Bird
Golden Dragon Acrobats
Pradhanica
Danny Aiello
Art Garfunkel
Neil Diamond Tribute
Bucky Pizzarelli
Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre
The Brubeck Brothers
The Seldoms
Ailey II
Daryl Sherman
Julia Lima
The Nunziata Brothers
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
A Christmas Carol
Dan Levinson and Molly Ryan
Canadian Brass
The Nutcracker
Vienna Boys Choir
The Midiri Brothers
Remember Jones
John Pizzarelli
Peter Yarrow
Broadway’s Next H!t Musical
Aaron Weinstein
Home Free
Renee Marie
Chelsea Wang
De Temps Antan
Philadelphia Gay Men’s Choir
Ricky Riccardi
Cameron Carpenter
Rave On! A Salute to Buddy Holly
ABT Studio Dance Company
The Skivvies
Basement Musicians: Men in Black
Glenn Crytzer’s Savoy Seven
Salut Salon
Dominika Zamara
The Bronx Wanderers
Bria Skonberg
Adam Pascal & Daphne Rubin-Vega
1910 Fruitgum Company
Swingadelic Salutes the Three Louis’

2014 - 2015 Season

The Jazz Lobsters
Dave DeLuca: The Rat Pack Flashback
The Jersey Four: A Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Two on Tap: A Tribute to Song & Dance
Barbara Rosene
Natalie Weiss
Bernie Williams Jazz All Star Band
Fred Lehotay & The Ragtimers
Story Musgrave
Moreno Fruzetti: One Night In Tuscany
The Bronx Wanderers
The Peter & Will Anderson Trio
Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway
Brett Deubner & Friends
Ethan Uslan
Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore
The Nutcracker
A Christmas Carol
Gelber & Manning
The Midiri Brothers
An Evening with Sutton Foster
The Oceanaires
The Jersey Follettes
Anthony McGill
Christopher Macchio with Simona Rodano
Chanticleer
Jeff Blumenkrantz
Emerson String Quartet
The Little Mermaid
The Hit Men
The Tamburitzans
Sleeping Beauty
The New Dimensions
Branford Marsalis
Darren Williams

2013 - 2014 Season*

* As the Arts & Community Center

Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience
Bernhardt on Broadway – The Musical
Darren Williams
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado
Vetro in Concert
Sandy and Tom Doyle
OCC Concert Band
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, An Epilogue
Yates Musical Theatre presents Peter Pan
Ballet for Young Audiences The Nutcracker
Yates Musical Theatre A Christmas Carol
The Ever-Popular Midiris
Mona’s Hot Four
Steppin’ Out with the Lost Generation with Dan Levinson
Molly Ryan
The Midiri Brothers
The Basement Musicians Go Country
Lyons Chamber Players
Lee Glantz – A Tribute to Cole Porter
The Jersey Four
Broadway in Concert with Wiliam Michaels
The New Dimensions
Dunbar Repertory Company’s Minstrel Show – The Lynching of William Brown
Romeo and Juliet
Dividing the Estate
Yosi & Friends
Ballet for Young Audiences Snow White
The Monster Who Ate My Peas
Dorian Parreott Quartet
Geoff Galante
The Kevin Dorn Trio
Emily Asher’s Garden Party
Bob Milne
Bucky Pizzarelli
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Baby Soda
Fete Manouche
Al Harrison’s Dixieland Band
The Peter & Will Anderson Quartet
The Vache Brothers
Jazz Lobsters

2012 - 2013 Season*

* As the Arts & Community Center

Real Diamond – The Premier Neil Diamond Tribute Band
He Sang, She Sang – Marc Ribler & Christine Martucci
Song Man, Dance Man – Jon Peterson
String of Pearls
Bucky Pizzarelli
Al Harrison’s Dixieland Band
The Vache Brothers
Jazz Lobsters
Frank Vignola
The Music of the Night – The Phantom Unmasked
One Night in Italy with Moreno Fruzetti and Glen Anthony
Broadway Tonite
Liberty Oak Chorus
OCC Concert Band
The Dream of the Burning Boy
The Day it Snowed Tortillas
Yates Musical Theater – A Christmas Carol
Ballet for Young Audiences – The Nutcracker
Bria Skonberg
Three Stars
Jess Gelber
Celebrating Benny!
Kathy Kosins to the Ladies of Cool
The Men in Black – A Salute to Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley
Carmel Quinn – The Irish Songbird
Danny V’s 52nd Street Band – Best of Billy Joel’s Hits
Comedy Tonight with Mark Verselli, Pete Michaels, and Jeff Norris
Keith Marks
The Calendar Girls
Peking Acrobats
The Tamburitzans
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Yates Musical Theatre presents The Wizard of Oz
Ballet for Young Audiences Beauty and the Beast
Geoff Galante Trio
Tom Roberts & Suzanne Ortner Roberts
The Midiri Brothers

2011 - 2012 Season*

* As the Arts & Community Center

Al Harrison & His Dixieland Band
The Vache Brothers
The Jazz Lobsters
The Bikinis – A New Musical Beach Party
Madeline & The Bad Hat
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre presents Jabberwocky
Ballet for Young Audiences The Nutcracker
Book of Days
OCC Concert Band
The National Players presents Of Mice and Men
Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre
Kevin Dorn & The Big 72
Frank Vignola
Ivory & Gold
The Midiri Brothers

2010 - 2011 Season*

* As the Arts & Community Center

A Grand Night for Singing
Ballet for Young Audiences The Nutcracker
Yates Musical Theatre A Christmas Carol
OCC Concert Band
OCC Community Chorus
Frank Vignola Trio**
Jeff Barnhart at the Piano**
Mona’s Hot Four**
The Laramie Project
Fred Hehotay & The Ragtimers

** At the Toms River Library, Mancini Hall