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theatre
Centenary Stage to Hold Auditions for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company will be holding an open-call audition for the upcoming 2022 Holiday Spectacular Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Auditions will be held by appointment only on September 30 from 3:00pm-7:00pm and on October 1 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm.
Mile Square Theatre presents "Berta, Berta" (HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre (MST) will begin Kevin R. Free’s first season as Artistic Director with Angelica Chéri’s Berta, Berta, which will be directed by Free. After committing an unforgivable crime, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long-lost lover Berta. Their reunion swells from a quarrelsome conjuring of the past to an impassioned plot to escape their impending fate. Berta, Berta runs from September 21 through October 16.
Inside Hudson Theatre Works' 2022-23 Season (WEEHAWKEN, NJ) -- Hudson Theatre Works has announced their 2022-23 season - their 10th year of producing professional theatre. They open on September 24- 25 with their first children's show in 2 years. "Red and the Hoods" directed by Beatriz Esteban-Messina. On October 1- 2nd their in- house company, the Forge, will be presenting the 10 Minute Play Festival benefit with writers like John Patrick Shanley, Sarah T. Schwab and Richard Vetere.
Guild Theatreworks to present “A Variety of Vignettes" at Ocean County Library (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Enjoy a memorable evening of laughter, tears and the love of life's journey. The Ocean County Library Toms River Branch will host "A Variety of Vignettes" by The Guild Theatreworks on Wednesday, September 21 at 7:00pm. The performance in Mancini Hall will include iconic monologues and sketches from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, City Slickers, Bridesmaids, California Suite, Come Blow Your Horn, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, and other classic and contemporary works.
Bergen County Players kick off 90th season with "Ragtime: The Musical" (ORADELL, NJ) -- Bergen County Players (BCP), one of America’s longest-running little theater companies, will open its 90th season with one of the most ambitious productions ever mounted by BCP - Ragtime: The Musical. Performances begin Saturday, September 17 and run thru Saturday, October 15 at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell. Nominated for 13 Tony Awards®, and winning for Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Orchestrations, Ragtime: The Musical was called by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years."
music
Jukebox Saturday Night Brings the Sounds of Swing to OCC’s Grunin Center (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Join Jukebox Saturday Night at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts for a musical revue of the great Big Bands of the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s on Saturday, September 24 at 7:00pm. Jukebox Saturday Night is a musical review of the great Big Bands of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s.
RVCC to Present First Concert in Mozaika Series Season Featuring Piano Trio (BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College’s Arts & Design department will present a performance by the Arnett-Herrmann-Stuparević Piano Trio, Sunday, September 18 at 2:00pm. The event, the first in the MOZAIKA Concert Series’ 2022-2023 season, will be held in the Nash Theatre at the College’s Branchburg campus. The performance will feature piano trios by Joseph Haydn, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.
BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music: 8/29/22 Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at releases by furiousBall, Dummy, Val Emmich, Yawn Mower, the dt's, and FRND CRCL.
film
Newark Museum of Art presents Film + Panel: Celebrating the Legacy of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas (NEWARK, NJ) -- Join the Newark Museum of Art on Wednesday, September 14 for the premiere of two original documentaries that shed new light on the lives of a pair of towering figures in the struggle to end slavery, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. The screening will be followed by a Q&A. Speakers to be announced. The event starts at 7:00pm.
The ShowRoom to Offer $3 Tickets for National Cinema Day (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- In celebration of National Cinema Day, Saturday, September 3rd, all tickets for all screenings at The ShowRoom Cinema will be $3.00. Tickets for this event will go on sale Tuesday, August 30 at 6:00pm.
art
"Life and Landscape: Inspired By George Inness" comes to Montclair (MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- “Life and Landscape: Inspired by George Inness,” a dual exhibition on display from September 9 through November 6 at Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Avenue and Montclair Museum of Art (MAM), 3 South Mountain Ave, both in Montclair, NJ. The two venues are a convenient five-minute walk apart. Inspired by George Inness: Life and Landscape takes its cues from the upcoming exhibition of MAM’s renowned Inness collection.
Virtual Lecture: "Public Art: Changing Space, Changing Minds, and Commemorating History" (MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ) -- The Arts Institute of Middlesex County presents a virtual lectured entitled, "Public Art: Changing Space, Changing Minds, and Commemorating History," on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 5:00pm. The event is part of the “History Detectives” series and will take place on ZOOM. Dr. Diana Boros will share stories of public art projects-- both recent and historical, in spaces both near and far, in New Jersey and beyond-- that engage communities and create galleries outdoors.
community
Middlesex County Clerk’s office offers free Property Alert Service to protect against fraud (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- In an effort to combat property and mortgage fraud, Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin encourages property owners to protect their property and mortgage with the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office Property Alert Service.
High School Students May Enroll in RVCC’s Applied Music Courses, Dance Ensemble (BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Area high school music students are invited to enroll in Raritan Valley Community College's Applied Music courses and receive college credit for private lessons on their instruments. The experience will help them to be better prepared for All-State and college auditions, and to excel at and enjoy music-making at all levels.
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