New Virtual Events On Sale And More News From MPAC

Darlene Love: Love For The Holidays
Saturday, December 5th, at 8:00 pm ET
Livestream Tickets: $35

GRAMMY Award winner Darlene Love will once again visit households all over the U.S. with her virtual Christmas Concert, Love for the Holidays, recorded at Sony Hall in New York.

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Engelbert Humperdinck Christmas Special
Saturday, December 12th, at 3:00 pm ET
Livestream Tickets: $25

Join Engelbert live from his home for an evening of festive celebration and song this December!

For the first time ever, fans from all around the world can celebrate the holidays with Engelbert through this intimate livestream event, which will include performances of holiday classics.

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Jagged Live in NYC: A Broadway Reunion Concert
Sunday, December 13th, at 8:00 pm ET
Tickets: $27 Early Bird/$33 Regular

For the first time in nearly 10 months, the Broadway cast of the 15-time Tony Award-nominated musical Alanis Morrissette's JAGGED LITTLE PILL is reuniting on stage for one night only—in a special performance live from NYC.

MPAC patrons can buy tickets for this special performance NOW at an early-bird price with presale code JLPresale.

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A Killer Party - A Murder Mystery Musical 
Streaming film access available now
Tickets: $9.99 for Guest package and $16.99 for Sleuth package

The new movie version of the must-see hit musical of the year A Killer Party – A Murder Mystery Musical is now available!

Join Broadway theater favorites from Hamilton, Mean Girls, Wicked, Aladdin and more as they perform, while in quarantine, this hilarious and irreverent send-up of the classic Murder Mystery with additional bonus content not seen in the original series, including never-before-seen bloopers, and an entire additional scene plus a new song performed by Miguel Cervantes from Hamilton.

You can watch the online movie version of A Killer Party these two ways that are only available through these special links:

SLEUTH ($16.99) – https://gum.co/MayoPACSleuth

GUEST ($9.99) - https://gum.co/MayoPACGuest

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In-Theatre Events, Virtual Classes Planned at MPAC 

Welcome Back to MPAC!

Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 183 allows for performing arts centers such as MPAC to host events for up to 150 people. MPAC is excited to welcome patrons back to the theatre for the first time since March!

There’s something for everyone! In addition to limited-sized indoor events, MPAC's fall programming includes brand-new virtual shows and online performing arts classes that you can partake in from home, as well as outdoor drive-in concerts. In accordance with best practices developed by the performing arts industry nationwide, we have developed a series of guidelines to make sure that your return to MPAC will be safe and healthy. Read below for more details about our plans!

 

