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New Jersey Stage Features Published During The Week Of 06-24-19

originally published: 06/24/2019
NJ Stage Weekly Features

In addition to running about 60 news stories and event previews each week, New Jersey Stage runs several original features and interviews as well. Every Monday we shine a spotlight on the features run for the past week.
theatre

Dreamcatcher Turns 25!
 
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre has announced its 25th Anniversary season, whose theme is: “Life is too important to be taken seriously.”  This professional company will present three productions, including two world premieres and one New Jersey premiere, in addition to improvisational comedy, cabaret, new play readings, a holiday variety show and many programs for seniors and students.  As always, the company and their guests will tell stories that reflect our shared experience of being human with heart and humor.



"The Three Musketeers" at STNJ A Swashbuckling Delight
 
By Karen Nowosad
 
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey opens their 57th season with a grand, swashbuckling adventure, The Three Musketeers. The play is an adaptation written by Ken Ludwig of Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale first written in 1844. This production moves smoothly with exciting sword fighting scenes, dialog well peppered with humorous tones, and an amazing variety of characters who will astound you. Add to that a generous helping of female characters who match their male counterparts both with swords and cunning and you have one fabulous production.



music

Featured Music Video: "Someday" by The Parlor Mob
 
This month's featured music video is by The Parlor Mob.



Bongo Boy TV - Issue 60
 
Here's the latest episode of Bongo Boy TV featuring great music videos from around the world.



"Flawless!" Don McLean LIVE! at SOPAC
 
By Spotlight Central
 
Music is in the air this Friday, June 5, 2019 at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ, where a sold-out crowd will soon enjoy a concert by the legendary singer/songwriter Don McLean.



An Interview with Richard Thompson, Appearing at Ocean City Music Pier on June 25 with Joan Osborne
 
By Spotlight Central
 
Richard Thompson — one of the world’s most critically acclaimed songwriters, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time — will deliver a rare and intimate solo acoustic musical performance on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Ocean City Music Pier in Ocean City, NJ.



ROCK ON! This Week's Sound Bites...6/20/19
 
By Danny Coleman
 
Collective Soul has recorded, released and performed music for more than 25 years and even though there have been deviations from the original line up they have persevered, adapted and continue to move forward as this current "Now's The Time Tour 2019" supporting their recent release, "Blood" can attest. 



Makin Waves with Apollo Ali: 'Champion Sound'
 
By Bob Makin
 
​​​​​​​Camden rapper Apollo Ali, the last grandson of heavyweight champion “Jersey” Joe Walcott, will be performing songs off his brand-new LP, “Don’t Bite,” on the Garden State Hip-Hop and Makin Waves Summer Rap ‘n’ Rock Tour. He honors his grandfather with a new single, “Champion Sound,” from his just-dropped LP, “Don’t Bite.”



Makin Waves Record of the Week: "American Carnage" by Sunny Gang
 
By Bob Makin
 
Newark-based punk-rap band Sunny Gang will celebrate the release of their long-awaited EP, “American Carnage,” on June 21 at Asbury Park Brewery with Nervous Triggers, Offtopkills and OhWon.



The Folk Project: Folk Music and More for 30+ Years
 
By Shen Shellenberger,
JerseyArts.com
 
There are as many ways to characterize folk music as there are people singing and playing the songs. It encompasses a wide range of musical styles, with the songs being passed on from generation to generation and place to place. And, like in a game of whisper-down-the-lane, it expands and changes along the way. At its most elemental, folk music is storytelling.



"Keeping the Music Alive!" The East Coast Music Hall of Fame's First Annual Awards Gala
 
By Spotlight Central
 
Old time music is in the air in Wildwood, NJ, this June 5, 2019 evening as artists and fans gather together to celebrate the East Coast Music Hall of Fame’s First Annual Awards Gala at the Wildwoods Convention Center.



comedy

PODCAST: 2 Guys From Jersey - Episode 81
 
We deep into the psyche of each of the gang this week to find out the people they truly admire and would like to meet



film

When I Last Saw Jesse
 
By Gary Wien
 
Jesse Ross was a student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City when he traveled to Chicago with classmates to participate in a model United Nations conference in November 2006.  Filmmaker Brian Rose, a grad student from the Kansas City area, was in Chicago just a few days earlier visiting a friend.  The two did not know each other, but their paths would ultimately meet when Rose created the documentary When I Last Saw Jesse.



Anywhere Is Here
 
By Gary Wien
 
Among the many films screened at the recent New Jersey International Film Fest at Rutgers was Anywhere Is Here, the debut feature film from Ian Lettire.  The screening took place not long after Lettire graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.



REVIEW: "The Dead Don’t Die"
 
By Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
 
The late George A. Romero always claimed that critics would bash his movies, but whenever they visited his sets they always wanted to play zombies. A zombie movie seems like something that would be a lot of fun to take part in, which may explain why Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die boasts such a stacked, star-studded cast, like a ‘70s disaster movie but for hipster thespians. I hope everyone had fun making The Dead Don’t Die, because I sure did not have fun watching it.





 
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