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12 Concerts. 1 Musical. 1 Classic Comedy. Endless
Excitement.
Your soundtrack for 2025 starts now—rock, jazz, Motown
and more
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Tickets
are now available for the first 14 shows announced for Bell
Theater's 2025 season! From the return of hit performers who have
sold out Bell Theater in the past to high-energy rock tributes and
the smooth sounds of cool jazz, Bell Theater’s lineup has something
for every music lover. Plus TWO summer stage productions, featuring a
genre- and gender-bending rock musical and a beloved American classic
about survival and big hair.
Lock
in your favorites now and make 2025 a year to remember.
🎶
Here’s your first look at what’s coming to Bell Theater 🎶
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CSNY & Beyond
Friday,
February 21
7:30pm
A deep
and glorious dive into the timeless songs of Crosby, Stills, Nash
and Young; Neil Young’s Solo Years; Buffalo Springfield
and More…. Featuring Music Director Marc Ribler (Little
Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Darlene Love) on guitar
and vocals; Arne Wendt (Jon Bon Jovi's Kings of Suburbia)
on keyboards, guitar, and vocals; Muddy Shews (Rick
Derringer, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) on bass,
guitar, and vocals; Dave Moore (Rick Danko, Popa
Chubby) on drums and vocals; and Mike McKernan (New
Jersey All Stars) on guitar and vocals.
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CIRCUS POP! Giant Bubble Show
Saturday,
March 15
12
noon and 3:00pm
Circus
Pop! The Giant Bubble Show features Ringling Bros.
alumnus, Logan Jimenez. For sixty minutes Logan will keep
children of all ages on the edge of their seats. He combines crazy
circus stunts such as fire-eating, daring escapes, and crawling
inside a giant balloon with incredible bubble artistry. He
effortlessly creates bubble sculptures, bubbles that burst into
flames, and bubble volcanoes.
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Back to the Garden 1969
Friday,
March 28
7:30pm
Back
To The Garden 1969 celebrates the Woodstock Music Festival, the
iconic ‘60s rock experience, a celebration of peace, love and music.
Now, 55 years later, you can relive the Woodstock Experience with
this full multi-media theatrical event, including video, lighting,
costumes and more. Formed by Gary Adamson in 2009, Back to
the Garden 1969 is a group of versatile musicians and singers who
recreate the classic sounds of the Woodstock bands, a very special
moment in time, and the many artists whose music will forever be
known as “Classic Rock.”
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Williams Honor
Saturday,
March 29
8:00pm
Williams
Honor is New Jersey’s own country music duo! Singer and
powerhouse performer Reagan Richards and
producer/multi-instrumentalist Gordon Brown have come together
to show the world their love for modern country by building on the
years of tradition, harmonies and story songs the genre continues to
pride itself on.
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Yellowjackets
Thursday,
April 24
7:00pm
Yellowjackets has gained and
maintained prominence as one of jazz’s most influential and loved
groups. Throughout their storied 43-year history, the Yellowjackets
have recorded 26 albums, received 16 Grammy® nominations –
won 2 – performed countless sold-out tours, and enjoyed worldwide
critical acclaim and commercial success.
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Bowie & Beyond
Saturday,
May 17
8:00pm
Formed
and led by singer/ songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and ex-Meat
Loaf band member, Ray Andersen in 2018, this exciting,
sexy rock and roll show is a celebration of the music of David
Bowie, as well as songs he co-wrote and/or produced like Lou
Reed's Walk On the Wild Side, Queen's Under
Pressure, and Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes,
plus some glam-rock gems from the 1970s.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
June
13 - 29
Brilliantly
innovative, heartbreaking, and wickedly funny, Hedwig and
the Angry Inch is the landmark musical by John
Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask that has what Time Magazine
proclaims is “the most exciting rock score written for the theatre
since, oh, ever!” Hedwig and the Angry Inch remains
“groundbreaking and undoubtedly ahead of its time” (Entertainment
Weekly). This production is in collaboration with the Asbury
Park Theater Company.
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An Evening with Lucie Arnaz
Thursday,
July 10
7:00pm
Lucie Arnaz began her long career
in a recurring role on the television program The Lucy Show.
At fifteen, she became a series regular on Here’s Lucy,
and she later starred in her own series The Lucie Arnaz Show. On
film, Lucie has been featured in The Jazz Singer, Who
Killed The Black Dahlia and Down to You.
Lucie’s Broadway credits include They’re Playing Our Song,
Lost in Yonkers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Pippin.
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Motor City Revue
Friday,
July 11
7:30pm
Back
by popular demand, Motor City Revue returns to Bell Works. Motor
City Revue is a 13-piece band covering popular and rare Motown
and Stax hits, plus rock and soul classics. Although there are many
bands that cover Motown tunes, few strive to match the vocal
harmonies and instrumental mix that distinguished the original
recordings.
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Steel Magnolias
July
18 - August 3
Before
the iconic 1989 film starring Dolly Parton and Julia
Roberts broke box office records, Louisiana salon owner Truvy
first set up shop on the stage in Robert Harling’s masterpiece
play. Through laughter, tears, and a thick fog of hairspray, this
colorful cast of women face trials and triumphs armed with their
greatest strength: each other. Steel Magnolias remains
one of the most iconic comedies in the American dramatic
canon.
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The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook
Saturday,
August 16
8:00pm
This
unique and entertaining music and multimedia event chronicles the
extraordinary career of Simon & Garfunkel. The music
speaks for itself, anchored by Rex Fowler, co-founder of the
renowned folk/rock duo Aztec Two-Step, and his wife, Dodie
Pettit, an original cast member of Broadway’s The Phantom
of The Opera. Nostalgia and laughter abound, and a sing-along
is always in the mix!
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John Pizzarelli Sings Tony Bennett
Saturday,
October 18
8:00pm
Guitarist
and singer John Pizzarelli, hailed by the Boston Globe for
“reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing
jazz,” pays tribute to the great Tony Bennett. Established as
one of the prime contemporary interpreters of the Great American
Songbook, Grammy-winner Pizzarelli has expanded that repertoire by
including the music of Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Neil
Young, Tom Waits, Antônio Carlos Jobim and the
Beatles.
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Hallelujah: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Saturday,
November 15
8:00pm
Returning
after a sold-out 2024 show, Pat Guadagno & Friends celebrate
the songs of Leonard Cohen, the singer-songwriter and iconic
“poet of brokenness.” Among Cohen’s nearly 300 songs are Hallelujah,
Suzanne, So Long Marianne, Bird on
a Wire, Famous Blue Raincoat, and Dance
Me to the End of Love.
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Shadows of the 60s: A Holiday Tribute to Motown
Saturday,
December 13
2:00pm
and 8:00pm
Shadows
of the 60s pays tribute to the tremendous legacy of Motown Super
Groups, The Four Tops, The Temptations, the Supremes,
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and other Motown stars.
Christmas was always a special time on the Motown label, and this
special holiday tribute covers all those favorite arrangements,
including Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Let It Snow, Silent
Night and more. This is an incredible night of celebration
and holiday joy.
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BEWARE OF RESELLERS
Recently, unofficial ticket resellers have been
offering Axelrod and Bell Theater tickets at up to four times the
actual ticket price! Please make sure you only purchase tickets
through a direct link from our emails or social posts, by visiting AxelrodArts.org or BellTheater.org directly
or by calling or visiting our Box Office. This will ensure you get
valid tickets and the lowest price. Thank you for supporting the arts
in our community!
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Axelrod
Performing Arts Center | 100 Grant Avenue | Deal Park, NJ 07723 US
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