Learn More About Our Guidelines Limited Capacity (150 patrons max) Additional events to be added soon! The Lion King  WHEN: Saturday, September 19, at 2:00 pm WHERE: Mayo PAC, 100 South St., Morristown TICKETS: $10 on sale now! A live-action remake of the classic Disney animated film follows a young lion who returns to reclaim the throne that was stolen from him and his father by his treacherous and fratricidal uncle after spending his childhood in exile under the care of a friendly warthog and meerkat. Rated: PG BUY TICKETS Ferris Bueller's Day Off WHEN: Saturday, September 19, at 7:30 pm WHERE: Mayo PAC, 100 South St., Morristown TICKETS: $10 on sale now! Matthew Broderick stars in this classic John Hughes comedy about a charismatic teen who goes on a series of crazy adventures when he plays hooky during one memorable day in Chicago. Rated: PG-13 BUY TICKETS Brynn Stanley, Grover Kemble & Jerry Vezza: "Get Happy" WHEN: Friday, October 2, at 7:30 pm WHERE: Mayo PAC, 100 South St., Morristown TICKETS: $50 - 75; on sale Friday Dynamic local jazz performers Jerry Vezza, Brynn Stanley and Grover Kemble hit upon a positive message featuring music radiating hope, joy, recovery and community spirit. This lively musical threesome intends to both promote and emote feelings of significant progress towards a brighter future. LEARN MORE The Nerds WHEN: Friday, October 16, at 6:00 pm & 8:30 pm WHERE: Mayo PAC, 100 South St., Morristown TICKETS: $35 - 50; on sale Friday You can’t help having the best time of your life when you are with New Jersey’s favorite party band—celebrating their 35 anniversary! Enjoy an experience of sheer entertainment with the group critics call the best cover band in the world. It’s all fun…all Nerds! LEARN MORE The Ultimate Donna Summer Tribute By Rainere Martin WHEN: Saturday, October 24, at 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm WHERE: Mayo PAC, 100 South St., Morristown TICKETS:: $50 - $75; on sale Friday Rainere Martin recreates the sounds and styles of the original disco queen Donna Summer in this tribute concert featuring all of her hits including “Bad Girls,” "Hot Stuff,” “Last Dance” and "Macarthur Park.” LEARN MORE Virtual Fall Classes 12 Weeks, September 21 - December 19 This fall we offer an exciting line-up of programs for Ages 5 - Adult, including musical theatre, acting, magic, comedy, audition technique, dance, vocal performance, happy hour improv, intro to voice over, visual arts, and more! We will also offer our Miracle Project class, for students with autism and other special needs.  REGISTER FOR FALL CLASSES Seize The Show Presents All About Evil Tuesday, September 29 at 8:00 pm TICKETS: $10; on sale Friday Join the fun in this virtual online interactive event! There’s been a murder on Broadway and it’s up to you to find the killer! When Broadway’s brightest star goes ends up dead, it’s up to you to solve the case and catch the killer before the press gets wind of the scandal. Your choices and knowledge of Broadway will reveal the clues to solve the murder and save the show!  LEARN MORE Seize The Show Presents Empowered Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00 pm Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 pm TICKETS: $10; on sale Friday Join the fun in this virtual online interactive event! What would you do if you had super human powers? Would you live on the right side of the law? Or would you be a renegade, wreaking havoc in order to right the wrongs of the world? It’s your choice in this thrilling, superhero origin story in which every choice you make creates an alternate universe with a new you, with infinite variations. Your choices determine who lives, who dies, the fight for goodness or greed, and the side you choose once you become empowered!  LEARN MORE MPAC's 22nd Annual [Virtual] Starlight Ball Friday, October 23 at 6:00 pm This special virtual evening will include performances by Kristin Chenoweth, MPAC's talented Performing Arts School students and more. The live broadcast is free to all. VIP tickets are available for purchase, which provide you access to the exciting Silent Auction, plus exclusive kick-off and after-party Zooms. LEARN MORE & BUY VIP TICKETS

 AXELROD FILMS AND CONCERTS THAT MATTER

CAN THE ARTS CHANGE US?

Axelrod Salutes BLACK and LGBTQ + LIVES...in Film and Song...and Action

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama

The Axelrod Film Festival continues this week with three films that celebrate the alliance between the Black and Jewish communities. THEY AIN’T READY FOR ME, featuring Tamar Menasseh, a young Black rabbinical student from Chicago, JOACHIM PRINZ: I SHALL NOT BE SILENT, and SHARED LEGACIES: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance. 

Subscribe to all three for $18–a portion of your donation goes to CCHANGE (Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education) and Equal Justice Initiative.

LEARN MORE HERE

Last Thursday our Anne & Sheldon Vogel Virtual Concert Series presented TO BE FREE: THE SOUND OF NINA SIMONE, one of America’s great Black singer-songwriters and most influential civil rights activists. The concert featured Amma Osei (who played Nina on Broadway in Rock of Ages) and JaQuita May, celebrated recording artist who’s been compared to Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin, plus cameos from American Idol’s Melinda Doolittle and Fredi Walker-Browne (Broadway’s original cast of Rent), under the music direction of pianist Darnell White. If you missed the concert, you can view it here: VIEW THE CONCERT HERE

Special thanks to Remember Jones and his team for co-producing this ongoing summer series. Your continued support helps us to continue hiring artists, musicians and technicians to bring quality entertainment “live” to you in your homes...and backyards! A portion of your donation goes to The Loveland Foundation, empowering Black girls and women in our communities. 

This Thursday evening tune in to hear up-and-coming singer-songwriter JOEY CONTRERAS, at the piano, joined by three fantastic vocalists: Brian Russell Carey, Mia Gerachis and Stevi Incremona. Joey has become one of the theater world’s “songwriters to watch,” having written original works for Lincoln Center, Disney and various regional theaters around the country. 

If you’re unfamiliar with the songs of Joey Contreras, check out one of his most popular songs “Love Me, Love Me Not."

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A portion of your donations this Thursday will go to Encircle, resource centers for LGBTQ+ Youth and Families based in Utah with national outreach programs. 

