(ASBURY PARK, NJ -- DECEMBER 12, 2013) --
Hundreds of musicians, music fans, and industry professionals packed the
Stone Pony on a cold winter's night to celebrate the local music scene
with the annual Asbury Music Awards. Over 35 different awards were
presented along with live performances from some of the hottest acts in
the scene throughout the evening.
Performers included Lemon
Juice, Empire Escorts, Wreaths, The Black Jesuses, The Battery Electric,
Amy Malkoff & the Moonshines, Lower The Veil, Harper's Fellow
(featuring Joe Michelini of River City Extension), The Sunday Blues,
Emily Grove Band, Cranston Dean, Ardvark Smile, and Alex English.
The
two special lifetime awards were presented to Tony "Bocci" Amato (2013
Living Legend) and John DiCapua (James M. MacDonald Behind the Scenes
Lifetime Achievement Award).
More than anything, the annual event
is a great night of networking, seeing old friends, and sometimes even a
way to find bandmates for new projects. This was the 21st annual
Asbury Music Awards show, an event that was originally called "The Gold
T-Birds Awards" and presented at the old T-Birds Cafe. The idea for the
awards came from Scott Stamper (owner of The Saint in Asbury Park) as a
way to give something back to the performers and fans who make up the
Jersey Shore music scene.
Here are the 2013 Asbury Music Award winners:
Bands
Top Americana: Thomas Wesley Stern
Top Avant-Garde Act: Wreaths
Top Blues/Soul Band: Sandy Mack Band
Top "Classic" Asbury Artist: Stringbean & the Stalkers
Top Heavy Rock Act: Toothgrinder
Top Indie Rock Band: Brick+Mortar
Top Jam/Groove Band: Lemon Juice
Top Pop Rock Band: Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why
Top Live Performance: The Battery Electric
Top Punk Band: Lost In Society
Top Rock Band: The Battery Electric
Top Young band (Under 21): The Glycerine Queens
Solo Artists
Poet Laureate: Joshua J. Ballard
Top Female/Band Acoustic Act: Emily Grove
Top Female Vocalist: Amy Malkoff (Amy Malkoff & the Moonshines)
Top Male/Band Acoustic Act: Thomas Wesley Stern
Top Male Vocalist: Ron Santee (The Battery Electric)
Songs & Videos
Beyond Asbury Top Record/Single/Digital Release: Nicole Atkins ("Neptune City" to benefit Sandy Relief)
Top Local Release: "Thanks For Tonight" by Harper's Fellow
Top Music Video: "Bangs" by Brick+Mortar
Song Of The Year: "Shock Hazard" by The Battery Electric
Individual Awards
Top Bassist: Alex Rosen (The Battery Electric)
Top Drummer: Wills Weller (Toothgrinder)
Top Guitarist: James McCaffrey (Karmic Juggernaut)
Top Keyboard Player: Matt Wade (Matt Wade Band)
Top Multi-Instrumentalist: Keith McCarthy (The Sunday Blues)
Music Industry Awards
Top Live Sound Engineer: Jack "Hinge" Pitzer (The Saint)
Top Local Club DJ: DJ Jack The Ripper
Top Journalist In Support Of Live Music: Chris Rotolo (Speak Into My Good Eye)
Top Music Photographer: Jeff Crespi (freelance)
Top Music Website/Facebook In Support Of Live Original Music: Speak Into My Good Eye
Top News Publication In Support Of Live Music: The Aquarian Weekly
Top Radio/Internet Station To Support Live Music: 90.5 The Night WBJB-FM Brookdale Public Radio
Top Radio Personality In Support Of Live Music: Stu Coogan (WBJB-FM 90.5 The Night)
Venue Awards
Best Thing to Happen In 2012/2013: Happy Monday's (Wonder Bar, Asbury Park)
Top Hang-Out Bar: Bond Street Bar (Asbury Park)
Top Live Original Music Venue: The Saint (Asbury Park)
The Big Ones
2013 Living Legend: Tony "Bocci" Amato (Boccigalupe & the Badboys)
James M. MacDonald Behind the Scenes Lifetime Achievement: John DiCapua
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Photo of The Sunday Blues performing live at the Asbury Music Awards. Photo credit: Gary Wien
(Morristown, NJ) This November, incredible
LEGO sculptures created by Nathan Sawaya are returning to the Morris
Museum for a new exhibition. The Morris Museum is pleased to announce
the opening of The Brick Art of Nathan Sawaya, which will be on view
from November 14, 2013 through March 9, 2014. While Sawaya's art is on
display, a special area will be set up where visitors can create their
own sculptures out of the iconic toy. Several special programs are
planned, including a series of building workshops featuring LEGO
building blocks.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2887
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- State Theatre
presents The Price Is Right, Live! on Friday, December 6, 2013 at 8pm.
Tickets range from $25-55. The Price Is Right Live! is the interactive
stage show that gives contestants pulled right from the audience the
chance to "Come On Down" to win appliances, vacations, and even new cars
by playing classic games from television's longest running and most
popular game show. From Plinko to Cliffhangers to the Big Wheel, and
Showcase, all the favorite games are played just like the TV show.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2879
(UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages, the
professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is now
accepting submissions for the 10th Annual Premiere Stages Play Festival.
This yearly competition for unproduced scripts offers developmental
and production opportunities to four playwrights born or currently
residing in the greater metropolitan area (New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, and Connecticut).
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2874
(Newton, NJ) -- The quirky Marshall
Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets will perform at the Newton Theatre on
Saturday, February 1st, 2014.
Over 25 years since breaking
through to critical and commercial acclaim with his 1982 self-titled
debut and its infectious, era- defining pop hit Someday, Someway,
Marshall Crenshaw creates an incredible new chapter in his career with
his 429 Records debut Jaggedland. Crenshaw's first studio recording in
more than six years is his most musically dynamic and lyrically intimate
collection yet. Classic Crenshaw attributes including an indelible
sense of melody and tuneful essence combine to create a rich warmth and
intimacy on every song of Jaggedland. The recording has a powerful vibe
of immediacy thanks to Crenshaw's warm vocals and riveting guitar work.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2858
(Newton, NJ) -- Kenny Vance & the
Planotones will perform at the Newton Theatre on Saturday, January 18th,
2014. Growing up in New York, Kenny Vance was captivated by the magic
of rock 'n' roll. At 15, he was hanging around the Brill Building
meeting other singers and songwriters, and eventually formed the
successful group Jay and The Americans. They went on to record 15 albums
and tour extensively, opening for the Beatles' and Rolling Stones'
first U.S. Appearances.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2843
(NEWARK, NJ) -- Fortified with four
instantly-sold-out New York City club shows, a sold-out UK/European tour
and five brand-new songs, the Pixies announced today that a
coast-to-coast North American leg has been added to its 2013-2014 world
tour and will stop at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on January 21,
2014 at 7:30pm. Special guest Fidlar will open.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2836
(Long Branch, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory
Company is proud to announce the New Jersey Premiere of "middlemen",
written by David Jenkins and directed by Marc Geller, on November 7
through December 8, 2013 at 179 Broadway in Long Branch.
Ripped
from the headlines, this highly topical play deals with the cynicism
and corruption that has come to characterize our financial institutions
and Wall Street. Amid the drone of industrial air conditioning and the
buzz of fluorescent lights, middle manager Stan and fiscal analyst
Michael toil away on an exhaustive annual report in their desolate
sixty-floor office tower. One-by-one, their co-workers have
mysteriously disappeared, but neither really seems to care about
anything, except that no one bought milk for their break-room and one of
them may have been responsible for the collapse of Bolivia.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2835
(Newton, NJ) --An intimate evening with
Edwin McCain, with his soulful voice and romantic songs, will take place
at the Newton Theatre on January 10th, 2014.
