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Villagers Theatre presents "[title of show]"

(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre presents [title of show] across two weekends from September 18-26, 2026. In this play by Hunter Bell, Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away.



Phoenix Productions presents "Pirates - The Penzance Musical"

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Phoenix Productions presents Pirates - The Penzance Musical from September 25-27, 2026 at Count Basie Center for the Arts. This is a jazzy and joyous reimagining of the beloved Gilbert & Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance.



Playhouse 22 presents "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"

(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. Directed by Jennifer Greenberg, this is a riotous comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world.



Masquerade Theatre presents The Long Story Short Play Festival on September 3rd

(RIVERSIDE, NJ) -- Masquerade Theatre presents The Long Story Short Play Festival on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 7:30pm.  Come celebrate the birthday of local playwright Amber Kusching and watch a collection of new plays written by the local theatre community.








Burlington County Footlighters present "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

(CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters present The Hunchback of Notre Dame weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. From the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.



Bridge Players Theatre Company presents "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?"

(BURLINGTON, NJ) -- Bridge Players Theatre Company presents Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? weekends from September 25 through October 10, 2026. Focusing on eight children during their Catholic elementary and high school education in the 1950s, this hilarious musical captures the funniest aspects of youthful growing pains and the trying moments of adolescence.



Olympic Champion Laurie Hernandez Kicks Off 2026-27 Blauvelt Speaker Series at OCC's Grunin Center for the Arts

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) — The Ocean County College Foundation's Blauvelt Speaker Series kicks off its 2026-27 season with "A Conversation with Laurie Hernandez" on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts on the Ocean County College campus in Toms River. The event begins at 6:00pm.



Two River Theater presents August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson"

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Piano Lesson from September 12 through October 4, 2026 in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater. The production is directed by Francois Battiste (Hospice at Illinois State University, Broke-ology at B-Street Theater) and launches the theater's 2026/27 Season while continuing Two River's commitment to staging all ten plays in August Wilson’s Century Cycle.



Film Review: "Mutiny"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2026-08-25

"Jason Statham movie" is practically a genre in itself at this point. You know wheat you're getting from a Statham movie. The likelihood is that he'll be playing some sort of former special ops grunt who has escaped his past and is now trying to keep his head down and live a quiet life. Of course, something will happen that requires him to return to the life of violence he has tried to outrun. There is a clear distinction however between Statham's American movies and those he makes in his homeland. An American Statham movie is an over the top action flick of the type that once starred Sly and Arnie, while his British efforts tend to be more grounded, closer to the sort of action thrillers that once starred Charles Bronson. In the former the violence is cartoonish, while in the latter it tends to be grisly.









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The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Tide and the Moon" from "Midheaven," the debut EP of Asbury Park singer-songwriter Cory Blair.




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