Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published on New Jersey Stage from December 7-13, 2025. Each week we publish at least 70 articles, including original columns and features, promoting events and covering arts news taking place 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, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, and Union).
1) Events This Week in New Jersey from December 9-15, 2025 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from December 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.
2) Disney's "Frozen" at Paper Mill Playhouse is Great Entertainment this Holiday Season - The Paper Mill Playhouse (PMP) presents Disney's Frozen – A Broadway Musical for audiences to enjoy this holiday season. Performances run now through January 11, 2026.
3) PHOTOS from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" at The Growing Stage - (NETCONG, NJ) -- The Growing Stage presents Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer weekends from December 5-21, 2025 at the Historic Palace Theatre. The holiday classic soars off the screen in this musical adaptation of the beloved television special. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.
4) Katchats with the four People she knows that walked the Camino de Santiago: Part 2 - When I first started my column last year in November 2024, I reached out to a close personal friend from grade school. I knew he wrote a few books in the past so I asked for his assistance in my new venture into writing. He gave me many tips and even proofread some of my earlier pieces. He sent me two books, one that he wrote and another that his son wrote.
5) Ocean County College Repertory Theater Company presents Broadway for the Holidays 5 - (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Ocean County College Repertory Theater Company presents Broadway for the Holidays 5 in the Black Box Theater of the Grunin Center for the Arts across two weekends from December 12-21, 2025. Returning by popular demand, this festive extravaganza brings the magic of Broadway to the holiday season like never before.
6) State Theatre New Jersey and The Stress Factory Comedy Club present Nimesh Patel - (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey and The Stress Factory Comedy Club present Nimesh Patel: With All Due Disrespect Tour on Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30pm. Nimesh is a comedian and Emmy®-nominated writer who has risen the ranks to some of comedy's biggest stages due to his unassailable joke writing, prolific output, and innovative marketing.
7) Playhouse 22 presents "A Merry Little Christmas Carol" - (EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The holiday season is in full swing at Playhouse 22 with "A Merry Little Christmas Carol". This is a new take on the old Charles Dickens classic by Mark Shanahan and directed by Erik Hall. Performances run weekends from December 12-21, 2025.
8) Makin Waves with Yawn Mower: Band of the Year! - Beloved Asbury Park indie band Yawn Mower recently celebrated their 10th anniversary. Upon their formation as a fuzzed-out doomy surf-pop two-piece inspired by Toronto’s Death from Above 1979, guitarist Mike Chick and drummer Biff Swenson released several singles and EPs on their own fueled by a framing baritone guitar and fluidly frantic drumming. But within a few years, they signed with the seminal North Jersey indie label Mint 400 Records, and continued a steady stream of singles and EPs.
9) NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis to Headline Bradley Beach Jazz Festival - (BRADLEY BEACH, NJ) -- The Bradley Beach Jazz Festival has announced the full schedule and lineup for its second annual event, transforming the shore town into a vibrant hub of sound and swing from February 3-7, 2026. The festival is anchored by three spectacular Main Stage sessions on the weekend, featuring an internationally renowned lineup led by NEA Jazz Master and master trombonist, Delfeayo Marsalis.
10) Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton announces five Hodder Fellows for 2026-27 - (PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts has announced the selection of five Mary Mackall Gwinn Hodder Fellows for the 2026-27 academic year. This year's recipients include poet Jos Charles, photographer and visual artist Eric Gyamfi, theatermaker nazareth hassan, composer Amirtha Kidambi, and choreographer and performer Anna Sperber.
11) Pixie Dust Players Presents "SUFFS JR." - (WEST ORANGE, NJ) -- Fresh from Broadway, the musical based on suffragists and the American women's suffrage movement, has been reimagined for young performers as Pixie Dust Players presents SUFFS JR., running December 13-21, 2025 at the JCC Metrowest.
12) Tony Award Nominee Eva Noblezada to close Kean Stage's 2025-2026 season - (HILLSIDE, NJ) -- An Evening with Eva Noblezada will close Kean Stage's 2025-2026 season on Sunday, April 26 at Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside. The two-time Tony Award nominee brings a set list full of class, quirkiness and heartbreak as she takes you on her personal journey of discovering a deep love for music and theatre. Enjoy songs from classic musicals that take you back in time, and pop hits reimagined as if they were set in a sexy smoky speakeasy. Showtime is 7:00pm.
13) Tropicana Showroom presents Mammoth - (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Wolfgang Van Halen brings his band Mammoth to Tropicana Showroom on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 7:00pm. The GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer continues to separate Mammoth from the pack.
14) Count Basie Center for the Arts presents 1st ever Roast of New Jersey - (RED BANK, NJ) -- The Count Basie Center for the Arts presents the first-ever Roast Of New Jersey, a one-night only comedy concert taking place Saturday, February 28, 2026 at the venue's historic theater. Hosted by famed 'Roastmaster General' comic Jeff Ross, the Roast Of New Jersey will be an evening of jokes and barbs aimed squarely at the Garden State.
15) [TIE] Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Celebrates Lunar New Year - The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company celebrates Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse with a lineup of performances in NYC, New Jersey, and beyond! In honor of the Year of the Horse, the Company, with artistic director Greta Campo at the helm, will present two world premieres by choreographers Lawrence Jin and Zhongmei Li.
15) [TIE] Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...12/11/25 - "I'm fine thank you, I like to talk," said '80s pop icon Tiffany with a laugh as we had a face to face conversation at the 2Trax Studio of Deko Entertainment.
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