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The Jersey Arts Podcast presents in-depth, one-on-one conversations with the liveliest and most intriguing personalities in New Jersey’s arts scene. From the casts of hit shows to critically acclaimed film producers; from world renowned poets to classically trained musicians; from groundbreaking dance visionaries to cutting edge fine artists, our podcast connects you to what’s happening in your local arts community.
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This Saturday at the Hunterdon Art Museum, visitors are invited to a unique experience that brings together the visual and performing arts. Roxey Ballet Company has teamed up with artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith – whose exhibition Evermore Nevermore closes this weekend – and have created an exclusive 45-minute showcase that will be presented outdoors on the Toshiko Takaezu Terrace, overlooking the museum’s iconic view of the Raritan River. (This event is free, but please register to attend.)We recently spoke with the Hunterdon Art Museum’s Executive Director Marjorie Frankel Nathanson, Roxey Ballet’s Executive Director Mark Roxey, artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith, and Roxey Ballet’s Director of Education and Outreach Lees Hummel about this special collaboration.
On Wednesday, April 13, Vox Sambou and his band will take the stage at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts. He writes and performs in Haitian, French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and his music focuses on the traditional rhythms of Haiti mixed with elements of Afrobeat, Jazz, Reggae, and Hip hop. Vox Sambou is currently - and it seems usually - touring the world. We spoke with him shortly after he arrived in the US after a visit with family in Haiti.
On Thursday, February 10, powerhouse vocalist Ms. Lisa Fischer will perform An Evening of Love Songs at South Orange Performing Arts Center. The legendary singer has performed with the Rolling Stones, Luther Vandross, Tina Turner, YoYo Ma, Bruce Springsteen, and many others, and is a Grammy-winning solo artist. We recently spoke with Fischer about her special Valentine’s Day concert, what it’s like to be one the most in-demand singers in the world, and how she creates “music that heals, but still rocks the house.”
King chats with host Maddie Orton about:01:41: Javon King's introduction to RENT4:12: Javon's arts education in New Jersey11:18: Tour life16:21: The legacy of Angel and RENTLINKS:RENT at Mayo PACStay connected to your local arts and entertainment scene at JerseyArts.comSUPPORTED BY:ArtPride New JerseyNew Jersey State Council on the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
This past September, Roxey Ballet Company’s studios, offices, and theater in the river town of Lambertville were totally destroyed by Hurricane Ida. This coming Sunday, December 19, they’re throwing a big fundraiser - Rise Up and Rebuild the Ballet - at their temporary home, the New Hope Eagle Fire Hall, right across the river from their New Jersey facilities. There will be food, drink, and a lot of dancing. We recently got the opportunity to sit down with company founder Mark Roxey to talk about rebuilding after Ida, and about how the community has rallied together to save Roxey Ballet Company.
This Saturday, the hit public radio and podcast series Selected Shorts returns to Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University for an evening of beguiling tales for the Halloween season. One of the three readers is actor, writer, and creator of the new PBS Kids show “Alma’s Way,” Sonia Manzano, who is famous for her iconic, long-time role as Maria on “Sesame Street.” We recently got the chance to speak with Sonia Manzano about her time with “Sesame Street,” creating her own children’s show, and the joy of telling stories on stage.
Feinberg, Colbert, and Morris chat with host Maddie Orton about:00:45: Montclair Film Festival 10 years ago and today5:36: Highlights of the 10th Anniversary Season7:23: NJ filmmaker Scott Morris' documentary, American River15:28: Montclair Film Festival's role in the Garden State19:50: Reopening historic Clairidge CinemasLINKS:Montclair Film FestivalAmerican River at MFFThe Lost Daughter at MFFStay connected to your local arts and entertainment scene at JerseyArts.com SUPPORTED BY:ArtPride New JerseyNew Jersey State Council on the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
On Saturday, September 18, four young playwrights will present four new plays at The Growing Stage, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey, in Netcong. They are the finalists in The Growing Stage’s first Playwriting Festival for Young Writers: Violet Baker, Maya Abraham, Maxine Ting, and Alethea Shirilan-Howlett. We spoke with all four finalists this week, as well as Growing Stage Executive Director Stephen L. Fredericks, Director of Educational Programming Lori B. Lawrence, and Danny Campos, Director of the Playwrighting Festival for Young Writers.
