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David Saint to Retire as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse Following Conclusion Of 2024-25 Season

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- George Street Playhouse announced that David Saint will retire as Artistic Director at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 season.



New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-20-25

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!





The Songs That Made Me: My Personal Hall of Fame

by Gary Wien
published 2025-02-20

The cliché is that people often think the best music of their life came out when they were a teenager and they sort of tune out new songs as they get older. I never really agreed with that idea and wanted to put it to the test. What are the songs that mean the most to me throughout my life? The ones you hear the chorus as soon as you see the title? When did they come out? And did I ever stop listening to new music?



Pioneering Color & Light Festival to Illuminate Asbury Park

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- On March 21-22, 2025, the historic seaside town of Asbury Park will host the inaugural Color & Light Festival, a groundbreaking event set to redefine the cultural landscape of New Jersey and the Tri-State Area. The festival will transform the façade of Asbury Park's iconic Paramount Theatre with dazzling projection mapping "shows" set to music.








National Alliance for Musical Theatre announces 2024/2025 Writers Residency Grant Recipients as part of the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (Betsy King Militello, Executive Director) has announced the NAMT Member Theatre and Writer Recipients for the 2024/2025 Writers Residency Grants, part of the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals. The Frank Young Fund is a major funding program to support the development and production of new musicals. Writers Residency Grants encourage collaborations between NAMT Member theatres and writers at the earliest stages of a project.



Westminster Choir College's Celebration of Black Music festival features performances, guest artists, lectures

(LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ) -- Rider University's Westminster Choir College will host its annual Celebration of Black Music festival from March 2-9, 2025. The celebration will feature lectures, workshops, and a concert featuring the Westminster Jubilee Singers, Westminster Symphonic Choir and more.



2025 Princeton Festival to Take Place June 6-21

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has announced its performance line-up for this year's Princeton Festival, New Jersey's premier performing arts festival, taking place June 6-21, 2025 on the beautiful grounds of Morven Museum & Garden. The performing arts showcase includes chart-topping hits of music icons, superstar soprano Renée Fleming, songs by Sondheim, a tumultuous opera by Giacomo Puccini, an evening of dance, music of Vivaldi and the Motor City, plus a joy-filled finale featuring the music of ABBA. A Baroque concert and violin recital take place at nearby Trinity Church.



Old Library Theatre is Facing Significant Challenges, Has Paused Operations Due to Status Change with Borough of Fair Lawn

(FAIR LAWN, NJ) -- Old Library Theatre (OLT) is facing significant challenges following a change in its status with the Borough of Fair Lawn. These changes have resulted in increased fees that are unmanageable for OLT, necessitating an adjustment of its season and cancellation of future productions for the next six to nine months. This pause will allow OLT the necessary time to incorporate and secure insurance in order to continue operations.



Students of Nettingham Performing Arts Company Bring Fairy Tales to Life in "Into the Woods JR."

(SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ) -- Students from Nettingham Middle School's Performing Arts Company are set to enchant audiences with a fresh and humorous take on classic fairy tale characters in their production of Into the Woods JR. Directed by Katherine Decker Lewis, with music direction by James Mosser and choreography by Samantha Simpson, this beloved musical promises to be a magical and unforgettable experience. Performances take place February 21-23, 2025.