New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-26-24

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!

Chris Bohjalian Talks About His Play "The Club" which premieres at George Street Playhouse

by Charles Paolino - published 2024-02-25
"It's no time for mirth and laughter," George Ade wrote, "on the cold, gray dawn of the morning after." And you can prove that by Chris Bohjalian's play, "The Club," having its world premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, February 27 through March 18.

Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage From February 18-24, 2024

Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from February 18-24, 2024. 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 9 counties in New Jersey (Burlington, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren counties).

New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Finalists to Compete at State Finals in Red Bank

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Following New Jersey's 2024 Poetry Out Loud Regional Competitions, twelve finalists will vie for this year's title of New Jersey State Champion at Red Bank's Count Basie Center for the Arts. Regional competitions took place in early February at Appel Farm Arts & Music Center, Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Passaic County Community College, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, and South Orange Performing Arts Center.

Makin Waves Song of the Week: "Right Words, Wrong Song" by James Mastro

by Bob Makin - published 2024-02-23
After 50 years in such awesome bands as The Bongos and Health & Happiness Show and as sideman to Richard Lloyd, Patti Smith, Ian Hunter, Alejandro Escovedo, Jill Sobule, John Cale, Judy Collins, The Jayhawks, and Southside Johnny, legendary Hoboken singer-songwriter-guitarist James Mastro finally has released a solo album.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-23-24

Here is the morning update from New Jersey's arts newswire. We regularly publish between 8-15 new articles and news reports each day. Nobody covers the Arts throughout the Garden State like New Jersey Stage!

Jersey Arts Podcast - Flower & Flame: A New Documentary Highlighting Glasswork Artist, Paul J. Stankard

by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-02-22
Paul J. Stankard is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the studio glass movement. His lifelike, nature-based glassworks have changed the paperweight world over his forty-year artistic career. Having begun his career working in scientific glassblowing, it was through this industry that he found creativity and learned that he was indeed an artist.

"Black Girl Magic" Celebrates the History and Accomplishments of Black Women Through Story and Song

by Carolyn M. Brown, JerseyArts.com - published 2024-02-22
Guided by the Ancestors, African Warrior Queens, a woman named Sister struggles to find a place of self-reconciliation and acceptance in the world as she is given a glimpse into the lives and legacy of Black women—past and present, young and old. This is the story behind "Black Girl Magic," a powerful show coming to West Windsor Township, NJ, hailing from the Underground Performing Arts Collective in Suffolk, Virginia. "Black Girl Magic" premieres at the Kelsey Theatre at Mercer Community College on Friday, March 1, 8 PM EST.

Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...2/22/24

by Danny Coleman - published 2024-02-22
"Things are going great man," says an elated Mikey V of Chains Over Razors. "We've been working this record with Deko and just rocking the charts. Our third single made the top twenty, which is fantastic and we're really excited about that.The first single hit number nineteen, the second hit number fifteen and this one is being received well.The album is self-titled, "Chains Over Razors;" our "Led Zeppelin" route for that (laughs) and it came out last March, we've been releasing singles since April or Mid-March of 2023; the year has gone by fast."