Taking the stage
for what's easily the 100th time in almost as many days, Edwin McCain
casually joins his band as they start off another set that's impossibly
tight and laid back at the same time. By the time his vocals kick in,
it's clear that this is no ordinary troubadour on the club circuit. This
is Edwin McCain, the voice that is romance incarnate, that has launched
a thousand marriages and stirred up Southern soul for over 20 years.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2834
(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- When the singer
known as Matisyahu first headlined a concert on the Jersey Shore, he cut
a strikingly unique figure in pop music a skilled specialist in
reggae/ hip-hop beats (and a beat-boxer of rare form), who delivered his
boundary-busting hit "King Without a Crown" while attired in the
traditional black garb, long beard and sidelocks of his Hasidic faith.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2828
(Newton, NJ) -- Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
Leon Russell will perform at the Newton Theatre on Saturday, January
11, 2014. Russell is a legendary musician and songwriter from Tulsa,
Oklahoma who has been performing his gospel-infused southern boogie
piano rock, blues, and country music for over 50 years.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2817
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Dreamcatcher Repertory
Theatre, professional Theatre in Residence at the Oakes Center in
Summit, will offer Acting and Improv Comedy classes for kids, teens and
adults this fall beginning October 14 and concluding with a class
showcase on December 13.
Read more at: http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2794
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- State Theatre and
Metropolitan Entertainment present The Laurie Berkner Band A Holiday
Celebration Concert on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 2pm. Concert
tickets range from $25-$35. Special $100 VIP packages are available that
include preferred seating and an after-show meet and greet.
Read more at http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2790
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- State Theatre
presents Foreigner on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 8pm. With 10
multi-Platinum albums and 16 Top 30 hits, Foreigner is one of the
biggest bands in rock history. Foreigner's hits include "Juke Box Hero,"
"Feels Like the First Time," "Urgent," "Cold as Ice," "Hot Blooded,"
and the worldwide smash "I Want to Know What Love Is."
Read more at: http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=2787
(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- The 2013-2014
Visiting Writers Series continues with a reading by award-winning author
Anna Journey on Thursday, November 14 at 4:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall
Auditorium on Monmouth University's campus. Anna Journey is the author
of the poetry collections Vulgar Remedies (Louisiana State University
Press, 2013) and If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting (University of
Georgia Press, 2009), which was selected by Thomas Lux for the National
Poetry Series.
Journey holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and
Literature from the University of Houston, as well as a B.F.A. in Art
Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, both from Virginia
Commonwealth University. Having spent the first seven years of her life
in South Asiafive in Dhaka, Bangladesh and two in New Delhi, Indiashe
came to the United States, in the late 1980s, and settled in Fairfax,
Virginia. At eighteen, she moved to Richmond, Virginia, where she
resided for eight years, studying ceramics as an undergraduate student
and poetry as a graduate student, at VCU. Before moving to California,
she studied for three and a half years in Houston, Texas, while
completing her doctoral studies.
Laurel Maury of The Los Angeles
Times describes Journey's first book of poems, If Birds Gather Your Hair
for Nesting, as "a deeply American debut that deals with the author's
Southern childhood and adolescence as a pretty, redheaded girl from the
bayouit's lush with Romanticism." However, Maury goes on to say Journey
doesn't fall into the trap of quaintness." In a voice uniquely her own
Publishers Weekly notes, "Journey's special topicsextended family,
animals, insomnia, folklore, rendered in animated contemporary
dictionmake her verse no dead ringer for anyone else's."
Her poems
have appeared in American Poetry Review, The Best American Poetry,
FIELD, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Her
creative nonfiction appears or is forthcoming in At Length, Better, The
Southern Review, and elsewhere. She's received fellowships in poetry
from Yaddo and the National Endowment for the Arts. She currently lives
in Venice, California, with her husband, poet David St. John, and
teaches creative writing in Pacific University's low residency M.F.A.
program.
Monmouth University's
Center for the Arts Visiting Writers Series brings the most celebrated
poets and authors from around the world (Andrei Codrescu, Colm Tibn,
Adam Zagajewski,) and our own back yard (Long Branch's own US Poet
Laureate, Robert Pinsky) to the beautiful auditorium of the University's
centerpiece, historic Wilson Hall. With our Visiting Writers Series, we
hope the audience will experience a renewed sense of their relationship
to poetry and fiction, to language, and to be moved emotionally by that
writer's representation of what it means to be a human being, whether
that experience is one of joy, celebration, longing, or sorrow.
(GLASSBORO, NJ) -- In a season featuring
several re-imagined classics, the Department of Theatre & Dance at
Rowan University next presents the World Premiere of choreographer Paule
Turner's original piece, The Swan. Performances are November 21, 22
& 23 at 8 pm and November 24 at 2 pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall on the
university's Glassboro campus.
Conceived, directed and
choreographed by Turner, this production explores the iconic dance image
of the swan. The performers are members of Dance Extensions, Rowan's
contemporary dance company, and the piece is set to an innovative score
rooted in the classical realm, yet honoring the contemporary. Turner,
taking inspiration from the infamous ballet Swan Lake, aims to reveals
the audacious nature of the beast that has to protect such delicate
beauty.
"Our swan is a little truer to the nature of a real swan," Turner says. "She is elegant but fierce."
While
it features full-on dancing with visually, musically and rhythmically
diverse elements, the work encompasses a number of deeper ideas and
references. These range from examining varied representations of the
swan in ballet and other stories to age-old questions about living in or
between opposing worlds.
"There is no message, but we raise
questions because I don't have the answers," Turner notes, "Such as How
do we deal with differences in our societies?' and 'Can two different
worlds exist?'"
Turner has been a visible and active member of the
Philadelphia dance community and was named one of the "Top 25 to Watch"
by Dance Magazine in 2000. He has made a career creating "dance dramas"
that are at once entertaining, meaningful, compelling and humorous
while confronting social and political issues. He has received grants
and fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and The Pew
Charitable Trusts and has toured internationally with his own ensemble,
c o u r t. He is an Assistant Professor at Rowan where he serves as
Advisor and Artistic Director of Dance Extensions.
Pfleeger
Concert Hall is located in Wilson Hall on the campus of Rowan
University, Route 322 in Glassboro, NJ. Tickets are $15, general
admission; and $10 for seniors/non-Rowan students/alumni. Rowan students
and staff are admitted free with valid ID. For tickets and information,
visit rowan.tix.com or call the box office at (856) 256-4545.
(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- The Equity professional
East Lynne Theater Company is receiving $14,580.00 from the Cooperative
Marketing Grant sponsored by the New Jersey Department of State:
Division of Travel and Tourism. The award was given based on the scores
of an independent evaluation and funding review committee that studied
ELTC's application and marketing plan. This is the seventh year in a row
that ELTC has received this prestigious grant, and it will be used
solely for advertising.
Aside from placing ads and
articles in magazines and newspapers outside of South Jersey, ELTC
actively pursues performance possibilities beyond state boarders.
Funding for these productions comes from the organizations sponsoring
ELTC's touring shows and specific grants received by ELTC for touring
only, yet the town of Cape May benefits because ELTC clearly states that
its home is Cape May. Sometimes, complete ELTC playbills, including
advertising pages, are distributed to these audiences.
