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Center Drama Presents
Man of La Mancha
Thursday, February 11 at 8 pm*
Saturday, February 13 at 8 pm
Sunday, February 14 at 3 pm
Saturday, February 20 at 8 pm
Sunday, February 21 at 3 pm
This winner of five Tony Awards tells the story of the imprisoned Miguel Cervantes who spins the tale of Don Quixote and his quest.
Honor, romance, nobility, and chivalry reign in this classic musical featuring one of the most inspirational musical theater songs of all time, "The Impossible Dream."
Directed by Deborah Murad Nesser
Starring Ken Wasser
*Includes Opening Night Festival from 6:30 to 8 pm!
Guests will sip refreshing sangria, sample delicious Spanish food and shop for fabulous products for their home and garden before the play.
Tickets: $25; $22 seniors; $15 students with ID; $17 group
Opening Night: $20; $17 seniors; $10 students with id
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Axelrod Gala
Saturday, March 6 at 7 pm
Starring Tony Award nominees and Stars of Broadway/TV
Including "Cats", "How to Succeed…", "Miss Saigon", "Damn Yankees" & "Baby"
Jeff Blumenkrantz & Liz Callaway
HONORING
J. Laurence Lowenstein & Dr. Arthur Topilow
Recipients of The Axelrod Award for Artistic Excellence
Champagne and Hors d'Oeuvres
Pre-Theater Reception
at 7:00 PM
Performance at 8:30 PM
Dessert Reception Following Performance
Cocktail Attire
Tickets for this unforgettable fundraising gala start at $180.
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Annual Holocaust Genocide
Film
Education Program:
The Road to Recovery
and Reconciliation
Two powerful films explore the psychological, emotional, and improbable path to living and reconciling with the perpetrators of genocide.
My Neighbor, My Killer
Winner of the Human Rights Watch 2009 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking and an Official Selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Children of the Third Reich (Excerpts)
Children of survivors meet children of
Nazi perpetrators.
Showtimes:
8:30AM for high school students and community
6:00PM Reception and Award Ceremony
Honoring Al Zager, Esq., Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College
7:00PM Screening for community at large
Panel Discussion and Q&A with Anne Aghion, acclaimed filmmaker, My Neighbor My Killer; Jane Denny, Education Director, Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College; Rwandan survivors and children of Holocaust survivors
Presented by:
Community Relations Committee of the
Jewish Federation of Monmouth County
Toby Shylit Mack, Chair
Event Sponsors:
Axelrod Performing Arts Center | Holocaust, Genocide
& Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale
Community College | Monmouth University Jewish Cultural Programming | NJ Commission on Holocaust Education | Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance
Tickets: Free and open to the public. Suggested donation: $10.
For more information, contact:
Jill Briggles, CRC Director 732.866.4300, ext.14 or jbriggles@jewishmonmouth.org
For reservations, contact:
Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Box Office at 732.531.9100 X 142
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Axelrod Classical Music Festival
A collaboration of the finest classical music organizations from across
Central New Jersey
Saturday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m.
Opening Night Performance and Post-Performance Dessert Reception
Featuring a Special Collaborative Performance by:
Pianist Julia Zilberquit
Pacific Encore Performances &
Say Dance Collective
Greeters: Students from the Kathryn Barnett School of Dance
Sunday, March 21
10:00 AM The Monmouth Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition. (Public Welcome free)
12:45 PM Awards Ceremony for the MSO Young Artist Concerto Competition in Axelrod Lobby
Showcase Performances:
1:00 to 1:40 PM
New Jersey Youth Orchestra
2:00 to 2:40 PM
Monmouth Conservatory
2:40 PM to 3:00 PM
Monmouth Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Ensemble
3:00 to 3:40 PM
Monmouth Civic Chorus
4:00 to 4:40 PM
Arcadian Chorale
5:00 to 5:40 PM
Kathryn Barnett School of Dance
6:00 PM
Festival Ends with a Wine and Cheese Party
in Axelrod Lobby
Tickets: $15 for the Saturday, March 20 opening night performance & dessert reception; and $10 for adults ($5 for youth under 16) for Sunday, March 21. Entrance to Young Artist Concerto Competition on Sunday is free.
Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling the Axelrod box office at 732-531-9100 ext. 142.
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Garden State Film Festival
Saturday, March 27 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
The Summer of Walter Hacks
Back in 1952, every country boy's summer was supposed to be idyllic, but
eleven-year-old Walter is forced to grow up fast on his father's farm.
Walter and his older brother Clifford work hard, though Walter finds
unexpected intrigue and adventure with his bicycle, his cowboy hat and his
side-kick Margaret. The summer days grow shorter and the adult world closes
in on the brothers, leading Walter to his own HIGH NOON.
Sunday, March 28th 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah Season
Jeremy Gold is 13 years old and Jewish. The girl he secretly loves is about
to have her Bat Mitzvah. Can he win her over on her special day?
Free To Be Me Free To Be Me is a short documentary that follows a group of 50 kids, ages
10-17, most of whom are on the autism spectrum, during a two-week filmmaking
camp with Hollywood Director Joey Travolta.
60 Years On: From Despair to Joy
( Director is from Tenafly, NJ)
This film tells the moving story of 55 men, who traveled from their homes in
the US to the Warsaw ghetto and the concentration/death camps at Auschwitz
and Birkenau. They then go straight to Israel, to be in Jerusalem and Tel
Aviv in time to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary of its founding. The
journey includes Sderot, a town under constant threat of missiles from Gaza.
Narrated by Matt Lauer and using historical and current day footage, the
story unfolds through the eyes and feelings of three sons of concentration
camp survivors, a son-in-law of a US soldier who liberated the camps and two
men with no direct connection at all. It was the most memorable seven days
of their lives.
Sunday, March 28 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Science Play
The story of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundations very first grant in the arts.
Sloan's collaboration with Ensemble Studio Theatre changed the Sloan
Foundation and contributed to emerging collaborations between scientists and
artists.
Adopt A Sailor
Adopt a Sailor staring Bebe Neuwirth and Peter Coyote, tells the story of a
dysfunctional, sophisticated New York couple, who inadvertently Adopt a
Sailor, during Fleet Week--- and in the course of one evening, these three
very different people become a kind of surrogate family and change each
others lives forever.
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"Red, White and Blue" Musical Celebration in Honor of Armed Forces Day
Sunday, May 16 at 3 pm
With 30-piece orchestra conducted by Carl Topilow
Featuring Art Topilow on Piano. With special guest performances by Pacific
Encore Performances.
Carl Topilow is a multi-talented virtuoso who is equally at home in
classical and popular music both as conductor and instrumentalist.
He is the founder and conductor of the Cleveland Pops. Art Topilow is a
doctor by day and accomplished pianist by night. He has performed with
Bernadette Peters, Steve Lippia and Dick Hyman.
Tickets: $27 Adults, $23 Seniors, $15 Kids,
$20 Veterans and groups |
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School Performance!
Berenstain Bears
in Family Matters the Musical
Monday, May 17, 10:00 AM
A Great Show for Grades Pre K - 3
The Berenstain Bears have enchanted young readers for generations. Now Matt Murphy Productions presents a fun-filled new musical that weaves together three of Jan and Stan Berenstain's most popular books, "The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers", “The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food", and the "Berenstain Bears' Trouble at School".
There's trouble in the tree house... Brother Bear has trouble with a school quiz, so he hides it in the cookie jar. Sister Bear makes friends with a frog and hides it in the cookie jar. Papa has been eating candy when he's supposed to be on a diet, and the wrapper ends up in the cookie jar... It's up to Mama to follow the cookie trail and sort things out! A new musical based on the children's books by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
Tickets: $10 Per Person Groups: $8 Per Person for
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Ron Gartner stars in Scotch, Soul and Rock N Roll
With 5-piece orchestra
Thursday, June 17 at 8 pm
This dynamic singer is a throwback to entertainers like Sinatra, Sammy Davis
Jr., Bobby Darin and even James Brown, but with a 21st century flair. With
his swinging band and great songs from Big Band to Bandstand, Motown to Soul
Train, the Great American Songbook to Michael Buble, Ron delivers a dazzling
performance.
