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New Jersey Stage Features Published During The Week Of 08-12-19

originally published: 08/12/2019

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.

music

The Voice of Yes: Jon Anderson LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

By Spotlight Central

It’s a gorgeous Monday, July 29, 2019 evening on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ, where music fans are lining up for a live Ocean City Music Pier performance by English singer/songwriter Jon Anderson, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band, Yes.

Victorian Meets Vaudeville at Cape May MAC

By Shen Shellenberger, JerseyArts.com

A New Jersey summer getaway often includes a trip to the shore (that’s Jersey-speak for beach or coast; sometimes referred to as downtheshore). And the shore has a lot to offer: You can stroll in the sand and swim in the ocean, take a boat ride and go water skiing, hit the arcades and play a round of miniature golf. Or, for something altogether different, you can head over to Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC)’s Emlen Physick Estate to experience “Victorian Vaudeville,” an entertaining, family-friendly production performed by REV Theatre Company.

ROCK ON! This Week's Sound Bites...8/8/19

By Danny Coleman

A little more than a year ago, Neshanic Station, NJ songwriter/guitarist Tom Flynn released "Travels," a 10 track disc that lives up to its name. "Travels" meanders in and out of styles, genres and tempos while taking the listeners on an eclectic journey inside the artist's songwriting mind.

Makin Waves with Little Vicious: Rappin' redemption with the Riff Witch!

By Bob Makin

Asbury Park/Orlando-based Marguerite King’s tale of musical and personal redemption is as passionate as the pursuit of her dreams with her bad-ass band, Little Vicious.

Makin Waves Record of the Week: "Nope" by Shut Up

By Bob Makin

In support of their debut LP, “Nope,” Shut Up are playing Aug. 30 with Chemtrail at The Chubby Pickle, Highlands; Oct. 4 with Mudhoney at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City; Nov. 1 with Hidden Knives at The News Café, Pawtucket, R.I., and Nov. 2 at the Hixxgiving Festival at Midway Café in Boston.

comedy

PODCAST: 2 Guys From Jersey - Episode 87

The gang returns, well at least most of us do. BTG is off globe trotting, but we pressed on without him. We discuss a fun topic, the funniest females. The doc answers some questions and a listener helps us out with the intro.

art

"One Night In June 2014" by Yongshin Cho

By Bill Wolak

Yongshin Cho’s latest exhibition, which closes on August 10 at the Riverside Gallery in Hackensack, is titled One Night in June 2014. The show is a call for honesty and integrity in an era of greed and hypocrisy.

Event calendar
Sunday, Aug 25, 2019

MUSIC

UNFRECKINBELIEVEABLE SHOWCASE @ The Saint, Asbury Park - 7:00pm

DISCO LIVE @ Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City, Atlantic City - 7:00pm

O Sole Trio: Bravissimo Broadway @ Avenel Performing Arts Center, Avenel - 2:00pm and 7:00pm

AXCBT Presents Alice and Wonderland @ Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park - 2:00pm and 8:00pm

THEATRE

Memoirs of a Forgotten Man @ New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch - 2:00pm

Frozen Jr. @ Mainstage @ Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC), Rahway - 2:00pm

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