Events in New Jersey for March 23-29

A guide to cultural and recreational events in New Jersey. Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to njtowns@nytimes.com.

Comedy

BOONTON Maxfield’s On Main Liberty Comedy, stand-up comedians from late-night TV and Comedy Central. April 1 at 8:30 p.m. $10. Maxfield’s On Main, 713 Main Street. (973) 588-4450; maxfieldsonmain.com.

MORRISTOWN Mayo Performing Arts Center Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy, improvised comedy sketch show based on audience suggestions. March 29 at 8 p.m. $39 to $69. Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South Street. (973) 539-8008; mayoarts.org.

RAHWAY Union County Performing Arts Center Mixtape Comedy Tour, hosted by Royale Watkins, including Mark Viera, Rudy Rush and JJ Williamson. April 5 at 8 p.m. $25 to $45. Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving Street. (732) 499-8226; ucpac.org.

RED BANK Count Basie Theater Wanda Sykes. March 28 at 8 p.m. $39 to $129. Count Basie Theater, 99 Monmouth Street. (732) 842-9000; countbasietheatre.org.

Film

EAST ORANGE East Orange Public Library Women’s History Month Film Series presents “Womanish Ways,” a documentary on the women’s suffrage movement in the Bahamas. March 25, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Free. East Orange Public Library, 21 South Arlington Ave. (973) 266-7049; eopl.org.

PRINCETON Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University Princeton Sound Kitchen presents “Movie Night,” video works and multi-channel audio works by Princeton composers Quinn Collins, Amanda Feery, Troy Herion, Paul Lansky, Kate Neal and Jeff Snyder. March 25, 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, Nassau Street.; princeton.edu/music/events.

For Children

EAST RUTHERFORD Izod Center Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus’s new show, “Legends.” Through March 23. $15 to $86.30. Izod Center, 50 Route 120. (201) 935-3900; izodcenter.com.

MADISON Museum of Early Trades and Crafts “Stuffed Animal Sleepover.” Bring your favorite stuffed animal or doll for a snack and a sleepover at the museum. Ages 2 to 6. March 31 and April 1. $3. Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 9 Main Street. (973) 377-2982; metc.org.

MORRISTOWN Haggerty Education Center, Frelinghuysen Arboretum Garden Sprouts, preschool nature program. Mondays at 11 a.m. Through March 31. $5 and $7. Haggerty Education Center, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 353 East Hanover Avenue. (973) 326-7600; arboretumfriends.org/events.

MORRISTOWN Mayo Performing Arts Center “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other Eric Carle favorites, performed by Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia. March 25 at 12:15 and 4 p.m. $12. Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South Street. (973) 539-8008; mayoarts.org.

NEW BRUNSWICK State Theater Leo Lionni’s “Swimmy, Frederick, and Inch by Inch,” presented by the Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia. March 24 at 10 a.m. and noon. $8. State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue. (732) 246-7469; statetheatrenj.org.

NEWARK Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” a musical adaptation of the children’s book written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. March 29 at 2 p.m. $13 and $22. Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street. (888) 466-5722; njpac.org.

Music and Dance

ASBURY PARK The Saint “Jersey Shore Cigar Box Music Fest,” featuring performers, vendors and a traveling cigar box museum. March 30 at 5 p.m. $10 and $13. The Saint, 601 Main Street. thesaintnj.com; (732) 775-9144.

EAST RUTHERFORD Izod Center Miley Cyrus, pop. April 3 at 7 p.m. $49.50 to $89.50. Izod Center, 50 Route 120. (201) 935-3900; izodcenter.com.

HILLSIDE Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University Arco Ensemble, conducted by Joseph Rescigno. March 23 at 3 p.m. $25. Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, 215 North Avenue. (908) 737-7469; enlowhall.kean.edu.

MORRISTOWN Mayo Performing Arts Center Keb’ Mo’, blues. March 27 at 8 p.m. $39 to $59. Tao: Phoenix Rising, traditional Japanese drumming. March 28 at 8 p.m. $19 to $39. New Jersey Jazz Society presents Bria Skonberg with a special guest, Tia Fuller, jazz. March 30 at 3 p.m. $20. Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South Street. (973) 539-8008; mayoarts.org.

MORRISTOWN The Minstrel, Morristown Unitarian Fellowship Jack Williams, folk. April 4 at 8 p.m. Adults $8; 12 and under free. The Minstrel, Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road. (973) 335-9489; folkproject.org.

NEW BRUNSWICK State Theater New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 with Eric Wyrick, violinist, led by Gerard Schwarz. March 23 at 3 p.m. $20 to $85. For tickets: (973) 624-3713; njsymphony.org. Bowfire, featuring an ensemble of musicians. March 28 at 8 p.m. $35 to $65. State Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue. (732) 246-7469; statetheatrenj.org.

