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New Jersey Stage:
Daily Edition 09-04-23
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
World premiere play "Child Support" explores emotional and financial repercussions of playing the 'child support game' (CAMDEN, NJ) -- Urgent, searing and wildly inventive, the world premiere of Child Support by Desi P. Shelton uses humor and hypertheatricality to examine single parenthood and financial responsibility from the points of view of everyone impacted by a broken system. A site-specific, immersive experience set in a typical Camden row house, the action is scored by composer Jamal P. Dickerson and features a live band under the eye of musical director JoJo Streater. Barrymore Award-winner Ozzie Jones directs for an October 13 opening, with performances running through October 28 at Camden Repertory Theatre. Public previews begin September 28.
Discover Your Inner Star - NextGen Acting & Playhouse 22 Launch Fall After School Acting Academy for New Jersey Youth (EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- NextGen Acting, in partnership with Playhouse 22, is thrilled to announce the launch of their Fall After School Acting Academy, a specialized program designed to unleash the creative potential in children and teens. The academy offers a range of classes to students aged 7-12 and teens, focusing on modern performing arts like improv, voice over, on-camera acting, and musical theatre. They will hold an Open House on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 6:30pm-7:30pm to show exciting acting and improv classes for kids and teens.
Dragonfly Multicultural Arts presents "India Pale Ale" - a play about family, pirates, and beer (PLAINFIELD, NJ) -- Dragonfly Multicultural Arts Center, a community theater in residence at duCret Center of Art, located at 1030 Central Ave, Plainfield, New Jersey, will present India Pale Ale, a drama about a Punjabi Indian family in Wisconsin. Directed by Priya Iyer, India Pale Ale will be presented on September 15th at 8:00pm, September 16th at 8:00pm, and September 17th at 3:00pm.
CDC Theatre to Open Season with "Head Over Heels" (CRANFORD, NJ) -- CDC Theatre in Cranford will open their 105th season with Head Over Heels from October 13-28, 2023. This is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980's all-female rock band The Go-Go's, including the hit songs, "We Got the Beat," "Our Lips Are Sealed," "Vacation," Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Mad About You."
music
Endo Warrior Benefit Preview: An Interview with Jake Thistle (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- New Jersey artists Jake Thistle and Chris Fritz will be joined by Swedish singer-songwriter Alexandra Jardvall for the Endo Warrior Benefit Show at Asbury Lanes on Sunday, September 10, 2023. The benefit is presented by Spring-Nuts and will raise awareness and funds for Endometriosis Research and the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
Endo Warrior Benefit Preview: An Interview with Howie Chaz, Founder of Spring-Nuts (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- In 2015, Howie Chaz launched Spring-Nuts with about 500 fellow die-hard fans of Bruce Springsteen. The group now has over 60,000 members around the world! In addition to enjoying concerts together, Spring-Nuts follows Springsteen's lead and helps raise money for charities through benefit shows. Their next one is the Endo Warrior Benefit Show, which takes place at Asbury Lanes on Sunday, September 10, 2023.
Endo Warrior Benefit Preview: An Interview with Chris Fritz (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- New Jersey artists Chris Fritz and Jake Thistle will be joined by Swedish singer-songwriter Alexandra Jardvall for the Endo Warrior Benefit Show at Asbury Lanes on Sunday, September 10, 2023. The benefit is presented by Spring-Nuts and will raise awareness and funds for Endometriosis Research and the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
Asbury Lanes presents glaive (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- 18-year-old rising star glaive will perform at Asbury Lanes on Friday, September 15, 2023. glaive is on tour promoting his debut album, i care so much that i dont care at all, which was released by Interscope Records in July. Provoker is the supporting act. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 8:00pm.
Powerhouse 2023 to Take Place at Prudential Center (NEWARK, NJ) -- iHeartMedia's Power 105.1, Home of The Breakfast Club and Angie Martinez, New York's Hip Hop and R&B, has announced the star-studded lineup for its annual live music event, Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2023 produced by Live Nation, taking place Saturday, October 28 at 7:00pm ET at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Power 105.1's on-air personalities DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God of "The Breakfast Club," officially announced the all-star performers on-air for Powerhouse 2023 which will include Lil Uzi Vert, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Lil Durk, Ice Spice, SpinKing & Friends and Lola Brooke.
Coco Montoya to Perform at Newton Theatre (NEWTON, NJ) -- Award-winning, internationally renowned blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Coco Montoya will celebrate the September release of his sixth Alligator Records album (and first release in four years), Writing On The Wall, with a live performance at The Newton Theatre in Newton on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 8:00pm.
Michael Des Barres and Kris Rodgers Team Up On New Single "Bounce Back Baby" Rock n' Roll icon, musician, actor, and Little Steven's Underground Garage radio host Michael Des Barres has teamed up with Portland, ME musician Kris Rodgers (Kris Rodgers and the Dirty Gems, Kurt Baker) on a new single titled "Bounce Back Baby" out now on Wicked Cool Records.
Wonderful documentary Fandango, portrait of an opera workshop screens at the Fall 2023 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 8! Fandango, portrait of an opera workshop is a fun and heartwarming documentary directed by Manno Lanssens. It focuses on the charity of Operanauts and their opera workshop in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The film showcases the training journey and performances of its participants in the span of only a few days.
The Natvral releases "Carolina" The Natvral (Kip Berman, former frontman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) shares its sophomore album, Summer of No Light, on Dirty Bingo Records. "Carolina" from the album has also been released as the album's fourth single.