Adam Pascal was a rock ‘n’ roll musician who had no theatrical credits when he landed the role of Roger in RENT—a show that would garner him a Tony nomination and forever change the sound of Broadway. Now, Pascal shares his journey through the shows he’s performed along the way—AIDA, Cabaret, Memphis, Chicago, and more. His solo acoustic concert, “So Far,” is coming to the Arthur Pryor Bandshell in Asbury Park on July 28th and BellWorks in Holmdel on July 29th as part of Axelrod Performing Arts Center’s Vogel Summer Concert Series.Adam chats with host Maddie Orton about:2:13: Creating “So Far”6:38: How Adam Pascal landed the role of Roger in RENT7:46: How Roger got bleached hair and a leather jacket13:09: Taking over some of Broadway’s biggest roles 17:45: Adam’s dream roles (and our dream roles for him)25:37: The legacy of rent 25 years laterLINKS: “So Far” presented by Axelrod Performing Arts CenterAdam Pascal sings “Phantom” with Seth RudetskyStay connected to your local arts and entertainment scene at JerseyArts.comSUPPORTED BY:ArtPride New JerseyNew Jersey State Council on the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
The 2021 NJ Governor's Awards in Arts Education kicks off on Saturday, May 22. In this episode, we speak to two past winners, two of this year's awardees, and more about the impact of these annual awards.
● 1:06: Picture: "The Playbill Gallery" exhibit.● 2:01: What's an "audio play"?● 6:25: How "The Playbill Gallery" began.● 10:35: How Mile Square Theatre made it through the pandemic.● 12:29: Will the pandemic change how theatre is offered moving forward?● 14:36: We remember theatre experiences for all sorts of reasons...LINKS:● "The Playbill Gallery (a love story)" at Mile Square Theatre● New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Stages Festival● Stay connected to your local arts and entertainment scene at JerseyArts.com.SUPPORTED BY:● ArtPride New Jersey● The New Jersey State Council on the Arts● The National Endowment for the Arts
The 2021 GRAMMY Awards are this weekend, and, for the first time, a Westminster grad participated in each of the five recordings nominated in the Best Choral Performance category. We recently spoke with five of the artists in that category about the nominated recordings.
Since 1958, "Christmas in Carol and Song" has been an annual tradition at Rutgers University’s historic Kirkpatrick Chapel in New Brunswick. Patrick Gardner, distinguished professor of music and director of choral activities at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, has led the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers University Glee Club for more than 25 years. With the help of both choirs recording from home throughout the country, visual artists Camilla Tassi and Stephanie Tubiolo, and a Mason Gross student quarantine pod known as the Handy Street 8, Gardner has produced a dynamic virtual concert experience debuts Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 PM. We recently spoke to Patrick Gardner and three of his students about reimagining and reinventing this holiday tradition for 2020.
Ada Trillo is a bilingual documentary photographer who grew up–literally–crossing the border. Born in El Paso, her family moved to Juárez when she was young, but she attended school in Texas, which meant an hours-long commute over the border every day. Trillo went on to become a painter, but Donald Trump’s hateful comments about Mexicans caused her to make a radical shift. The Noyes Museum’s Kramer Gallery in Hammonton, NJ, is now showing a selection of Trillo’s portraits in the exhibition “If Walls Could Speak: Asylum Seekers,” open both in person and online.
We recently spoke with Fort Lee, New Jersey native David Meyers, who left the world of Washington, DC politics behind to pursue a career as an actor, playwright, and screenwriter. In between projects for the stage and screen, he co-created the comedic web series Bloomywood, in which he stars as Hollywood hopeful Michael Bloomstein.
Given Circumstance: New Plays in the Virtual World is an ambitious project from Mile Square Theatre: seven new plays written specifically for the Zoom format. The first, “Sitting and Talking” by Lia Romeo, stars Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me!”) and Dan Lauria (“The Wonder Years”).
“The show must go on!” is part of Bonnie Monte’s DNA. As the artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey for 30 years this season, shutting down was hard for her to do. But Monte found a way out, working with a group of eight actors originally employed as part of the theatre’s “Shakespeare Live!” company. The actors formed a new troupe (the Shrewd Mechanicals, in a nod to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”), and will present two evenings of classic comedies: “Verily, Madly Thine,” and a double bill featuring Molière’s farce “The Love Doctor” and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Aria Da Capo.” Performances will take place outside on the theatre’s great lawn in Florham Park, NJ, and tickets are selling fast. In this conversation with producer Susan Wallner, Monte describes how they’re pulling off live theatre in New Jersey during the pandemic. She also reflects on her new appreciation for Shakespeare, whose own life was repeatedly shadowed by outbursts of the plague.
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