NEWARK Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center Johnny Mathis. March 28 at 8 p.m. $29 to $129. Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street. (888) 466-5722; njpac.org.

PRINCETON Richardson Auditorium Princeton Symphony Orchestra Classical Series: Nights and Dreams, featuring the premiere of Julian Grant’s “Dances in the Dark,” and guest artists Dominic Armstrong, tenor, and Eric Ruske, French horn. March 30 at 4 p.m. $25 to $75. Richardson Auditorium, in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus. princeton.edu/richaud/; (258) 258-2800.

RAHWAY Hamilton Stage Lionel Loueke Trio, jazz. March 29 at 8 p.m. $10 and $25. Hamilton Stage, 360 Hamilton Street. (732) 499-8226; ucpac.org.

RED BANK Count Basie Theater “Rhythm of the Dance” featuring 30 dancers, a traditional Irish band, and the Young Irish Tenors. March 26 at 8 p.m. $19 to $45. Diavolo Dance Theater. March 29 at 8 p.m. $19.50 to $49.50. Monmouth Symphony Orchestra: 2013 Goldwasser Young Artist Concerto Competition Winner. March 30 at 3 p.m. $5 to $35. Count Basie Theater, 99 Monmouth Street. countbasietheatre.org; (732) 842-9000.

SOUTH ORANGE South Orange Performing Arts Center Jazz Knights of West Point, big band favorites, popular music, and original compositions and arrangements for jazz ensemble. April 2 at 7:30 p.m. Free. South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 Sopac Way. (973) 313-2787; sopacnow.org.

UNION Wilkins Theater, Kean University 4 Girls 4, featuring Andrea McArdle, Maureen McGovern, Donna McKechnie and Faith Prince, performing hits from their Broadway shows. April 6 at 3 p.m. $20 and $30. Wilkins Theater, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue. (908) 737-7469; keanstage.com.

WEST LONG BRANCH Pollak Theater, Monmouth University Ethel, string quartet, featuring Kaki King, guitarist. April 4 at 7:30 p.m. $25 and $37. Pollak Theater, Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Avenue. (732) 263-6889; monmouth.edu/arts_events.

Spoken Word

MADISON Museum of Early Trades and Crafts Donald Sherblom presents a lecture, “A Loyalist Farmstead in a World Turned Upside Down.” March 30 at 2 p.m. $3 to $7. Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 9 Main Street. (973) 377-2982; metc.org.

NEWARK The Chase Room, New Jersey Performing Arts Center “Breaking Barriers: Newark Women in Business in the Early 20th Century,” a conversation with George Robb, professor of history at William Paterson University. March 24 at 6 p.m. Free. The Chase Room, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street. (888) 466-5722; njpac.org.

PRINCETON Labyrinth Books Reading by 2014 winners of Princeton’s Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Secondary School Poetry Prize, with poets Paul Muldoon, Idra Novey and James Richardson, along with three high school poets. March 25 at 6 p.m. Free. Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. arts.princeton.edu.

PRINCETON Paul Robeson Center for the Arts The Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents “Behind the Music With Julian Grant,” composer, who will discuss influences on his creation of a new orchestral work “Dances in the Dark.” March 28 at 4:30 p.m. Free. Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street. princetonsymphony.org; (609) 497-0020.

Theater

HAMMONTON Eagle Theater “Next to Normal,” a rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Through March 29. $30 and $40. Eagle Theater, 208 Vine Street. (609) 704-5012; theeagletheatre.com.

HAMPTON Hunterdon Hills Playhouse “Busybody,” comedy-mystery by Jack Popplewell. Through May 22. $50.50 and $63.50; includes entree and desserts. Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, 88 Route 173 West. hhplayhouse.com; (800) 447-7313.

LONG BRANCH New Jersey Repertory Company, Lumia Theater “Date of a Lifetime,” musical comedy. Through April 6. $25 to $42. New Jersey Repertory Company, Lumia Theater, 179 Broadway. (732) 229-3166; njrep.org.

MONTCLAIR Studio Playhouse “The Importance of Being Earnest,” comedy by Oscar Wilde. Through March 29. $17 and $20. Studio Playhouse, 14 Alvin Place. (973) 744-9752; studioplayhouse.org.

NEW BRUNSWICK George Street Playhouse “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti,” adapted by Jacques Lamarre from the memoir by Giulia Melucci. Through April 6. $20 to $102. George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue. (732) 246-7717; gsponline.org.

