New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 05-18-23

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!

Steve Guttenberg talks about “Tales from the Guttenberg Bible”

by Charles Paolino - published 2023-05-17
Steve Guttenberg was having dinner with a group of actors when a woman asked one of them for an autograph and was refused. Guttenberg, now appearing in "Tales from the Guttenberg Bible" at the George Street Playhouse, recalls that one of the group, Sean Connery, got up and asked the woman if she would like his autograph. The woman asked him to address it to Mary and sign it "James Bond," and he did.

Makin Waves Album of the Month: "Northern Town" by Cranston Dean

by Bob Makin - published 2023-05-17
​​​​​​​Jersey Shore great Cranston Dean always has reminded me of Jackson Browne because there are both organic-sounding multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters with an eloquent penchant for rhyme amidst every-day stories for everyone. "Toe the Line," the opening track of Cranston's latest album, "Northern Town," is a perfect example of his Jackson sensibilities. In this case, it's post-'70s, plugged-in Jackson ala "Boulevard" and "Somebody's Baby," but I was psyched to feel that vibe right from the get go on "Northern Town," because Jackson is one of my all-time favorite artists, and I feel the same way about Cranston at a local level.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 05-17-23

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!

NJPAC's 2023-24 Dance Season

(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced its upcoming 2023-24 dance season including the NJPAC debut of the Limón Dance Company, a world premiere, celebrations of Kwanzaa, the Lunar New Year, St. Patrick's Day, and Mother's Day, and more. In what has become an annual tradition, the winter season welcomes two different productions of the Nutcracker: the traditional classical version by the State Ballet Theater of Ukraine followed by a spectacular re-imagined contemporary version, The Hip Hop Nutcracker.

Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Count Basie Center for the Arts presents Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 7:00pm. Blake Lynch, aka Nurse Blake is a nurse, creator, internationally touring comedian, healthcare advocate, and keynote speaker. Doors are at 6:00pm, showtime is 7:00pm.

"Just Marvelous!" Jimmy Webb: The Glen Campbell Years LIVE! at The Vogel

by Spotlight Central - published 2023-05-16
An on-screen photo of songwriter Jimmy Webb and musician Glen Campbell welcomes concertgoers to The Vogel in Red Bank, NJ this Sunday, May 7, 2023 afternoon for a musical tribute entitled Jimmy Webb: The Glen Campbell Years. One of the greatest songwriters of the past half century, Jimmy Webb composed tunes like "Up, Up and Away" for The Fifth Dimension and "The Worst That Could Happen" for The Brooklyn Bridge, but some of his most memorable hits — "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," and more — came about as a result of his musical affiliation with the legendary singer and musician Glen Campbell.

Flying High -The Empire Strikes Back Zooms Into New Jersey

by Bruce Chadwick - published 2023-05-16
The rebels emerged victorious in Star Wars, the epic science fiction masterpiece – film masterpiece – of the 1970s. Would the evil Darth Vader be vanquished? Would Princess Elia restore order to the galaxy? Was the Death Star really finished? Did the Force betray the good guys?

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 05-16-23

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!