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theatre
CDC Theatre Seeks Directors for 2024-25 Season 
(CRANFORD, NJ) -- CDC Theatre has announced its 2024-25 season and is accepting submissions from potential directors. The season includes their annual Hispanic Play Festival (June 2024), Angels in America (October 2024), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (December 2024), Jesus Christ Superstar (February 2025), and Legally Blonde, the Musical (May 2025). Submissions must be received by email or by physical mail by March 11, 2024.
James Monroe Iglehart to star in "A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical" on Broadway 
(NEW YORK, NY) -- After winning rave reviews in New Orleans and Chicago, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney's Aladdin, Hamilton, Spamalot) will star as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway in Fall 20
The Growing Stage presents NJ Premiere of "Arthur(tm) & Friends Make A Musical!" 
(NETCONG, NJ) -- The Growing Stage: The Children's Theatre of New Jersey presents the New Jersey premiere of Arthur™ & Friends Make a Musical! This production,based on the Arthur™ book series created by Marc Brown and adapted for the stage with Book & Lyrics by John Maclay and Music & Lyrics by Brett Ryback, runs weekends from March 8-24, 2024 at the Historic Palace Theatre.
Paper Mill Playhouse presents "Gun & Powder" 
(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse presents Gun & Powder from April 4 – May 5, 2024. The new musical features book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri and music by Ross Baum. Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, choreographed by Tiffany Rea-Fisher and music directed by Austin Cook, Gun & Powder is a new musical inspired by the true story of Mary (Renée) and Martha Clarke (LaFontaine), African American twin sisters who take extraordinary measures to settle their mother’s sharecropper debt and save her home.
McCarter Theatre presents "Dreamgirls" 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- This March, the McCarter Theatre Center, in a partnership with Goodspeed Musicals, presents the revival of the Tony® and Grammy® award-winning musical, Dreamgirls. Coming to Princeton after an acclaimed and blockbuster run in Connecticut, the production features talent that has illuminated stages from Broadway to national tours and graced airwaves on platforms like American Idol. Dreamgirls will take place at McCarter's Matthews Theatre from March 6-24, 2024.
music
Penn Live Arts presents Alarm Will Sound 
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Penn Live Arts (PLA) – the leading presenter of innovative and transformative performing arts experiences in Philadelphia – presents Alarm Will Sound on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Described as being "as close to being a rock band as a chamber orchestra can be," by The New York Times, Alarm Will Sound performs music by Steve Reich in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Music for 18 Musicians. The program also includes Clapping Music, which uses hands as the sole instrument, Vermont Counterpoint, and Radio Rewrite, inspired by the music of Radiohead and given its premiere recording by Alarm Will Sound in 2016. Showtime is 7:00pm.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Announces the Inaugural Gospel and Praise Team Sing-Off 
(WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music will produce a gospel music competition called Move on Up aimed at celebrating gospel choirs and praise teams, and presenting prize money to the winning ensembles. Church and community choirs and praise teams from Asbury Park and Newark can submit representative music to a team of judges who will then select six entries to participate in a "sing-off" to determine the winner. Video submissions will begin on March 1 and ends at 6:00pm on April 1, 2024.
The North Jersey Blues Society Presents Blues & Brews featuring Bees Deluxe 
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- This month’s North Jersey Blues Society's Blues & Brews event features Bees Deluxe on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at Montclair Brewery. Bees Deluxe, a British/American blues band, have played with Ronnie Earl, Mike Zito, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Matt Schofield, Roomful of Blues, Walter Trout and David Maxwell and more. Showtime is 4:30pm.
Prudential Center presents Jelly Roll with Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- Multi-genre hit making entertainer Jelly Roll will bring his Beautifully Broken Tour 2024 to the Prudential Center in Newark on Sunday, September 29, 2024. Produced by Live Nation, the arena tour marks the Nashville native’s biggest headlining tour to date. Tour openers include Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay. Showtime is 7:00pm.
Princeton Singers to present "Love Is In The Air" at Grunin Center 
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Princeton Singers celebrate forty years of music-making this season with a performance at the Grunin Center Main Stage at Ocean County College on Friday, March 1, 2024 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25.
film
Montclair Film announces upcoming screenings and events in March 
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Montclair Film hasannounced its upcoming screening and events for March. "We are so excited to be able to bring these strong programs to the Montclair community this March. Look for lots of exciting things to come this spring. This is no longer the slow season for Montclair Film," stated Artistic Director/Co-Head Tom Hall.
poetry
New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Announces 2024 State Finalists 
(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 the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. 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.
community
Arts Council of Princeton presents Story & Verse on March 21st 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) will continue their monthly Story & Verse Open Mic every third Thursday at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. Since 2020, Story & Verse has provided a warm and welcoming spotlight for both emerging and established artists in the ACP's Solley Theater, an intimate space in the heart of Downtown Princeton. The next event takes place on March 21st.
Stockton University 'Adopts' Two Ukrainian Students into Community 
(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- Stockton University may have saved first-year students Mykhailo Chabanovskyi and Khrystyna Svystovych from war-torn Ukraine.
More Than Bootstraps Announces New Advisory Board Member: Juliana Londoño 
(WESTFIELD, NJ) -- The New Jersey non-profit organization, More Than Bootstraps (MTB), announces the addition of Juliana Londoño to the advisory board. Advisory board members provide expertise and guidance to MTB as it builds a community of first-generation, underrepresented students who empower each other to access and succeed in higher education.
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