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New Jersey Stage:
Daily Edition 04-19-22




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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Centenary Stage Company presents reading of "Off the Map" to Conclude 2022 Women Playwrights Series


(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company will conclude the 2022 Women Playwrights Series with a reading of Off the Map by Christine Foster on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30pm in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University. In the play, Denny and Claire have retired to the wilds of Central America, where they quickly discover that things are not as they were expecting, neither in their relationship, nor in their new property, where a mysterious Mound is discovered by a pair of archaeologists who arrive on the scene, making a shattering discovery which will challenge all their beliefs about what is ever truly real and what is imagined.  
Crossroads Theatre Company presents Genesis Festival 2022 this week


(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Crossroads Theatre Company presents the Genesis Festival 2022 this week at The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. The Genesis Festival of new voices and new plays, which runs from April 19-23, is a playwright laboratory experience that consists of six separate shows of staged readings for the audience to enjoy and share feedback.
NJ Rep presents "The Pin-Up Girls: A Musical Love Letter"


(LONG BRANCH) -- New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep) presents The Pin-Up Girls: A Musical Love Letter from June 9th through July 10th.  This is a new musical by James Hindman and Jeffrey Lodin, starring Sara Glancy, Jillian Louis, AJ Melnick, and Pheonix Vaughn. From The Andrews Sisters to Beyoncé! From World War One to Afghanistan. The Pin-Up Girls sing a cavalcade of hits inspired by real letters home from our troops overseas! 

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"Every Song was a Hit!" The Hit Men LIVE! at the Grunin Center


Music lovers are streaming into Toms River, NJ’s Grunin Center for the Arts this Friday, April 8, 2022 evening for a live concert by The Hit Men, a group of talented musicians who have performed with a who’s who of legendary artists including members of Foreigner, Journey, Cheap Trick, Cream, Grand Funk, and The Who. The group was founded in 2010 by Lee Shapiro, former musical director/keyboardist for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
PHOTOS from Rodrigo y Gabriela at NJPAC


Rodrigo y Gabriela, the metal-loving duo from Mexico City inspired by both flamenco and hard rock, performed at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Friday, April 15, 2022 and photographer John Posada was on hand to get some shots.
JamFam Productions presents Watkins Glen Revival 2022


(FLANDERS, NJ) -- JamFam Productions has announced The Watkins Glen Revival 2022 will be held in Flanders, NJ and Kempton, PA. The scheduled artists for both include Northeast's premier tribute bands: The THE BAND Band, This Old Engine and The Peach Project - who will be performing the music of The Band, The Grateful Dead & The Allman Brothers Band.  
Spotlight on 2022 XPoNential Music Festival


(CAMDEN, NJ) -- WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, will present its annual three-day XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18, 2022 at two adjacent outdoor venues on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront. 

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Earth Day Film Premiere: "The Revolution Generation"


(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- This Earth Day, Friday, April 22, Big Picture Ranch (BPR), is releasing The Revolution Generation, their 15th film about solutions to the growing global climate crisis. The studio and filmmakers were also behind Kiss The Ground, which launched at the Tribeca Film Festival and garnered over 75 major film festival awards before landing on Netflix. The new film is both an impassioned call to action around the climate crisis and a toolkit for young people to use their civic power to reverse the downward spiral of climate disasters.
WFMU and Montclair Film present a Screening of "This Much I Know To Be True"


(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- On May 11th at 7:00pm, WFMU and Montclair Film present a screening of This Much I Know To Be True. Shot on location in London & Brighton, Andrew Dominik’s new feature documentary captures Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ exceptional creative relationship as they bring to life the songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) and Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis). 

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Ocean County Library Upper Shores Branch to Exhibit Art by Joan Tozzi Ablahani in May


(LAVALLETTE, NJ) -- The Ocean County Library Upper Shores Branch will present Seascapes & Ocean Life, watercolor and acrylic paintings by local artist Joan Tozzi Ablahani, throughout the month of May. Ms. Ablahani depicts the grandeur of ocean waves, beach scenes, seascapes, marine life, and landscapes in impressionistic realism. She creates large and miniature canvasses, many of which are reproduced as note cards.
Vivid Stage presents "A promise made, a promise kept" Art Exhibit


(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage, formerly Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present a world premiere production of Life’s Work by Laura Ekstrand from April 21 through May 1. To complement the production, Joan Speare’s paintings will be displayed in the lobby at the Oakes Center. The exhibit, entitled “A promise made, a promise kept,” includes works that the artist created in her deferred career.

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Newark to Hold Two Events In Celebration of Earth Day


(NEWARK, NJ) -- Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced that in celebration of Earth Day, the City of Newark will host two events on consecutive days. The Cleaner Newark Citywide Cleanup will take place on Friday, April 22, beginning at the Department of Public Works building at 9:00am, and concluding with a "Grab and Go" lunch, provided by ShopRite Newark at 1:00pm.



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