All in Podcast
It’s been 25 years since the musical RENT hit Broadway and changed theatre — taking home four Tony Awards and creating generations of super-fans. Maddie Orton talks with Jersey's own Javon King, who plays Angel in RENT’s 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, about King's introduction to RENT, his NJ arts education, tour life, and the legacy of his character and RENT.
This past September, Roxey Ballet Company’s studios, offices, and theatre in the river town of Lambertville were totally destroyed by Hurricane Ida. We recently sat down with company founder Mark Roxey to talk about rebuilding after Ida, and about how the community has rallied together.
This Saturday, the hit series Selected Shorts returns to Kean Stage for an evening of beguiling tales for Halloween. For the Jersey Arts Podcast, 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.
Montclair Film Festival founder and Board Chair Bob Feinberg, Board of Trustees President Evie McGee Colbert, and New Jersey-based filmmaker Scott Morris share what they are most looking forward to as the festival kicks off its 10th anniversary season.
On Saturday, September 18, four young playwrights will present their new plays at The Growing Stage — The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey. Ranging in age from 12 to 18, they are the finalists in The Growing Stage’s inaugural Playwriting Festival for Young Writers. Listen in as we speak to the blossoming writers and the creative team behind the festival.
Adam Pascal made a name for himself as Roger in the original Broadway cast of RENT, going from rock 'n' roll musician with no theatrical credits to Tony-nominated toast of the town — all in the musical that forever changed the sound of Broadway. Performing his solo show “So Far” on the Jersey shore later this month, Pascal gives us some insight into the original production of RENT, how he created his solo concert, and what some of his dream roles may or may not be.
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.
Joseph Gallo transformed his solo play, "The Playbill Gallery," into a podcast when the pandemic hit. The result is a moving tribute to the live theatre experience, heard by an audience in isolation. Hear from Gallo and Mile Square Theatre's Founder/Artistic Director Chris O'Connor about the group’s first audio play.
The GRAMMY Awards air 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.
We recently spoke with the family behind George Street Playhouse’s latest offering – "Bad Dates" – a one-woman show starring Broadway’s Andréa Burns, directed by her husband Peter Flynn, with cinematography by their son Hudson Flynn. The comedy, written by Theresa Rebeck, follows a single mom on the hunt for cute shoes, the perfect dress, and a romantic table for two at a great restaurant.
The Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble was planning an in-person visit to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) when the pandemic hit. Their visit is temporarily on hold, but “Buskaid - A Musical Miracle: Brilliant Baroque to Cool Kwela!” is a series of five on-demand concerts providing an introduction to this inspiring group. Beginning January 29-31, the upcoming concerts feature Buskaid-trained soloists performing classical, pop, and uniquely South African music.
Since 1958, “Christmas in Carol and Song” has been an annual tradition at Rutgers University’s historic Kirkpatrick Chapel in New Brunswick. With the help of the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers University Glee Club 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, Professor Patrick Gardner has produced a dynamic virtual concert experience that will debut Saturday, December 12.
Ada Trillo is a bilingual documentary photographer who grew up 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. The Noyes Museum’s Kramer Gallery in Hammonton is now showing a selection of Trillo’s portraits in the exhibition “If Walls Could Speak: Asylum Seekers.”
We recently spoke with Fort Lee, NJ native David Meyers, who left the world of Washington, D.C. 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.”
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 Hudson Theatre Works Virtual Festival kicked off earlier this month, and, so far, there’s no end in sight. The Festival is currently presenting readings of new short plays by contemporary playwrights, giving them and the actors involved an opportunity to share their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The show must go on!” is part of Bonnie Monte’s DNA. In this conversation, the artistic director describes how the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is pulling off live performance during the pandemic, and reflects on her new appreciation for Shakespeare, whose own life was repeatedly shadowed by outbursts of the plague.
Last month, the New Jersey Governor’s Awards in Arts Education celebrated its 40th year. The program was created to promote awareness and appreciation for the arts by honoring individual students, and to honor education leaders who have demonstrated excellence in, and dedication to, arts education. Usually held at the historic Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, this year’s awards ceremony, like so many other arts events, moved online.
Art House Productions was founded after 9/11 to bring Jersey City’s community together through the arts. Returning to their roots, executive director Meredith Burns talks to producer Susan Wallner about providing connection through live virtual events.
While we’re home, we’re developing different media diets, including the art we’re choosing to enrich our days in isolation. For this podcast, we’re focusing on some of the new music that’s being made available online from New Jersey Performing Arts Center, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The Folk Project, and Rowan University’s College of Performing Arts.
