MPAC to Welcome Darlene Love, New Jersey Ballet in December

Celebrate the holidays with one of pop music's iconic voices when Darlene Love performs at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8 pm. Tickets are $59-39.

Through the years, Darlene Love has captivated audiences all over the world with her sensational performances and her warm and gracious stage presence. It is no wonder that The New York Times declared that her "thunderbolt voice is as embedded in the history of rock and roll as Eric Clapton's guitar or Bob Dylan's lyrics."

Since the early sixties, as part of Phil Spector's wall of sound hit factory, Darlene Love has done it all.from major films like the highly successful Lethal Weapon series to Broadway hits like Hairspray and Grease. She even starred as herself in Leader Of The Pack, often credited as Broadway's first "jukebox musical."

Darlene's background vocals for The Blossoms, The Crystals, The Righteous Brothers, Elvis Presley, to name but a few, set the stage for her emergence as a star in her own right. Her Billboard hits include: "He's A Rebel," "The Boy I'm Gonna Marry," "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home," "He's Sure the Boy I Love" and #1 holiday classic Christmas Baby Please Come Home, performed annually with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Symphony Orchestra on The Late Show With David Letterman.

In 2011, she was inducted her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the celebration, she and Bette Midler enjoyed performing "He's A Rebel" together. Love also sang "He's A Fine, Fine Boy" with another distinguished fan, Bruce Springsteen.

Darlene has appeared on many television programs, running the gamut from her weekly appearances on Shindig to her recent guest spot on the PBS special entitled Women Who Rock. She has mostly recently been featured in the acclaimed documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, about backup singers.

Rolling Stone Magazine has proclaimed Darlene Love to be "one of the greatest singers of all time" and that certainly rings true, but perhaps Paul Shafer says it even more concisely."Darlene Love is Rock N' Roll!"

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2013-2014 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
The magic of the holiday season returns to Morristown when the New Jersey Ballet presents its 43nd season of Nutcracker beginning Friday, December 13 at 7:30 pm. The ballet, with more than 100 performers and full orchestra, will run for thirteen performances, December 13th through 24,th at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, New Jersey. Tickets are $25-$59.

New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker at MPAC will feature a full orchestra under the direction of Gary S. Fagin. When the curtain rises, audiences in Morristown can expect the same eye-popping special effects, brilliant dancing, glorious costumes, and the magic and pantomime that continues to delight New Jerseyans year after year and inspires critics to praise the production as "a spectacle that never seems to age.magic that should go on and on," and "One of the best.as good as it gets."

New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker is the longest-running original professional production in the state. It debuted at Paper Mill Playhouse in 1971 with Edward Villella (then a star with New York City Ballet) as the Cavalier. Today, after over 800 performances involving more than 4000 dancers and children and an audience of over a million viewers, New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker is firmly established as New Jersey's favorite holiday tradition.

The heart of the production is the company itself - a troupe of 16 professional artists of international reputation who hail from 8 countries - Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uruguay and the United States. They have toured on every continent with internationally renowned companies. Many have also performed with American companies such as Los Angeles Ballet, Carolina Ballet, St. Louis Ballet and international tours of Riverdance.

New Jersey Ballet's extensive performance schedule is made possible in part by support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and by other generous corporate, foundation, and individual contributors. New Jersey Ballet's series at The Community Theatre is made possible In part by the F. M. Kirby Family Foundation. The company has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for "artistic excellence, substantial programming, and broad public service," and was recently voted New Jersey's Favorite Dance Company in an online poll conducted by Discover Jersey Arts.

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2013-2014 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

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