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New Jersey Stage:
Daily Edition 08-01-22




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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Playwright Aaron Posner to Take Part in Q&A at East Lynne Theater Company


(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company will host a Q&A with playwright Aaron Posner following their performance of Who Am I This Time? (& Other Conundrums of Love) on Wednesday, August 10. Posner created this play by adapting three charming Kurt Vonnegut stories for the stage, "Long Walk Forever," "Who Am I This Time?" and "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son." ELTC's production, which opened on July 27, has been getting standing ovations. 
PHOTOS from "Crazy For You" at Music Mountain Theatre


(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre is currently presenting Crazy For You each weekend through August 21st. Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Musical, this laugh-a-minute musical romp is scripted by Ken Ludwig and features the memorable hits of George and Ira Gershwin such as “I Got Rhythm,” “Naughty Baby,” “They Can't Take That Away from Me,” “Embraceable You,” “But Not for Me,” “Nice Work if You Can Get It” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.”  Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.
Middletown Arts Center to Hold Auditions for "The Addams Family"


(MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The MAC PLAYERS at the Middletown Arts Center will hold auditions for its production of The Adams Family on Monday, August 8 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, altogether ooky family comes to life in this macabre musical with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The Addams Family, the third production by the MAC’s recently formed adult theater group, will be performed on October 21-23, 28-30 and will be directed by Kathy Connolly with musical direction by Nicholas Jupinka. 
PHOTOS from "It Shoulda Been You" at Old Library Theatre


(FAIR LAWN, NJ) -- Old Library Theatre (OLT), Fair Lawn Recreation Department’s resident theatre company is currently presenting the Broadway musical, It Shoulda Been You, at the Fair Lawn Community Center. The show will be presented over two weekends, starting Friday, July 29, and run through August 7th, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm. Photographer John Posada was at a dress rehearsal to take some photos.

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"Still as Great Now as He Was Back Then!" Taj Mahal LIVE! at UCPAC


Although the weather outside is pushing 100 degrees, it’s comfortably cool inside the historic Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ this Wednesday, July 20, 2022 evening as music lovers await a concert by multi-Grammy-Award-winning recording artist, Taj Mahal.
Bob Burger returns with the wonderful “The Domino Effect”


"I thought I was going to have to quit," recalled Bob Burger. "Because it was too painful to play."
Union Summer Concert Series Rocks with Foreigners Journey


I enjoyed my outdoor experience at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ’s presentation of Much Ado About Nothing so much that I continued on the next week to an outdoor concert. Next stop: GSP Exit 141 where the Township of Union Summer Concert Series at Rabkin Park plays through July.
Ocean County Library Jackson Branch to Present Concert, Discussion by Kaleigh Brendle


JACKSON, NJ) -- Kaleigh Brendle, the partially-sighted New Jersey collegian and ardent visual-impairment rights advocate, will speak about her experiences and perform her own music at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch on Saturday, August 13 at 2:30pm. The Villanova student and Howell High School alumnus will recount her struggle with the College Board over conditions under which blind and deafblind students were given advanced-placement tests during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Makin Waves Song of the Week: "I Can’t Wait Any Longer" by Mike Montrey Band


“I Can’t Wait Any Longer,” the first of three singles from Mike Montrey Band’s forthcoming album, “Searching For My Soul,” is the Makin Waves Song of the Week.

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Old York Cellars presents Wine & Comedy Night on August 20th


(RINGOES, NJ) -- Old York Cellars presents Wine & Comedy on Saturday, August 20, 2022.  Norm Klar headlines a night hosted by Vince Valentine and featuring Michelle Tomko and opener Shopia DiCapula. Doors are at 7:00pm; showtime is 8:00pm.

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Find Your Inner Artist: Paint Parties Coming to Five Ocean County Library Branches


(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Exercise your creative side and have fun with friends during late-summer adult paint parties at five Ocean County Library branches. All supplies will be provided. Staffers from Carazy Paint of Little Egg Harbor will offer step-by-step instruction as participants create their own ocean-themed masterpieces. The parties are coming to Lacey, Berkeley, Lakewood, Tuckerton, and Plumsted branches.

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Top 15 Most Read Stories at New Jersey Stage from July 24-30, 2022


Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from July 24-30, 2022. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 7 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, and Passaic).
Cindy Yoon to Launch Studio Hiedra


(HACKENSACK, NJ) -- Cindy Yoon is launching her studio (Studio Hiedra) and presenting it as a Pop Up Shop on August 6 from 10:00am to 4:00pm at Riverside Gallery, located in the Riverside Mall. 
Ramapo College Students Launch a Climate Change Project at Meadowlands Environment Center


(MAHWAH, NJ) -- Ramapo College students and dozens of middle-schoolers from Ridgefield Park, N.J., got hands-on experience in researching climate change this summer. The project, which saw the launch of “artificial floating islands” in the waters at the Meadowlands at the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) in DeKorte Park, was conducted in partnership with the Ridgefield Park Board of Education summer youth program which included students grades 6-8.

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Pushcart Players' 2022-23 Season


Pushcart Players, New Jersey’s Emmy nominated and award-winning touring theater for young audiences, has announced their 2022-23 season. It contains performances of "Cuentos Del Arbol (Tree Tales)", "Stone Soup... and other stories", "Holiday Tales: A Season of Miracles", "Velveteen Rabbit", "Lift Every Voice: A Letter to the Editor", "Peter and the Wolf", and "Outta this World: The Adventures of Kalien the Alien". In addition to their plays, Pushcart's season also includes "Storytelling by Gerald Fierst" and a performance by "mr RAY" in concert.



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NBPAC presents The Devil and Daisy Dirt

 Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 7:00pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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Steve Earle Solo Acoustic Fifty Years of Songs and Stories (Laura Cantrell to open)

 Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Outpost In The Burbs
40 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
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So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience starring Robert Neary

 Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Grunin Center - Main Stage
1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754
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The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD - "La Bohème"

 Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 1:00pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
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Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy"

 Saturday, November 08, 2025 @ 7:30pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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