14th Annual Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival to Take Place August 4-14

(DEAL, NJ) -- Live cinema is back! The 14th Annual Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival (AJIFF) runs from August 4-14, 2024 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal. Two films will be screened at Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel as well. The nonprofit festival features 10 award-winning Israeli and Jewish international films. Film series passes are available for $68 through July 15 ($78 after). Individual film tickets are $12.

Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Indigo Girls

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Indigo Girls on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 7:30pm. Over a thirty-five-year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the multi-Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray has recorded sixteen studio albums, sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following across the globe.

Casting Announced for the World Premiere of "Empire Records: The Musical" at McCarter Theatre

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- McCarter Theatre Center has announced the cast for the world premiere of Empire Records: The Musical based on the beloved 1990s cult-classic film. This dynamic adaptation, featuring an original rock score by Princeton native Zoe Sarnak and a book by the film's screenwriter Carol Heikkinen, is set to capture the hearts of audiences with dynamic and defiant characters, throwback nostalgia, and an electrifying soundtrack. Empire Records: The Musical is produced by special arrangement with Bill Weiner. It will run September 6 – October 6, 2024 in McCarter's Berlind Theatre.

Cape May's East Lynne Theater Company Presents 'Dial M for Murder'

by Shen Shellenberger, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-07-25
Do you like a good mystery? If so, mark your calendar for the East Lynne Theater Company's (ELTC) upcoming production of "Dial M for Murder," with 7:00 PM performances Wednesdays through Saturdays from August 1-31, 2024, at the company's current home at 500 Hughes Street in Cape May.

New Release Review - "Only The River Flows"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-07-25
1990s media was obsessed with serial killers. Movies, TV shows and novels of the era were filled with dogged investigators tracking elusive murderers, an obsession likely sparked by the emergence of DNA tracing at the bginning of the decade, which revealed that many hitherto unsolved murders might actually be the work of lone killers. Filmmakers, TV showrunners and novelists used the premise of the hunt for a serial killer to tap into the angst that was in the air as an uncertain new millennium loomed on the horizon. Arriving within weeks of one another in the summer of 2024 are two '90s set thrillers that channel this angst, the American horror hit Longlegs and director Wei Shujun's thriller Only the River Flows.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 07-25-24

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!

Smooth Jazz New Jersey presents Spyro Gyra at UCPAC's Hamilton Stage

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- Smooth Jazz New Jersey presents jazz fusion legends Spyro Gyra on their 50th anniversary tour Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center with shows at 5:30pm & 8:00pm. Spyro Gyra has long been known to its peers in the contemporary jazz world as a "well oiled road machine" due to its relentless schedule of performing over 5 decades.

The Moody Blues' John Lodge LIVE! at Ocean City Music Pier

by Spotlight Central - published 2024-07-24
Moody Blues fans are streaming in to the historic Ocean City Music Pier on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ this Monday, July 14, 2024 for a live performance of the classic 1967 Moody Blues album, Days of Future Past, by the band's founding member John Lodge.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 07-24-24

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!