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New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 12-28-22

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NJ Stage Daily Update

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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theatre


Star Royale Theatre to Hold Auditions for Monty Python's Spamalot
 

(POMPTON LAKES, NJ) -- Star Royale Theatre (Formerly Rhino Theatre) will hold auditions for Monty Python's Spamalot on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm. This audition is open for all adults ages 18 and older. All roles are open for this production. Callbacks, if needed, will be held on February 16th.

 



Yardley Players to Hold Auditions for "Hello Dolly!"
 

(WEST WINDSOR, NJ) -- Yardley Players will hold auditions for Hello Dolly! at the Kelsey Theatre on the West Windsor, NJ campus of the Mercer County Comunity College. Auditions will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2023 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm and Sunday, January 15, 2023 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The production will be directed by Marge Swider.

 


music


Capital Philharmonic Of New Jersey presents New Year's Eve: The Fabulous 40's And 50's Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald
 

(TRENTON, NJ) -- On Saturday, December 31, the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey presents New Year's Eve: The Fabulous 40's and 50's Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald featuring Paula Johns, Soprano.  The show takes place inside the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial. Showtime is 8:00pm.

 



The Newton Theatre presents Pure Prairie League
 

(NEWTON, NJ) -- Pure Prairie League will perform at The Newton Theatre on Saturday, March 11, 2023. From their beginnings in mid-Sixties Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member/pedal-steel innovator John David Call, veteran bassist Mike Reilly, propulsive drummer Scott Thompson and guitar ace Donnie Clark, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish the rich 43-year history of one of Country-Rock’s pioneering forces. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime at 8:00pm.



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The Strand Center for the Arts presents PettyBreakers
 

(LAKEWOOD, NJ) -- The Strand Center for the Arts presents PettyBreakers – Tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Friday, January 27, 2023 at 7:30pm. What started out in 2010 as a regional band is now the Nations’s #1 touring tribute to Tom Petty. Doors are at 6:30pm.

 



Lakehouse Music Academy presents Rhythm at Monmouth University
 

(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Lakehouse Music Academy presents Rhythm at Monmouth University's Lauren K. Woods Theater on Saturday, January 21, 2023. The event runs from 7:00pm – 9:30pm. This is an intensive drum and percussion experience hosted by the head of Lakehouse Music Academy's drum program, Steve Honoshowsky. Featuring special guests, solos, duets, and group performances from the Academy's drum students and instructors, as well as the members of the Monmouth University Pep Band Drum Line.

 



Broadway stars and Dancers from Dance Theatre of Harlem join NJ Festival Orchestra for New Year’s celebration
 

(WESTFIELD, NJ) -- A Westfield tradition returns Saturday, December 31, with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra’s New Year’s Eve performance “Hats Off to Broadway” in the Westfield High School auditorium.

 



Ocean County Library Brick Branch to Present Dakota & Elle's "Golden Oldies"
 

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Ocean County Library Brick Branch presents Ocean County song stylists Dakota & Elle in “Golden Oldies: Songs from the 50s, 60s & 70s,” on Saturday, January 21. Their “Golden Oldies” performance will highlight memorable hits from three distinctive decades that define modern pop music, delivered in their inimitable harmonic style. The event begins at 2:00pm.

 


film


PHOTOS from the 17th Annual Teaneck International Film Festival
 

(TEANECK, NJ) -- The 17th annual Teaneck International Film Festival took place November 13-20, 2022 with both virtual and in-person screenings. More than 15 years ago, a small group of dedicated volunteers with the support of the nonprofit organization Puffin Foundation, Ltd., set out to create an event that would present a collection of compelling and imaginative feature-length films, documentaries, and shorts from a variety of cultures that would lead audiences to question, debate, and become caring and involved citizens who recognize the need to institute positive change.




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dance


New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble Announces Alexandra Gonzalez As Associate Artistic Director
 

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble is in their 54th year of providing artistic excellence in pre-professional dance education and performances, with forward thinking programming that empowers dancers by engaging internationally acclaimed artists and choreographers. Led by award-winning Artistic Director Nancy Turano since 1994, NJDTE mentors and inspires dancers toward higher education and supports its alumni as professionals in the field, providing New Jersey's top dancers with artistic excellence in pre-professional dance education and performance opportunities.

 



 

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