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Here are previews of plays taking place from September 23-29, 2025 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.
(NEWARK, NJ) -- On September 23rd, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced the recipients of the 2025 Creative Catalyst Fund awards to provide artists and cultural groups with flexible grant support in recognition of the immense social and economic value the creative sector brings to Newark.
(TUCKERTON, NJ) -- The Lizzie Rose Music Room presents singer-songwriter Ellis Paul on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 7:30pm. Limited tickets remain.
(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents The Robert Cray Band on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 8:00pm. Robert, a five-time Grammy Award winner, with 16 nominations is one of the most distinctive blues guitar stylists of his generation. Martha Redbone will open the night.
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Crossroads Theatre Company (CTC) opens their season with Lynn Nottage's Crumbs from the Table of Joy from October 24 – November 23, 2025. The production is directed by Nataki Garrett, a brilliant educator, artistic leader and winner of the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. The play follows the Crump family after the passing of their beloved matriarch.
(TENAFLY, NJ) -- ACC Gallery is proud to present In Repetition, a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Injoo Whang now through October 4, 2025. The show features Whang's latest works, including abstract works on paper and collages created with sumi ink and water-based mediums.
Yehuda Sharim’s Where’s My Coffee Cup? is a short documentary that sheds light on the struggles of aging within Virginia prisons. The film focuses on John, a 64-year-old man who has been incarcerated for over thirty years. His story reveals how prison life becomes even harder as age and health problems set in. Sharim creates a deeply personal portrait representative of an often-ignored population through voiceover, performance, and imagery.
(UNION, NJ) -- The Theater Project, an incubator for new work and rising artists, has opened for submissions to its thirteenth annual THINK FAST festival of short plays, which will take place online February 27 – March 1, 2026. The deadline is November 17.
When Stephen King began writing his dystopian sci-fi novel The Long Walk in the late 1960s, it was likely intended as a Vietnam War allegory. When it was published in 1979 that conflict was still raw in Americans' minds. Few watching director Francis Lawrence's (with a script by Strange Darling's JT Mollner) take in 2025 will have Nam on their minds, but the story is now open to several more timely interpretations.
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(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Mayo Performing Arts Center's Arts in the Community free summer concert schedule for 2026 has been announced. MPAC will present six free concerts between June and August. The lineup includes the return of three of their most popular events – Bollywood Dance Party, Country Line Dancing and Salsa at Sunset, as well as singer-songwriters, and more.
(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- From June 4 through October 15, 2026 (except for July 2), Classic American Tales (CAT) once more presents Tales at the Dormer House in which guests are treated to lemonade and tasty treats while listening to stories written by noteworthy authors, read by a variety of performers. The schedule is 4:00pm every Thursday at the historic Dormer House Bed and Breakfast (800 Columbia Avenue) in Cape May, NJ. Performances are on the front porch, weather permitting.
(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- The reimagined East Lynne Theater Company opens its Season Forty-Six with the extraordinary, real-life story Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Emily Mann, running June 18 to July 19, 2026 at the Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME in Cape May.
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Summer Theater's 2026 Children's Show is You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which runs weekends from June 20 to August 1, 2026. A beloved musical since its premiere in 1967, Clark Gesner brings Charles M. Schulz's "PEANUTS" characters to the stage. The musical ventures through the highs and lows of young life, from baseball and homework to young love and friendship. With an empathetic and whimsical eye, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown reminds us of the importance of connection and joy.
(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Split Level Concerts at the Jersey Shore Arts Center (JSAC) in Ocean Grove has announced the full concert lineup for its third season. All shows will take place beginning at 8:00pm in JSAC's Palaia Theater. The season lineup includes Willie Nile, John Gorka, Dan Bern, Catie Curtis and Band, Stephen Kellogg, Abbie Gardner, Heather Maloney and Band, and Kim Richey. As they have done in prior years, artists from the Asbury Park music scene will open many of the shows.
"Very well; and you? We're hoping you can come to The Lizzie Rose on Friday July 31; come as our guest, come enjoy the racket, it's a wonderful room to play," laughed the always jovial Conrad Warre of the Boston based blues/rock band Bees Deluxe as he discussed that upcoming Tuckerton show, their stop at Jamey's House of Music, their upcoming new record, the International Blues Challenge and more.
Frank Hanavan's Hoboken is wet. In his streetscapes, surfaces glisten. The sky is rarely glowering, but it does seem full; ready to have something to say, or wrapping up something that it is busy saying. The canopy of foliage that hangs over the streetcorners feels saturated with moisture. Even the shadows on the sidewalk are puddle blue. Businesses have their umbrellas open. A few people do, too.
Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Loose Panic, Max Rauch, Madeline Fung, Bike Routes, and 9fm. Plus a look back at "The Communist Song" by The KumQuats.
Here is a look at shows taking place this week along with our featured listings and a look at some upcoming shows. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas
