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Video: N’Kenge Shares 'S’Wonderful' Music Video From New Live Album


by Josh Sharpe - December 05, 2025

Tony, EMMY, and GRAMMY Award–nominated performer N’Kenge has shared the music video for her new single, “S’Wonderful,” the second track from her 2025 album, CENTERSTAGE – Live from the Ella Fitzgerald Festival. Check out the video for the reimagining of the Gershwin brothers’ 1927 standard....

Video: N’Kenge Shares 'S’Wonderful' Music Video From New Live Album


by Josh Sharpe - December 05, 2025

Tony, EMMY, and GRAMMY Award–nominated performer N’Kenge has shared the music video for her new single, “S’Wonderful,” the second track from her 2025 album, CENTERSTAGE – Live from the Ella Fitzgerald Festival. Check out the video for the reimagining of the Gershwin brothers’ 1927 standard....

Gallery On Grant Opens IT’S POSSIBLE At Axelrod Performing Arts Center


by A.A. Cristi - October 22, 2025

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) will unveil its newest Gallery on Grant exhibition, It’s Possible, opening October 29, 2025, and on view through January 2026....

Photos: SPOTLIGHT! THE DOROTHY DANDRIDGE MUSICAL Industry Readings at the Laurie Beechman Theatre


by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - October 22, 2025

Dorothy Dandridge LLC and The N’Kenge Foundation recently presented two sold-out, invite-only readings of SPOTLIGHT! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. Check out photos of production....

SPOTLIGHT! THE DOROTHY DANDRIDGE MUSICAL Will Have a Staged Reading at the Laurie Beechman Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2025

Broadway & Film producer Willette Klausner will present SPOTLIGHT! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical in an exclusive industry invite only stage reading at the Laurie Beechman Theatre....

ROMERO & JULIET Concert Comes to the Cutting Room NYC


by Stephi Wild - September 03, 2025

Chad Marge and Delilah Jane Dunn will star as Romero and Juliet, alongside Tony nominee Steven Skybell as Uncle Larry (Friar Lawrence) in a concert presentation of the new zombie rock musical ROMERO & JULIET in Concert at the Cutting Room NYC....

Photos: STEEL MAGNOLIAS In Rehearsal at Bell Theater


by A.A. Cristi - July 16, 2025

Take a peek inside the rehearsal room of Steel Magnolias, opening next Friday, July 25, at Bell Theater in Bell Works. Check out photos of the cast!...

Charlotte d'Amboise, Amy Spanger and More to Star in STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Bell Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 23, 2025

A beloved celebration of friendship and community, Steel Magnolias has become an American cultural classic on stage and screen. Robert Harling’s original play comes to Bell Theater at Bell Works this summer with a starry cast of Broadway icons. Learn more!...

Glen Burtnik's SUMMER OF LOVE, BEST OF THE EAGLES Added to Axelrod PAC Schedule


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2025

Two new concerts have been added to the Axelrod Performing Arts Center’s summer lineup, taking audiences on a memory-filled trip back to the ‘60s and ‘70s. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

ROCK OF AGES to Open at Axelrod Performing Arts Center This Weekend


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 28, 2025

The five-time Tony Award-nominated musical Rock of Ages storms into the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal Park, NJ for a limited two-week run in May. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Past Shows

Annie, the Musical
Annie, the Musical
11/2 - 11/18/2018


Leapin’ Lizards: Annie’s finally making it to the Axelrod’s main stage, starring the original Annie, Andrea McArdle, as Miss Hannigan! The world’s most popular musical, ...

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Mayo Performing Arts Center (1/16 - 1/18) Tracker
Xian Conducts Prokofiev & Strauss in New Jersey Xian Conducts Prokofiev & Strauss
Count Basie Center for the Arts (4/11 - 4/11)
Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra in New Jersey Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (3/12 - 3/12)
My Lord, What A Night in New Jersey My Lord, What A Night
George Street Playhouse (4/28 - 5/17)
SCHOOL OF ROCK in New Jersey SCHOOL OF ROCK
StageWorks Theatre Group, Inc. (1/29 - 2/15)
Who's Bad in New Jersey Who's Bad
State Theatre New Jersey (2/7 - 2/7)
Click, Clack, Moo in New Jersey Click, Clack, Moo
Wilkins Theatre (1/24 - 1/24)
Pretty Woman: The Musical in New Jersey Pretty Woman: The Musical
Surflight Theatre (7/28 - 8/16)
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