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theatre
This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place October 10-16, 2023 Here are previews of plays taking place from October 10-16, 2023 including a look at productions starting this week, those continuing this week, and those closing this week. Click on the title to go to the full preview. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.
The Strollers presents "Children of Eden" (MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- The Strollers presents Children of Eden across three weekends from November 3-19, 2023 at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts. From musical theatre greats, Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith... not to mention centuries of unresolved family business! It's about humanity - our first steps and fumbles, trials and triumphs, and ultimately how we live with one another on this earth.
PHOTOS from "Carrie: The Musical" at Music Mountain Theatre (LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre (MMT) is presenting Carrie: The Musical from October 6-22, 2023. This is the thirteenth mainstage show of MMT's 2023 season, and perfectly timed for the Halloween season! Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.
Cranford Radio talks with CDC Theatre about "Head Over Heels" (CRANFORD, NJ) -- Bernie Wagenblast talks with three people behind the production of Head Over Heels at CDC Theatre on an episode of the Cranford Radio podcast. His guests include Sean Lough (director), Jannette Fisher (Mopsa), Sean Lynch-Littlejohn (Basilius) and Hannah Elarmo (music director). Head Over Heels is a 16th century story filled with music from the 1980s female rock band, The Go-Go's. The musical runs weekends starting October 13 and running through the 28th.
music
This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place October 10-16, 2023 Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from October 10-16, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview. Jump to Featured Events, Event Previews, Event Listings.
Woodbridge Township presents Beth Nielsen Chapman at Avenel Performing Arts Center (AVENEL, NJ) -- Woodbridge Township presents Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman at the Avenel Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3:00pm.
film
Trenton Film Society to Screen "The League" - a documentary on the Negro Leagues (TRENTON, NJ) -- On Sunday, October 22, 2023, the Trenton Film Society will host a special single-day screening of the documentary The League, directed by prize-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI). Using previously unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legendary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as celebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron who started out in the Negro Leagues, the film tells a story of African Americans in baseball before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, and the unforeseen consequences of integration. Also featured in the documentary is Effa Manley, the activist owner of the Newark Eagles.
dance
New Jersey Ballet presents A Night on the Town at Two River Theater (RED BANK, NJ) -- New Jersey Ballet Company presents A Night on the Town with three performances at the Two River Theater in Red Bank from November 4-5, 2023. A Night on the Town features Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free & George Balanchine’s Rubies and more.
art
Stockton Professor Donates Fannie Lou Hamer Statue to Atlantic City (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Thanks to the donation of a Stockton University professor, the legacy of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer has been permanently enshrined in the place where she changed history.
Grounds For Sculpture to Present Final Nighttime Light and Sound Experience in Collaboration with Klip Collective (HAMILTON, NJ) -- Night Forms, a site-specific multi-sensory experience, will be on view at Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) from November 24, 2023 through April 7, 2024. This third and final installment of GFS's partnership with Klip Collective brings back more than a dozen installations from the second season's Infinite Wave along with a reprise of Froghead Rainbow, one of the most popular works from Klip's inaugural project at GFS, dreamloop. The exhibition is designed to engage with Grounds For Sculpture's art and horticulture collections and invites visitors to explore the grounds after dark.
community
Events This Week in New Jersey: October 10-16, 2023 Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from October 10-16, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview. Jump to Featured Events, Event Previews, and Event Listings.
North to Shore Festival to Return in 2024; Here's How to Get Involved (NEWARK, NJ) -- After an extraordinarily successful first year, which saw hundreds of thousands take part in the the inaugural North to Shore Festival in June 2023, the epic event will return next year to kick off summer 2024 with another three-city, three-weekend celebration of the arts and innovation across New Jersey.
books
Meet Legendary Novelist John Irving Online in Ocean County Library's Virtual Author Talk Series (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Fans of The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules and the rest of John Irving's award-winning oeuvre will be in for a treat when the world-renowned author takes part in the Ocean County Library's Virtual Author Talk series on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 7:00pm.
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