In
2013, so far, almost 4,000 people attended 39 ELTC performances in
Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania, and seven counties in New Jersey: Bergen, Essex,
Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic, and Somerset. Shows included a
staged reading of "Why Marry?" at The Players Club in NYC, "Emma
Goldman: My Life" at Metropolitan Playhouse in NYC and Ohio State
University, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" at Ocean Professional Theatre
Company in Barnegat, NJ, and "Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music"
at the Newark PAC.
ELTC also attracts visitors to Cape May
off-season with its Playwriting Get-Away and Murder Mystery Weekends in
February and March held at The Henry Sawyer Inn. On March 14 and 15,
"Holmes and Carter Mysteries," ELTCs popular vintage-radio style
production, with live sound effects and commercials, returns to Cape May
before it goes on the road.
East Lynne Theater Company has been performing throughout the United
States since 1980, but for those who wish to see the company in its
beautiful performance venue, The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes
Street, Cape May, "Christmas with Harte and O. Henry" can be seen on
Nov. 29 and 30, Dec. 8, 12, 13 and 14 at 8:00p.m., with Saturday
matinees on Nov. 30 and Dec. 14 at 2:00p.m. For reservations and
information about ELTC's mainstage season, touring shows, and
educational outreach, call 609-884-5898 or go to www.eastlynnetheater.org .
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) The Saint and ElmThree
Productions is pleased to present The Pimps of Joytime at The Saint in
Asbury Park on Sunday, November 24th at 8:00 pm (7:00pm doors). Tickets
are available through Ticketweb via TheSaintnj.com , ElmThree.com and
at the door the day of the show. Tickets are $15.
In 2005,
Brian J. began to assemble a group of righteously soulful vocalists and
musicians to assist in bringing to life the musical concept that would
become The Pimps of Joytime. The band's diverse sound and spirited
attitude is strongly influenced by the Brooklyn DJ culture and live
music scene from which they emerge. Recent collaborations with legendary
artists Cyril and Art Neville of the Neville Brothers and Roy Ayers
have helped vitalize the band's connection to its roots.
Over the
course of the past five years, The Pimps have evolved into a road tested
and audience approved groove machine. They have excited crowds at over
100 club dates and festivals in 2012 alone, and are on target to exceed
that volume in 2013. The exponential growth of the band's fan base can
be partially attributed to an artful blend of musical styles, including
elements of afro-beat, salsa, rock & roll and electronica. Brian J's
classic songwriting and the band's undeniable swagger on stage
consistently energize dance parties wherever they appear.
The
Pimps of Joytime are poised to bring their audacious sound to savvy
audiences around the planet. Their forthcoming third studio album coming
this fall will be a new chapter in the book of the Funk and a testament
to the fact that real music is alive and kicking!
The Saint is a nightclub located at 601 Main St., Asbury Park, NJ 07712.
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- State Theatre has
added two performances to the 2014 line-up. The added performances are
moe. on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 7:30pm and Zappa Plays Zappa on
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 8pm.
moe.
Friday, January 24, 2014 at 7:30pm
One
of the most recognized and respected names in the jam band scene today,
moe.'s songs include "Haze," "New York City," "Spine of a Dog," and
"Plane Crash." With 20 years of touring and just as many albums under
its belt, the quintet of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey on guitars and
vocals, Rob Derhak on bass and vocals, Jim Loughlin on percussion and
vibes, and Vinnie Amico on Drums, continues to push the standard for
performance art.
Tickets: $30-35
Zappa Plays Zappa
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 8pm
Come
hear Frank Zappa's music played by someone who knew him best: his own
son. Frank Zappa's music lives on with every set Zappa Plays Zappa
performs. Zappa Plays Zappa, led by the legend's son Dweezil, will
perform his iconic album Roxy And Elsewhere in its entirety plus other
fan favorites.
Tickets: $35-55
For tickets or more information, call the State Theatre ticket office at 732-246-SHOW (7469), or visit us online at www.StateTheatreNJ.org
. The State Theatre ticket office, located at 15 Livingston Ave, New
Brunswick NJ, is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10am to 6pm;
Wednesday 11am to 7pm; Saturday, 1pm to 5pm; and at least three hours
prior to curtain on performance dates, unless otherwise specified. For
information on group outings and discounts, call 732-247-7200, ext. 517.
Some additional ticket and transaction fees may apply.
State
Theatre, a premier nonprofit venue for the performing arts and
entertainment. The theater exists to enrich people's lives, contribute
to a vital urban environment, and build future audiences by presenting
the finest performing artists and entertainers and fostering lifetime
appreciation for the performing arts through education. The State
Theatre's programs are made possible, in part, by funding from the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency
of the National Endowment for the Arts, and contributions from numerous
corporations, foundations, and individuals. The Heldrich is the official
hotel of the State Theatre. Magic 98.3 is the official radio station of
the State Theatre. The Star-Ledger is the official newspaper of the
State Theatre. United is the official airline of the State Theatre.
(Morristown, NJ) The Morris Museum is
pleased to announce that the third annual All-Star Bickford Jazz Benefit
Concert will be held on Wednesday, November 13 at 8:00pm.
This
engaging evening of jazz features world renown performers including Dan
Levinson and Joe Midiri on Reeds, trumpeter Bria Skonberg , trombonist
Jim Fryer, pianist Mark Shane, bassist Brian Nalepka, vibraphonist
Paul Midiri, and vocalist Molly Ryan.
Proceeds from the benefit
provide support for future programming at the Morris Museum's Bickford
Theatre. One of New Jersey's premier professional theatres, The
Bickford produces and presents year-round entertainment including a Main
Stage Series, Children's Theatre, a Jazz series, Comedy, Classical
Music and many other special concerts and performances.
Tickets
Tickets are $20 per person in advance; and $25 per person at the door. To purchase tickets, call the Box Office at 973.971.3706.
About The Bickford Theatre
Artistic
Director Eric Hafen celebrates his thirteenth anniversary this season.
The theatre is a Senior Member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a
not-for-profit organization of 30 professional theatres throughout the
state, and works in conjunction with Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). From its
beginnings in 1994 to the present, tens of thousands of theater-goers
from across the tri-state area have enjoyed the Bickford Theatre's many
entertaining and diversified offerings in theatre, music and dance.
The
Bickford Theatre is conveniently located within the Morris Museum and
offers free parking and full accessibility. Box Office hours for phone
sales are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Walk-up hours are
Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
About the Morris Museum
Celebrating
100 years, the Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts
and cultural institution which serves the public through high caliber
exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities. The Museum also
offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford
Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings. Continuously
serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a
Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts' Citation of Excellence, among other awards. The first museum
in New Jersey to be accredited, the Morris Museum was re-accredited in
2013 by the American Alliance of Museums.
The Morris Museum is a
Blue Star Museum, offering free admission to active duty military
personnel and their families, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The
Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia
Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, 12:00 to 5:00pm. In
addition, the Museum is open evenings from 5:00 to 8:00pm on the second
and third Thursday of the month. Admission to the museum is $10 for
adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is
always free for Museum members and is free to the public every second
and third Thursday of the month between 4:00 and 8:00pm. For more
information, call (973) 971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org .
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Dreamcatcher Repertory
Theatre, professional Theatre in Residence at the Oakes Center in
Summit, is presenting a new adaptation of Jan Slepian's book How To Be
Old: A Beginner's Guide on November 22 through 24.
