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Jesse Eisenberg, José Rivera, Christopher Goutman, Lyle Kessler to perform at 2026 Chain Winter One-Act Festival

(NEW YORK, NY) -- The 2026 edition of the Chain Winter One-Act Festival takes place from February 5 through March 1, 2026, at Chain Theatre (312 West 36th Street, 3rd and 4th Floors, New York, NY). The festival has become one of the city's largest and most dynamic showcases for new work.



The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc. presents "Romance in the Air"

(LEONIA, NJ) -- The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc. presents "Romance in the Air" on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at the Presbyterian Church in Leonia. The concert will reflect a Valentine's Day theme of delight and passion. This is the second concert of the Leonia Chamber Musicians' three concert series. Showtime is 3:00pm.



Helen O'Shea Shares Rendition of "Lost" by The Cranberries, Honouring Dolores O'Riordan

Limerick-born, New-Jersey based roots artist Helen O'Shea released her latest single "Lost" to honor Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) on the 8th anniversary of her passing on January 15th.



The Summit Playhouse presents "No Exit" by Jean-Paul Sartre

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- The Summit Playhouse presents No Exit weekends from February 21 to March 8, 2026. This is a one-act play written by the French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. The narrative unfolds in a single, claustrophobic room in Hell, where three characters—Joseph Garcin, Inez Serrano, and Estelle Rigault—find themselves after their deaths.








New Release Review - "Hamnet"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2026-01-17

Remember that time when Batman and Superman stopped fighting because they realised they had both been raised by women named Martha? Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, adapted from the 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell, is centred on an equally silly contrivance. Just as Zack Snyder noted the aforementioned tenuous link between Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent, O'Farrell twigged that William Shakespeare had a short-lived son named Hamnet and also wrote a play titled 'Hamlet'. Could the two be linked? Err, no. 'Hamlet' was based on the Danish legend of Amleth and doesn't feature so much as a single dead son. But in O'Farrell's eyes Willy the Shake wrote the tragedy as a coping mechanism for the grief he felt over the loss of his boy, which is odd given how the bard penned a couple of comedies in the immediate aftermath of his kid's death.



New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 01-17-26

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!





New Jersey Film Festival Interview with A Way to Be Together Director Trina Bardusco!

by Al Nigrin
published 2026-01-17

The beautiful short documentary A Way to Be Together screens at the New Jersey Film Festival on Saturday, January 24, 2026! Here is my interview with A Way to be Together Director Trina Bardusco.



NJPAC presents comedian Alfred Robles

(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents comedian Alfred Robles on Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:00pm.



Villagers Theatre presents "Dogfight"

(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre presents Dogfight across two weekends from February 13-22, 2026. Based on the 1991 Warner Brothers film, Dogfight takes audiences on a romantic and heartbreaking theatrical journey that stays with you long after the performance.