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!
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theatre
Paper Mill Playhouse Announces Cast and Creative Team for "Bull Durham" 
(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the casting and the creative team for Bull Durham, the first production of their 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday, October 2 ahead of a Sunday, October 12 in a run that continues through Sunday, November 2, 2025.
Jersey Arts Podcast: Celebrating 20 Seasons of Premiere Stages with Original Play 'The Mallard' 
Today we are highlighting Premiere Stages' twentieth season as they introduce their most recent production, "The Mallard," written by Vincent Delaney and directed by John Wooten.
Jersey Arts TV: Princeton Summer Theater is Creating a New Take on a Classic Story with 'Frankenstein' 
Classic literature is taking the stage with Princeton Summer Theater's production of "Frankenstein". This fresh take on the beloved classic takes the viewers on a journey to the past.
"The Mallard" begins performances at Premiere Stages 
(UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages' production of Vincent Delaney's play The Mallard begins performances this week in Kean University's Bauer Boucher Theatre Center. The Mallard was the winner of the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. Directed by John J. Wooten, the production features actors Eddie Gouveia Blackman, Susan Ferrara, Jennifer Leigh Houston, Victoria Pollack, and Woodrow Proctor.
music
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...7/17/25 
"I did two years of touring with "Days Of Future Past: My Sojourn" and it was great fun, I really, really enjoyed it and Jon Davison of YES joined me; long story but he joined me and he's actually my son-in-law now because he married my daughter," laughed legendary Moody Blues bassist John Lodge as he prepares for a string of shows here in The Garden State and beyond. "Jon is here with me now, we've been rehearsing for the next tour so yeah, it's great! He's a wonderful guy and a fantastic musician."
film
New Release Review - "Harvest" 
At first glance, Greek Weird Wave alum Athina Rachel Tsangari's English language feature debut Harvest suggests we're in folk-horror territory. Like the recent The Severed Sun, it's set in an ambiguous time and place. It looks like rural England but the accents are Scottish. It seems vaguely like the Middle Ages except some characters wear spectacles, high five one another and use insults like "knobhead." A ritual that sees children forced to smack their heads against a rock to ward them off leaving the boundary of their hamlet suggests we might be in for a twist like that of M. Night Shyamalan's The Village.
art
Rowan University Art Gallery + Museum and the Marie Rader Series announce their 2025-26 seasons 
(GLASSBORO, NJ) – Making world-class arts programming accessible in South Jersey, Rowan University's upcoming Arts at Rowan season showcases the institution's commitment to offering compelling art, music, dance, and theatre – with easy parking, close to home!
Trenton City Museum to Hold Two Ellarslie Open Talks In August 
(TRENTON, NJ) -- Ellarslie Open 42, the annual juried exhibition on view in Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, invites the public to gallery talks Sunday, August 3 and Saturday, August 16, 2025. Admission for each talk is: $15/general public; $10/Trenton Museum Society members; $5/all EO42 entrants. Admission includes Continental breakfast fare.
