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Nearly 1,000 students to attend Women's History Month concert by New Jersey Youth Symphony at UCPAC

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS), a program of Wharton Arts, announced that nearly 1,000 elementary and middle school students will attend a free Education Concert on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 10:00am at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. Students from Union, Essex, Morris, and Passaic counties will attend this special event celebrating Women's History Month, with music selections by Louise Farrenc, Florence Price, Chen Yi, and Gabriela Lena Frank.




 

REVIEW: "Make Believe" at New Jersey Repertory

by Gary Wien
published 2025-02-21

(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- World premiere plays can be tricky. Sometimes a few tweaks here and there can completely change a play for the better or for the worse, and I tend to give premieres a bit of leeway. You're not just reviewing the play itself, but the play's potential as well.



Vocalist/Pianist Champian Fulton to Salute Big Band Female Vocalists at Madison Jazz Concert

​​​​​​​(MADISON, NJ) -- In March 2024, vocalist/pianist Champian Fulton released an album called Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared, paying tribute to female vocalists of the Big Band Era. Featuring several guest vocalists, it included such standards as "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (closely associated with Ella Fitzgerald); "I Don't Know Enough About You" (Peggy Lee); and "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Anita O'Day).



Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Hey!" by Colossal Street Jam

by Bob Makin
published 2025-02-21

The Makin Waves Song of the Week, "Hey!," is the latest single and video from Colossal Street Jam's long-awaited LP "No Way to Live."



New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-21-25

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!