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New Jersey Film Festival Your Lips Never Left Mine Filmmaker Video Interview!

Al Nigrin, Executive Director & Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down with Writer/Director, Matthew Kozlark & Felicia Ricci, producer and editor of Your Lips Never Left Mine, for a filmmaker interview. Your Lips Never Left Mine will kick off the New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 4, 2026.



 

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Film Review: "Mutiny"

"Jason Statham movie" is practically a genre in itself at this point. You know wheat you're getting from a Statham movie. The likelihood is that he'll be playing some sort of former special ops grunt who has escaped his past and is now trying to keep his head down and live a quiet life. Of course, something will happen that requires him to return to the life of violence he has tried to outrun. There is a clear distinction however between Statham's American movies and those he makes in his homeland. An American Statham movie is an over the top action flick of the type that once starred Sly and Arnie, while his British efforts tend to be more grounded, closer to the sort of action thrillers that once starred Charles Bronson. In the former the violence is cartoonish, while in the latter it tends to be grisly.



EPIC Players presents "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"

(NEW YORK, NY) -- EPIC Players presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from November 20 through December 6, 2026 at ART/NY Mezzanine Theatre. This award-winning adaptation of the bestselling novel by Mark Haddon is a rich exploration of the touching and bleakly humorous tale of 15-year-old Christopher, his neighbor's dog and how best to venture out into the adult world. It was adapted by Simon Stephens.



Art House Productions presents "Creation from Destruction"

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents Creation from Destruction, a group exhibition celebrating Art House's 25th Anniversary at the Art House Gallery from Friday, September 11 through Sunday, October 25, 2026. This exhibition is part of JC Fridays.



Riverside Gallery presents "The Diversity of Relationships and Memories"

(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Riverside Gallery presents "The Diversity of Relationships and Memories" - an exhibition of paintings by Steve Cavallo and Kyung Cavallo from September 4-14, 2026. The exhibition brings together the works of a contemporary figurative artist and an outsider artist couple.



Sieminski Theater Cultural Arts Center presents Lady Supreme: A Diana Ross Experience on September 26

(BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- Sieminski Theater Cultural Arts Center presents Lady Supreme: A Diana Ross Experience on Saturday, September 26 at 7;30pm. This is a spectacular tribute to the life and work of the Supreme Diva. Accompanied by top notch singers and musicians, Deanna Carroll covers the hits of the Supremes to Diana’s solo sensations with spot-on vocals. 



This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place August 25-31, 2026

Here are previews of plays taking place from August 25-31, 2026 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.



Asbury Park Theater Company presents "The Wolves"

(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- Asbury Park Theater Company presents The Wolves across two weekends from September 25 to October 4, 2026 at the Jersey Shore Arts Center. Sarah DeLappe's Pulitzer Prize finalist play follows a high school girls' soccer team as they navigate friendship, identity, competition, and the challenges of growing up through fast-paced, funny, and deeply human conversations on and off the field.



Art House Productions presents "Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties"

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties by Jen Silverman from August 28-29, 2026. Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty's busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something. Five different women named Betty collide at the intersection of anger, sex, and the "thea-tah."



Villagers Theatre presents "[title of show]"

(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre presents [title of show] across two weekends from September 18-26, 2026. In this play by Hunter Bell, Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away.



Phoenix Productions presents "Pirates - The Penzance Musical"

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Phoenix Productions presents Pirates - The Penzance Musical from September 25-27, 2026 at Count Basie Center for the Arts. This is a jazzy and joyous reimagining of the beloved Gilbert & Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance.



Playhouse 22 presents "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"

(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. Directed by Jennifer Greenberg, this is a riotous comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world.



Masquerade Theatre presents The Long Story Short Play Festival on September 3rd

(RIVERSIDE, NJ) -- Masquerade Theatre presents The Long Story Short Play Festival on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 7:30pm.  Come celebrate the birthday of local playwright Amber Kusching and watch a collection of new plays written by the local theatre community.



Burlington County Footlighters present "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

(CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters present The Hunchback of Notre Dame weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. From the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.



Bridge Players Theatre Company presents "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?"

(BURLINGTON, NJ) -- Bridge Players Theatre Company presents Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? weekends from September 25 through October 10, 2026. Focusing on eight children during their Catholic elementary and high school education in the 1950s, this hilarious musical captures the funniest aspects of youthful growing pains and the trying moments of adolescence.



Olympic Champion Laurie Hernandez Kicks Off 2026-27 Blauvelt Speaker Series at OCC's Grunin Center for the Arts

(TOMS RIVER, NJ — The Ocean County College Foundation's Blauvelt Speaker Series kicks off its 2026-27 season with "A Conversation with Laurie Hernandez" on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts on the Ocean County College campus in Toms River. The event begins at 6:00pm.



Two River Theater presents August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson"

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Piano Lesson from September 12 through October 4, 2026 in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater. The production is directed by Francois Battiste (Hospice at Illinois State University, Broke-ology at B-Street Theater) and launches the theater's 2026/27 Season while continuing Two River's commitment to staging all ten plays in August Wilson’s Century Cycle.



Daily Edition 08-25-26

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!










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(BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- Sieminski Theater Cultural Arts Center presents Lady Supreme: A Diana Ross Experience on Saturday, September 26 at 7;30pm. This is a spectacular tribute to the life and work of the Supreme Diva. Accompanied by top notch singers and musicians, Deanna Carroll covers the hits of the Supremes to Diana’s solo sensations with spot-on vocals. 




















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Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Tide and the Moon" by Cory Blair

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Tide and the Moon" from "Midheaven," the debut EP of Asbury Park singer-songwriter Cory Blair.


"Summer in the City"

A rainbow hangs over the door to Deep Space Gallery (77 Cornelison). It's about the size of a small boomerang, the color of Lucky Charms, and the texture of a welcome mat. This plush sign of the covenant is brought to you by enthusiastic yarn-tufter SarahGrace, a regular in these display rooms. Roy G. Biv is a guarantor of inclusiveness, and curators Jenna Geiger and Keith Van Pelt made good on that promise by inviting scores of old favorites to contribute work to "Summer in the City," the gallery's volatile tenth anniversary show. But rainbows also come in the wake of downpours. They're a testament to atmospheric turbulence — the gleaming crowns worn by the storm king.


Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Headlights" by Renee Maskin & the Wilder Tide

The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Headlights," the quasi title track from Renee Maskin & the Wilder Tide's debut EP, "In the Headlights," which they will celebrate on Aug. 15 as part of a triple release party with The Extensions and Cussing.

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