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originally published: 07/12/2022

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) has announced four new and uniquely different shows to be performed in the newly renovated theater during the 2022-23 season. Hip-Hop Fever, Blues Clues & You! Live On Stage, Ladies of Laugter – Back to Jersey!, and Rhythm of the Dance.  Tickets for each go on sale Friday, July 15th at 10:00am.

HIP-HOP FEVER - Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 8:00pm. Featuring Slick Rick, Rob Base, The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio of the Furious Five, Brand Nubian, Soul Sonic Force, Roxanne Shante, Grandmaster Caz, Playgirl Ari. Music by Grandwizard Theodore and DJ Hollywood. Hosted By Ralph McDaniels of Video Music Box and Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records. Tickets range from $49 - $99.

BLUE’S CLUES AND YOU! LIVE ON STAGE - Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2:00pm & 6:00pm. Blue’s Clues & You! Live on Stage is an epic new adventure! Josh is conjuring up a magical theater show, but he needs YOUR help! Kids and families will fall in love with theater as they solve Blue’s Clues to find out what Josh needs to make a show. With Broadway-style song and dance, this production pulls out all the stops! See Josh and Blue skidoo to amazing places! They’ll make a rainbow with MAGENTA! They’ll make a music video with RAINBOW PUPPY! They’ll float in outer space! And MORE! Discover all the singing, dancing, laughing & creativity with Blue, her friends, and of course, YOU! Tickets range from $29.50 - $69.50.

LADIES OF LAUGHTER – BACK TO JERSEY! - Friday, February 3, 2023 at 8:00pm. See these Jersey stand-up standouts for a night of nonstop laughter, featuring Sara Contreras, Zarna Garg, Liz Glazer, Maureen Langan, and Marion Grodin, hosted by One Funny Mother, Dena Blizzard! The show includes a cross section of some of the funniest women to come out of the national Ladies of Laughter competition first established in the Bergen County YWCA’s gymnasium in 1998. Since its inception, Ladies of Laughter is a regular at historic theatres, casinos and even Madison Square Garden through its competition and tour and has catapulted the careers of dozens of comedians. The show also includes an appearance by the first-ever Ladies of Laughter winner and grandmother, Teaneck resident Micki Shilan. Tickets range from $29 - $39.

RHYTHM OF THE DANCE - Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 8:00pm. This incredible live show creates a new era in Irish entertainment, featuring World and Irish champion dancers, some of the finest Traditional musicians, and singers who are a big hit everywhere. Combining traditional dance and music with the most up to date stage technology, this two-hour extravaganza takes audiences on an exhilarating, energy-packed time trip through the ages. It’s internationally rated as one of the most popular and busiest Irish step dance shows in the world, making it such a success with critics and audiences worldwide.  Tickets range from $29 - $49.

 

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Tickets will be available at: www.ticketmaster.com or by calling the Box Office (201) 227-1030. 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.

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