NEWARK Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center “Meredith Willson’s ‘The Music Man,’ ” concert version of the musical with an African-American cast. Through March 23. $59.50 and $69.50. Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street. (888) 466-5722; njpac.org.

ORADELL Bergen County Players, Little Firehouse Theater “To Kill a Mockingbird,” based on the book by Harper Lee. Through April 12. $16 and $20. Bergen County Players, Little Firehouse Theater, 298 Kinderkamack Road. bcplayers.org; (201) 261-4200.

PARSIPPANY Parsippany Community Center “Working,” musical by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso. Through March 23. $20 and $25. Parsippany Community Center, 1130 Knoll Road. (973) 263-7352.

PRINCETON McCarter Theater Center The Figaro Plays: “The Barber of Seville,” by Pierre Beaumarchais, adapted and directed by Stephen Wadsworth. April 1 through May 4. $20 to $65. McCarter Theater Center, 91 University Place. (609) 258-2787; mccarter.org.

RAHWAY Union County Performing Arts Center “The Scene,” a dark comedy by Theresa Rebeck. April 4 through 13. $25. Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving Street. (732) 499-8226; ucpac.org.

RED BANK Two River Theater “Pinkolandia,” drama by Andrea Thome. Through March 23. $20 to $45. Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue. (732) 345-1400; trtc.org.

Museums and Galleries

BOUND BROOK Hamilton Street Gallery “The New Scroll,” examining the traditional format of the scroll in light of 21st-century technologies. Through April 10. Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, 5 to 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m.; and by appointment. Hamilton Street Gallery, 6 Hamilton Street. (732) 748-2092; hamiltonstreetgallery.com.

CAMDEN Fine Arts Complex, Rutgers — Camden campus “Compulsive Narratives: Stories That Must Be Told, the Graphic Novel as Confession and Inspiration.” Through April 26. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Rutgers-Camden campus, Fine Arts Complex, on Third Street between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. (856) 225-6245; rcca.camden.rutgers.edu.

CLINTON Hunterdon Art Museum “Glass! From the Wheaton Arts Museum of American Glass.” Through May 11. $5 suggested donation. Tuesdays through Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hunterdon Art Museum, 7 Lower Center Street. hunterdonartmuseum.org; (908) 735-8415.

FREEHOLD Monmouth County Historical Association Museum and Library “Properly Dressed: Art and Reality in 18th- and Early-19th-Century Dress in Monmouth.” Through Aug. 2. $5 regular admission, $2.50 seniors and students. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monmouth County Historical Association Museum and Library, 70 Court Street. (732) 462-1466; monmouthhistory.org.

HALEDON American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark “Outsourced!” Mixed-technique-on-paper images by Robin Holder. Through April 26. $3 to $5 suggested donation; members and children under 12, free. Wednesdays through Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m., or by appointment. American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark, 83 Norwood Street. (973) 595-7953; labormuseum.org.

HOBOKEN Monroe Art Center “Luminescent,” an exhibition of experimental works of ebony, monolith graphite pencil and ink drawings on Mylar by Starr Tucker-Ortega. Through March 30. Monroe Art Center, 720 Monroe Street. (201) 795-5000; monroecenter.com.

JERSEY CITY Mana Contemporary “Carole Feuerman: The Golden Mean,” hyperrealist sculpture. Through March 29. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Avenue. manafinearts.com; (201) 484-1495, Ext. 672.

MADISON Museum of Early Trades and Crafts “The American Revolution in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the Homefront.” Through Feb. 13, 2015. $3 to $13; free for members. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 9 Main Street. (973) 377-2982; metc.org.

MAHWAH Mahwah Museum “Neighborhoods of Mahwah.” Through June 29. $3 to $5; members and children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Mahwah Museum, 201 Franklin Turnpike. (201) 512-0099; mahwahmuseum.org.

MONTCLAIR George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University “Jersey Women Artists Now: Contemporary Visions,” an exhibition featuring the work of 18 female artists who live or work in New Jersey. Through April 19. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University, 1 University Promenade. (973) 655-3382; montclair.edu/arts/university-art-galleries-george-segal-gallery; (973) 655-3382.

MONTCLAIR Montclair Art Museum “Robert Smithson’s New Jersey,” sculptures, works on paper, photographs and other conceptual art. Through June 22. “100 Works for 100 Years,” centennial exhibition. Through July 31. “Spencer Finch: Yellow,” site-specific installation for the museum’s facade. Through July 31. $12 adults, $10 seniors and students; members and children under 12, free. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue. montclairartmuseum.org; (973) 746-5555.

