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Free Camden County summer concerts: Todd Rundgren, Stanley Clarke, Joan Osborne and more

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 As usual, Camden County has put together a great lineup for the 2025 edition of its free Summer Parks Concert Series, with shows taking place Mondays in Camden, Wednesdays in Haddon Heights, and Thursdays in Pennsauken. Here is the schedule. For more information, visit camdencounty.com/camdencountyrocks. Sunset Jazz Series at Camden Waterfront.
Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett and more

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett, Molly Tuttle and Richard Thompson will be among the artists at the 32nd annual XPoNential Music Festival, taking place at Wiggins Park in Camden, Sept. 19-21. The music will take place on two stages, with a children’s activities area offered as well. Food, beverages and other items will be available from vendors. The festival is presented by Philadelphia radio station WXPN. Here is the rundown on who is performing (set times are not available).
A guide to the songs we already know

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

2 The 83 songs on Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming boxed set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums, may have, in some cases, been more “misplaced” than lost. Quite a few of them have surfaced in some form, over the years. It remains to be seen how similar these versions will be to the versions we already know. But while we are waiting — the boxed set comes out on June 27 — I thought I would take a look at the versions of these songs that already can be heard.
Ross Farm in Basking Ridge announces summer music series, including jazz festival

1 week ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 Ross Farm, the 18th century estate in Basking Ridge, has announced the lineup for this year’s edition of its annual summertime Ross Farm Music Series — including the first Ross Farm Jazz Fest, which will take place on May 17. Here is the schedule. Shows will be on the lawn except for the first two, which will be in the barn.
'Fraggle Rock,' Dawes, Twyla Tharp Dance, more

2 weeks ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 Here is a roundup of major arts events taking place around New Jersey, through April 17.
Anything is possible in 'Take the Lead,' new musical premiering at Paper Mill Playhouse

2 weeks ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 Pierre Dulaine, most famous for teaching ballroom dancing in New York City public schools, was featured in the hit 2005 documentary “Mad Hot Ballroom.” And a character inspired by him, and bearing his name, was played by Antonio Banderas in the 2006 film “Take the Lead.”Now, a new musical version of “Take the Lead” is having its world premiere at The Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.
Jake Thistle, a veteran rock artist at 21, will celebrate milestone birthday with Wonder Bar concert

2 weeks ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

2 Most shows at The Wonder Bar in Asbury Park can only be attended by those 21 and over. But singer-songwriter Jake Thistle — who will celebrate his 21st birthday with a show there, April 12 — has been on that stage many times before. “I’ve sort of made a career of playing places I’m not allowed in,” says Thistle, who has been a musical adult for a number of years now, and is well known in the Jersey rock scene. “I’ve done a lot of 21-and-up venues.
Two River Theater's 2025-26 season will include 'Agatha Christie's Murder on the Links'

2 weeks ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

2 Darko Tresnjak, who won a Tony in 2014 for directing “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” will premiere his adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1923 mystery novel “The Murder on the Links” at Two River Theater in Red Bank, as part of the venue’s 2025-26 season.
'Fade,' at Vanguard Theater, tells story of an unlikely bond between two lost souls

2 weeks ago | njarts.net | Jay Lustig

1 After entering her new office for the first time, Lucia — one of the characters in Tanya Saracho’s play “Fade,” currently being presented at The Vanguard Theater in Montclair — hangs a picture on the wall. It is a large photo of the cover of her first and only novel, titled “The Definitive Guide to Nothing.”Lucia, played here by Courtney Corso-Casiano, could use such a guide herself, since “nothing” is a pretty good description of what is going on in her life right now.
David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' gets a new look, in black-and-white version

2 weeks ago | njarts.net | Stephen Whitty

1 “Everything looks worse in black and white,” Paul Simon sang in “Kodachrome.”David Chase begs to differ. And so, 13 years after “Not Fade Away” debuted, he is bringing back his look at ’60s suburbia, New Jersey adolescence and garage-band dreams — in a starker, simpler, monochromatic print.