Princeton NJ Events

Recovery Retreat, The Peace We Crave

Friday March 28, 2025
5:00 PM

Spend the weekend with us to get moving into your recovery.

Friday, March 28 through Sunday, March 30, 2025

Starts at 5pm on Friday and ends at 1pm on Sunday

St. Marguerite’s Retreat House,  82 West Main Street, Mendham, NJ

Choose your own private room on the second floor with access to shared bathrooms

Meals: Friday night dinner | Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner | Sunday breakfast and lunch

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BYOB Wheel Ceramics with Sela Stazzone, ACP

Friday March 28, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Shake off the stress of your work week and give pottery a whirl! Throw, choose your glaze, and pick up your two completed pieces in a week or two. You bring your favorite brew, wine, or bubbly, and we take care of the rest. Tag along with some friends or come on your own to meet fellow art-lovers during this creative night on the town. Learn more.

Fabulous Pride Night at McCarter

Friday March 28, 2025
6:00 PM

Enjoy light appetizers from Tipple & Rose, specialty cocktails, and a special appearance by the one and only Lady Celestina. Don't forget your $1 bills to tip the talent! Tickets range from $40 to $88 (based on seating location) and include admission to the party plus a ticket to that evening's performance of Legacy of Light. Already have a ticket to see Legacy of Light? Contact Patron Services to add the party to your evening for only $15. (other upgrade fees may apply if exchanging your ticket from another performance).

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Open Mic Night @Pennytown Pub

Friday March 28, 2025
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Must be 18+ Years Old to Participate -Sign Ups Starting Now!

Stop in and ask a staff member to add your name to the list while slots are still open.

Pennytown Pub

Legacy of Light, McCarter Theatre

Friday March 28, 2025
7:30 PM

What is the science of love?

In present-day Princeton, an astrophysicist is discovering new planets while dreaming of starting a family. In 18th century Paris, Émilie du Châtelet, a brilliant physicist whose genius inspired the work of Voltaire and influenced Einstein and his Theory of Relativity, is running out of time before her baby arrives. Across the ages, but under the same star-filled sky, their stories intertwine in this bright and funny play about life, the universe, and the legacy we leave behind.

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Ride the Cyclone, Music Mountain Theater

Friday March 28, 2025
8:00 PM

March 28 - April 13

Music, Book, and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond ?

In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This quirky, edgy cult musical is part comedy, part tragedy, wholly enchanting, and will make you feel great about being alive! ? ? Content Warning: Ride the Cyclone contains strong language, mature themes, and references to sex, drugs, and violence. Please note that this production will utilize theatrical fog, pyrotechnics, and strobe lighting.

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Dear Evan Hansen, State Theater New Jersey

Friday March 28, 2025
8:00 PM

Evan Hansen is a high school student who always feels like he's on the outside looking in. Evan finally gets what so many of us are searching for — the chance to finally fit in. What follows is a poignant, funny, and powerful musical about how even though it can be hard, we can find each other — and ourselves — along the way.

15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. www.stnj.org

Kinky Boots, Kelsey Theatre

Friday March 28, 2025
8:00 PM

Kinky Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner, Harvey Fierstein. Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized... and discover that when you change your mind, you can change your whole world.

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