Adapted
for the stage by Dreamcatcher Artistic Director Laura Ekstrand, this is
the second of the author's works on aging with humor and grace. Her
first, Astonishment, was presented in 2011 as a collaboration between
Dreamcatcher and The Theatre Project. Slepian has had a long and
celebrated career as the author of books for children and young adults.
Most recently her work includes these essays, which were written for
her retirement community's newsletter. It is these columns, previously
collected into a book, that are receiving their debut as a theatrical
presentation.
This play takes us through a step-by-step lesson on
how to navigate the sometimes tricky journey through an enlightened old
age. How To Be Old: A Beginner's Guide includes lighthearted ruminations
on the difficulty of such ordinary routines as getting in and out of
cars, mastering technology, and finding matching socks. Also explored
are the heartbreak of losing a spouse and the pleasure of remembering
street games and penny candy, among many other topics.
The cast
features Dreamcatcher Resident Acting Company member Noreen Farley
(Clinton), Daaimah Talley (Plainfield), and Terri Sturtevant
(Hillsborough), accomplished actors who have appeared on many stages
throughout the state. The play has been adapted and directed by Laura
Ekstrand (Livingston).
Jan Slepian is the author of 28 children's
books and novels for young-adult readers. Her picture book THE HUNGRY
THING is now a classic; her young-adult novel THE ALFRED SUMMER was
honored by a National Book Award nomination and inclusion on the School
Library Journal's list of 100 books that shaped the century. She
married noted mathematician David Slepian, has lived in Paris, Hawaii
and New Jersey, and has three children and four grandchildren.
How
To Be Old will run at Dreamcatcher on Friday, November 22 at 7 pm and
on Saturday and Sunday, November 23 and 24 at 2 pm. Performances are at
The Oakes Center, located at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit. Parking is
available in the lot behind the theatre on Ashwood Avenue and at the
Summit Recreation Center on Morris Avenue. The facility is wheelchair
accessible. Assistive Listening devices for the hearing impaired and
advance large print scripts are available by prior arrangement. To
purchase tickets or for information on any of Dreamcatcher Repertory
Theatre's programs, please visit www.dreamcatcherrep.org or contact Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre at The Oakes Center, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901, 908-514-9654.
About Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre:
Dreamcatcher
was founded in 1994, and is a non-profit professional ensemble of
actors who build community with the audience by sharing life-affirming
stories in an intimate environment. We seek to expose theatregoers to
ideas and lives like and unlike their own, to awaken their imaginations
and create empathy for others. The company focuses on deepening the
experience of our patrons by supplementing the performances with
personal contact through receptions, talkbacks, and interactive
programs.
Dreamcatcher's core company of professional local actors
performs contemporary work that entertains and challenges, and has at
its heart a belief in the essential goodness of people. The company's
activities include mainstage productions, improvisational comedy and
cabarets, new play readings and a variety of educational and senior
outreach programs.
Dreamcatcher's
programs are funded by the New Jersey State council on the
Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for
the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Dramatist Guild Fund, The
Summit Area Public Foundation, the Manley-Winser Foundation, and many
other corporations, foundations and individuals. Dreamcatcher Repertory
Theatre is a senior member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
(Newton, NJ) -- Grammy award-winner Kathy Mattea will perform at the Newton Theatre on Sunday, March 30th, 2014.
APPALACHIAN:
of a wild and beautiful mountain land, a genre of distinctly American
music, and for many, the deep roots of family. For Kathy Mattea, it also
represents an essential piece of her musical education and heritage.
Calling
Me Home is Kathy's new release on Sugar Hill Records, co-produced with
multi-Grammy-winner Gary Paczosa. It's a collection of songs that
celebrates the Appalachian culture of her native West Virginia, and
expands the vocabulary of acoustic roots music that has always served as
her artistic center.
Kathy has gathered songs and stories of
bravery, pride and grief that further define and describe the life and
times of her home place. 2008's Grammy nominated COAL was her first step
to discovering this vast and rich genre of music that producer Marty
Stuart allowed was "in her blood," taking her back to the lore of family
stories and to her place and her people.
Kathy's concerts present
her new and most recent material alongside her Top 20 radio hits, from
the signature ballad Where've You Been? to the bluesy 455 Rocket to the
iconic Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses. Long known as an impeccable
songcatcher, her 17 albums are woven through with bluegrass, gospel, and
Celtic influences, and have garnered multiple CMA, ACM, and Grammy
Awards.
Increasingly in demand as a public speaker, Kathy
regularly presents keynotes and educational programs at colleges and
civic venues across the country, both as a stand-alone and in
conjunction with concert appearances. Her long history of activism has
led Kathy to bring public attention to several current environmental
issues, including climate change and some mining practices in her native
Appalachia.
Tickets for Kathy Mattea are $44.00 for Premium
seating, $39.00 for the Orchestra and $34.00 for the Balcony. Tickets
for this performance will go on sale on Friday, November 8th at 11:00
am. Purchase tickets by visiting www.thenewtontheatre.com or contact the Box Office at 973-383-3700.
The
historic Newton Theatre, located at 234 Spring Street in Newton, NJ,
was founded in 1924. Revitalized and fully renovated, Sussex County's
premier entertainment venue reopened in 2011 as a 605 seat capacity live
performing arts center. With it's rich history and diverse programming
The Newton Theatre is essential to the buoyancy of New Jersey's Skylands
region. More information about The Newton Theatre may be found by
calling 973-383-3700 or by visiting its website at www.TheNewtonTheatre.com .
(Cape May, NJ) -- Cape May Stage presents one of the greatest Christmas classics of all time -- with a twist!
After
a life of greed and selfishness, Jacob Marley is condemned for all of
eternity. But there's a catch! If Marley can redeem the soul of his old
partner, the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, he can save himself as well.
Accompanied by a spirit guide of sorts, Marley embarks on his quest in a
Christmas adventure that is equal parts funny and terrifying. An
irreverent and deeply moving retelling of Charles Dickens' classic story
with warmth and infectious zest, Tom Mula's Jacob Marley's Christmas
Carol is a tale sure to delight for generations to come!
This
enchanting production stars Jonathan Brody, who was seen last summer at
Cape May Stage in Time Stands Still. He has appeared on Broadway in
Monty Python's Spamalot and in the original companies of Titanic, Me and
My Girl, and Sally Marr and her escorts. He has also been seen on
National Tours, in regional theatres and on television shows like
Boardwalk Empire and Guiding Light.
A talented production team
joins Brody in bringing this heart-warming tale to life, including
Directing Resident Ben Ferber as Director; Lisa Shames as Stage Manager;
Managing Director Jon Wojciechowski as Scenic Designer; and Cyrus
Newitt as Lighting Designer.
Performance Information
Jacob
Marley's Christmas Carol will run from Friday, November 29 to Sunday,
December 29 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse located in downtown Cape
May on the corner of Lafayette and Bank Streets. Performances are at 7
p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 seniors (62+) and $15 students.
There is no half-price preview performance for this production; the
official opening night will be Friday, November 29. A special half-price
senior matinee will take place on Sunday, December 8 and there will be a
special "pay-what-you-can" matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 14.
For more information and reservations, please call the box office at
(609) 770-8311 or visit the theatre's website at www.capemaystage.org .
Jacob
Marley's Christmas Carol is presented through the gracious support of
The Ebbitt Room and The Blue Pig Tavern. This season's sponsors include
410 Bank Street, Frescos, Cape May Winery, CapeSCape, Corner Cottage
Apartments, Exit Zero, Harry's Ocean Bar and Grille at The Montreal Inn,
The Washington Inn and Lucky Bones.
