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theatre
State Theatre New Jersey presents "The Addams Family" 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents the musical comedy, The Addams Family for four performances from January 24-26, 2025. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met...
"The Jonathan Larson Project" to Have World Premiere in NYC 
(NEW YORK, NY) -- Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, and Marc Routh proudly announce the world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical that celebrates the dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals, and pop songs found in files and boxes when the visionary writer of RENT died suddenly at the age of 35 in 1996. Conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper and directed by John Simpkins, The Jonathan Larson Project features more than 20 undiscovered songs by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning writer.
music
Harmonium Choral Society Announces Laurel Luke Christensen as New Emerging Composer-in-Residence 
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Harmonium Choral Society is pleased to announce their new emerging composer-in-residence Laurel Luke Christensen beginning January 2025, "what a great way to start the new year with an emerging talent," says Artistic Director Anne Matlack. She will join long-time composer-in-residence Mark Miller.
MPAC presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 7:00pm, with a program entitled Cool School & Hard Bop.
Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...1/2/25 
"This is my first time at The Lizzie Rose, I like places like that. I'll be doing one continuous 90 minute set and I'll be there afterward selling tee shirts and CDs that are out right now. There is no opening act and I prefer it that way," laughed James "Biscuit" Rouse as he discussed his new album, "Biscuit and Buddy" and his upcoming January 10 show at The Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton, NJ. My guitarist said to me, "Why don't you have an opening act?" To me, it doesn't really matter, I'm just ready to start playing this music whether I'm the opening act or the headliner, it doesn't matter."
BlowUpRadio.com to Broadcast Rock Against Hate Webathon With New Compilation Albums 
New Jersey based Internet radio station BlowUpRadio.com has scheduled a new Rock Against Hate webathon to take place on January 20, 2025, the same day as Donald Trump's second inauguration. Recording artists, the majority New Jersey based, will give live, online performances throughout the day as the station raises funds and awareness for two organizations: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) and Planned Parenthood.
dance
Dance New Jersey presents DNJFest '25 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Dance New Jersey, the state's dance advocacy and education organization with a mission to connect and sustain a diverse and equitable dance community in our state presents DNJFest '25 - A Celebration of Jazz at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts on Saturday, February 1, 2025. The event features dance luminaries from the casts of Moulin Rouge, Bob Fosse's Dancin’ and the Radio City Rockettes! It runs from 9:30am - 3:00pm.
NJPAC Hosts Winter of Dance Featuring Swan Lake, Nai-Ni Chen and More 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has some dance performances to keep an eye out for in the next few weeks. In late January, the State Ballet of Ukraine and MOMIX come to Newark, and Nai-Ni Chen Dance returns at the beginning of February.
art
RVCC's Institute of Holocaust & Genocide Studies presents "Anne Frank in Translation" 
(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- School and community groups are invited to view a new exhibition, Anne Frank in Translation, on display January 6-May 15, 2025 at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. The eight-panel exhibition, presented by the Institute of Holocaust & Genocide Studies at RVCC, highlights Anne Frank's enduring legacy and her role as a powerful symbol of the Holocaust.
community
New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 1-2-24 Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. It's been a bit light this holiday week, but here are articles from the past three days. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!
books
Step Inside Your Mind in Amanda Montell's Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk 
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Author-podcaster Amanda Montell's acute, wry perception of humanity's fine points and foibles has ever-growing audiences of listeners and readers clamoring for more. If the world at large is making ever-decreasing sense to you, join the New York Times bestselling writer for her Ocean County Library Virtual Author Talk on Thursday, January 23, 2025. The event begins at 2:00pm.
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