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'Bull Durham the Musical' Brings the Joys of Baseball to Paper Mill Playhouse

by Karen Nowosad
published 2025-10-21

It is said that baseball is America's pastime. The game creates a culture all its own whether it’s on the professional level or right in our own communities. And that's what Bull Durham The Musical does so well. It provides a look into the culture of a baseball minor league team from Durham, North Carolina. The community support for the Durham Bulls allows us to see the joys, the losses, and those great baseball superstitions.




 

This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place October 21-27, 2025

Here are previews of plays taking place from October 21-27, 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.



Jersey Arts Podcast: Shakespeare Theatre's Frankenstein Reveals the Story Behind the Story

by Maddie Orton, JerseyArts.com
published 2025-10-16

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Frankenweenie, Poor Things... the story of Frankenstein has been adapted many times over and continues to find new relevance with each interpretation. Playwright David Catlin's version, called Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, does double duty by presenting a story within a story.



"Grease" Is The Word

by Suzanne Pisano
published 2025-10-16

​​​​​​​For the next two weekends, the Pink Ladies and Burger Palace Boys of Rydell High School will be joyfully singing and dancing their way through "Grease," one of the world's most beloved musicals, at the Spring Lake Theatre. If this past Sunday's performance is any indication, audiences are in for an exuberant treat.



McCarter Theatre presents "300 Paintings" by Comedian Turned Artist Sam Kissajukian

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Sometimes a breakdown coincides with the biggest breakthrough. In 2021, Sydney comedian Sam Kissajukian quit stand-up, rented an abandoned cake factory, and became a painter. Over the course of a six-month manic episode, he created 300 large-scale paintings—unknowingly chronicling his mental state in real time.