McCarter at the Museum
Join us for McCarter at the Museum - renowned performing artists in one-night only events at the Princeton University Art Museum’s Grand Hall.
Building on the success of the Museum’s grand opening in October 2025, the series launches Thursday, November 12, 2026 with an evening of cabaret by the Tony-winning composer of Parade, acclaimed performer Jason Robert Brown, followed by a powerful solo concert on Thursday, April 1, 2027 by African jazz pianist Nduduzo Makhathini celebrating the Museum’s exhibition Clay Has Memory: Creative Lineages from Africa.
A limited number of early access tickets for McCarter Director’s Circle members and members of the Museum’s Partner Circle are available, on sale Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM. General public on sale begins Friday, September 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM.
Header Photo: Richard Barnes
An Evening with Jason Robert Brown
Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Jason Robert Brown is a four-time Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist and has performed as a soloist and with his band in venues around the world. With special guest Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe.
An Evening with Nduduzo Makhathini
Thursday, April 1, 2027 at 7:00 PM
Makhathini merges spirit-seeking American jazz — echoes of John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner — with South African jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms, treating every performance as ritual: an invocation of personal, familial, and cultural memory.