(Morristown, NJ) New York City's hot
next-generation dance company, Ballets with a Twist, presents a dance
experience that will have you asking for a second round. The Morris
Museum is pleased to announce that Cocktail Hour Ballets with a Twist
will be held in the Bickford Theatre on Saturday, November 23 at 8:00pm
and Sunday, November 24 at 3:00pm.
Cocktail Hour is a sassy
suite of dances conceived and choreographed by celebrated dance-maker
Marilyn Klaus. The show serves up classical ballet with an irreverent
pop sensibility, launching the Martini, Gimlet, Manhattan, and more off
the menu and onto the stage. Original scores by Grammy-nominated
composer Stephen Gaboury and exquisite costume design by Catherine Zehr
complete the picture.
Selected by the Star Ledger as one of the
"seven best things to do in New Jersey over the weekend," critics and
audience members agree: Cocktail Hour is an artistically seductive
must-see! The Huffington Post raves that Klaus is "blasting the
boundaries between high art and entertainment," and that her style is a
distinctive mix of "Hollywood glitz and New York polish," while The New
York Times praises her as "witty and fantastic." You've never seen
cocktails like these!
Ticket Information
Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for the general public. To purchase tickets, please call 973.971.3706.
About Ballets with a Twist
Choreographer
Marilyn Klaus formed Ballets with a Twist in 1996. In its inaugural
year, the company appeared at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts'
Clark Studio Theater, the Church of the Holy Trinity, and other venues.
Premieres included Seven-Minute Musical, in which an aging beauty
reports from the frontlines of memory, and a short musical film, Temple
of Swing, in which a glamorous "she" and her charismatic mentor meet in a
world of fast cars, packed nightclubs, and mysterious fortune tellers.
November, 2009 saw the premiere of Cocktail Hour, Klaus' signature
evening-length collection of ballet vignettes, at Manhattan Movement and
Arts Center. For more information, visit http://www.balletswithatwist.com/.
About the Morris Museum
Celebrating
100 years, the Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts
and cultural institution which serves the public through high caliber
exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities. The Museum also
offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford
Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings.
Continuously
serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a
Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts' Citation of Excellence, among other awards. The first museum
in New Jersey to be accredited, the Morris Museum was re-accredited in
2013 by the American Alliance of Museums.
The Morris Museum
is a Blue Star Museum, offering free admission to active duty military
personnel and their families, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The
Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia
Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, 12:00 to 5:00pm. In
addition, the Museum is open evenings from 5:00 to 8:00pm on the second
and third Thursday of the month. Admission to the museum is $10 for
adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is
always free for Museum members and is free to the public every second
and third Thursday of the month between 4:00 and 8:00pm. For more
information, call (973) 971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org .
(TENAFLY, NJ) -- Pushcart Players, New
Jersey's renowned touring theatres for young audiences presents "Peter
and the Wolf" on Sunday, November 17 at 2:00 pm at Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades in Tenafly, NJ.
"Peter and the Wolf" is an enchanting
production of a classic tale, set to the resplendent music of Russian
composer Sergei Prokofiev. Each character in the story is represented
musically in this story of a spirited young boy who confronts the
dangers of the forest with courage, creativity and leadership. With a
professional cast (Actors' Equity Association) who employs various forms
of puppetry, singing and choreography, "Peter and the Wolf" is a
universal theatrical celebration that has toured nationally and
internationally.
Pushcart Players is in its 40th anniversary
season of presenting productions filled with fun, facts, magic and
wonder. The company has traveled over 2 million miles to serve more than
8 million children and their families nationally and abroad. All
performances come with innovative scenery, complete lighting and state
of the art sound systems, making it adaptable to any location.
"The
themes of 'Peter and the Wolf' are what make it a timeless, beloved
classic," said Ruth Fost, co-founder of Pushcart and the writer /
director of the production. "Friendship and caring. Arrogance and
prejudice. Youth and maturity. Conflict resolution and beauty in the
natural order of life. All worthy of celebration!"
Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades is located at 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, NJ
07670. Advance tickets are only $12 with $17 admission at the door if
available. For reservations visit the JCC website at www.jccotp.org
or call 201.408.1493. For further information on this or any of
Pushcart's programs and services, contact Pushcart Players at
973.857.1115 or visit the website at www.pushcartplayers.org . LIKE us on Facebook to get up to date information on activities and events and follow us Twitter @PushcartPlayers.
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- State Theatre
presents ZZ Top on Monday, November 18, 2013 at 8pm. ZZ Top will be
performing their hits like "Gimme All Your Lovin," "Sharp Dressed Man,"
"Legs," and "La Grange" as well as songs from their newest album La
Futura. Tickets range from $45-125.
Texas natives and Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame inductees ZZ TopBilly F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank
Beardhave been together as a band for over 40 years. With strong roots
in blues, ZZ Top released ZZ Top's First Album and Rio Grande Mud. Their
third album, 1973's Tres Hombres, catapulted them to national attention
with the hit "La Grange," still one of the band's signature pieces
today. By their next album, Eliminator, and its worldwide smash
follow-up, Afterburner, they had harnessed the potential of synthesizers
to their patented grungy blues groove, giving their material a more
contemporary edge while retaining their patented Texas style.
For tickets or more information, call the State Theatre ticket office at 732-246-SHOW (7469), or visit us online at www.StateTheatreNJ.org
. The State Theatre ticket office, located at 15 Livingston Ave, New
Brunswick NJ, is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10am to 6pm;
Wednesday 11am to 7pm; Saturday, 1pm to 5pm; and at least three hours
prior to curtain on performance dates, unless otherwise specified. For
information on group outings and discounts, call 732-247-7200, ext. 517.
Some additional ticket and transaction fees may apply.
State
Theatre, a premier nonprofit venue for the performing arts and
entertainment. The theater exists to enrich people's lives, contribute
to a vital urban environment, and build future audiences by presenting
the finest performing artists and entertainers and fostering lifetime
appreciation for the performing arts through education. The State
Theatre's programs are made possible, in part, by funding from the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency
of the National Endowment for the Arts, and contributions from numerous
corporations, foundations, and individuals. The Heldrich is the official
hotel of the State Theatre. Magic 98.3 is the official radio station of
the State Theatre. The Star-Ledger is the official newspaper of the
State Theatre. United is the official airline of the State Theatre.
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) The Saint and ElmThree
Productions is pleased to present Eric Lindell at The Saint in Asbury
Park on Thursday, November 21st at 8:00 pm (7:00pm doors). Tickets are
available through Ticketweb via TheSaintnj.com , ElmThree.com and at the
door the day of the show. Tickets are $20. Supporting Lindell will be
Cris Jacobs formally of the band, The Bridge.
Eric Lindell
first hit the national music scene with his 2006 Alligator Records debut
Change In The Weather, critics and fans alike celebrated the arrival of
a roots rocker with dozens of unforgettable original songs. With his
musical roots planted in Northern California, Lindell's music blossomed
in New Orleans. His combination of sweet, blue-eyed soul with
foot-stomping R&B, swamp pop, funk and blues won him critical and
popular acclaim across the country, with reviews and features in Relix,
OffBeat, The Chicago Sun-Times, Harp, Guitar Player, Down Beat, The New
Yorker, The New York Press and many other national and regional
publications. Singer and Musician magazine put Eric on the cover and
many newspaper entertainment sections did the same. The New Orleans
Times-Picayune said, "Eric Lindell has arrived. He channels Van Morrison
with his irresistible soul...not a moment is wasted." The Chicago
Sun-Times followed, saying "Soulful original songs fuse R&B, swamp
pop and funk into a potent, party-time mix."