"Ron's a true star!" -- PBS TELEVISION
Tickets: $27 Adult, $23 Senior, $20 Groups
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"Circumcise Me"
A new comedy on the cutting edge
Wednesday, June 23 at 2 & 8 pm
Yisrael Campbell is just your average Irish-Italian Catholic kid from
Philly, comic actor, sober alcoholic, recovering drug addict, husband,
father, Reform, Conservative, Unorthodox, Orthodox Jew. His name is Yisrael
Campbell and this is his story - a spiritual journey stretching across four
decades, two continents, and three circumcisions.
"Yisrael Campbell is the funniest Roman Catholic Orthodox Jewish comedian in
the world. Hurry and see him before he becomes a Buddhist!" -- Comedy
Central
Tickets: $27 Adult, 25 Senior, & $22 Group |
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Jersey Shore Film Festival
June 27 – July 18
One of New Jersey’s leading film festivals, Jersey Shore Film Festival will present more than 30 films from around the world, with special guest appearances by talented independent filmmakers.
The film lineup will feature a special performance by Grammy nominated songwriter and composer Gary Lucas, who was cited as one of the greatest living guitarists by Classic Rock Magazine.
Gary will perform his new original soundtrack to the silent film classic The Golem.
For more information, contact Teresa Staub at tstaub@axelrodartscenter.org
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Marc Salem Presents
"Mind Games Too"
Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm
Hailed by critics and audiences around the world, Marc Salem has been a
student of the human mind for over 30 years.
As an academic he holds advanced degrees from U Penn and NYU. He is
considered one of the world's foremost authorities on non-verbal
communication. Marc plays "games" with the mind, allowing us to see our
perceptions and ourselves in a new way, all the while having fun.
"Hide your thoughts! Marc Salem is in town!"
-- New York Times
"Astonishing...The most dazzling show in town"
-- London Telegraph
Tickets: $26 Adults and $22 for Seniors/Students, $20 groups
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Songwriter Jimmy Webb
Wednesday, July 7 at 8 pm
Composer Jimmy Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for
music, lyrics & orchestration. He is a member of the National Academy of
Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame. He is best known for the instant
classics he provided for such artists as Glen Campbell ("By The Time I Get
To Phoenix," "Where's The Playground, Susie"), Richard Harris ("MacArthur
Park," "Didn't We"), the Fifth Dimension ("Up, Up and Away," "This Is Your
Life"), The Brooklyn Bridge ("Worst That Could Happen"), Art Garfunkel ("All
I Know"), Linda Ronstadt ("Easy For You To Say")and Joe Cocker ("The Moon's
A Harsh Mistress").
Tickets: $30 Adults, $25 Seniors, & $22 groups
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Center Drama Presents
Hello Dolly
Wednesday, August 4 at 8 pm
Thursday, August 5 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 8 at 3 pm
Thursday, August 12 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 15 at 3 pm.
Winner of 10 Tony Awards, Hello Dolly tells the story of Mrs Dolly Levi, a poor widow who has been hired by Mr Horace Vandergelder, the well known half-a-millionaire, to find him the ideal wife. That ideal wife is her.
HELLO, DOLLY! is an ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with happy songs, shining with loving scenes, alive with the personality of one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage.
Classic musical numbers include Put On Your Sunday Clothes, Ribbons Down My Back, Before the Parade Passes By, Elegance, It Only Takes A Moment and So Long, Dearie.
Starring Ruthie Zekaria Levy
Tickets: $25; $22 seniors; $15 students with ID; $17 group
Opening Night: $20; $17 seniors; $10 students with id
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The Spencers: Magic of Illusion
Sunday, November 14 at 2 pm
The Spencers are the only artists in history to be named Performing Arts
Entertainers of the Year for a record-breaking six consecutive years.
Theatre of Illusion is a spectacular production filled with
never-before-seen-illusions.
For The Spencers, magic is no longer merely about baffling the audience by
doing something seemingly impossible. The husband-wife team can penetrate
through walls and levitate with the best of them, but they do so with
world-class charisma and style, packing one of the biggest, most
state-of-the-art illusion rigs in the business. Their show combines drama,
comedy, romance and suspense with elaborate stage illusions.
Tickets: $25 general, Family Pack (4 or more) $20 each, & $20 Groups
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