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New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 09-13-24

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!






 

Intriguing feature Look at Me screens at the New Jersey Film Festival

by Anran Li
published 2024-09-13

“Seeking external validation isn’t healthy.” “Always prioritize yourself, take care of your body and mind.” “You must accept and love yourself before you can love someone else.” …Really? Whenever I open YouTube, there are always those people: demonstrating Pilates tutorials in front of their panoramic view windows or sharing “super easy, low carb” chia seed pudding recipes, smiling, radiant, and effortless. Through their Morandi-colored filters, it seems “changing for the better” is merely one inspirational slogan away, and all we lack is determination or “the right mindset.” “Embrace your imperfections; there is always a way to cure you.” Those tender, tickling voices that initially feel like feathers brushing our bruises would eventually weave a suffocating pile of nets but are barely enough to extricate a person already caught in the swamp. When the tasteless, lukewarm chicken broth numbs our hearts, Look at Me spilled in a spoonful of black pepper mixed with cayenne chili.



Jersey Arts Podcast: Norm Lewis - Actor, Activist & Broadway Icon

by Maddie Orton, JerseyArts.com
published 2024-09-12

Theater icon Norm Lewis is known for a lot of things: breaking barriers as Broadway's first African-American Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera; lending his stunning baritone to the roles of Sweeney Todd, Porgy, and Jarvert; playing Senator Edison Davis on the hit TV show Scandal—the list goes on and on. But what you may not know that the Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee works just as hard behind the scenes as an activist and founding member of Black Theatre United.



Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert — With Great Animation Comes Great Music

by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com
published 2024-09-12

Spiderman fans, raise your hands! Why the request for an exuberant roll call, you may wonder, because you are going to want to take that hand and navigate over to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's website to purchase a ticket to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert post haste.



Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...9/12/24

by Danny Coleman
published 2024-09-12

"I play a little guitar so I write songs on the guitar or on the keyboard but nothing I'm comfortable with playing in front of people," laughed 3 Pairs of Boots vocalist Laura Arias as her and husband Andrew Stern are getting ready to drop a new 10-track release titled "Boot Scootin'" on September 27.