Fruitcakes Music Mountain Theater
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A holiday comedy with dark overtones, Fruitcakes presents a supposedly humorous look at the behind-the-scenes events at a crisis hotline on Christmas Eve. Philip runs Lifesavers, a Venice, California organization dedicated to helping the depressed and troubled. Unfortunately, Philip is a bit down himself, having learned that Lifesavers is on the verge of eviction. His staff isn t feeling particularly helpful either, with Mrs. Munchnik giving gruff, often insulting advice, and Catherine obsessing over her own unspoken love for Philip. As the holiday approaches, various weirdoes of all shapes and sizes, from to a pregnant clothing store owner to a disenchanted Santa Claus, begin dropping in, throwing the already strained office into utter chaos. Based on the 1979 French play Le Père Noël est une Ordure, and the 1994 film Mixed Nuts.
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The Raritan Valley Community College arts and design department will continue its virtual concert series with “Cinderella,” a live-streamed from Nash Theatre on the Branchburg campus 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, performed by pianist Artyom Pak.
The program will include 19 pieces from Sergey Prokofiev’s ballet, “Cinderella,” in the composer’s own piano arrangements. An online discussion with Pak will follow the program.
Born in Tashkent, Pak gave his first solo recital at age 9, made his first appearance with an orchestra at age 13, and since has played with the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, and the Mihail Jora orchestra of Bacau, Romania. His solo repertoire contains works from J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, John Cage others