Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from September 7-13, 2025. 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 7 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Monmouth).
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1) New Release Review - "Highest 2 Lowest" - Highest 2 Lowest is an apt title for Spike Lee's latest, as it's a film of peaks and troughs. The highs come courtesy of a pair of hammy but undeniably watchable performances from Denzel Washington and Jeffrey Wright. The lows come from, well, everything else, from a script that never settles on one idea long enough for it have impact to a wildly inappropriate score that sounds like a bad Riverdance knockoff.
2) 2025 Haddon Township Fall Festival to Take Place on Saturday - (HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- Breaking with the tradition of quiet fall fests full of pumpkins and apples, the Haddon Township Fall Festival on Saturday, September 13, 2025 extends summer vibes with amusement rides, a beer garden, rocking live bands and dancing, a wing eating contest, a dunk tank, food trucks and Disney character drop-ins.
3) Events This Week in New Jersey from September 9-15, 2025 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from September 9-15, 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.
4) The Cowsills LIVE! on the Atlantic City Boardwalk - Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of The Weeklings and The Cowsills in Atlantic City on September 2, 2025.
5) 2025 New York Greek Film Expo to Kick Off with Screening of "Murphy's Law" - (ASTORIA, NY) -- Hellenic Film Society (HFS) kicks off its annual New York Greek Film Expo, a Greek film festival for all New Yorkers, with a special Opening Night Screening and Reception on October 2, 2025 at the Directors Guild Theater in Manhattan. Tickets are now available for purchase on the HFS's website.
6) Heal, Unite, and Grow: H.U.G. the Block Returns to Newark's South Ward on Thursday - (NEWARK, NJ) -- On Thursday, September 11, 2025, Newark Poet Laureate and Emmy-nominated artist Margie "Mia X" Johnson will relaunch H.U.G. the Block (Heal, Unite, Grow) — a public art demonstration of love, wellness, and resilience that began in 2012. This year, Johnson is launching her mission to collect 5,000 community stories and transform them into poems, making this not just an event but a historic citywide movement.
7) PHOTOS from "Red Speedo" at Players Guild of Leonia - (LEONIA, NJ) -- The Players Guild of Leonia is diving headfirst into their 2025-2026 season with Red Speedo, the razor-sharp, hilarious, and fast-paced play by acclaimed playwright Lucas Hnath (A Doll's House, Part 2). The production runs from September 12-28, 2025 at the Civil War Drill Hall Theater in Leonia, home of the Players Guild. Photographer Chris Hietikko was on hand to take photos.
8) Music at Bunker Hill to Open Season with Brahms Piano Quintet - (SEWELL, NJ) -- Music at Bunker Hill enters its 18th season with familiar performers and masterworks and works by some of today's most exciting composers and performers. The season opens with David Kaplan, William Frampton, and Jia Kim alongside with violinists Giora Schmidt and Doori Na on Sunday, October 5, 2025. They will perform Brahms’ Piano Quintet and works by Schubert and Haydn.
9) Gateway Playhouse presents "Into the Woods" - (SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- Following a tremendous response to auditions with more than 100 people vying for a role, Gateway Playhouse of Somers Point will present Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Into the Woods from September 25 through October 5, 2025 with two casts.
10) Camden hosts Johnson Park Music and Arts Festival on Saturday - (CAMDEN, NJ) -- The Johnson Park Music and Arts Festival returns to Johnson Park, 101 Cooper Street in Camden, on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Now in its 5th year, the festival brings Camden-based musical acts, craft vendors, and visual artists together to promote "healing of the nation, city and tribes."
11) An Evening with Ryan Reynolds & Friends Celebrating John Candy - (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- On Thursday, September 25, 2025, award-winning actor, producer, and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds will appear live at State Theatre New Jersey to host a special screening of John Candy: I Like Me. The event is part of a nationwide tour celebrating the life and legacy of beloved comedian John Candy. Showtime is 7:00pm.
12) Asbury Park Halloween Food Truck & Music Festival to Take Place October 25-26 - (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- MES Event Services, LLC is excited to announce Asbury Park Halloween Food Truck & Music Festival, scheduled for October 25 & 26, 2025, from 11:00am to 8:00pm on Saturday and 11:00am to 6:00pm on Sunday, located in front of Convention Hall at Bradley Park (101 5th Avenue) in Asbury Park.
13) Two New Jersey Pianists Win Inaugural Bell Young Jazz Artist Award - (KALAMAZOO, MI) -- Dr. Pierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Gilmore, announced Tyler Bullock (Jersey City resident) and Esteban Castro (raised in Hackensack and Jazz House Kids alumnus) as the recipients of The Gilmore's inaugural 2026 Larry J. Bell Young Jazz Artist Awards, recognizing artistic excellence.
14) Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...9/11/25 - "The idea sort of started around 10 years ago but it took a minute to get it up and finished; actually COVID was the thing that got me to finish it because I had a whole year where I really didn't have anything to do so I finished the studio," laughed bassist Jack Daley as he and Producer Marc Swersky discussed the creation and function of Dug Deep Production in Asbury Park, NJ. "It was sort of framed and sheet-rocked but I completely gutted the building. I had the studio half built and then I had about three or four years when I was touring so much with Steven Van Zandt that I couldn't really get it finished but once COVID hit, I was over here every day."
15) Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort presents Sebastian Maniscalco in September - (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco starts a run at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort on Thursday, September 18 at 8:00pm. He has performances September 18-21, September 25-28, 2025. Hailed by The New York Times as "the hottest comic in America," he is a record-breaking comedian with over two decades of unparalleled success.
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