Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from September 21-27, 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 8 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, and Ocean).
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1) Events This Week in New Jersey from September 23-29, 2025 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from September 23-29, 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.
2) Newark Mayor Baraka Announces 2025 Creative Catalyst Fund Awardees - (NEWARK, NJ) -- On September 23rd, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced the recipients of the 2025 Creative Catalyst Fund awards to provide artists and cultural groups with flexible grant support in recognition of the immense social and economic value the creative sector brings to Newark.
3) Talking with Eric Andersen: 'If Time Were a Song' - Greenwich Village folk legend Eric Andersen’s new 17-song album, “Dance of Love and Death,” is his first new original songs since 2003. Featuring Lenny Kaye, Larry Campbell and others, the release of “Dance of Love and Death” as a digital album, two-CD set and a double LP will be celebrated on Oct. 3 at The Avenel Performing Arts Center in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township. Accompanied by producer Steve Addabbo, Eric will perform songs from the new album, as well as career-spanning signatures, such as “Thirsty Boots,” “Blue River,” “Violets of Dawn” and “Close the Door Lightly.”
4) 2025 Perry Award Winners - (LAKEWOOD, NJ) -- The New Jersey Association of Community Theaters (NJACT) held the 2025 Perry Awards Ceremony on Sunday, September 21, 2025, at the historic Strand Center for the Arts in Lakewood. This annual celebration honors outstanding achievements in New Jersey's thriving community theater scene, shining a spotlight on the artists, volunteers, and productions that keep local theater alive and vibrant throughout the state.
5) Paper Mill Playhouse Adds Four To Board of Trustees - (MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the election of four individuals to its Board of Trustees. These new members will add their expertise and knowledge to the theatre's now 31-member Board. "I look forward to working with each of these individuals as Paper Mill prepares for its next phase of growth", said Michael Stotts, Executive Director. "They have already dived in with active participation, collaboration and sharing of their ideas and experience."
6) Bergen Fiber Network Goes Live In Little Ferry - (LITTLE FERRY, NJ) -- Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, Commissioner Chairwoman Mary Amoroso, and Commissioner Tracy Zur joined Mayor Mauro Raguseo and community leaders to mark a milestone for the Bergen Fiber Initiative: the activation of high-speed, county-owned broadband service in the Borough of Little Ferry.
7) Gateway Playhouse Names Renai Ellison As Executive Director Renai Ellison - (SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- Effective October 1, 2025, Renai Ellison, an executive leader, life coach and corporate and nonprofit innovator, assumes the role as Gateway Playhouse's new full-time executive director. Ellison takes the reins from Alice Woods who, for the past year, has held the position on a part-time basis.
8) WBGO Brings "All That Jazz" Concert Series To Morristown - (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- WBGO "All That Jazz" concert series expands to Morris County. In addition to the ongoing "All That Jazz" concert series in Union County, Smooth Jazz New Jersey, WBGO, and the Morris Museum, are excited to announce three new shows starting this fall with the Nationally acclaimed and Grammy nominated group Special EFX October 11, followed by world renowned Keyboardist extraordinaire Alex Bugnon November 22. Rounding out the series March 14th will be 12-time Grammy Nominee and Grammy winner Saxophone icon Kirk Whalum.
9) Art House Productions Announces New Board Leadership - (JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions, Jersey City's home for the performing and visual arts for the past 24 years, has announced a transition in leadership on its Board of Trustees. Michele Lewis-Bellamy, current Board Chair, will step down on September 24, 2025, after seven years of service, including four years as Chair. In accordance with board term limits, Lewis-Bellamy will conclude her tenure, and the board has appointed Michael Lord as the incoming Chair.
10) "They Blew It Out of the Water!" 10cc LIVE! at Carteret PAC - Music lovers this Saturday, September 13, 2025 evening at Carteret PAC in Carteret, NJ are ready to feel the benefit of a concert by the British band, 10cc. One of the most inventive groups in pop music, 10cc’s current Ultimate, Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour 2025 is a continuation of the ensemble’s first tour in the USA in over four decades.
11) Princeton University Art Museum Announces Inaugural Exhibitions in New Building - (PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton Collects and Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay, the inaugural exhibitions in the Princeton University Art Museum's new building, will premiere to the public on October 31, 2025, during the Museum's 24-Hour opening celebration. As befits a moment of such monumental reshaping, the building will open with a focus on the Museum's collections, including recent gifts and promised gifts of art as well as the story of how the collections have been shaped since their origins in the 1750s.
12) UniverSoul Circus Brings 'Rhythm of the World' to Newark - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Flying acrobats, gravity-defying stunts, fire breathers, stilt dancers, and the coolest clowns around! UniverSoul Circus returns to Newark with its new Rhythm of the World production from October 2-19, 2025 under the iconic big top tent at Weequahic Park.
13) Albert Music Hall presents "Songwriters In The Pines Show" - (WARETOWN, NJ) -- On Friday, September 26, 2025, Albert Music Hall will come alive with the sounds of American folk and bluegrass at the "Songwriters in the Pines Show." Headlining the evening is Cole Quest and the City Pickers, a spirited bluegrass band from New York led by the grandson of American folk icon Woody Guthrie. The performance is part of the group's tour for their newly released album, Homegrown, which weaves Guthrie's timeless songs with fresh originals.
14) RECAP: Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country at Ardmore Music Hall - To describe Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country as something special is an understatement. Playing 87 shows so far in 2025, this band has flexed its muscle playing traditional country music and honky-tonk combined with its version of dub and high voltage electronic jam music.
15) Ed Sheeran, Goo Goo Dolls, Alex Warren and Shaboozey to Perform at 12th Annual We Can Survive Concert - (NEWARK, NJ) -- Audacy announces multifaceted Ed Sheeran, the iconic Goo Goo Dolls, Audacy LAUNCH artist Alex Warren and rising Hip-Hop and Country star Shaboozey will headline its 12th annual We Can Survive concert presented by VEG, ER for Pets, on Friday, September 26, 2025 at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The powerful night of music supports the Company's "I'm Listening" mental health initiative and promotes having more mental health conversations.
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