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theatre
This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place April 22-28, 2025 
Here are previews of plays taking place from April 22-28, 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.
music
Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena presents Jackson Browne 
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Legendary singer-songwriter Jackson Browne is bringing his timeless hits to Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City on June 28, 2025. With a career spanning decades, Browne is known for iconic songs like Running on Empty, Doctor My Eyes, and Somebody’s Baby. Showtime is 8:00pm.
Katchats with Jay Headden founder of Jersey Shore Music 
In case you do not know the meaning of serendipity, it is a lucky accident, a positive unplanned discovery. It represents those moments when valuable things are found while looking for someone/ something else, or not looking at all.
Wellmont Theater presents Little Feat 
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The Wellmont Theater presents Little Feat on Friday, May 9, 2025 with support by Cris Jacobs. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 8:00pm.
Stanley Jordan to Perform at Avenel Performing Arts Center 
(AVENEL, NJ) -- Woodbridge Township presents Stanley Jordan at The Avenel Performing Arts Center with support from Woodbridge Arts on Friday, May 2, 2025 at 7:30pm. James "Biscuit" Rouse will open the night.
Tribute Bands for The Cure and The Cars to Perform at The Landis 
(VINELAND, NJ) -- The Landis presents an interesting bill of tribute bands on Friday, May 9, 2025 when The Gathering Gloom pay tribute to The Cure and The Side Cars Band pay tribute to The Cars. Showtime is 8:00pm.
New Jersey Symphony presents 2025 summer outdoor concert series 
New Jersey Symphony kicks off its summer season with its annual summer outdoor concert series which brings a fun-filled orchestral program to locations around the state. This summer's program features selections from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Overture to the The Magic Flute, Gioachino Rossini's Overture to William Tell, a celebration of Duke Ellington's music, highlights from the Broadway show Wicked, and patriotic favorites. New Jersey Symphony Colton Conducting Fellow Gregory D. McDaniel conducts.
This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from April 22-28, 2025 
Here is a look at shows taking place from April 22-28, 2025 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.
Cypress Hill and Atmosphere to Play Stone Pony Summer Stage 
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Summer 2025 just got even busier for the West Coast hip-hop legends Cypress Hill as they'll be hitting the road for their month-long Dank Daze of Summer Tour with hip-hop duo, Atmosphere. Joining them will be Grammy Award-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco, and influential, LA-based hip-hop act The Pharcyde. The tour comes to the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park on Sunday, August 17th. Gates open at 5:00pm.
comedy
NJPAC presents George Wallace on Mother's Day 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- Comedian George Wallace will keep moms laughing with a special Mother's Day Comedy Celebration at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Sunday, May 11, 2025. Performances take place at 3:00pm & 6:00pm.
film
New Release Review - "The Ugly Stepsister" 
Combining the bawdiness of Walerian Borowczyk's medieval fantasies with the postmodernism of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, Norwegian writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister might be described as a neo-fairy tale. It's essentially the Cinderella story, taking elements from both the Perrault and Brothers Grimm versions, and it's set in a beautifully rendered version of some non-existent Scandinavian kingdom of the past. But the trouble with fairy tales is that they were written hundreds of years ago when the world was a cruel and insensitive place, and their black and white presentation of good and evil doesn't fit with our modern sensibilities. Nor does the reprehensible idea present in so many fairy tales that physical "ugliness" is a sign of bad moral fibre.
community
Events This Week in New Jersey from April 22-28, 2025 
Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from April 22-28, 2025 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
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