This Week in Music: Event Listings and Previews for Shows Taking Place April 25 to May 1, 2023

Here is a look at upcoming concerts taking place from April 25 to May 1, 2023 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas. Click on the title to go to the full preview.

State Theatre New Jersey presents STYX

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The fully renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents STYX on Sunday, May 7 at 7:30pm. The six men comprising Styx have committed to rocking the Paradise together with audiences far and wide by entering their second decade of averaging over 100 shows a year, and each one of them is committed to making the next show better than the last. Styx draws from over four decades of barn burning chart hits, joyous singalongs, and hard-driving deep cuts. Tickets range from $59-$129.

Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater presents "Architects of Dance" at Bell Works on May 18th

(DEAL PARK, NJ) -- Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater (AXCBT), the Jersey Shore's professional ballet company, will present a one-night-only special event, "Architects of Dance," featuring the Company in choreography by some of the greatest modern dancers of our time who will also perform on the program, on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 7:30pm, in the Atrium at Bell Works Studio in Holmdel.

PHOTOS from "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at WHATCo

by John Posada - published 2023-04-25
(WEST HUDSON, NJ) -- The West Hudson Arts & Theater Co (WHATCo) is presenting You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner, Michael Mayer, Andrew Lippa, and Charles M. Schulz to West Hudson audiences for two weekends with the second runnin April 28-30 at WHATCo's new performance space, 15 Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. South, Harrison, NJ (the former Holy Cross School). Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

Crossroads Theatre Roxxx On: History Through Entertainment

by Bruce Chadwick - published 2023-04-25
It was 2021. Ricardo Khan, the artistic director of the Crossroads Theatre Company, in New Brunswick, was scheduled to go home but someone asked him to stay in town just one more day to see Divinity Roxxx perform and meet her. He did.

Brandi Carlile to Headline 2023 Count Basie Center Summer Gala

(RED BANK, NJ) -- 9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Brandi Carlile will headline the 2023 Count Basie Center Summer Gala on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 7:30pm. Funds raised from the gala will go towards the Count Basie Center's Forever For Everyone Endowment's promise of providing hundreds of scholarships to study at the Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts, Conservatory of Music and other partnership programs.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 04-25-23

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!

bergenPAC presents Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) is excited to present Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive on Thursday, May 18 at 8:00pm in its recently renovated theater. Tickets range from $65 to $165.

State Theatre New Jersey Presents "Madagascar The Musical" On May 6th

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The fully renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Madagascar the Musical on Saturday, May 6 at 2:00pm & 7:00pm. Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip-hop Hippo, and those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound out of the zoo and onto the stage in this live musical adventure. The family-friendly musical features new original music and a colorful cast of larger-than-life characters from the iconic film. Tickets range from $19-$79.