The Niños Chaos Release Debut Single The Niños Chaos is an exciting collaboration of passionate artists that span the globe, leading a new wave of revolutionary emotional music that is both accessible and unique. Based on sound foundations of Rock and various local infuences from around the world, The Niños Chaos will fill your heart with music and take you on a journey of discovery.
Lisa Bouchelle & The Bleu Have a Top 20 Track! Lisa Bouchelle & The Bleu is in a place where few indie artists ever find themselves - cracking the Top 20 of Billboard charts! Their song, "Love Is For The Making," came in at #17 for Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts for the week of September 2, 2023 and videos utilizing the song have garnered over 4.6 million views on TikTok.
Marc Ribler's Story Road releases "Every Picture Tells A Horror Story" Marc Ribler, singer-songwriter-musician-producer and music director for Stevie Van Zandt has just dropped the next single ("Every Picture Tells A Horror Story") from his latest band project, Story Road.
Pianist Lafayette Harris, Jr., Embracing 'Everything' from Eubie Blake to Max Roach In 1975 when Lafayette Harris, Jr., was 12 years old, growing up in Baltimore, he saw a television commercial advertising a "hometown hero who is coming back to Baltimore to play." Harris was just starting to learn to play the piano, and the "hometown hero" was Eubie Blake. "I had no idea who Eubie Blake was,” he recalled. "They showed him playing this piece, 'The Maple Leaf Rag'. I'd never heard of that, and I just had to learn how to play that music.
Reina Mar releases "Picante" Latina singer-songwriter Reina Mar has released "Picante", just ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month. The song is inspired by her Cuban heritage and the music she loved hearing growing up in her Bergen County home.
Michael Patrick Took That Job and Shoved it to Focus on Music Career and New Release Long a favorite on the Country and Folk music scene in NJ and PA, after 15 years Michael Patrick finally decided to quit his day job to follow his musical passion full- time. Crossing Bridges, Patrick's 6th album tells the tale of taking the big leaps in life into the promise that lies ahead. With songs like "Richest Person in the Graveyard," Patrick shows he's got a new outlook on life and music.
Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Look It Here" by Colossal Street Jam Jersey Shore veterans Colossal Street Jam, who recently signed to Nashville-based Fretbar Records, is the Makin Waves Song of the Week with "Look It Here," a scorching R&B track from their latest album, "No Way to Leave," featuring Asbury great Des Spinks of the Swagmatics, as well as The Madmen Horns of The Netherlands.
film
Breaking The Surface Video Interview for the Fall 2023 New Jersey Film Festival Breaking the Surface is a dance film about climate change, specifically, about the rise of sea level and the issues that are caused by that rise, currently and projected into the future. The film focuses on communities in New Jersey and the region that are being, and will be, most affected by the changes.
Fandango Video Interview for the Fall 2023 New Jersey Film Festival Fandango, portrait of an opera workshop is a short documentary about how talented singers in workshop in Kinshasa-Congo, talented singers share their passion to sing…opera.
ACME Screening Room presents 2nd Annual Lambertville Halloween Film Festival (LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- The Acme Screening Room will present the second annual Lambertville Halloween Film Festival from October 27-29, 2023. They look forward to welcoming everyone back to showcase the incredible talents from some of today's best Halloween themed filmmakers; think spooky thrillers, paranormal activities, and horror.
Experimental dance film Breaking The Surface Premieres at the Fall 2023 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 8! Breaking the Surface is an experimental dance film about climate change, specifically, about the rise of sea level and the issues that are caused by that rise, currently and projected into the future. The film focuses on communities in New Jersey and the region that are being, and will be, most affected by the changes. Here is my interview with the Breaking the Surface co-directors John Evans and Ani Javian:
dance
Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre presents Zapateo! (Footwork Dialogues with Flamenco, Tap, Mexican Dance) (EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- New Jersey's premier Spanish & Flamenco dance company, the critically acclaimed Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, NJ on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 2:00pm for a Middlesex County Hispanic Heritage Event with its exciting new production, Zapateo! (Footwork Dialogues with Flamenco, Tap, Mexican Dance).
art
Inventive Contemporary Exhibition About Experimental Approaches to Archaeology Opens at Ramapo College (MAHWAH, NJ) -- Notes on Anarchaeology. Forgery, Iconoclasm, Displacement, a Ramapo Curatorial Prize exhibition curated by Paulina Ascencio Fuentes, opens on Wednesday, September 13, in the Kresge Gallery of the Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts. There will be an opening reception from 5:00pm-7:00pm, with a curator's talk at 6:00pm. The exhibition continues through November 10, 2023.
community
Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage From August 27 to September 2, 2023 Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from August 27 to September 2, 2023. 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 10 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Union, and Warren).
Hot Air Balloons, Fun & Games Festival, September 23-24 at Warren Community College (WASHINGTON TWP, NJ) -- Come out to Warren County and explore the beautiful terrain - rolling hills and valleys, streams, fields and forests. Nestled in Washington Township, Warren County Community College is where you will find a mix of hot air balloons, fun & games on September 23 & 24, 2023.
books
Bargain Bonanza! Friends' Big Book Sale at Ocean County Library Long Beach Island Branch (SURF CITY, NJ) -- Stock up on great reading, viewing, and listening just in time for auturmn. Find bargains galore at the Friends of the Island Library's Big Book Sale on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
Get 'Unstuck' with Adam Alter in Ocean County Library's Virtual Author Talk Series (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Adam Alter, the social psychologist behind the newly-published Anatomy of a Breakthrough, will discuss the principles behind his unique approach to achieving personal success in the Ocean County Library's Virtual Author Talk series on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The event begins at 2:00pm.
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