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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
Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival 2025 presents "My Italy Story" 
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival 2025 continues with My Italy Story written and performed by Joseph Gallo. Spurred by visits from his grandmother's ghost and by pleas from his cousin Louie to help get the family back together, Thomas DaGato quits his job as a New York account executive, and travels to the tiny Italian village of his ancestors - Vallata. It's not until he comes home, however, that he discovers a secret that unlocks his past. Performances take place from November 20-23, 2025.
music
Welcome the Holidays with Song: Enjoy Musical Magic with New Jersey's finest choruses 
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Ring in the holidays with seasonal music from some of New Jersey's top choral arts organizations beginning with The Somerset Hills Chorus conducted by Stephen Sands on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 5:00pm at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown. The program will feature a selection of Christmas music featuring Francis Poulenc's Gloria with organ, brass and soprano soloist, Kristin Sands. The program also features the popular sing-along carols and a show stopping finale arranged by Ryan Brandau. For tickets and more information, go to www.musicsh.org.
The Dryden Ensemble presents "Daydreams (and Dictators)" on Saturday 
​​​​​​​(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Dryden Ensemble looks forward to welcoming audiences back for its second season under Artistic Director Daniel Swenberg. This year, the Princeton-based ensemble continues its unique pay-what-you-can approach—performing without tickets or admission fees—and invites audiences to support the music they love through donations.
Albert Music Hall presents Annual Homeplace Show: The Sounds of the Jersey Pines on Saturday 
(WARETOWN, NJ) -- On Saturday, November 15, 2025, the annual Homeplace Show will take place at Albert Music Hall, featuring traditional "Sounds of the Jersey Pines." The name of the show originates from weekly jam sessions once held at the Albert brothers’ cabin—affectionately known as the Homeplace by those who played there. These gatherings drew crowds from near and far, including both musicians and music enthusiasts who came to listen or sing along. Over time, they inspired the founding of Albert Music Hall and the Pinelands Cultural Society.
film
New Release Review - "Nuremberg" 
Given its subject matter, you might expect writer/director James Vanderbilt's Nuremberg to be another awards bait snoozer, the sort of film schoolkids will be forced to sit through when their History teacher wants to catch up on correcting homework. But Vanderbilt is the screenwriter responsible for David Fincher's Zodiac, arguably the best movie based on real events to come out of Hollywood this century. By narrowing his focus on two men, Vanderbilt has crafted a riveting film that grounds a global spectacle in the brief relationship between these two figures.
art
From the Forgotten to the Fantastic: "Lost and Found (and Lost Again)" at SOPAC 
(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) presents Lost and Found (and Lost Again), a two-artist exhibition featuring new works by Jake Guttormsson and Rob Weiss, curated by Jeremy Moss. The exhibition will be on view from November 13, 2025, through January 18, 2026, in the Herb + Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC.
Tatyana Kazakova: "Afterland" 
Artists have been rebelling against the frame for a long time. Painters put borders around their pictures and are immediately filled with an overwhelming urge to shatter them. Never mind that it is the artist herself who imposes the limits. Her images push hard against the lines that confine them anyway. Sometimes the pot boils over and the work spills over the frame and into the white space beyond, or drips down the edges and on to the walls.
community
Holiday Events in Carteret to Take Place Throughout December 
(CARTERET, NJ) -- 'Tis the season in Carteret to celebrate the winter holidays as a community. The Borough is pulling out all the stops with several sponsored holiday events, plus two additional ticketed entertainment events at Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.
