Rock On! This Week's Sound Bites...2/9/23

by Danny Coleman - published 2023-02-09
“We change things up from night to night so that people get some different stuff but we're covering music from across the catalogue. We're doing stuff from earlier records all the way up to the later records and a cross section of both vocal and instrumental materials. So, if you're into the really insane, ridiculously complex instrumental compositions or if you're into the more straight ahead rocking vocal songs; you'll definitely get both. We just play hard; we really bring a lot to the songs; we're not kidding around.”  

Interview with Hunter Foster, Director of "Parade" at American Theater Group

by Mafalda Cavanaugh - published 2023-02-09
(BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- American Theater Group is thrilled to have Tony Award-nominated actor Hunter Foster directing their upcoming production of the critically-acclaimed musical Parade, written by Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) with a score by Jason Robert Brown (The Bridges of Madison County).  Parade runs March 2-5 at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge and March 9-11 at the JCC MetroWest in West Orange.

From Shoes to Splendor: ARTeriors Baltic Avenue Transforms Disused Space

by Rachel Fawn Alban, JerseyArts.com - published 2023-02-09
In Atlantic City, a community of artists has transformed a former Payless ShoeSource into a temporary art experience featuring large-scale, mixed-media installations. On view through Feb. 19, 2023, the Atlantic City Arts Foundation welcomes you to walk in and surround yourself with ARTeriors Baltic Avenue.

Carmen Matarazzo Talks "Sweeney Todd" and Crafting the Role of Tobias

by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com - published 2023-02-09
Carmen Matarazzo, a graduate of Pinelands High School in New Jersey, is an actor/drummer who has been seen in multiple productions at his high school and several theaters across the state including Mary Poppins (Robertson Ay), Clue: On Stage (Professor Plum), Spring Awakening (Ernst), The Addams Family (Lucas), The Sound of Music (Captain Von Trapp).

Man Fire Clay New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Interview

by Victory Furniture - published 2023-02-09
Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down to talk with Michael Callas, Director of "Man Fire Clay," for a filmmaker interview.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-09-23

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!

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 02-08-23

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!

Rembrandt in New Jersey Filmmaker Interview

by Victory Furniture - published 2023-02-08
Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down to talk with Kasey Child, Director of  Rembrandt Lives in New Jersey, and Helen Frank, the artist the film focuses on, for a filmmaker interview:

Rembrandt Lives in New Jersey Debuts at the 2023 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, February 10!

by Lauren Bromberg - published 2023-02-08
The cleverly titled documentary, Rembrandt Lives in New Jersey, by Kasey Child, presents the artwork and life of an 80+ year-old New Jersey native “etcher” and printmaker, Helen Frank, while paying tribute to 17th century Dutch printmaker, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. We see a snippet of Helen Frank on NJN News in 2010, teaching printing to a group of adults. “What I’m doing is what Rembrandt did. It doesn’t look the same, but it's the same history. I’m holding hands with all the people who have gone before me and fallen in love with this medium,” she says. Although Frank employs the same art techniques as Rembrandt, throughout the documentary Frank illustrates (no pun intended) to viewers that her artwork beautifully reflects her own unique experiences and style.