Eric Lindell's
latest 2013 release, "Sunday Morning" is making waves on radio stations
all over the US and features the legend blues guitarist Anson
Funderburgh.
Joining Eric Lindell on his "Bringing Heat to the
East Coast Tour" is Cris Jacobs. After 10 years fronting the Baltimore
band The Bridge, Cris Jacobs is continuing to show his depth and range
as a gifted songwriter and performer. With his deeply expressive
vocals, passionate and gritty guitar playing, and poignant songwriting,
Cris creates an instantly engaging sound that ranges from intensely
rockin' to sublimely sweet to hauntingly psychedelic. Cris' prolific
songbook provides the fertile ground for his improvisational
fearlessness, creating a truly dynamic live experience.
The Saint is a nightclub located at 601 Main St., Asbury Park, NJ 07712.
(Morristown, NJ) The Morris Museum is
pleased to announce that the opening reception for the exhibition When
Sandy Hit: The Storm that Forever Changed New Jersey will be held on
Tuesday, November 19 at 6:00pm.
A screening of From Splinters
& Sand: Rebuilding Our Memories, Rebuilding the Jersey Shore will be
shown in the Bickford Theatre during the evening. This documentary, by
longtime reporter Brian Donohue, explores the emotional attachment
residents have to the Jersey Shore. In conversations with boardwalk
business owners and homeowners, the filmmaker looks for clues as to how
the shore might be rebuilt after the storm. Splinters & Sand is an
extended mini-documentary length episode of the Ledger Live video
webcast.
The program is being organized by Inside New Jersey, a
Star Ledger publication, in celebration of the magazine's fifth
anniversary. The exhibition is sponsored by Bank of America.
"This
exhibit showcases the strength and resilience of our communities," said
Bob Doherty, New Jersey president, Bank of America. "As the state
rebuilds and recovers, When Sandy Hit provides inspiration and hope to
those affected."
Also during the evening, a media presentation of
the winning photographs of the Star Ledger's amateur Super Storm Sandy
photography contest will be on view at the Museum. Copies of the
exhibition catalogue, When Sandy Hit, will be available for sale in the
Museum Shop. In addition, food and refreshments will be provided.
About the Exhibition
When
Sandy Hit: The Storm That Forever Changed New Jersey presents the work
of Star-Ledger photographers who fought through floods, power outages,
and their own personal losses to portray New Jersey during and after
Super Storm Sandy. Including more than twenty-five incredible
photographs, this exhibition document the survival, resilience and
rebuilding of New Jersey. When Sandy Hit: The Storm That Forever Changed
New Jersey is on view at the Morris Museum through January 20, 2014.
The exhibition is sponsored by Bank of America.
About the Exhibition Catalogue
In
conjunction with the exhibition, a 208 page catalogue entitled When
Sandy Hit: The Storm That Forever Changed New Jersey is being published
by Pediment Publishing. The book is available for sale in the Morris
Museum's shop for $42.75.
About the Morris Museum
Celebrating
100 years, the Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts
and cultural institution which serves the public through high caliber
exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities. The Museum also
offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford
Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings.
Continuously
serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a
Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts' Citation of Excellence, among other awards. The first museum
in New Jersey to be accredited, the Morris Museum was re-accredited in
2013 by the American Alliance of Museums.
The Morris Museum is a
Blue Star Museum, offering free admission to active duty military
personnel and their families, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The
Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia
Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, 12:00 to 5:00pm. In
addition, the Museum is open evenings from 5:00 to 8:00pm on the second
and third Thursday of the month. Admission to the museum is $10 for
adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is
always free for Museum members and is free to the public every second
and third Thursday of the month between 4:00 and 8:00pm. For more
information, call (973) 971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org .
Photo:
Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger. The sun rises behind the Jet Star roller
coaster as it sits in the ocean at the end of the badly damaged Casino
Pier. Seaside Heights 5/13/13.
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- State Theatre
presents the national tour of an all new musical production inspired by
the 2011 Tony-nominated Best Musical Revival, Godspell, for two
performances Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 2pm and 7pm. A free
Pre-Performance Insights lecture is available for each performance, one
hour prior to show time at the United Methodist Church, located at 323
George Street. Tickets range from $35-75.
Originally conceived
and directed by John-Michael Tebelak, this production is directed by
David Hogan. The cast includes Jake Stern as Jesus, Graham Parkhurst as
John the Baptist/Judas. The Godspell ensemble includes Lisa Michelle
Cornelius, Michael Hogeveen, Stacey Kay, Ivan Lo, Alessia Lupiano,
Rebecca McCauley, Janelle Murray, Michael De Rose, and David Cotton as
the understudy.
Enjoy all the good gifts of one of the most
enduring shows of all time in a brand new and up-to-date, intimate,
one-of-a-kind production from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy and Academy
Award-winning composer of Wicked and Pippin. With the Tony-nominated
score filled with the popular hits "Day By Day," "Light of the World,"
and "Turn Back, O Man," it is sure to raise spirits high. A timeless
tale of friendship, loyalty, and love, Godspell has touched the hearts
of countless theatergoers all over the worldjoin in the celebration as a
spectacular ensemble of bright young stars stirs souls and lifts the
audience right out of their seats.
For tickets or more information, call the State Theatre ticket office at 732-246-SHOW (7469), or visit us online at www.StateTheatreNJ.org
. The State Theatre ticket office, located at 15 Livingston Ave, New
Brunswick NJ, is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10am to 6pm;
Wednesday 11am to 7pm; Saturday, 1pm to5pm; and at least three hours
prior to curtain on performance dates, unless otherwise specified. For
information on group outings and discounts, call 732-247-7200, ext. 517.
Some additional ticket and transaction fees may apply.
State
Theatre, a premier nonprofit venue for the performing arts and
entertainment. The theater exists to enrich people's lives, contribute
to a vital urban environment, and build future audiences by presenting
the finest performing artists and entertainers and fostering lifetime
appreciation for the performing arts through education. The State
Theatre's programs are made possible, in part, by funding from the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency
of the National Endowment for the Arts, and contributions from numerous
corporations, foundations, and individuals. The Heldrich is the official
hotel of the State Theatre. Magic 98.3 is the official radio station of
the State Theatre. The Star-Ledger is the official newspaper of the
State Theatre. United is the official airline of the State Theatre.
(Newton, NJ) -- The Newton Theatre presents
A John Denver Christmas! on Sunday, December 8th at 3:00 pm. Ted Vigil
returns to the Newton Theatre to charm us once again with his passionate
tribute to John Denver.
A John Denver Christmas! will
celebrate the holidays with the beloved songs of the Rocky Mountain
troubadour. Cherished songs such as Rocky Mountain High, Annie's Song,
Sunshine on My Shoulder and all of Denver's hits will be featured during
the show, as well as some of the holiday season's best loved songs.
Ted's uncanny physical and vocal resemblance to Denver will leave the
audience inspired once again by the musical legacy of John Denver!
Ted
Vigil has always had a love of music and the stage. The Seattle native
began singing for audiences at an early age. He started in the church
folk band at age eight, and continued singing in musical productions in
high school. In 2006 Ted won the national title for "Talent Quest" in
Laughlin Nevada. After his win he created his John Denver Tribute show. A
highlight of his career, in 2010 Ted performed with John Denver's Lead
guitarist "Steve Weisberg".
