(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Micky Dolenz is an actor, singer, director, producer, writer, radio DJ, inventor, and all-around performer extraordinaire, and stands tall as a paragon of taste and accomplishment in the rough-and-tumble world of show business and entertainment. He'll share songs and stories from his career at Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 7:00pm.
Micky is best known as a vocalist and drummer of the 1960’s pop legends The Monkees. The Monkees not only achieved great success as a TV show, but also as recording artists; selling in excess of 65 million units, and achieving worldwide success. Their first four albums – The Monkees (1966); More Of The Monkees (1967); Headquarters (1967); and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, Ltd. (1967) all reached the number-one position on the charts and launched three number-one singles: “Last Train to Clarksville,” “I'm a Believer” (both with lead vocals by Micky), and “Daydream Believer.”
The group's first five albums also went platinum. Micky has also released several critically acclaimed solo albums: King For A Day; Remember; and A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock and Roll. The Monkees also re-grouped for a 50th anniversary album in 2016 entitled Good Times on Rhino.
Micky toured in 2019 as part of the It Was Fifty Years Ago Today; a celebration of The Beatles White Album with Christopher Cross; Todd Rundgren; and Joey Molland of Badfinger. In same year, he released the award-winning Dolenz Sings Nesmith on England’s 7a Records and Dolenz Sings R.E.M. featuring 4 songs from R.E.M.; both released on England’s 7a Records. Later that year, he released the book I’m Told I Had A Good Times: The Micky Dolenz Archives-VOLUME 1.
Tickets range from $49-$129 and are available for purchase online. Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey.
Founded in 2003, the 1,367-seat Bergen Performing Arts Center, or bergenPAC, is the area’s cultural mecca. Housed in a historic Art Deco-style theater boasting one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States, bergenPAC attracts a stellar roster of world-class entertainment. The jewel in our crown is The Performing Arts School at bergenPAC – the innovative, educational performing arts initiative that, through programs, classes, outreach, school shows, and main theater presented shows, reach more than 30,000 students and community youth annually. The Performing Arts School provides community youth, age 2 months to 21 years, with unique, “hands-on” training in music, dance and theater by industry professionals. It is through the ongoing generosity of sponsors, donors, members, and patrons that the not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation bergenPAC and The Performing Arts School are able to thrive and enrich our community.
