New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 03-02-22

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Inside "Baipás" at George Street Playhouse

Baipás, the play that will reignite the George Street Playhouse season, is, in theatrical parlance, a “two-hander,” which means that it has two characters. But that’s only partly true. There are only two actors, but, without saying a word, the audience in this play by Jacobo Morales, plays a role—in fact, multiple roles—that are important to the story.

Our Favorite Stories In Theatre: Hiding Out In The Nether

New Jersey Stage published its 25,000th story in December 2021. As the site approached the milestone, we posed the question on social media as how we should celebrate. One response was to highlight our favorite stories from over the years. We liked this idea, but could not narrow things down to just 25 favorites so we will present a favorite each day from different genres. Every Tuesday we feature one of our favorite stories in theatre. This week's choice is a feature on The Nether, a play by Jennifer Haley, which was presented by Centenary Stage Company.

Mile Square Theatre presents "The Niceties" by Eleanor Burgess

(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre (MST) returns with a four-week run of The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. In this “barnburner of a play” (The Washington Post), Janine, an accomplished Ivy League professor holds routine office hours with Zoe, an ambitious young student, to discuss her thesis: if history is written by the victors, who tells the story of the oppressed? When the two don’t see eye to eye, polite disagreements explode into a debate over race and history that threatens to derail their careers, lives and the status quo.

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NEA Jazz Masters 2022: Stanley Clarke, Billy Hart, Donald Harrison, Jr., and Cassandra Wilson

In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts established a Jazz Masters Series Award and government grant given annually to the country's most impactful jazz musicians. The first recipients 40 years ago included Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sun Ra. The list has since expanded to include many more exceptional jazz artists over the past four decades. Here are brief profiles of this year's recipients: Stanley Clarke, Billy Hart, Donald Harrison Jr, and Cassandra Wilson. They will each receive a $25,000 award and will be honored at a concert on Thursday, March 31 at a concert produced by SF JAZZ held at the San Francisco JAZZ Center.

Limited Edition Lawn Passes Available from Live Nation for Amphitheater Shows

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Live Nation has announced that Lawn Pass will be available at 30 venues for the 2022 summer concert season, which is on pace to be one of the biggest in history. With a Lawn Pass, fans can attend concerts at their local amphitheater music venue all summer long, including select sold out shows. Locally, it includes shows at PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel, NJ) and Waterfront Music Pavilion (Camden, NJ) – formerly BB&T Pavilion.

The Chicks to Perform in Holmdel and Camden

(CAMDEN, NJ) -- The 13-time GRAMMY® award-winning, multi-platinum selling global superstars, The Chicks will return to the road with The Chicks Tour, set for summer 2022. Produced by Live Nation, the 27-city tour kicks off on June 14 at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, MO. The tour comes to the local area for shows on Wednesday, July 6 at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel and Friday, July 8th at Waterfront Music Pavilion in Camden. Patty Griffin will support them on both dates and throughout much of the tour.

Jonas Brothers: Live in Las Vegas set for June

(LAS VEGAS, NV) -- New Jersey natives and global pop icons Jonas Brothers have announced Jonas Brothers: Live in Las Vegas, an exclusive five-night Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM set for June 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, 2022. The announcement follows the band’s recently wrapped REMEMBER THIS Tour. The 40-plus date run across the U.S. topped the Pollstar “2021 Year End: Top 100 Tours” chart as one of the highest grossing tours of 2021 with over 528,000 tickets sold.

Rock Hall of Famer Todd Rundgren to Perform at NJ Lottery Festival of Ballooning

(READINGTON, NJ) -- Pop superstar Todd Rundgren, a 2021 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will bring some added wizardry to this summer’s New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning. The multi-faceted singer-songwriter-producer (“Hello It’s Me,” “I Saw The Light,” “Can We Still Be Friends,” “Bang The Drum”) will rock the Festival’s Main Stage on Saturday night, July 30 at 8:00pm.

