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New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 04-23-19

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Here is the morning update for New Jersey Stage for 04-23-19.

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Vanguard Theater Presents "A Little Princess"

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Vanguard Theater Company will present “A Little Princess” for four performances in New York at the TBG Studio Theatre.  Performances are May 10 - 12, with shows on Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 2:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm. Written by Tony-nominated composer/lyricist, Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), and Brian Crawley (Violet), A Little Princess is based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, which was honored by School Library Journal as one of the "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time.

Passage Theatre Presents "Morir Sonyando"

(TRENTON, NJ) -- Passage Theatre Company, Trenton’s Barrymore Award-winning professional theatre company, will close its season with Erlina Ortiz’s play Morir Sonyando from May 2-19. The production marks Artistic Director C. Ryanne Domingues’s directorial debut at Passage. In the play, Genesis left her past behind long ago. But her mother’s release from prison forces them both to confront long-buried pain – and to wonder if they can ever become a family again. Erlina Ortiz’s play lovingly illuminates the blood ties that break and bind people.

Axelrod Performing Arts Center Rising Stars Presents “The Wizard of Oz”

(OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Axelrod Performing Arts Center’s Rising Stars youth performing arts program will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of MGM’s classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” with six performances in May. Based on the beloved novel by L. Frank Baum and featuring songs by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, the technicolor film first premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on August 15, 1939. Starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton, the movie musical opened to critical acclaim and achieved legendary status through decades of annually televised broadcasts.

Review: "The Belle of Amherst" at Two River Theater

Robert and Joan Rechnitz founded Two River Theater, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Their vision was “to produce exceptional professional theater, and to inspire young people and life-long learners as a center for education,” according to Managing Director Michael Hurst. The opening night performance of The Belle of Amherst was a fine example of their success. William Luce’s 1976 Two-Act play about beloved American poet Emily Dickinson was a two-hour glimpse of more than just poetry. And under the direction of Robert Rechnitz, actress Maureen Silliman carried this one-woman show with grace and liveliness.

Princeton Summer Theater Announces 50th Anniversary Season

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Daniel Krane, artistic director of Princeton Summer Theater, has announced the organization’s 2019 season, which will run from June 20-August 18 and consist of four mainstage productions, as well as the world premiere of a new children’s play. Founded in 1968, Princeton Summer Theater is a semi-professional summer stock theater company located in Princeton University’s Hamilton-Murray Theater.  This season marks the theater's 50th anniversary.

music

The Newton Theatre Presents The Machine

(NEWTON, NJ) -- The Machine performs Pink Floyd, America's top Pink Floyd show, has forged a 30-year reputation for extending the legacy of Pink Floyd, selling out theaters, premier showcase rooms and casinos across North America, Europe and Asia, performing at renowned music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Riverbend, and Gathering of the Vibes, and sharing the stage with full symphony orchestras, including the Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and San Diego Symphonies, as well as the Buffalo Philharmonic.

Westminster Concert Bell Choir Presents “Come What May”

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Westminster Concert Bell Choir, conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw, will present a concert titled “Come What May” on Saturday, May 4 at 7:30pm in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J. The program will feature music that reflects the joy of spring and will include original works; transcriptions of light classics such as Morning by Edvard Grieg and Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov; hymn tunes of the Lenten and Easter seasons; folk songs from Japan, Australia and Macedonia; plus Americana favorites.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra launches NJSO Colton Fellowship for musicians from underrepresented communities

(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has announced the NJSO Colton Fellowship designed to support musicians from underrepresented communities. This initiative continues the NJSO’s commitment to being a leader in diversity, equity and inclusion in the orchestra field. The NJSO will launch the multiyear program with a pilot for up to two string players in the 2019–20 season. The fellowship is made possible by a generous founding gift of $1 million from Judith and Stewart Colton.

art

Cameron Welch Receives One River's First Annual Emerging Artist Award

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- One River, a network of schools that teach art and design through the lens of living artists, today announced that Cameron Welch will be the recipient of its first Emerging Art Award on April 30 in New York City. Welch, whose work combines mosaic tile with a myriad other materials, processes and images, will receive a $5,000 grant from One River School, and will display a new body of work April 30 through May 2 in conjunction with receiving the award.

Public Invited to Create 'The Big Weave' at Olsen Park

(BOGOTA, NJ) --  The community is invited to install a public art piece together at the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) ArtsBergen initiative's 'The Big Weave' on Saturday, May 4 (rain date May 11) from 11:00am to 4:00pm.  The weaving takes place at Oscar E. Olsen Park, located at 157 West Main Street in Bogota, New Jersey.  This artistic endeavor represents the final phase of the project, The Path of Us: A Public Art Fence Weaving. 

community

Paranormal Pride focuses on the Spirits of Asbury Park

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Kathy Kelly of The Paranormal Museum and Adam Berry of Travel Channel’s Kindred Spirits host the inaugural Paranormal Pride event from Friday May 31 to Sunday June 2 in Asbury Park. Events include investigations at Asbury Park’s most famous haunted locations, cocktail parties, lectures, tours, a gallery reading by world famous Psychic Medium Chip Coffey and much more.



 
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