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WHAT’S GOING ON? Here is a small sample of area happenings you may want to check out in the coming days.
MUSIC
♦ Legendz of the Streetz “Reloaded” will bring an impressive bill of rappers to the Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, 7 p.m. Friday, April 21.
Scheduled to perform are Rick Ross, Jeezy, T.I., Jadakiss, Remy Ma, Fivio Foreign, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Siegel, Freeway and “many surprise guests.”
Tickets are $80-$330. prucenter.com, 973-757‑6000.
♦ One of Mozart’s most familiar works and a world premiere of a new work by a New Jersey composer will share the bill in a New Jersey Symphony program titled “Mozart & Steven Mackey,” to be performed at three venues throughout the state this weekend.
Musical director Xian Zhang will conduct the orchestra in Mozart’s Symphony 25, recognizable as the music used for the opening credits in the “Amadeus” film based on the composer’s life.
The symphony then will introduce “RIOT,” a composition it commissioned by Princeton based composer and musician Steven Mackey with original texts by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Mackey will be featured on electric guitar.
Mozart’s overture to “Don Giovanni” and Bruckner’s “Te Deum” will complete the program.
Among the highlighted performers will be soprano Meigui Zhang, mezzo-sopranos Jennifer Johnson Cano and Alicia Olatuja, tenor Sean Panikkar, bass baritone Nathan Berg and the Princeton University Glee Club.
The concerts will take place 8 p.m., Friday, April 21, at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton campus; 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark; and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick.
Tickets are $25-$92. njsymphony.org, 800-255-3476.
♦ The Philadelphia Orchestra with solo pianist Inon Barnatan will take the stage at New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Prudential Hall, 1 Center St., 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21.
The program will include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” and Julia Perry’s 1965 composition “Study for Orchestra.”
Tickets are $49-$119. njpac.org, 888-696-5722.
♦ Latin star Jon Secada will perform at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood, 8 p.m. Friday, April 21.
Secada’s career skyrocketed in 1991 with the release of his self-titled debut album, which sold over six million copies worldwide, was certified triple platinum in the U.S. and reached No.15 on Billboard’s Pop album chart. Since then, he has won three Grammy Awards and starred on Broadway.
Tickets are $39-$79. bergenpac.org, 201-227-1030.
♦ New Jersey based jazz bassist Rufus Reid will spearhead a pair of concerts on college campuses in the coming days, including one that will the premiere of his new composition.
On Saturday, April 22, at 4 p.m., the William Paterson Jazz Studies Program will offer its 50th anniversary concert with Reid, the school’s former director of jazz studies, current director and pianist Bill Charlap, the WP Jazz Orchestra and special alumni guest artists.
The performance will be in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne. Tickets are $8-$20. wpunj.edu/wppresents, 973-720-2371.
On Tuesday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., Bergen Community College’s Gallery Bergen and Ciccone Theater will present the premiere of “Coming to Jones Road Suite,” a newly commissioned jazz suite by Reid in honor of Faith Ringgold.
Ringgold, a native of Harlem, was an artist, activist and children’s book author. Now 93, she has lived in Englewood since 1992.
The program will have verbatim theater recitation written by BCC faculty and performed by BCC students.
Tickets are $25. gallery.bergen.edu, 201-879-8817.
♦ Judy Collins and Madeleine Peyroux will perform backed by a symphony orchestra in a concert 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank.
Collins, who released her 55th album earlier this year, will use the show to look back on her 1967 release, “Wildflowers.”
Tickets are $30-$29. thebasie.org, 732-842-9000.
♦ Dan and Chris Brubeck continue to follow in the footsteps of their father, legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, as they’ll bring their Brubeck Brothers Quartet to the Stockton Performing Arts Center in Galloway 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21.
The group features Chris Brubeck on bass and Dan Brubeck on drums, along with guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb.
Tickets are $10-$35. The campus is at 101 Vera King Farris Drive in Galloway. stockton.edu/pac. 609-652-9000.
Also of note: Rowan University Wind Ensemble’s presentation of “Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony,” Sunday, April 23, at Pfleeger Concert Hall on the Glassboro campus; NJ Festival Orchestra’s 40th anniversary gala, Thursday, April 27, at Stonehouse at Stirling Ridge, Warren; Princeton Folk Music Society concert with Scottish folk artist Alan Reid, 8 p.m. Friday, April 21, Christ Congregation Church, Princeton; jazz singer Cyrille Aimée, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 23, Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit; Emerson String Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium; and a free Whitehouse Wind Symphony program, 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Readington Reformed Church.
THEATER
♦ George Street Playhouse will present the world premiere of “Tales from the Guttenberg Bible,” a comedy written by and starring Steven Gutternberg, opening Tuesday, April 25, and running through May 21.
