Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Jan. 20, 2021)
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
On Monday, Jan. 23, 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died at the age of 84.
On Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, the Ridgewood-based First Flight Theatre Company will bring him back to life with a virtual performance of “Salvador,” the Rick Young short play imagining the waning years of the eccentric Spanish artist’s life.
The production will be performed live online 7 p.m. Sunday, then be available for on-demand viewing through 11 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27. A benefit performance for The Actors Fund, donations start at $10.
The play follows Dali as he sits in the plaza in front of the Teatro-Museo Dalí in Figueres, Spain, greeting guests as they arrive from all over the world to take a look at his collection and reminiscing about his art, life, loves and losses. The cast includes actors from New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles: Circus-S
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Jan. 13, 2021)
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
♦ The Theater Project is seeking entries for its 19th annual Young Playwrights Competition and, to serve as an incentive of sorts, the Union-based professional theater company will re-stream four of last year’s winning plays online 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday.
The contest is open to New Jersey high school-aged residents. Deadline to enter the 2021 competition is Jan. 22. Guidelines can be found at thetheaterproject.org. Winners receive cash prizes and will have their work performed by professional actors at a Zoom awards ceremony in the spring.
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Jan. 6, 2021)
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Dreams, in a sense, are virtual happenings. This year, so is Dreamcatcher.
The professional repertory theater ensemble based out of the Oakes Center in Summit is in the process of finalizing its new online season, starting with “In With the New,” an online fundraiser gala scheduled for live streaming 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10.
The live event will feature performances and an interactive trivia game.
Admission to the gala is $100, which includes a souvenir stemless wine glass filled with cookies delivered to each attendee’s home. (Additional glasses can be ordered for $10.)
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Dec. 30, 2020)
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
First Night Morris County, for one, was planning to celebrate its 29th year of offering an alternate “alcohol-free and substance-free celebration of arts and culture” with live events throughout downtown Morristown on New Year’s Eve.
Instead, it will aim its efforts toward the internet with “First Night Reimagined,” a virtual celebration beginning 5:40 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 31, with more than 40 streamed and on-demand programs by 21 acts.
Passes start at $15 and will provide access to all the events as they’re posted and on-demand through Jan. 3. The lineup even will include “virtual fireworks” at 9 and 11:50 p.m. tomorrow.
Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Dec. 23, 2020)
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
The coronavirus clipped the wings on a planned multi-act Eagles tribute concert this summer at Sinatra Park in Hoboken, so its organizers have opted to post the show online as a holiday treat.
ALEOproduction and the City of Hoboken will present “The (Virtual) Eagles Engagement” 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, on the city’s Facebook page, with a repeat viewing 9 p.m. on ALEOproduction’s YouTube page.
The concert will include interpretations of eight Eagles songs, such as “Take It to the Limit,” “One of These Nights,” “Already Gone” and “Peaceful, Easy Feeling.”