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‘Lights. Camera. Action!’ $125M Film, TV Complex Proposed in Newark
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Mayfest Street Fair Blossoms Once Again In Maplewood
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Columbia High School Bassoonist Peiris is Praised by Band Director
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An Absolutely Amazing Night of Smooth Vocals Funk and All That Jazz at The ...
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Jay Binder, South Orange Native, Casting Director Died
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'Perfect Arrangement' Opens Friday at Nutley Little Theatre
By TOM WIEDMANN
May 18, 2022NEWARK, NJ — Plans are in place to transform the former Seth Boyden Court Housing Complex into a state-of-the-art film and television facility, a project officials are dubbing an “anchor” piece of a larger effort to revitalize the Dayton Street neighborhood in Newark’s South Ward.
Newark officials were joined Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey Performing Arts ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Llamas, dancers, cellists and face painters on Sunday made camp along Springfield Avenue for the annual MayFest Street Fair.
The festival was cancelled last year due to COVID-19.
On Sunday, camera-shy sisters Meredith and Maureen Whelan, residents of the Hilton section of Maplewood for nearly eight decades, were at the fair to encourage new residents to join the Hilton ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – A member of the Columbia High School Band, who received the Governor’s Award in Music, will be honored at a ceremony on May 26, according to Columbia High School Director of Bands Peter Bauer.
The student, Seth Peiris, is a senior member of the band, according to Bauer, who wrote a letter to South Orange and Maplewood Schools Superintendent Ronald ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Saturday, April 23rd the vibe in the air was nothing less than very exciting for Rich Engel’s next Smooth Jazz NJ event as all of us were expecting an event that was at least as great as prior Smooth Jazz performances. Well, this production of Smooth Vocals Funk and Jazz was absolutely amazing as folks came out and every seat in this beautiful Georgian Revival style ...
CLIFTON, NJ - The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) will be playing at the Upper Montclair Country Club in the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup tournament from May 9-15.
Organizers state that participants will vy for a $3 million dollar purse, which is the largest of any LPGA Tour event outside of the majors and the CME Group Tour Championship.
Hosted by the ...
New York, NY - Legendary Broadway casting director, Jay Binder, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022 at the age of 71. Binder died peacefully at home.
Over the course of his four decade career, Jay Binder cast nearly 100 Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning productions of The Lion King, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Dames At Sea, Nice Work If You Can Get It, ...
Nutley Little Theatre presents PERFECT ARRANGEMENT by Topher Payne, directed by George Seylaz.
It’s 1950 and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two US State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem, both Bob and Norma are gay and have married each other’s partners as a ...
By SONYA KIMBLE-ELLIS/JESPY
May 19, 2022SOUTH ORANGE – With the musical talents of JESPY clients in the spotlight, JESPY has partnered with Millburn’s Paper Mill Playhouse to present a showcase of Broadway songs to be performed by the clients on June 18 at 4pm.
The performance, which is open to the public, is tentatively titled A New Beginning. Set to take place at JESPY, the play will feature client talents, alternating ...