See you Thursday on Facebook Live

(on the Axelrod's and Remember Jones's pages).

www.facebook.com/axelrodarts

CLICK THIS LINK AT THURSDAY AT 7 PM FOR THE LIVE CONCERT

YOUR SUPPORT MAKES THESE CONCERTS POSSIBLE

 FREE Movies This Weekend at UCPAC in Rahway

Movies Under The Stars

WHEN: Thursday and Friday, 7:30 Pre-show; 8:15 Movie starts

WHERE: UCPAC Main Stage Parking Lot, Rahway
ADMISSION: free

Brought to you by the City of Rahway and presented by the Union County Performing Arts Center

These outdoor movies are free, socially distanced, and family friendly! 

All our movies are bring your own, and we encourage you to order delivery from the delicious local restaurants in Rahway - all patrons will receive one coupon for $10 off from a participating Rahway restaurant (one coupon per reservation/walk-up area).

*MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT EATING OR DRINKING*

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MOVIES UNDER THE STARS, KUNG-FU COMING TO RAHWAY IN AUGUST

Outdoor movies are free, socially distanced, and family friendly!

*MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT EATING OR DRINKING*

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OL’ SCHOOL KUNG-FU DOUBLE FEATURE

WHEN: Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 6:00 PM
WHERE: UCPAC Main Stage, 1601 Irving St., Rahway

Come out and enjoy a rare screening of NOT 1 BUT 2 "ol'school 35mm Kung-fu" films. That's right, 2 feature films back to back for the price of 1!

SUPER POWER SYNOPSIS: A dying Manchu Kung Fu fighter sends his three sons on a mission of revenge against the five Southern champs who defeated him a generation ago. The Manchus beat down the families but one son, Billy, takes a crash course in both North and South Eagle styles as well as Horsehead Fist. Only then, is he able to confront each of the three Manchu fighters in a martial arts finale like no other!

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As always, there are no added fees no matter how you choose to purchase your tickets. The UCPAC has a NO REFUNDS and NO EXCHANGES policy that applies to all ticket sales. Discount codes cannot be combined and cannot be applied to past purchases.

Box Office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 AM-5 PM, with extended hours of 11 AM-8 PM on Thursdays. The Box Office is also open starting 1 hour before Hamilton Stage events, and 2 hours before Main Stage events.

Box Office: (732) 499-8226

THIS WEEK @ THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

Screening Room Summer Film Series WHEN: Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. (EDT)

This summer the Art Museum and the Princeton Garden Theatre are partnering to offer a series of films that reflect on hope and the human condition. Watch through Netflix, iTunes, or Amazon Prime Video beginning promptly at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) and chat with us live on Discord while you watch. Details are available through the links below. Tonight join us online for Lady Bird (2017), a coming-of-age story that follows a high schooler through the trials of love, family, and self-discovery. The live Discord conversation will be led by Caroline Harris, associate director for education at the Art Museum, and Brendan Joyce, programming assistant at Renew Theaters. Wednesday, July 15: Lady Bird (2017) Rated R, 1 hour and 33 minutes Directed by Greta Gerwig Wednesday, July 22: Moonlight (2016) Rated R, 1 hour and 51 minutes Directed by Barry Jenkins Collections Spotlight Picturing Protest As the 1960s civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam spurred protests across America, photographers transformed the visibility of collective action. The exhibition Picturing Protest, which was on view in 2018, fifty years after the watershed events of 1968, examined the visual framing of political demonstrations around the country and on Princeton’s campus. Many of these photographs became icons of social struggle; today they compel us to contemplate the capacity of protest, and of art, to imagine, interpret, and cultivate change. Explore Picturing Protest here. Save the Date A Garden for Solace WHEN: Thursday, July 30, 5:30 p.m. (EDT) Gardens, those plots of land that have been nurtured and formed by the human hand, have found appeal as places of solitary or group refuge, renewal, and enjoyment by societies across the globe and throughout history. This panel examines gardens and garden culture from a cross-cultural perspective, illuminating the high esteem bestowed on these constructed forms of nature. Zoe Kwok, associate curator of Asian art, will discuss how the history of gardens and garden art in China illustrates a culture that has long embraced nature as an extension of self. James Steward, Art Museum director, will discuss Gertrude Jekyll and the Arts and Crafts garden. Details and free registration here. Closed Captions, Open Opportunities Real-time text on screen is now available in multiple languages The Art Museum’s online programs now include live closed captions in multiple languages. Made possible through the Princeton University Humanities Council’s Rapid Response Grants, this effort broadens the impact of our digital experiences by increasing access to Museum programming. Read more about this work, and how to turn on closed captions in multiple languages, here. Art Making Drawing and Watercolor Classes WHEN: Thursday, July 16, 8 p.m., Sunday, July 19, 3 p.m. WHERE: Zoom The Art Museum is partnering with the Arts Council of Princeton to provide free weekly classes taught live over Zoom, so participants can join from their home computers. Lessons feature artworks from the Museum’s collections. Thursday at 8 p.m. (EDT): This week’s drawing class explores anatomy, specifically skeletal and muscular structures. Details and free registration here. Sunday at 3 p.m. (EDT): Join our watercolor classes, also taught over Zoom. In this week’s session, we will play with dry brush technique to create texture or light and will practice creating foliage for trees. Details, free registration, and a materials list here. In the Media Curator Karl Kusserow in the Los Angeles Review of Books In his recent essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books, curator of American Art, Karl Kusserow considers Charles Darwin, anthropocentrism, ecology, and the coronavirus. “There is nothing ‘most beautiful and most wonderful’ about the coronavirus, to return to Darwin’s words, but it, too, is a thing of nature,” Kusserow writes. “We cannot wish away our connection to it, any more than we can escape our connection to each other, and to the sustaining earth around us.” Find the full essay here. Art for Families–Anytime, Anywhere Robert Rauschenberg Kids home? Missing the Museum? Today on our website, learn about artist Robert Rauschenberg and his "combines." Then create a collage out of found materials. IMAGES: Gordon Parks, for LIFE magazine. Untitled, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963, printed 2016. Princeton University Art Museum. © The Gordon Parks Foundation Bill Anders, Earthrise (detail), 1968. From https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-8-earthrise Chinese, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, Elegant Gathering in the Western Garden (detail), undated. Princeton University Art Museum. Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893 Samuel Bottschild, Seated male nude (detail), 1680. Princeton University Art Museum. Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund Jane Peterson, Graduate College, Princeton University. Princeton University Art Museum. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Borchard. © Jane Peterson Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, 1957. Sonnabend Collection

