McCarter Theatre Center will celebrate the start of its 2016-2017 season with its 6th annual community-wide Block Party, taking place on Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the front lawn of McCarter’s Matthews Theatre.
College Road will be closed-off for the event (between Alexander Road and University Place), which will give an expanded area for families to play, eat and enjoy the day. This event is free and open to the public. A rain date of Aug. 25 is scheduled.
The afternoon will feature live music from the Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra, a band comprised of top high school and college jazz musicians in the Greater Philadelphia and NJ regions. Other highlights include the opportunity to win prizes, scavenger hunts, backstage tours, crafts with Artsparks, a beer garden and face painting by Princeton Face & Body Art.
Attendees will also have access to exclusive ticket offers for season programming, including such family-friendly artists and productions as the Peking Acrobats, Laurie Berkner Band, A Year with Frog and Toad, State Ballet Theatre of Russia’s Cinderella and McCarter’s reimagined production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Food and drink can be purchased at the event from local eateries including Four Daughter’s Franks, Gil & Bert’s Ice Cream, Jammin’ Crepes, Maddalena’s Cheesecake & Catering, Mediterra, My Four Suns, Nomad Pizza, Oink & Moo BBQ, Surf and Turf Food Truck, The Taco Truck and Tico’s Eatery/Juice Bar.
For more information, visit www.mccarter.org or call (609) 258-2787. McCarter Theatre Center is located at 91 University Place in Princeton.
The Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra entertains the Block Party crowd in 2011).,
