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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Soaked" by Kiaura Rose

by Bob Makin

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Soaked" from Kiaura Rose's debut seven-song debut album, "Vagrant."



 

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Daily Edition 08-07-26

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!



SModcastle Cinemas presents Horror Fest 2026 on Saturday

(ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ) -- SModcastle Cinemas presents Horror Fest 2026 on Saturday, August 8. The festival features seven blocks of independent horror, featuring sinister shorts, creature features, dark comedy, supernatural chills, and plenty of blood-soaked surprises.



Center Players to present "The Realistic Joneses" at the Jersey Shore Arts Center

(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Center Players of Freehold will present The Realistic Joneses by Will Eno as its first Signature Series production of the 2026-27 season. Directed by Center Players’ Artistic Director Michael Tota, the production will run from October 2-4 at the Herbst Theatre at the Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove, marking the first time Center Players has performed in the venue.



Works & Process Announces Fall 2026 Season

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Championing artists and their creative process at each step from studio to stage, so that performing artists can create with dignity -- Works & Process announces its dynamic fall 2026 season. Taking place at Guggenheim New York, Manhattan West, and Free Food Refettorio Harlem, the season features premieres, rotunda dance parties, creative residencies, and performances that extend beyond the stage, inviting audiences to spectate, participate, and continue the conversation at hosted receptions.










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Villagers Theatre's TeensVill program presents "The Wedding Singer"

(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre's TeensVill program presents The Wedding Singer across two weekends from August 7-16, 2026. Based on the popular movie, the play takes place in New Jersey in 1985.  A wannabe rock star (aka a professional wedding singer) is left at the altar and finally changes his tune.


The Levoy Theatre presents "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"

(MILLVILLE, NJ) -- The Levoy Theatre presents Beautiful: The Carole King Musical across two weekends from August 7-16, 2026. This is the inspiring true story of Carole King's journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.


Cape May Convention Hall presents Croce Plays Croce on August 7th

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- A.J. Croce brings his Croce Plays Croce show to the Cape May Convention Hall on Friday, August 7, 2026 at 8:00pm. Son of the legendary singer songwriter, Jim Croce, A.J. purposefully waited thirty years to perform his father's music, only introducing his acclaimed Croce Plays Croce Tour when he felt there was a meaningful way to honor his musical legacy with depth, intention, and musical integrity.


Music Mountain Theatre presents "The Will Rogers Follies"

(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre presents The Will Rogers Follies weekends from August 7-30, 2026. Presented in the style of a Ziegfeld Follies revue, The Will Rogers Follies chronicles the life of the beloved American entertainer through snappy tunes, elaborate production numbers, and comic sketches.


Alison Fraser and Bernard Dotson to Star in "Driving Miss Daisy" at Bell Theater

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- In the mid-1980s, aspiring playwright Alfred Uhry was seriously considering leaving the business after nearly two decades spent trying to find his voice and his subject. Instead, he sat down and wrote a play about his grandmother, not knowing that story would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize and four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, for the subsequent film adaptation. That masterpiece was Driving Miss Daisy. a modest, quietly told story about an old Southern woman and her driver. A brand-new professional production of Driving Miss Daisy will be presented August 7-23, 2026 at Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel.







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"Amazing!" Bruce Hornsby LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier
Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers performing at the Ocean City Music Pier on July 17, 2026.



McCarter Theatre Center to present the World Premiere of "True Marriage" by Carter Bays

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter Theatre Center has announced the fifth production of its 2026–27 season: the world premiere of True Marriage, a new comedy by Carter Bays. Directed by McCarter Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen, True Marriage runs May 8–30, 2027, in McCarter's Berlind Theatre.




New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2026 Includes a Concert Featuring Two Bands of Rutgers Students

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Hanging Coats and Lawns, part of New Brunswick's basement music scene, take the stage for an audio-visual performance on October 2 , 2026 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. A Rutgers student is injecting some sonic youth from the New Brunswick music scene into this year's New Jersey Fall Film Festival.




Algonquin Arts Theatre presents "Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical"

(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre presents Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical across two weekends from August 8-16, 2026. Bold, revolutionary, and electrifying, Hair captures the spirit of a generation and stands as the ultimate celebration of the 1960s.




McCarter Theatre presents the Octopus Theatricals Production of "All The Devils Are Here"

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter Theatre presents the Octopus Theatricals Production of All The Devils Are Here from August 19-30, 2026.  Learn how Shakespeare invented the villain in a play created and performed by Patrick Page. The production is directed by Simon Godwin.




Bruce Hornsby’s Indigo Park Tour LIVE! at MPAC

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on July 24, 2026.




PHOTOS from "Pretty Woman: The Musical" at Surflight Theatre

(BEACH HAVEN, NJ) -- Surflight Theatre is presenting Pretty Woman: The Musical from July 28 through August 16, 2026. This is your chance to fall in love all over again with one of the most beloved romances of all time! Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.




Judy Collins LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Judy Collins and Richard Thompson in concert at the Ocean City Music Pier on July 20, 2026.










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"I am great! I was in California last weekend and just got back, I have the day off and I'm getting to chat with you so everything is great," says Monster Jam monster truck driver Angelina Nock as she let us in on the profession, her background and what we can expect when she gets behind the wheel of Megalodon at Newark's Prudential Center August 14 through 16.



Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Josephine" by Emily Grove

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Josephine" from Emily Grove's forthcoming EP, "Fables," which she will celebrate the release of Aug. 3 at Watermark in Asbury Park.



Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites... 07/30/2026

"Yeah, the idea started early last year," enthusiastically stated guitarist Adrian Vandenberg as he discussed his upcoming "My Whitesnake Years" tour, a conglomeration of hits from some of the most revered classic rock acts of all time. "Last year it was 35 years ago when Whitesnake headlined the legendary Donington Festival in England. So, we thought it would be a good thing to celebrate that anniversary and do a "My Whitesnake Years" tour and when we were done, people from all over the world began asking if we'd be willing to do a run here or there and we went to Scandinavia, Spain and there is actually more stuff in the pipeline for next year also and of course now to the United States and it has been a lot of fun so far."

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DAILY EDITION

Daily Edition 08-07-26

Here is a look at the articles published on Thursday. The Daily Edition will be back on Monday with a recap of the articles published over the weekend.


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