MPAC Picks: Virtual Arts Highlights This Week

MPAC has created a Virtual Arts Guide to keep you engaged with the arts
from the comfort of your own home.
Below is some of our favorite content for this upcoming week!

Join us this Friday, June 26th, at 12:30 pm for the final performance of our originally produced MPAC Presents concert series, featuring Annie Minogue!

You can watch live on Facebook on Friday, or view the archived show anytime at your leisure on our website.

Thank you to all of our patrons who have tuned in to our MPAC Presents concert series for the past 12 weeks! And a special thank you to the terrific local musicians who have shared their talents with us.

All summer long we'll be re-airing the concerts on our Facebook and Instagram channels.

Join Us This Friday!

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MPAC has partnered with select studios to bring independent films right to your home. Visit our website to see the exciting films offered, some for as low as $5!
When you rent these films through the special links on our site, MPAC receives a portion of each sale.

Check out MPAC's Virtual Cinema

Celebrate Pride month virtually with North Jersey Pride, hosted by award-winning TV personality Scott Nevins and featuring special guests including Kesha, Randy Rainbow, Wilson Cruz and more!

Sunday at 5pm, YouTube or Facebook

With rare footage and candid interviews, The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story details the serendipitous pairing of legendary rock band Queen and powerhouse Adam Lambert.

Available to stream on Netflix

This pioneering new piece by Larry Kegwin, 22 Rooms, shows intimate life moments as the Paul Taylor Dance Company invite you into the living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and corners of the dancers’ homes.

Available to stream on PTDC Webpage

Join Seth Rudetsky and the multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga, world-renowned for her powerful voice and perfect pitch. She is best known for her Tony Award winning role in Miss Saigon.

Sunday at 8pm, Tickets required via webpage

Lea Salonga will perform live at MPAC on April 3rd - tickets are on sale now!

Join a starry lineup of Broadway luminaries and celebrity guests including Stephen Schwartz, Kenny Leon, Jason Robert Brown and Tina Fey for a week-long festival of workshops, performances, Q&A's and much more!

June 22 - 26, Preregistration required via Webpage

The Oedipus Project SNFestival presents a modern retelling of the famous Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Oedipus the King is a timeless story about leadership, accountability, and the challenges faced by citizens and elected officials during pandemics and plagues.

Wednesday at 1pm, Preregistration required via Webpage

The MPAC Performing Arts School is proud to offer a Virtual Summer Semester this year!  Visit our website to register for our exciting online education offerings in Musical Theatre, Voice, Dance, Acting, Magic, Visual Arts and much more!

Register For Summer Programs

Visit our complete Virtual Arts Guide for MPAC Presents original performances and curated content including streaming theatre, dance, live music concerts and more!