Stage shows and touring productions: Broadway tours and theatrical nights at the Santander Performing Arts Center and stages around the county.
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October 16 to 19, 2026 · Friday 7:30 PM, Saturday 6:30 and 9:30 PM, Sunday 5:30 and 8:30 PM, Monday 7:30 PM · Kutztown Fairgrounds, 450 Wentz St · $20 to $65; ages 13 and up, under 17 with an adult
Cirque Italia brings its Paranormal Cirque Specter production to Kutztown for six performances under a black and white striped big top raised on the Kutztown Fairgrounds.
October 18, 2026 · 2:00 PM · Reading Civic Theater, 4350 Perkiomen Avenue, Exeter · $25 – $35
Reading Civic Theater brings Stephen King's chilling coming-of-age story to the stage with a musical adaptation of Carrie. Carrie White is a teenage outcast who wants nothing more than to fit in.
Fri, Oct 23, 6:00 PM · 232 West Main Street, Kutztown · $10 per person, payable at the venue
Kutztown University's Homecoming weekend opens with a screening of The Breakfast Club at the Kutztown Strand, the downtown movie house that has been part of town life for generations.
Hosted by Strand Theatre
October 23, 2026 · 7:30 PM · Reading Civic Theater, 4350 Perkiomen Avenue, Exeter · $25 – $35
Reading Civic Theater brings Carrie: The Musical to its Exeter stage for an evening performance on Friday, October 23 at 7:30 PM.
October 23 to 26, 2026 · Friday 7:30 PM, Saturday 6:30 and 9:30 PM, Sunday 5:30 and 8:30 PM, Monday 7:30 PM · Berkshire Mall, 1665 State Hill Rd, Wyomissing · $20 to $65; ages 13 and up, under 17 with an adult
A black and white striped big top rises in the parking lot at the Berkshire Mall this October, bringing Paranormal Cirque Specter to Wyomissing.
Hosted by Berkshire Mall
Fri, Oct 23, 10:00 PM · 61 North Reading Avenue, Boyertown · Rated PG-13
The Boyertown State Theatre turns its screen over to one of the strangest cult favorites of the 1980s for a late night Halloween season show.
Hosted by State Theatre
October 24, 2026 · 7:30 PM · Reading Civic Theater, 4350 Perkiomen Avenue, Exeter · $25 – $35
Carrie White wants what most teenagers want, which is a place to belong. At school she is a target for the popular crowd and invisible to everyone else, and at home she lives under a mother whose...
Sat, Oct 24, 10:00 PM · 61 North Reading Avenue, Boyertown · Rated R
The Boyertown State Theatre hosts a late night screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Saturday, October 24 at 10:00 PM.
Hosted by State Theatre
October 25, 2026 · 2:00 PM · Reading Civic Theater, 4350 Perkiomen Avenue, Exeter · $25 – $35
Reading Civic Theater brings Carrie: The Musical to its Exeter stage for a Sunday matinee, timed for the stretch of late October when a story about power and consequences feels right at home.
October 17, 2026 · 7:30 PM · Reading Civic Theater, 4350 Perkiomen Avenue, Exeter · $25 – $35
Reading Civic Theater brings Carrie: The Musical to its Exeter stage for an evening performance.
October 17, 2026 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
Cary Elwes, who played Westley, comes to the Santander Performing Arts Center on October 17 for an evening built around one of the most quoted films ever made.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
Fri, Oct 30, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM · 416 Franklin Street, Reading · $25
In February 1926, Harry Houdini came to Reading to speak at the Universalist Church of Our Father on Franklin Street, at the invitation of Rev. L. Griswold Williams.
Hosted by First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County
October 30, 2026 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
The Bodyguard comes to the Santander Performing Arts Center stage on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
November 1, 2026 · 3:00 PM · Miller Center for the Arts, 4 N 2nd Street, Reading · All ages
Broadway fans get to be the ones singing at the Miller Center for the Arts this afternoon.
November 7, 2026 · 6:00 PM · Genesius Theatre, 153 North 10th Street, Reading
Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues arrives at Genesius Theatre in a staging built on interviews with women about their lives, their bodies, and the violence many of them have lived through.
November 8, 2026 · 6:00 PM · Genesius Theatre, 153 North 10th Street, Reading
Genesius Theatre presents Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, a stage work built from interviews with women about their lives, their bodies, and their experiences with violence.
November 30, 2026 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
The Santander Performing Arts Center hosts A Christmas Story: The Musical on Monday, November 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
February 19, 2027 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · All ages
Cirque Alice brings Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to the stage at the Santander Performing Arts Center, trading the storybook page for aerial silks, contortion, puppetry and dance.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
February 20, 2027 · 2:00 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · All ages
Cirque Alice brings Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to the stage at the Santander Performing Arts Center, retelling the familiar adventure through acrobatics and stagecraft.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
February 20, 2027 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · All ages
Cirque Alice brings Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to the Santander Performing Arts Center stage as a circus spectacle.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
February 21, 2027 · 1:00 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · All ages
Cirque Alice brings Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to the stage of the Santander Performing Arts Center as an acrobatic spectacle.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
February 21, 2027 · 6:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading · All ages
Cirque Alice brings Lewis Carroll's Wonderland to the stage at the Santander Performing Arts Center, retelling the familiar journey through a lens of acrobatics and stagecraft.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
March 10, 2027 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
Elle Woods arrives at the Santander Performing Arts Center on March 10, 2027, and the halls of Harvard Law will never be the same.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
March 26, 2027 · 6:00 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
A rainy afternoon, two kids with nothing to do, and a tall visitor in a red and white striped hat: Dr. Seuss's classic comes to life at the Santander Performing Arts Center.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
May 9, 2027 · 5:00 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
Ballroom dance takes over the Santander Performing Arts Center stage when Burn the Floor brings Maks & Peta Live to downtown Reading.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
July 22, 2027 · 7:30 PM · 136 N 6th St, Reading
A Beautiful Noise brings the Neil Diamond musical to the Santander Performing Arts Center, tracing how a kid from Brooklyn grew into one of America's most recognizable hitmakers.
Hosted by Santander Performing Arts Center
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