In a very short time Ted developed
this tribute into a national act. He performs all over the country
including the John Denver Festival and The CMA Fan Fair Festival in
Nashville, among many other venues. His gift for the music and his
polished and energetic performing style have earned him many dedicated
fans. The most heard comments after his shows are, "I can't believe how
much he looks and sounds like John Denver!"
Like Denver, Ted
shares his passion for bringing people together with his music, drawing
in audiences of all ages. His love for people, family, and communities
working together for great causes, continue to be his main inspiration.
Tickets
for A John Denver Christmas! are $37.00 for Premium seating, $32.00 for
the Orchestra and $27.00 for the Balcony. Tickets for this performance
will go on sale on Friday, July 19th at 11:00 am. Purchase tickets by
visiting www.thenewtontheatre.com or contact the Box Office at 973-383-3700.
The
historic Newton Theatre, located at 234 Spring Street in Newton, NJ,
was founded in 1924. Revitalized and fully renovated, Sussex County's
premier entertainment venue reopened in 2011 as a 605 seat capacity live
performing arts center. With it's rich history and diverse programming
The Newton Theatre is essential to the buoyancy of New Jersey's Skylands
region. More information about The Newton Theatre may be found by
calling 973-383-3700 or by visiting its website at www.TheNewtonTheatre.com .
(New Jersey) -- Rose Morrisroe, Educator in
New Jersey and the founder of Soldiers Against Child Abuse, a national
non-profit organization dedicated to raising child abuse awareness
nationwide, is pleased to announce the sale of "No Secrets Between Us."
This 336-word book teaches children in Kindergarten to fourth grade
about recognizing and protecting themselves against sexual abuse.
Currently, "Erin's Law" requires educators and the like to teach grades
K-7th on awareness.
Soldiers Against Child Abuse supports
Erin's Law with the sale of "No Secrets Between
Us."http://www.amazon.com/No-Secrets-Between-Rose-Morrisroe-ebook/dp/B00FUOF268/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382048824&sr=8-1&keywords=no+secrets+between+us
This
book is written for children to be purchased parents, educators,
counselors, social workers, health practitioners, administrators, and
child advocates. It takes a gentle approach at raising child sexual
abuse awareness, which is supported by several educational theories. The
book is illustrated with beautiful pictures that children will identify
with.
Michael Reagan (President Reagan's son) has endorsed
Morrisroe as just the right author for a children's book on this
subject. The endorsement is as follows: "Rose Morrisroe: one of the top
educational instructors for the state of New Jersey and founder for one
of the leading non profits on child abuse prevention - Soldiers Against
Child Abuse. She encompasses vision, awareness, passion and
accomplishment to the world she touches.... She saves the world around
her and embraces the hurt with healing, guidance and compassion."
~Michael Reagan
"This book is very personal to me, as I have
experienced child sexual abuse starting at the age of 4," says
Morrisroe. Our mission at Soldiers Against Child Abuse is to protect
America's children by speaking for those who are in danger, helping the
abused find their voice, educating the public about the importance of
intervening in child abuse situations and how to get involved in a
proactive manner," says Morrisroe. "Our greatest weapon in the battle
against child abuse is knowledge."
Michael Reagan was the first person to purchase the book online at: http://www.amazon.com/No-Secrets-Between-Rose-Morrisroe-ebook/dp/B00FUOF268/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382048824&sr=8-1&keywords=no+secrets+between+us
.
About Soldiers Against Child Abuse (SACA)
Soldiers
Against Child Abuse currently chair seminars at school districts and
town hall meetings, which encourage parents and students of all grades
to freely speak out about abuse. Founder Rosey Morrisroe, a first grade
teacher, is the first to create an age/grade appropriate curriculum for
child physical and sexual abuse education, reaching grades K-5.
SACA website, http://www.soldiersagainstchildabuse.org/
has tens of thousands of followers. SACA provides the public with
continuous news and media coverage of child abuse cases, informative
resources, links and tips to intervention and prevention, guidance to
government agencies, and information on shelters and safe havens.
SACA
holds a rally in New York every April (Child Abuse Awareness Month)
featuring educational resources, personal testimonies from survivors,
and entertainment to attract audiences.
(New Brunswick, NJ) -- George Street
Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced final casting
for the world premiere production of Clever Little Lies by Tony
Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro. Joining the award-winning stage
and screen actress Marlo Thomas are: Greg Mullavey (TV's "I-Carly" and
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman); Jim Stanek (Freud's Last Session
off-Broadway, The Story of My Life, Lestat on Broadway) and Kate
Wetherhead (Broadway's Legally Blonde, web series Submissions Only).
George Street Playhouse Artistic Director David Saint will helm the
production, which begins performances Tuesday, November 19 and continues
through Sunday, December 22. Opening night is set for Friday, November
22.
A mother always knows when something's up. Bill Jr. is
distracted, under pressure and off his game. Will a surprising evening
with his parents send him further off-kilter? Secrets are exposed and
clever little lies are crafted when a confidence shared between father
and son escalates into an unexpected revelation that could change everything.
Individual
tickets for Clever Little Lies, beginning at $38, are on sale, as are
subscription and flexible admission packages. Contact the George Street
Playhouse Box Office at 732-246-7717 or visit the Playhouse website, www.GSPonline.org
, to purchase tickets, or receive show information and parking and
dining recommendations. George Street Playhouse is located at 9
Livingston Avenue in the heart of New Brunswick's vibrant downtown
scene, steps away from public transportation, parking and dining of
every cuisine and budget.
Marlo Thomas has appeared on Broadway in
The Shadow Box, Social Security, Thieves and last season's, Relatively
Speaking, written by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May.
Off-Broadway: The Vagina Monologues, The Guys and The Exonerated (which
she also performed in Chicago and Boston). National Tour: Six Degrees of
Separation. Regional theatre: Paper Doll, Pittsburgh Public Theater;
Woman in Mind, Berkshire Theatre Festival; Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?, Hartford Stage; The Effect Of Gamma Rays, Cleveland Playhouse.
London West End: Barefoot in the Park. Ms. Thomas has appeared in more
than a dozen distinguished television movies, including Nobody's Child,
for which she won the Emmy for Best Dramatic Actress. Numerous TV guest
appearances including Ugly Betty, Friends and Law & Order. Films
include: Playing Mona Lisa, The Real Blonde, Dust and Stardust, In the
Spirit, Thieves, Jenny and LOL., co-starring Miley Cyrus and Demi
Moore. Ms. Thomas created the Free to BeYou and Me TV specials, books
and records, as well as the bestselling books, The Right Words at the
Right Time, Volumes 1 and 2, and Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the
Story of Funny. She starred in and produced the groundbreaking That
Girl, television's first comedy series about a single, independent
woman. She has been honored with four Emmys, nine Emmy nominations, the
Peabody, the Golden Globe and the Grammy, and has been inducted into the
Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Ms. Thomas has performed at George Street
Playhouse in Elaine May's Roger Is Dead and Arthur Laurents' New Year's
Eve.
Greg Mullavey is well-known to TV viewers for his roles on
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, in which he played Louise Lasser's husband,
and on the Nickelodian series iCarly. Other television credits include
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Bold and the Beautiful,
ER, JAG and many others. He was also seen on Broadway in Rumors and
Romantic Comedy.
