Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage from October 11-17, 2026

Published by New Jersey Stage
originally published: 10/18/2026

Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published on New Jersey Stage from October 11-17, 2026. 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 7 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean).

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1) Dandy's World Gardenview Experience is coming to American Dream - (EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ) -- American Dream, the premier entertainment and retail destination, continues to bring one-of-a-kind experiences to life, with its latest offering, Dandy's World Gardenview Experience, set to debut this fall. The first-of-its-kind activation for the Dandy's World IP, an extremely popular all-ages survival-horror experience on Roblox will take place at American Dream from October 7 through November 1, 2026, highlighting a festive American Scream calendar.

2) Events This Week in New Jersey from October 13-19, 2026 - Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from October 13-19, 2026 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.

3) 2026 Perry Awards Winners - (LAKEWOOD, NJ) -- The 53rd Annual Perry Awards were presented by NJACT (The New Jersey Association of Community Theatres) on October 4, 2026 at The Strand Theater. Some notable winners: The Community Theater of the Year went to Studio Players; Kevin Gunther received a Lifetime Achievement Award; John Wells received the David P. McMenemie Award; and the Reviewer of the Year Award went to Richard Siegel.

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4) Stevie Van Zandt and Teachrock to be Honored by Count Basie Center for the Arts on Saturday - (RED BANK, NJ) -- For Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Van Zandt, Saturday, October 17, 2026 will bring together two defining parts of a career that has long extended beyond the stage, celebrating both his impact on music and culture and his commitment to the educators shaping the next generation.

5) It's a Family Affair: A Hilarious Dark Comedy Premieres at Avenel Performing Arts Center Before Heading Off-Off-Broadway - (AVENEL, NJ) -- Retirement was supposed to bring JT Tyler some peace. Instead, the retired fire captain discovers that after 40 years of putting out fires for everyone else, the biggest fire he may ever face is burning right inside his own home.

6) Bergen County Players Announces Halloween Night Extravaganza and Post-Show Talkback with Co-Writer Steve Rosen - (ORADELL, NJ) -- As anticipation builds for its upcoming Halloween season production, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Bergen County Players (BCP) is turning Halloween Weekend into Oradell's premiere late-night destination with two special events for adults looking to trade in front-porch frights for bites after twilight. On Saturday, October 31, once the neighborhood trick-or-treating wraps up, BCP will host a special Halloween Night Bash: "Bites, Frights & Prize Night" for those attending the show (doors open at 7:30pm) followed on Sunday, November 1st by an exclusive post-Dracula talkback with the show’s celebrated actor, writer, co-creator Steve Rosen.

7) Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage from October 4-10, 2026 - Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published on New Jersey Stage from October 4-10, 2026. 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 6 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, and Monmouth).

8) State Theatre New Jersey presents Netflix Special Taping of Aziz Ansari: Hypothetical Tour - (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents a Netflix Special Taping of the new show, Aziz Ansari: Hypothetical Tour on Thursday, October 29, 2026 with performances at 7:00pm & 9:30pm. Tickets are $40.

9) Burlington County Footlighters presents "The Drowsy Chaperone" - (CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters presents The Drowsy Chaperone weekends from November 6-21, 2026. When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious Tony Award-winning musical farce.

10) Black Box Studios Launches 18th Season Of Professional Theater & Performing Arts Education in Northern NJ - (TEANECK, NJ) -- Established on Teaneck's Cedar Lane in the Fall of 2008, Black Box Studios now enters its 18th season with a unique mix of professional theater offerings and proprietary collaborative performing arts education for kids, teens, and adults.

11) Mile Square Theatre presents "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf" - (HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre presents For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf from weekends from November 6-15, 2026. Written by Ntozake Shange, this groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women.

12) Levoy Theatre presents The Artimus Pyle Band on Friday - (MILLVILLE, NJ) -- The Levoy Theatre presents The Artimus Pyle Band on Friday, October 16, 2026 at 8:00pm. The band honors the legacy of Ronnie Van Zant's Lynyrd Skynyrd. Six Gun Sally will open the night.

13) Axelrod Performing Arts Center presents "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" - (DEAL PARK, NJ) -- Axelrod Performing Arts Center presents Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's beloved musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from November 6–22, 2026. The irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son.

14) Grunin Center for the Arts presents Veronica Swift on Thursday - (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Grunin Center for the Arts presents Veronica Swift on Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 7:30pm. Veronica has established herself as one of her generation’s iconic voices in Jazz.

15) A Book In Hand Reading of "Twelve Incompetent Jurors" to take place October 17-18 - (OLD BRIDGE, NJ) -- The Middlesex Bar Foundation in collaboration with Main Street Theatre Company presents a book in hand reading of Twelve Incompetent Jurors with two performances from October 17-18, 2026. The play by Ian McWethy is about a man accused of abducting half a dozen cats. He admits it. It's an open-and-shut case, even for a jury filled with oddballs – with the exception of one sane juror.