Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sign up for a Patch newsletter and enter our contest to see the <i>a cappella</i> group perform. <b>Contest ends Friday at 1 p.m.</b>
After a week of hustle and bustle juggling the job and family, playing chauffeur to your kids and being a short-order chef for your family meals, you could probably use a little relaxation—and Patch and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center have just the ticket for you. The quintet, Rockapella, will perform their brand of a cappella music featuring rock ‘n’ roll with mellifluous Motown harmonies at NJPAC’s Victoria Theater on Saturday, May 19 at 2 and 7 p.m. And Patch wants you to be there. So, we’re giving away three pairs of tickets for Patch readers for the 7 p.m. performance. You can win the tickets by entering our contest. To enter, sign up for our newsletter by logging in on your local Patch site. For readers who already receive …
A three-week intensive workshop will end with performances by Musical Theatre Conservatory students at city theater.
Musical Theatre Conservatory is seeking talented performer kids and teens for its NYC cabaret. The conservatory’s three-week intensive workshop in musical theatre culminates on July 14 at NYC’s Laurie Beechman Theatre. Learn with professional actors Dwayne Clark (Spiderman, In the Heights) and Steven Beckler (The Producers, Beauty and the Beast); and South Orange’s Mary Brienza (Comedy Central). A faculty full of top-notch theatre professionals will then bring lessons learned in Livingston to the stage in the heart of NYC’s theater district. More information is available from Artistic Director Randy Kravitz Elman, former artistic director of Performers Theatre Workshop. Call: (973) 868-6259 or email musicaltheatreconservatory@gmail.com.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Don't miss this outstanding evening of music.
Michael Reitman and Friends will be the featured special guest at Tapastry tapas restaurant on Thursday, May 17 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Reitman, an accomplished blues guitarist, performed at First Night Montclair this year with his band, the TNT Ramblers. The Temple Ner Tamid Ramblers is an outreach band from Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield that has, for the last six years, played for the guests of Toni's Kitchen at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Montclair on the last Saturday of each month. Reitman is also well known for his fundraising efforts, playing music as both a solo artist at events such as The Taste of Montclair and as part of various line-ups for causes affliated with Parents Who Rock. In addition, Reitman hosts the well-attended…
Monday, May 14, 2012
Bidding online for silent auction begins May 13; performances, silent auction on day of event.
Pushcart Players will celebrate 38 years of bringing theatre to young audiences throughout New Jersey and beyond with “A Royal Celebration,” a fundraising event to be held on Sunday, June 3 at the Montclair Art Museum from 2-5 p.m. The afternoon will feature a performance of “Happily Ever After… A Cinderella Tale,” followed by a Tea Party at the Palace, complete with delectable food and drink, behind-the-scenes tours, photos with a favorite character from the show and the opportunity to tour the museum. In addition, Pushcart Players will also host a silent auction during the afternoon tea. Attendees can bid online prior to the event, beginning May 13. Online bidding will close on Saturday, June 2. Items up for auction includes: House …
Lombardi said he will not tolerate drama.
"Jerseylicious" stars and stylists Olivia Blois Sharpe and Tracy DiMarco simply couldn't keep their harsh words to themselves during a grand opening for the Anthony Robert Salon, as seen on Sunday night's episode of The Style Network reality show. According to The Style Network's blog, Anthony Lombardi, the Anthony Robert Salon owner, was "stepping out of the Gatsby's shadow" by expanding his own salon at its Verona location. The Gatsby, a competing salon with Lombardi and shares several employees, including DiMarco and Blois Sharpe, a Montville Township High School graduate, is located in Green Brook. Lombardi had tried a soft opening with a "Friends and Family" event that was featured on that last episode, but after that event was …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Event celebrates its 30th season.
When is a balloon festival not (just) a balloon festival? That’s a tough question, especially when a huge yearly event is billed as such (I mean, it's called the Festival of Ballooning, after all) and there certainly are plenty of hot-air balloons to be displayed. Still, the Quick Chek Festival of Ballooning—in its 30th year, running from July 27 through 29 at Solberg Airport in Readington—is also part amusement park, with a healthy number of rides, an arts-and-crafts emporium, a yoga and Zumba demonstration, and lots and lots of food. Of the 30 years, Quick Chek has been a major sponsor for 20. And for the first time, Patch is partnering with the festival to get you in at a great price. Between May 13 and 20, use this link to buy tickets …
The Johnny Depp and Tim Burton collaboration, based on a 1960s gothic soap opera, has left critics unimpressed.
"Dark Shadows" opens this weekend at the Bellevue Cinema in Upper Montclair. Click here for showtimes. For those who remember the gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows,” word of the movie version starring Johnny Depp was likely welcome. Unfortunately for fans of the television series, the transition to the big screen has been judged and found wanting. In "Dark Shadows," vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Depp, awakens from a centuries-long sleep in 1972 to find his estate and empire in near ruins. Collins predictably sets out to restore the family fortune and finds himself at odds with the witch who transformed him into a vampire in the mid-1700s. Scott Weinberg of FearNet.com described the movie as a “true stinker, in Hollywood terms.” “ ‘Dark…
Friday, May 11, 2012
From music to comedy, there are plenty of ways to find a weekend diversion.
Wellmont Theatre, Montclair THIS WEEKEND Tonight — Rusko and Sigma perform at 8 p.m. NEXT WEEK: Willie Nelson & Family, 8 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday BOOK IT NOW: Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang, 8 p.m., Saturday, June 9; Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples, 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 19. Check out wellmonttheatre.com for more shows. New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark THIS WEEKEND: Tonight, Saturday — Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, NJPAC's principal resident dance company, performs its yearly NJPAC show, 8 p.m., Prudential Hall; Saturday — Will Downing, the reigning romanticst R&B crooner, makes women swoon at 8 p.m., Victoria Theater. NEXT WEEK: Chita Rivera, who performed for decades in a variety of Broadway's classic hits, performs her …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
This article was written by MHS student Faith Hill
You might think “Urinetown” sounds unappealing, but don’t let the title fool you. This musical won Tony Awards for its direction, book, music and lyrics when it first ran on Broadway in 2002, and was called by the New York Times, “a great musical—extraordinary, hilarious, and entirely original.” It will be all that and more when presented this weekend and next by the talented cast and crew of Montclair High School’s School of Visual and Performing Arts (SVPA). The story is set in a city where a 20-year drought has created a terrible water shortage, forcing the citizens to pay to…pee. The social commentary in its off-beat plot is certainly relevant today, as it satirizes capitalism, bureaucracy, and corporate greed. Indeed, “Urinetown” …
Poetry, World Music, Film, Children's Theater Among Many Diverse Offerings this year
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced its schedule for the 2012-13 season, which is filled with new festivals, curatorial and artistic collaborations, and community partnerships, programs and artist outreach that will take place within and beyond its stages. Throughout the season, NJPAC will continue to add performances. NJPAC is located at 1 Center St. "Our 2012-13 season will be filled with the sounds of surprise" said John Schreiber, NJPAC's president and CEO. "We've consciously scheduled more curtains and added significantly to the artistic mix. In addition to what audiences have come to love and expect from the Arts Center, we're introducing new programs that will be unique to the region. If you already love …
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10:42 am on Monday, May 14, 2012
If you want a FREE close up time with the ballon, or a ballon, go to the 6:00 AM launch, but don't go into the festival. Then pick a special ballon and chase it. It will land someplace that is close to a road. The balloon people are more than happy to have you there. more ›