On Stage

Oct. 10

• Classical and traditional music concert, in honor of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, 8 p.m., at Temple B’nai Shalom, Fern Road, East Brunswick. Paul Stetsenko on organ and piano, David Glukh on trumpet, soprano Beverly Owens. Works of Handel, Bach, Schumann, Bartok, Copland, Rachmaninoff; Klezmer music; African-American spirituals. Free admission. Temple will soon rename its religious school wing in honor of the slain reporter. (732) 251-4300, ext. 222.

Oct. 10-Nov. 2

• Thumbelina and other tall tales, a collection of musical vignettes based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen, presented by A Kid’s Forum, the theater for young audiences program at the Forum Theatre, 314 Main St., Metuchen. Tickets cost $12; group rates available. (732) 548-0582; www.forumtheatrecompany.com.

Oct. 12 & 13

• Alice in Wonderland, presented by the Villagers Theater and Kidsvill Productions, noon, at the Villagers Theater, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset section of Franklin. The play, adapted from the classic story by Lewis Carroll and directed by high school students, offers audiences an interactive experience. Tickets cost $6. (732) 873-2710.

Oct. 12, 19, 20 & 26

• The Wizard of Oz, Prince Street Players version, a children’s musical presented by Plays-in-the-Park, Middlesex County’s summer theater, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., in the black box theater behind the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Roosevelt Park, Edison, located off Route 1 south, one block past the Menlo Park shopping mall. Admission is $3 for adults; children ages 12 and under admitted free of charge. The box office, located in the production office at the back of the theater building, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets also may be purchased by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to WIZ TICKETS, P.O. Box 661, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. A check made payable to Treasurer, Middlesex County, should be included for adult tickets; note number of free children’s tickets needed and alternate dates. Call (732) 548-2884, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, or you may visit the theater’s Web site at www.playsinthepark.com.

Oct. 13

• Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon, staged reading, presented by the Acting Up Troupe of Monroe Township, 2 p.m., at Greenbriar/Whittingham Towne Centre, Monroe. Public invited. Visitors at the Greenbriar/Whittingham main gate will be able to obtain tickets for $3.50 each. (609) 395-0404.