Top 15 Most Read Stories at New Jersey Stage from April 9-15, 2023

Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from April 9-15, 2023. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 9 counties in New Jersey (Atlantic, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, and Sussex).

PHOTOS from "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Holmdel

by John Posada - published 2023-04-15
(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- The Diary of Anne Frank has captivated readers around the world for decades, and now, audiences in Holmdel have the chance to experience the powerful story in a new theatrical production. The Holmdel Theatre Company production is directed by Amy Jones and runs weekends from Saturday, April 15th to Sunday, April 30th. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

PHOTOS from "Blithe Spirit" at Music Mountain Theatre

by John Posada - published 2023-04-14
(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre's 2023 season continues with Blithe Spirit, weekends from April 14-30, 2023. A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

Two Planet- and Family-Friendly Performances at Rowan College in Honor of Earth Day

by Carolyn M. Brown, JerseyArts.com - published 2023-04-14
Rowan University's College of Performing Arts, home of the Marie Rader Presenting Series, will present two planet- and family-friendly performances April 23, the solar-powered mobile stage show "The Puppet Cycle: Small World Stories," followed by bestselling author and composer Dan Brown's "Wild Symphony," a presentation of nearly two dozen musical portraits drawn from the animal kingdom for young audiences.

New Jersey Porch Fest Season Promises Fun for All

by Zachary Klein, JerseyArts.com - published 2023-04-14
A large map of Princeton sits on the wall of the second floor of the Arts Council of Princeton. On it, there are diagrams, thumbtacks and drawings penciling out an upcoming event that the Arts Council is holding. The event they are planning is called a Porch Fest, and ever since the first one occurred in Ithaca, New York in 2007, the number of these homegrown musical festivals have grown rapidly in communities around the country. Princeton is hosting this event for the second time and is one of about a dozen New Jersey communities to have a similar event scheduled in the next few months.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "The Change" by Ruby the Hatchet

by Bob Makin - published 2023-04-14
​​​​​​​Have you ever seen the Jersey-based female-fronted witch-edelic doom band Ruby the Hatchet?

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 04-14-23

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!

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...4/13/23

by Danny Coleman - published 2023-04-13
"I'm not sure how they're framing it," began Sirius XM radio personality Eddie Trunk with a slight laugh; "I mean, I've written a couple of books but I don't necessarily know if it's going to revolve around my books. I've written two books, "Essential Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Volume One" and "Volume Two" so, my most recent one would have been "Volume Two" which probably is about eight to ten years old at this point.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 04-13-23

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!