New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 11-08-19

Here is the morning update for New Jersey Stage for 11-08-19.

New Jersey Stage regularly publishes between 8-10 new articles and news reports each day. To have this newsletter sent to your email each morning, click here

theatre

A Play for Our Times at Luna Stage Hannah Arendt is a philosopher for our times, and the unlikely title character in a new play “Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library.” Jenny Lyn Bader

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Eagle Theatre Presents "Dogfight" (HAMMONTON, NJ) -- Compassion takes center stage in Eagle Theatre’s upcoming production of Dogfight, running November 15th – December 8th, 2019. This hauntingly beautiful musical, based on 1991 Warner Brothers film, is packed with an unstoppable pop score by Pasek and Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen), an unexpected love affair, and a genuine and charming message that takes audiences to new heights.

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music

WhyHunger Hungerthon Benefit Concerts To Take Place In Rahway and Park Ridge (PARK RIDGE, NJ) -- A pair of WhyHunger Hungerthon Benefit Concerts will take place in New Jersey in November.  WhyHunger, the organization founded in 1975 by the late singer/songwriter Harry Chapin and Bill Ayers, enlists performing artists to raise funds and awareness for the most innovative and effective community-based organizations fighting hunger and poverty all across the world. WhyHunger believes that through music we can all make a difference in the world!

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Outpost in the Burbs Presents a "Beatles Bash" with The Weeklings Plus a Ten-Piece Orchestra (MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Outpost in the Burbs presents a “Beatles Bash” with The Weeklings on Saturday, November 16th, 2019 at 8:00pm (7:30pm doors) at the First Congregational Church, 40 S. Fullerton Avenue. This show will feature the music of The Beatles and more, with selections from The Beatles early years plus music from the ground breaking albums Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the White Album, and the seminal Abbey Road which is celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary.  Performing with a 10-piece orchestra, The Weeklings will also include some of their fan-favorite original songs.

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"An Evening With...The Smithereens" LIVE! at the Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center A crowd is forming outside Newark, NJ’s GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center this Thursday, October 24, 2019 evening as music fans line up to take part in a special NJ musical event — An Evening With…. The Smithereens!

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ROCK ON! This Week's Sound Bites...11/7/19 There are soundtracks to movies, television mini-series, documentaries and more; then there are what perhaps may be the biggest ones of all; the soundtracks of our lives.

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comedy

Humorist David Sedaris Returns To MPAC On December 5th (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Humorist David Sedaris returns to Mayo Performing Arts Center for an evening of biting social commentary on Thursday, December 5 at 8:00pm. Tickets range from $39-$69.

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dance

Atlantic City Ballet Presents "It's A Shore Holiday" (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Kickoff your holiday season with the Atlantic City Ballet’s It’s A Shore Holiday. The production blends classical and contemporary dance set to beloved holiday tunes. This “Radio City-esque” review will feature the AC Ballet Professional company along with live singers and a six piece band. Performances will take place at Circus Maximus Theater (Caesar

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art

West Windsor Arts Council Presents "Off The Wall" (PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ) --  The West Windsor Arts Council, an award-winning community arts-focused organization, presents the work of over 100 artists in “Off the Wall,” an Affordable Art Sale. The juried exhibition is open to the public until Friday, December 20, 2019. A two-day opening reception will be held in conjunction with the WWAC Artisan Market. As an affordable art sale, artwork will be offered at prices from $50 to $400. Artworks may be literally taken off the wall at the time of purchase.

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Social Justice and The Quilts of Angola Prison “I have not given up. I’m here and I want outta here, but, in the meantime, I will create.” That’s the message Maureen Kelleher says she gets from the quilts created by prison inmates. While it may be surprising to learn that people serving life sentences are quilters, it’s a wonderful way for them to express their humanity. Kelleher, an artist, activist, and private investigator, is the curator of an exhibit showcasing quilts created by inmates who first began making quilts through their work as volunteers in the prison hospice project.

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