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theatre
National Alliance for Musical Theatre announces 2024/2025 Writers Residency Grant Recipients as part of the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals 
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (Betsy King Militello, Executive Director) has announced the NAMT Member Theatre and Writer Recipients for the 2024/2025 Writers Residency Grants, part of the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals. The Frank Young Fund is a major funding program to support the development and production of new musicals. Writers Residency Grants encourage collaborations between NAMT Member theatres and writers at the earliest stages of a project.
Old Library Theatre is Facing Significant Challenges, Has Paused Operations Due to Status Change with Borough of Fair Lawn (FAIR LAWN, NJ) -- Old Library Theatre (OLT) is facing significant challenges following a change in its status with the Borough of Fair Lawn. These changes have resulted in increased fees that are unmanageable for OLT, necessitating an adjustment of its season and cancellation of future productions for the next six to nine months. This pause will allow OLT the necessary time to incorporate and secure insurance in order to continue operations.
Students of Nettingham Performing Arts Company Bring Fairy Tales to Life in "Into the Woods JR." 
(SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ) -- Students from Nettingham Middle School's Performing Arts Company are set to enchant audiences with a fresh and humorous take on classic fairy tale characters in their production of Into the Woods JR. Directed by Katherine Decker Lewis, with music direction by James Mosser and choreography by Samantha Simpson, this beloved musical promises to be a magical and unforgettable experience. Performances take place February 21-23, 2025.
music
The Songs That Made Me: My Personal Hall of Fame 
The cliché is that people often think the best music of their life came out when they were a teenager and they sort of tune out new songs as they get older. I never really agreed with that idea and wanted to put it to the test. What are the songs that mean the most to me throughout my life? The ones you hear the chorus as soon as you see the title? When did they come out? And did I ever stop listening to new music?
Westminster Choir College's Celebration of Black Music festival features performances, guest artists, lectures 
(LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ) -- Rider University's Westminster Choir College will host its annual Celebration of Black Music festival from March 2-9, 2025. The celebration will feature lectures, workshops, and a concert featuring the Westminster Jubilee Singers, Westminster Symphonic Choir and more.
comedy
NJPAC presents comedian Fern Brady 
(NEWARK, NJ) --The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is excited to welcome Scotland's comedy superstar Fern Brady as she stops in Newark on Saturday, April 19, 2025 during her U.S. tour. Showtime is 8:00pm.
film
New Release Review - "To A Land Unknown" 
Films tackling the experience of refugees in Europe have mostly been authored by filmmakers from the sort of European countries that attract refugees. In attempting to empathise with people whose experiences they could never really comprehend, such filmmakers tend to deliver well intentioned yet patronising portrayals of refugees as angelic figures victimised by various cruel and exploitative systems.
art
Montclair Art Museum partners with NJPAC's ArtsRx Program to Prescribe Art for Wellness 
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) is thrilled to announce its partnership with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)'s groundbreaking ArtsRx program. ArtsRx bridges the arts and healthcare, offering creative experiences as a form of therapeutic intervention for mental and physical well-being, through foundational support from RWJBarnabas Health, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and WomenatNJPAC with additional support from a network of foundation, corporate and individual donors.
Jodi Gerbi: Hope & Resilience 
If all you need to see in a gallery show is an exhibition of superior painting skills, "Hope and Resilience" has got you covered. Jodi Gerbi can handle a brush as well as anybody in Hudson County can. The carnival hues of her oil painting, the drama of her modest-sized canvases, the balance in composition and interaction of light and shadow, her knack for suggesting the synthetic — all of this speaks to her confidence, her training, and her astonishing dexterity.
community
Pioneering Color & Light Festival to Illuminate Asbury Park 
(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- On March 21-22, 2025, the historic seaside town of Asbury Park will host the inaugural Color & Light Festival, a groundbreaking event set to redefine the cultural landscape of New Jersey and the Tri-State Area. The festival will transform the façade of Asbury Park's iconic Paramount Theatre with dazzling projection mapping "shows" set to music.
2025 Princeton Festival to Take Place June 6-21 
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has announced its performance line-up for this year's Princeton Festival, New Jersey's premier performing arts festival, taking place June 6-21, 2025 on the beautiful grounds of Morven Museum & Garden. The performing arts showcase includes chart-topping hits of music icons, superstar soprano Renée Fleming, songs by Sondheim, a tumultuous opera by Giacomo Puccini, an evening of dance, music of Vivaldi and the Motor City, plus a joy-filled finale featuring the music of ABBA. A Baroque concert and violin recital take place at nearby Trinity Church.
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