Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from July 3-9, 2022. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 8 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, and Union).
1) 7th Annual Roselle House Music Festival - (ROSELLE, NJ) -- Back after a two-year hiatus, it's the 7th Annual Roselle House Music Festival! The festival returns to historic Warinanco Park for a one-day family-friendly electronic dance music celebration of New Jersey's soulful homegrown brand of deep house music. Enjoy dance and food with their vendors. Join Mayor Donald Shaw, the Roselle Borough Council and the Roselle Department of Recreation for the 2022 Roselle House Music Festival on Saturday, July 9, 2022 live in beautiful Warinanco Park from 11:00am to 10:00pm. Co-sponsored by the Union County Board of County Commissioners.
2) I'm So Newark Presents 2nd Annual Community Fun Day on Saturday - (NEWARK, NJ) -- On Saturday, July 9, 2022, the nonprofit I'm So Newark (ISN) will present Community Fun Day - Honoring the Vision of Reverend Ronald B. Christian. ISN aims to carry on his legacy of generosity and overwhelming support for others. Beginning at 10:00am, community members will participate in a daylong event featuring free food, rides, inflatables, music, entertainment, and give-a-ways.
3) PHOTOS from "American Idiot" at Asbury Park Theater Company - The newly formed Asbury Park Theater Company (APTCo) is presenting Green Day’s American Idiot, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, as the company's debut production. The first weekend of performances took place July 1-3 and photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos. The production returns July 8-10 with shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and on Sundays at 5:00pm at the Kingsley Theater located inside The Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, 1401 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, NJ.
4) Little River Band LIVE! at the Count Basie Center for the Arts - Throughout the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, Little River Band enjoyed huge chart success with multiplatinum albums and chart-topping hits. To date, the group’s worldwide album, CD sales, and digital downloads top 35 million and, according to BMI, the band’s hit, “Reminiscing,” has registered over five million airplays on American radio.
5) The 2022 Happy Together Tour LIVE! at MPAC - Inside Morristown, NJ’s MPAC auditorium this Thursday, June 23, 2022 evening, music lovers can be seen dancing to the sound of happy ’60s tunes played on the house PA system as they make their way to their seats. After a two-year postponement, fans of classic 1960s hits are all here for tonight’s 2022 edition of the Happy Together Tour starring The Turtles, Gary Puckett, The Association, The Classics IV, The Vogues, and The Cowsills.
6) Kim Seung Yeon Has Printmaking Solo Show Throughout July - (TENAFLY, NJ) -- Acc Gallery presents a printmaking solo exhibition by Kim Seung Yeon entitled, “Night Landscape, the mezzotint works series". The work is shown by appointment only from July 1-31, 2022. Please call 201-390-6275 or email [email protected] to set up an appointment.
7) Stroudsburg's First Latin Fusion Fest to Take Place On Saturday - (STROUDSBURG, PA) -- The first Latin Fusion Fest in downtown Stroudsburg will be held in Courthouse Square at 7th and Main Streets on Saturday, July 9 from 2:00pm to 6:30pm. Presented by the Sherman Theater and the Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce, this free community festival celebrates the sights, sounds and flavors of Latin and Caribbean cultures and features live music all day with food, vendors and fun for all ages.
8) NJ Native Country Artist Gary Frost Releases "Shutup Springsteen" - Yup, he said it! Many scenarios come to mind as to the meaning of the new video and single “Shutup Springsteen” by Monmouth County country music artist Gary Frost, but it’s not what you think...
9) Prince Derek Doll Joins Cast of The Circle NYC season 5 - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Hip Hop / Neo-Pop recording artist Prince Derek Doll makes his reality/docuseries debut on the web series The Circle NYC season 5. Prince Derek Doll, native of Shreveport, Louisiana and now based in Newark, joins a cast of LGBTQ+ artists, entrepreneurs, and influencers who allow America into their lives, struggles, and talents while taking on life in the New York City area.
10) Surati to perform at July 4th Celebration in Jersey City - (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Surati for Performing Arts, tri state area's premier award winning nonprofit, has been invited to perform at the Freedom and Fireworks Festival on July 4th, now known as New Jersey's July 4th celebrations. The celebrations will be held at Exchange Place, Jersey City on the waterfront. Hosted by Mayor Steven Fulop, The Jersey City Municipal Council, Exchange Place Alliance and The Office of Cultural Affairs, this event is the one largest Independence Day celebrations in the region drawing more than 150,000 visitors and performances by A-list artists. This year Shaquille O’Neal (a.k.a. DJ Diesel), Funk Flex and Flo Rida will be taking the stage where Surati will be performing.
11) Paper Mill Playhouse Announces 2022-2023 Season - (MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse has announced its 2022-2023 season, including a gripping murder mystery, a Disney hero of mythic proportions, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved final musical, the Tony-nominated story of two Latin music icons, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that defined a generation.
12) Plays-in-the-Park returns for their 60th season to Middlesex County this summer with three popular Broadway musicals - (EDISON, NJ) -- Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park is returning to the stage this summer, with performances of Something Rotten!, The SpongeBob Musical, and A Chorus Line at the Stephen J. Capestro Theatre in Edison, part of Plays-in-the-Park’s 60th season.
13) REVIEW: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats at The Stone Pony - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats rocked The Stone Pony in Asbury Park for a sold out show this 4th of July weekend. The Future Tour, in support of their third studio album, kicked off in May and runs through late September. As the rain held out, the sky broke into glorious shades of reds and blues, when the band took the stage. Rateliff and the band were in fantastic form— never losing their octane-level energy— or raw and powerful vocals. With a worldly fusion of blues, rock, folk, and soul (not unlike Van Morrison who they’ve covered in the documentary The Last Waltz), they were their own force of nature— rocking the house from start to finish. From the soft horn timbres of songs like You Worry Me and Face Down in the Moment… building up to the raucous, bone shattering tracks like S.O.B., The Night Sweats covered it all.
14) Vanessa Wong Opening Wahine Wine Company and Fish & Whistle Market in Ventnor - (VENTNOR, NJ) -- In 2016, Vanessa Wong opened Fishtown Social, a natural wine shop and bar which has seen great success in an area of Philadelphia vast with growth and development. Now, she’s expanding on that success, and looking towards the Jersey Shore for her next two ventures.
15) Asbury Park Theater Company presents Green Day's "American Idiot" - (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The newly formed Asbury Park Theater Company (APTCo) will present Green Day’s American Idiot, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, as the company's debut production. Performances take place at the Kingsley Theater at The Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park over the first two weekends of July. The play is based on the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, and boldly takes the American musical where it's never gone before. This high-octane show includes every song from Green Day's album, American Idiot, as well as several songs from its follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown.
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