White Eagle Hall presents Tank and The Bangas

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- White Eagle Hall presents Tank and the Bangas on Friday, March 18. Cory Henry opens the night. Doors are at 7:00pm, show begins at 8:00pm. Tank and the Bangas will remain in the tri-state area with shows March 19th at Webster Hall in New York City and March 20th at Union Transfer in Philadelphia.

APEX Ensemble of Montclair appoints Diego Garcia as Youth Program Director

(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The APEX Ensemble has announced the appointment of Diego Garcia as its first Youth Program Director. Originally from Colombia, he began his musical training as a cellist under Batuta, an el sistema like program. Garcia currently serves on the faculty for Mannes Prep in New York City; Summer Arts with Juilliard in Geneva, Switzerland; the Dwight–Englewood School; and the JCC Thurnauer School of Music.

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Gallery Henoch presents "Mel Leipzig: Painter of People"

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Since he first showed his work in 1963, Mel Leipzig has been chronicling the quotidian details of ordinary peoples’ lives. A painter ahead of his time, he has focused on matters large and small that characterize their activities and surroundings, including an astute awareness of the way race, ethnicity, and class saturate the human experience. Curated by Margaret M. O’Reilly, "Mel Leipzig: Painter of People" will be on view at Gallery Henoch from March 10 through April 2, 2022.

"The Road Home" Photography Exhibit at JKC Gallery Puts a Focus on Identity Displacement

(TRENTON, NJ) -- Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC’s) James Kerney Campus Gallery (JKCG)'s next photography exhibit is entitled “The Road Home: Migrations, Displacement and Redefining Where We Live.” The show runs from March 1 through March 31, 2022 with in-person and virtual artist receptions Wednesday, March 2 at 12:00pm and again at 6:30pm live and on the Zoom conferencing platform. The public is invited. Proceeds of sales of limited works will go to supporting the artists or may be donated to a charity of each artist’s choice.

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RVCC Planetarium to Display Tactile Panel of Hubble Image

(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- The Raritan Valley Community College Planetarium in Branchburg has received a limited edition, tactile panel of one of the Hubble Telescope’s iconic images, the “Pillars of Creation.” The 12" x 12" image, produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, is on display in the Planetarium’s exhibition area and is available for viewing by the public.

"Women of the Van Riper-Hopper House (and How to Find Them)" presented online March 12th

(WAYNE, NJ) -- Built ca. 1786, the Van Riper-Hopper House in Wayne, NJ has been home to four generations of the Van Riper family as well as several paid and enslaved laborers. This Women’s History Month, Tessa Payer will be focusing on the female members of the household, presenting the house as a case study for researching and integrating women’s history in historic house museums. Learn about the women of the Van Riper-Hopper House and how we can best tell their story in a historic house museum with program "Women of the Van Riper-Hopper House (and How to Find Them)" which will be presented virtually on Saturday, March 12th at 1:00pm.

Arts Ed NJ Issues "March Forward Spring 2022 Guidance for Arts Education"

(WARREN, NJ) -- Arts Ed NJ, the performing arts affiliate for the National Association of State High School Associations (NFHS), has suspended mitigation guidance for schools designated as “mask optional” effective March 7, 2022.

Lewis Center for the Arts presents “Freedom to Write” on March 15th

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts presents “Freedom to Write,” next in the Atelier at Large series of conversations that bring guest artists to campus to discuss the challenges they face in making art in the modern world. For this conversation, Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Princeton Atelier Paul Muldoon will be joined by the United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the CEO of PEN America Suzanne Nossel, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage to discuss various concepts of freedom. The event begins at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 15, in the Richardson Auditorium on Princeton’s campus.

Celebrate March with Irish-Themed Events at MPAC

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) offers several ways to celebrate all things Ireland in March, including two events that take place after Morristown’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 12th concludes: A Day of Irish Culture with an interactive Children’s concert after the parade and a concert by Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones later in the day. In addition, Celtic Thunder Ireland comes to MPAC on March 4th and The National Dance Company of Ireland: Rhythm of the Dance will be there on March 13th.

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