Jim Stanek Broadway: Story of My Life, Lestat,
Little Women, The Rivals, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum, Indiscretions. Off-Broadway: I Love You, You're Perfect Now
Change, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Slut,
Saturday Night and others. Regional credits include appearances at the
Guthrie, Signature Theatre, North Shore Music Theater, The Kennedy
Center, McCarter, Williamstown Theatre Festival and many others.
Kate
Wetherhead is the co-creator, writer, director and star of Submissions
Only, an online sitcom currently gearing up for its third season ( www.submissionsonly.com
). Broadway credits: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and
Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway credits include The Other Josh Cohen
(2013 Drama Desk Nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical),
Ordinary Days, Sarah, Plain and Tall and Tatjana in Color. Regionally,
Kate has performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House,
Dallas Theater Center, John W. Engeman Theater, Skylight Opera Theater
and Saint Michael's Playhouse. Coming up: The Other Josh Cohen at Paper
Mill Playhouse (February 2014).
Kate is currently writing a
children's book series for The Penguin Group with collaborator Andrew
Keenan-Bolger. She is thrilled to be making her George Street Playhouse
debut.
Joe DiPietro won the 2012 Drama Desk Award and was
nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book for the recent Broadway hit
Nice Work If You Can Get It. He won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best
Score for Memphis, which was also awarded the 2010 Tony Award, Drama
Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. His other
shows include All Shook Up; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (the
longest-running musical revue in off-Broadway history); The Toxic
Avenger and The Thing About Men (both winners of the Outer Critics
Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical). His plays include the
much-produced Over the River and Through the Woods, The Art of Murder
(Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play), Creating Claire and The Last
Romance. His work has been produced thousands of times across the
country and around the world. Two previous works have had their
premeires at George Street Playhouse: The Toxic Avenger and Creating
Claire.
This is David Saint's sixteenth season as Artistic
Director of George Street Playhouse. In that time he has directed
thirty-one mainstage productions, most recently, Good People, Twelve
Angry Men , The Nutcracker and I , God of Carnage, Fox on the Fairway,
Creating Claire, and Sylvia. His time here has been marked by
collaborations with such artists as Keith Carradine, Tyne Daly, Rachel
Dratch, Sandy Duncan, Boyd Gaines, A.R. Gurney, Uta Hagen, Jack Klugman,
Dan Lauria, Kathleen Marshall, Anne Meara, David Hyde Pierce, Chita
Rivera, Paul Rudd, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Eli Wallach and many
others including a remarkable partnership with Arthur Laurents. In
addition many new award- winning works have begun their life here during
his tenure, such as The Toxic Avenger, Proof, The Spitfire Grill and It
Shoulda Been You. He most recently directed the National Tour of West
Side Story and has also directed on Broadway, off-Broadway and
regionally at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary
Stages, McCarter, Williamstown, Seattle Rep, Pasadena Playhouse,
Pittsburgh Public, Long Wharf and many others on premieres by writers
such as Aaron Sorkin, Wendy Wasserstein, Peter Parnell, Jonathan Marc
Sherman, Joe Di Pietro and Jonathan Larson. He is the recipient of the
Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, L.A. Drama Critics Award,
several Drama Logue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/Hatcher
Foundation.
Under the
leadership of Artistic Director David Saint since 1998, George Street
Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed
mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and
emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been
represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway. Recent
productions include The Toxic Avenger (Outer Critics Circle Award for
Best New Musical), Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics
Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The
Spitfire Grill and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof
by David Auburn, which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage
Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's
Touring Theatre features four issue-oriented productions and tours to
more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than
60,000 students annually. George Street Playhouse programming is made
possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the
Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for
the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
(Newton, NJ) -- Bobby Collins is returning
to the Newton Theatre on Saturday, February 22, 2014. With more than
200 stand-up performances around the country each year, Collins is a
show-business institution who has made millions laugh and is always the
funniest guy in the room.
A native of New York, he was
literally born into comedy when his father named him for his favorite
comedian, Bob Hope. In the 1980s, Bobby left a lucrative position as
vice president of Calvin Klein to pursue his dream and ended up working
alongside such comedy legends as Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno. While
other comics have left stand-up behind, Bobby has kept going, preferring
the intimacy and energy he finds in live clubs, theaters and casinos.
The
audience at a Bobby Collins show is half the fun. Many of Bobby's
enthusiastic fans have been following him for years and know by heart
some of his classic bits ("...on the inside!"). But Bobby keeps it fresh
with new observations based on everyday life and his travels around the
country.
Over the years, he has hosted VH-1's "Stand Up
Spotlight"; toured with Cher, Julio Iglesias, Dolly Parton and Tony
Bennett, among others; and released six comedy CDs, "On the Inside,"
"Out of Bounds," "You're Not Coming With Us," "Mr. New York," "I Wanna
Go Home" and most recently "I'm on the Boat."
Tickets for Bobby
Collins are $49.00 for Premium seating, $39.00 for the Orchestra and
$29.00 for the Balcony. Tickets for this performance will go on sale on
Friday, October 18th at 11:00 am. Purchase tickets by visiting www.thenewtontheatre.com or contact the Box Office at 973-383-3700.
The
historic Newton Theatre, located at 234 Spring Street in Newton, NJ,
was founded in 1924. Revitalized and fully renovated, Sussex County's
premier entertainment venue reopened in 2011 as a 605 seat capacity live
performing arts center. With it's rich history and diverse programming
The Newton Theatre is essential to the buoyancy of New Jersey's Skylands
region. More information about The Newton Theatre may be found by
calling 973-383-3700 or by visiting its website at www.TheNewtonTheatre.com .
(Cape May, NJ) -- Caution: This is not for
the faint of heart. Cape May Stage continues with Danger: Stay Away!, a
series of staged readings meant for only the most intrepid of
theatregoers. A number of brave souls have already attended the first
few readings are you brave enough to join their ranks?
What
happens when a man with two lovers must choose only one? What's it like
to battle addiction in its many forms? How do you handle it when your
greatest secret threatens to be exposed? Where do you draw the line
between emotional intimacy and pure carnal desire?
If these
provocative issues intrigue you, then Danger: Stay Away! is meant for
you. These staged readings are designed to stimulate, provoke,
challenge, and most of all, make you walk away from the theater with a
broader understanding of the human condition and the contemporary world
in which we live. We dare you to come.
The schedule for Danger: Stay Away! is as follows:
November 4
Cock by Mike Bartlett
A
man must choose between his longtime boyfriend and his new girlfriend
he ends up torn between the two who are more than willing to fight to
keep him theirs.
November 18
The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis
A
former drug dealer finds the inadvertently misplaced hat of his
girlfriend's lover, threatening his relationship, his parole and his
sobriety in an intoxicatingly vulgar look at recovery from addiction.
November 19
The Bus by James Lanz
The
secret meeting place of two young boys is threatened in an explosive
conflict with the potential to tear a town apart in this touching,
suspenseful tale.
November 20
The Eros Trilogy by Nicky Silver
Three
short stories connecting four characters: a comically elegant lady
deals with real-life grit; her volatile, drug-addicted son creates some
real-life grit; and a vitriolic epistolary.
Performance Information
All
performances take play at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse located at
the corner of Lafayette and Bank Streets in downtown Cape May. All
performances begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are pay-what-you-can you decide
how much theatre is worth to you. For more information, please call the
box office at (609) 770-8311 or visit www.capemaystage.org .
Some plays contain mature content and are not appropriate for all audiences.