MORRIS TOWNSHIP Morris Museum “Beards: The Long and Short of It,” exploring men’s facial hair trends in America. Through March 30. $7 to $10. “Egg-Zibit: The Art, Science and Culture of Eggs.” Through April 20. $7 to $10. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road. (973) 971-3700; morrismuseum.org.

MORRIS TOWNSHIP Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth “A Moveable Feast: Art, Food and Migration.” Thirty-two contemporary artists explore the effects of travel and migration on food, cooking and dining. Through May 4. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 2 to 6 p.m. Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road. (973) 290-4315; maloneyartgallery.org.

MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “Thomas Nast Brings Down Boss Tweed,” political cartoons. Through Aug. 3. $6 to $8; children 6 to 12, $4; children under 5, free. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Avenue. maccullochhall.org; (973) 538-2404.

NEW BRUNSWICK Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum “Maples in the Mist: Chinese Poems for Children, Illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng.” Through June 22. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. “Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture.” Through July 13. General hours: Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton Street. (848) 932-7237; zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.

NEW BRUNSWICK Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation “Eva Zeisel: Life, Design and Beauty,” modern industrial design. Through June 29. Donation: $5. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation, 300 Somerset Street. (732) 846-5777; hstrial-pfazekaz.homestead.com.

NEWARK The Newark Museum “American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell.” Through May 26. “Papyraceous: Recent Acquisitions, Contemporary Works on Paper,” printmaking, collaging, drawing and painting. Through June 29. “City of Silver and Gold From Tiffany to Cartier,” including the original Vince Lombardi Trophy, as well as more than 100 objects documenting the rise of the city’s gold and silver industry. Trophy on view through March 30; the balance of the exhibition through 2015. $7 and $12; members, free. Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street. (973) 596-6550; newarkmuseum.org.

PENNINGTON Silva Gallery of Art “5: Five Artists, Five Visions,” group show. March 25 through April 25. Reception: April 11, 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 11 a.m.to 4p.m.; Fridays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Silva Gallery of Art, Pennington School, 112 West Delaware Avenue. (609) 737- 4133; pennington.org/silva-gallery-of-art.

PRINCETON Morven Museum and Garden “The Age of Sail: A New Jersey Collection,” the history of American shipbuilding, sail-making, naval warfare, shipwrecks and rescue, with more than 100 objects. Through March 23. $5 and $6. Tuesdays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street. (609) 924-8144; morven.org.

PRINCETON Princeton University Art Museum “500 Years of Italian Master Drawings From the Princeton University Art Museum,” including more than 90 works. Through May 11. “Installation of Outdoor Sculpture by Alexander Calder.” Through June 15. “Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print,” 26 compositions in an array of printmaking techniques. Through June 8. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University Campus. artmuseum.princeton.edu; (609) 258-3788.

PRINCETON Princeton University Library “From a Thankful Nation: The Robert L. Ross Collection of Latin American Orders and Medals.” Through Aug. 3. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Princeton University Library, 1 Washington Road. princeton.edu/rbsc/; (609) 258-3184.

PRINCETON Junction West Windsor Arts Center “What the Fiber!” An exhibition of fiber arts. Through May 2. West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road. westwindsorartscenter.org; (609) 716-1931.

SHREWSBURY Guild of Creative Art “Eyesights 2014,” juried photography show. Through April 2. Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guild of Creative Art, 620 Broad Street. guildofcreativeart.org; (732) 741-1441.

STONE HARBOR William Ris Gallery “Flora, Fauna and Far East,” paintings by Jane Hartley. Through April 30. Sundays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. William Ris Gallery, 9400 Second Avenue. williamris.com; (609) 368-6361.

SUMMIT Visual Arts Center of New Jersey “Women Choose Women Again,” group show. Through April 13. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street. artcenternj.org; (908) 273-9121.

TEANECK Puffin Cultural Forum An exhibition of photographs of the Women’s Liberation Movement by Bev Grant. Through March 31. Tuesdays through Thursdays, noon to 4 p.m. Puffin Cultural Forum, 20 Puffin Way. (201) 836-3499; puffinculturalforum.org.

TRENTON Artworks Trenton First Annual Juried Print Exhibition, group show. Through March 29. Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley. artworkstrenton.org; (609) 394-9436.

TRENTON New Jersey State Museum “Artists of Roosevelt,” exploring the community of visual artists in Roosevelt, N.J. Through May 25. Suggested admission, $5. Tuesdays through Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street. (609) 292-6464; statemuseum.nj.gov.

WEST ORANGE Luna Stage “Goddess on Earth: Women of Essex County,” multimedia installations by Lisa Levart, a photographer. Through May 11. Free. Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road. (973) 395-5551. lunastage.org.