Events This Week in New Jersey: March 19-26, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from March 19-26, 2024 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.

This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place March 19-26, 2024

Here are previews of plays taking place from March 19-26, 2024 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. Click on the title to go to the full preview. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.

This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts Taking Place from March 19-26, 2024

Here is a look at upcoming shows taking place from March 19-26, 2024 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.

Family Shows for a New Jersey Family

by Bruce Chadwick - published 2024-03-19
When Ed Kirchdoerffer books every season of entertainment shows at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), in Morristown, he carefully divides his year into equal parts in order to entertain everybody.

Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders to Headline 2024 Count Basie Center Summer Gala

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Pretenders, the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame band, will headline the 2024 Count Basie Center Summer Gala on Saturday, July 13th at the Basie Center’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre in Red Bank. Hits like "Brass in Pocket," "Stop Your Sobbing," "Don't Get Me Wrong," and "Back on the Chain Gang" have made the band an integral part of classic rock radio each day. Showtime is 8:00pm.

Makin Waves Album of the Month: "On the Outside" by Kanak

by Bob Makin - published 2024-03-19
Legendary producer-engineer Ed Stasium (The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Smithereens) was the perfect choice to distill Kanak's raucous three-guitar sound on their latest EP, "On the Outside." Ed had previously worked with David Johansen/Sylvain Sylvain guitarist Johnny Rao who shares six-string duties with Kanak singer-songwriter Tom Kanach (Grimace, Well of Souls, Mischief) and Dramarama guitarist Peter Wood. Rounding out the lineup is the rowdy but tight rhythm section of bassist Joe Rowley and drummer Steve Brown.

New Jersey Stage: Daily Edition 03-19-24

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!

"Wicked Good!" Spyro Gyra and The Jeff Lorber Fusion LIVE! at MPAC

by Spotlight Central - published 2024-03-18
Jazz lovers inside Morristown, NJ's MPAC auditorium this Thursday, March 7, 2024 evening ready themselves for a double bill of jazz starring Spyro Gyra and The Jeff Lorber Fusion.

PHOTOS from "Hello, Dolly!" at Music Mountain Theatre

by John Posada - published 2024-03-18
(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre (MMT) is currently presenting a four-weekend run of Hello, Dolly! from March 15 to April 7, 2024. This is the fourth mainstage show of their 2024 season, and the first to premiere on the Martinson Stage at MMT. The stage was named following a ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of John H. Martinson, a generous supporter of MMT. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos of the production.