Joined by four actors playing 90 characters, Guttenberg tells the story of his journey from his family home on Long Island to “the glamour of Hollywood … and his run-ins with everyone from Paul Reiser to Tom Selleck, Kevin Bacon to Merv Griffin.”
The production is directed by GSP artistic director David Saint. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $25-$70. georgestreetplayhouse.org, 732-246-7717
♦ Hands Up Silent Theatre will present an American Sign Language production of “Matilda the Musical” 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Levoy Theatre, 126 N. High St. in Millville.
The troupe’s mission is to “bring the performing arts to the deaf community and encourage the hearing community to learn ASL and interact with each other while breaking down.” They simultaneously sign and act out the action.
Tickets are $20. Levoy.net, 856-327-6400.
Also of note: Open Door Arts will present A.R. Gurney’s two-person comedy, “Love Letters,” from April 21 to May 7, at the PeopleCare Center, 120 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater; Centenary Stage Company’s NEXTStage Repertory will present “The Addams Family” musical in the Sitnik Theatre on the Centenary University campus in Hackettstown April 20-30; Holmdel Theatre Company’s production of “Diary of Anne Frank,” as adapted by Wendy Kesselman, April 21-30 at Duncan Smith Theater in Holmdel; and Premier Theater Company’s “Next to Normal” April 21-23 at Navesink Library Theater in Middletown.
ART
♦ Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton this week unveils two new spring exhibits. “Spiral Q: The Parade” spotlights Spiral Q, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that “promotes social and political change through giant puppetry, pageantry and direct action.”
“Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits” is artist and journalis Madhusmita Bora’s collection of oral histories highlighting the “diverse and uniquely personal stories within the Indian American community.”
The park is at 80 Sculpture Way. Admission is $12-$25. groundsforsculpture.org, 609-586-0616.
♦ Watchung Arts Center and Pro Arts Jersey City will hold a reception 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, for “Then and Now,” an exhibit that will run through May 20 at the Watchung Art Center, 18 Stirling Road, Watchung.
The All Pro Arts group show is designed to “highlight the evolution of the artists’ style, technique and creative vision” with each artist asked to submit pieces reflecting their growth. proartsjerseycity.org, watchungarts.org, 908-753-0190.
♦ Celebrating its 50th year, Morris Arts will host its annual “Great Conversations” dinner and reception — where guests are given the opportunity to dine and talk with notable figures from arts, music and entertainment, authors and media representatives, science, culinary arts, health and business — 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, at Birchwood Manor in Whippany.
Tickets are $150-$275. morrisarts.org, 973-285-5115.
DANCE
♦ Jersey City Theater Center will present “Cancer Choreographed,” a dance program by Romanian choreographers Cosmin Manolescu and Cristina Lilienfeld, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23.
The work, described as “a participatory emotional journey into life, death and dance,” follows the last moments of a man dealing with breast cancer. It’s based on an original text written by Cătălina Florescu and features an original soundtrack by Sabina Ulubeanu and live DJ.
Tickets are $15-$20. jctcenter.org, info@jctcenter.org.
♦ Italian State Theater’s Balletto di Milano will present its interpretation of George Bizet’s “Carmen,” 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood.
Divided into two acts and four scenes, the production features original choreography by Agnese Omodei Salè and Federico Verratti.
Tickets are $33-$103. bergenpac.org, 201-227-1030.
COMEDY
♦ “America’s Got Talent” winner Terry Fator and his cast of puppets will come to Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South St. in Morristown, 8 p.m. Friday, April 21, with a new version of his Las Vegas show, “Terry Fator: On the Road Again.”
Tickets are $49-$89. mayoarts.org, 973-539-8008.
♦ Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre will host “The Parental Advisory Comedy Show” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, on the campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.
Joe Fernandes, Mike Celona and Angela Sharp will perform both nights and will be joined by social media influencer Kyrus Keenan Westcott on Saturday.
Tickets are $20-$22. kelseytheatre.org, 609-570-3333.
OTHER
♦ Revolutionary War re-enactors will take over the grounds of Morristown National Historical Park’s Jockey Hollow off Tempe Wick Road in Morristown this weekend.
The annual spring encampment will focus on the life and times of soldiers and civilians during the Revolutionary War with demonstrations of cooking, sewing and other camp chores; military maneuvers and musket firing; and a special “children’s muster,” where children can learn to drill and march like Revolutionary soldiers.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22, and 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23. nps.gov/morr, 973-543-4030.
♦ “The Lit Gala,” a ticketed benefit dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Montclair Public Library Foundation, will take place 6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at The Manor, 111 Prospect Ave., West Orange.
Jennifer Dorr-Moon and David Jones will be honored at the event as co-founders of the library’s signature Open Book/Open Mind program. The evening will be emceed by Tony, Golden Globe, and Emmy-nominated actor, Patrick Wilson.
Tickets are $300. montclairplf.org, 973-744-0500, ext. 2269.
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