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13/08/2025

Artists like cats because artists are like cats. The feline temperament is mercurial, ungovernable, mischievous, intermittently social, prone to periods of feverish activity followed by glowering reclusiveness. I’ll wager many painters can relate. Cats are also beautiful animals, moving through the world with a well-curated mixture of adorableness and murderous malice. Phonies they are not. We respect them for their candor.

by Tris McCall

Artists like cats because artists are like cats. The feline temperament is mercurial, ungovernable, mischievous, intermittently social, prone to periods of feverish activity followed by glowering reclusiveness. I'll wager many painters can relate. Cats are also beautiful animals, moving through the....

13/08/2025

What did we publish yesterday? 8/13/25

THEATRE - This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place August 12-18, 2025
* Two River Theater presents Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Links"
* The Broadway National Tour of "The Addams Family" comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center - MPAC in September
* Somerset Valley Players presents "Funny Money" by Ray Cooney

MUSIC - The Newton Theatre presents Yesterday, A Tribute to The Beatles
* " The Sharp Notes " Opens Brick and Mortar Record Store Location in Garden State Plaza
* This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from August 12-18, 2025

FILM - Puffin Cultural Forum to host Outdoor Film Screening of "Fame" with DJ party

ART - Works by Local Artist Clara Sue Beym to Be Exhibited at Lacey Library in September

COMMUNITY - Cirque de Paris returns to MarketFair
* Events This Week in New Jersey from August 12-18, 2025
* Bradley Beach to Host 5th Annual Pirate Day on August 16th Borough of Bradley Beach

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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!

12/08/2025

(NEWTON, NJ) -- Yesterday, A Tribute to The Beatles will perform at The Newton Theatre on Friday, November 21, 2025 at 8:00pm. Since 2001, the band has brought the Fab Four’s music to life across the globe, earning the endorsement of Sir Paul McCartney himself.

12/08/2025

(PARAMUS, NJ) -- The sounds of vinyl will once again echo through the halls of the Westfield's Garden State Plaza with the grand opening of The Sharp Notes, a new record store owned and operated by New Jersey-based educator, musician, and music journalist Evan Toth.

12/08/2025

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Cirque de Paris presented by Anouchka Bouglione returns by popular demand to Princeton under the Big Top at the MarketFair from August 21 - September 1, 2025. Join Europe's most famous circus family for an all-new and immersive circus experience returning to American soil. Tickets are on sale now for this ALL-NEW one-ring spectacle rich in French circus traditions.

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Cirque de Paris presented by Anouchka Bouglione returns by popular demand to Princeton under the Big Top at the MarketFair from August 21 - September 1, 2025. Join Europe's most famous circus family for an all-new and immersive circus experience returning to American soil. Tickets...

12/08/2025

Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from August 12-18, 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.

12/08/2025

Here are previews of plays taking place from August 12-18, 2025 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.

12/08/2025

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents the world-premiere of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Links, stylishly reimagined by Tony Award® winning director Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder). Featuring numerous Tony Award® winners and nominees, both on and off stage, the production will run in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater from September 13 - October 5, 2025.

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents the world-premiere of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Links, stylishly reimagined by Tony Award® winning director Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder). Featuring numerous Tony Award® winners and nominees, both on and off stage, the pr...

12/08/2025

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, the magnificently macabre hit musical The Addams Family comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center - MPAC for three performances September 26-27, 2025. A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, this is the magnificently macabre hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters.

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, the magnificently macabre hit musical The Addams Family comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) for three performances September 26-27, 2025. A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, this is the....

12/08/2025

(BRADLEY BEACH, NJ) -- Ahoy, mateys! Prepare for a day of swashbuckling fun as Bradley Beach celebrates its annual Pirate Day on Friday, August 16, 2025. The day's festivities will feature a town-wide treasure hunt and live music, promising an adventure for pirates of all ages.

12/08/2025

(HILLSBOROUGH, NJ) -- Somerset Valley Players presents Funny Money by Ray Cooney weekends from September 5-21, 2025. Never has this master of farce been frenetically funnier! Henry A. Perkins, a mild- mannered CPA, accidentally picks up the wrong briefcase – one full of money.

12/08/2025

Here is a look at shows taking place from August 12-18, 2025 along with our featured listings and a look at some upcoming shows. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.