Broadway at the Beach

The Great White Way is alive and well down the Shore.

Courtesy of NJ Repertory Company.

Avalon Players
More than 100 young actors from South Jersey will perform the family-friendly, Tony Award-winning Seussical the Musical! 32nd Street and Ocean Drive, Avalon. (609-976-7544; avalonplayers.org)
August 2-5: Seussical the Musical!

Axelrod Performing Arts Center
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Monmouth County recreates the golden era of Broadway with its production of 42nd Street, featuring chestnuts like “We’re In the Money” and “Shuffle Off to Buffalo.” 100 Grant Deal Avenue, Deal Park. (732-531-9100; axelrodartscenter.com)
June 27-July 8: 42nd Street

Cape May Stage
The Robert Shackleton Playhouse, a renovated 19th-century church, hosts a summer series of dramatic plays. Bank and Lafayette streets, Cape May. (609-884-1341; capemaystage.com)
June 1-June 15: Uncle Jacques’ Symphony
June 20-August 3: God of Carnage
August 8-September 7: The 39 Steps

East Lynne Theater Company
This Cape May troupe’s season kicks off with Ruth Draper’s Company of Characters, a series of humorous, touching character monologues. 500 Hughes Street, Cape May. (609-884-5898; eastlynnetheater.org)
June 13-July 21: Ruth Draper’s Company of Characters
July 21-September 1: The Poe Mysteries

First Avenue Playhouse
This nonprofit theater presents Moonlight and Magnolias, a theatrical peek behind the scenes during the filming of Gone With the Wind. Dessert is included with admission; dinner packages also available. 123 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands. (732-291-7552, firstavenueplayhouse.com)
June 1-20: Moonlight and Magnolias

New Jersey Repertory Company
Founded in 1997, this nonprofit group continues its mission of bringing world premieres to the Jersey Shore. This year, the company mounts American Stare, a new comic-drama from playwright Tony Glazer set in a South Florida trailer park, and Release Point, a play about redemption…and baseball. 179 Broadway, Long Branch. (732-229-3166; njrep.org)
June 14-July 22: American Stare
August 16-September 23: Release Point

Ocean City Theatre Company
The company kicks off the summer with a musical salute to its past five seasons, starring Broadway’s Mary Testa. The season continues with Broadway classics and kid-friendly tales. 501 Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City. (609-525-9300; oceancitytheatrecompany.com)
June 27: Broadway on the Boardwalk III
July 1-5: Crazy for You
July 9, 11 & 14: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
July 16 & 18: The Three Bears
July 23 & 25: Red Riding Hood’s Woods
July 30 & August 1: Charlotte’s Web
August 6, 8 & 11: The Fabulous Fable Factory
August 14-16: Cinderella
August 25: Xanadu

Our Gang Players
This all-ages company’s first production of the summer is Men Are Dogs, a comedy by New Jersey playwright Joe Simonelli. The second is the lavish musical Me and My Girl. Opening night of Me and My Girl will include a special pre-show party and VIP seating. 1000 McKinley Avenue, Manahawkin. (609-597-0553; ourgang.org)
June 3: Men are Dogs
August 3-12: Me and My Girl

Phoenix Productions
Based in Red Bank, this nonprofit community theater will mount its summer production of the pop-infused musical Legally Blonde at the historic Count Basie Theater. 9 Monmouth Street, Red Bank. (732-842-9000; phoenixredbank.com)
July 13-July 22: Legally Blonde

Surflight Theatre
Celebrating its 63rd mainstage season, this professional theater group is bringing two beloved American musicals, Annie and The Sound of Music, to Long Beach Island this summer. The Surflight will also produce a musical revue, All I Ask of You, featuring the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber. For more on Surflight, see page 22. Engleside and Beach avenues, Beach Haven. (609-492-9477; surflight.org)
June 1-16: All I Ask of You
June 19-July 21: Annie
July 24-August 25: The Sound of Music

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