Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!
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theatre
OCC Repertory Theatre presents "Madness, Murder, and Mayhem" ...from the dark recesses of Shakespeare's mind 
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Ocean County College Repertory Theater Company presents Madness, Murder, and Mayhem... from the dark recesses of Shakespeare's mind across two weekends (October 18-20 and October 25-27, 2024) at Grunin Center's Black Box Theater.
This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place July 9-16, 2024 
Here are previews of plays taking place from July 9-16, 2024 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. Click on the title to go to the full preview. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.
Avenel Performing Arts Center presents "The Soapranos" 
(AVENEL, NJ) -- Avenel Performing Arts Center presents The Soapranos from August 16-18, 2024. Tony's retiring and Paulie Peanuts is throwing him a surprise party in this hilarious, interactive parody of the hit TV series.
music
Outpost in the Burbs presents Nicole Atkins 
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Outpost in the Burbs presents Nicole Atkins on Friday, September 6, 2024 at First Congregation Church of Montclair. Showtime is 8:00pm.
This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts July 9-16, 2024 
Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from July 9-16, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas
Shea Center for Performing Arts presents Wycliffe Gordon and Friends 
(WAYNE, NJ) -- On Friday, July 26, 2024, Shea Center for Performing Arts presents Wycliffe Gordon and Friends. Wycliffe Gordon is one of the most outstanding trombonists today, and is also a composer, and arranger. Showtime is 7:30pm.
Wellmont Theater Presents: The Cream of Clapton Band 
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- On Friday, July 19, 2024, the Wellmont Theater presents The Cream of Clapton Band. Endorsed by the man himself, family, friends and band mates celebrate Eric’s record breaking '24 Nights' at The Royal Albert Hall in 1991. Joining the band on drums in 2024 is legendary drummer, Steve Ferrone (Eric Clapton / Tom Petty) along with very special guest Nathan East (Eric Clapton / Phil Collins). Showtime is 8:00pm.
Ocean City Music Pier presents 10cc on July 29th 
(OCEAN CITY, NJ) -- One of the most inventive and influential bands in the history of pop music, 10cc, will perform live on Monday, July 29, 2024 at the Ocean City Music Pier. The band’s 2024 Ultimate, Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour is the group's first in over three decades. Showtime is 7:00pm.
Swingin' Seaside Interview Event Spotlights Sinatra Scholar Chuck Granata 
(AVON-BY-THE-SEA, NJ) -- A swingin' insightful musical event featuring an interview with distinguished Sinatra Scholar Charles L. (Chuck) Granata, is being presented by producer Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications and founder of The Rat Pack Music Alliance. The entertaining program will take place indoors at the Avon Municipal Marina Building (2 Main Street) on Sunday, September 29th, 2024, beginning promptly at Noon.
PHOTOS from moe. and Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country at The Stone Pony 
Asbury Park, NJ held their fireworks display on July 3rd this year. Jokingly, I asked myself was this because moe. was back at the Summer Stage?! Clearly, it was because July 4th was a Thursday this year and it did not benefit completely as the introduction to the holiday weekend. Because of this the vibe in the air arriving in Asbury was different. More intimate, as if the people gathered knew this was the place to be if they were meant to be there. Within 10 minutes upon my arrival, I ran into 2 friends. Extended moe.ron family, one who was camped out for the show in a grass strip between streets outside of the venue.
film
New Release Review - "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" 
1980s Hollywood was fuelled by a simple formula, the "fish out of water." Whether it be an alien landing in the suburbs; a boorish, middle-aged Jewish comic attending college; or a young boy finding himself in the body of Tom Hanks; audiences lapped this stuff up. With 1983's fish out of water comedy Trading Places, director John Landis moulded Eddie Murphy into the '80s equivalent of Groucho Marx. Just as the Jewish Marx had done in the '30s, the African-American Murphy built his shtick around mocking wealthy white people. The movie that cemented this status was 1984's Beverly Hills Cop, in which Murphy played Axel Foley, an unfiltered Detroit undercover cop who found himself in the alien surrounds of that American centre of white elitism, Beverly Hills. The plot - something, something corruption, or something - was irrelevant. Audiences turned up to see Murphy crack wise, do funny voices and take the piss out of rich folk, and he did so with a unique and natural ease that no comic performer has matched in the decades since.
community
Events This Week in New Jersey: July 9-16, 2024 
Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from July 9-16, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas
FEATURED EVENTS
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WP Piano Night: Just Dance
Monday, December 02, 2024 @ 7:30pm
William Paterson University - Shea Recital Hall 101
300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470
category: music
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Great Art on Screen - Perugio: Eternal Renaissance
Monday, December 02, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: art
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WP Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, December 03, 2024 @ 7:30pm
William Paterson University - Shea Auditorium
300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470
category: music
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EVENT PREVIEWS
Lewis Center for the Arts' Princeton Atelier presents an early developmental workshop of "Custom of the Coast"
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts' Princeton Atelier will present an early developmental workshop of a section of Custom of the Coast, a new small-scale opera written by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon and award-winning experimental music/contemporary opera composer Kamala Sankaram. The event begins at 4:30pm on Monday, December 2, 2024, at the Berlind Rehearsal Room at McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place. The program will also include an excerpt of a small-scale opera by Princeton Ph.D. candidate Hope Littwin. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.
UPCOMING EVENTS
South Jersey's Indigenous Communities Celebrated in New A.C. Arts Garage Exhibit
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- A new exhibit at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University will celebrate two southern New Jersey tribal communities through the display of historical documents, traditional artifacts and contemporary art. "Still Here: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape and Powhatan-Renape Nations of Southern New Jersey" opens October 9 and runs until January 5, 2025.
