Sunday Scoop Week of 12/18/16 - What's Happening This Week or Coming Up Soon

Upcoming at iPlay America

110 Schank Road

Freehold, NJ

Thursday December 22

Nocturnal
Starts 6:00 PM

iPlay America introduces Nocturnal! This exciting 21 plus to enter event is a monthly experience like no other! Nocturnal combines all the excitement of iPlay America's state-of-the-art light and sound system with all of the FUN of its indoor boardwalk-city themed facility to provide guests with a party atmosphere that is second to none! A full-service Bar & Grill, tasty Boardwalk Fare, Pizza, Specialty Coffees and yummy Fro-Yo will all be available to satisfy your taste buds during Nocturnal! Guests can PARTY with top DJs, do battle in iPlay America's two-story laser tag arena, get out on the Midway and play over 200 thrilling Arcade Games, all with access to multiple bars.  Tickets are $15 per person (pre-event pricing). The first 300 guests to arrive at Nocturnal will get a FREE $5 game card!

For more information or to purchase tickets click here.

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Upcoming at State Theatre New Jersey

15 Livingston Ave.

New Brunswick, NJ 

Glen Burtnik's Xmas

December 23 8:00 PM

For more information or to purchase tickets click here

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News from DKC

Disney Newsies: The Broadway Musical

Comes to Cinema's Nationwide Fenrary 16, 18, 22

Tickets on Sale Now

Featuring Original Broadway Cast, Including Tony® Award-Nominee Jeremy Jordan, in an Exclusive Three-Day Event, Captured Live at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre

 Audiences have a final chance to “Seize the Day!” – tickets are now available for “Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical!,” playing in U.S. movie theaters for three days only on Thursday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday February 18 at 12:55 p.m. and Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. (all local times). Captured live at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre earlier this year, the event features Jeremy Jordan, who currently stars in the television series “Supergirl,” reprising the role he created as “Jack Kelly.” Fathom Events partners with Disney Theatrical Productions to bring this spectacular stage show to the big screen, including special behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and creators.

To download the new “Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical” trailer, click here. To download just-released behind-the-scenes photos, click here.

Joining Jordan are original Broadway cast members Kara Lindsay as “Katherine,” Ben Fankhauser as “Davey” and Andrew Keenan-Bolgeras “Crutchie,” and NEWSIES North American Tour stars Steve Blanchard as “Joseph Pulitzer,” Aisha de Haas as “Medda Larkin,” and Ethan Steiner as “Les.” 

Tickets for “Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical!” can be purchased online by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in more than 700 select movie theaters. For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, NEWSIES is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right. 

 For more information, visit www.fathomevents.com.

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News from DKC/O&M

Original Broadway Cast Recording 

Dear Evan Hansen 

Available for Pre-order Now

the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Dear Evan Hansen will be released on Atlantic Records this winter. The album, which will be recorded next month, will be released on February 3, 2017 digitally and physical CDs will be available on February 24,2017. The cast recording is available for pre-order now, and those who pre-order will receive an instant free download of one of the show’s anthems “Waving Through a Window.”

A new music video for the song “Only Us,” sung by Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss, recently debuted this on Periscope and is now available athttps://youtu.be/s1Evnzkez7o or at DearEvanHansen.com/media.

Tickets for Dear Evan Hansen (starting at $69) are available at the Music Box Theatre box office, on Telecharge.com, or by calling (212) 239-6200. For the complete performance schedule, please see www.dearevanhansen.com.

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THE McKITTRICK HOTEL

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THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND’S

THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART

EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND

NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 28

The McKittrick Hotel and The National Theatre of Scotland announced today that their critically acclaimed production of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, a transporting, music-filled folk theater fable, created by writer David Greig and director Wils Wilson, has been extended by popular demand. Originally scheduled to close January 29, 2017, the production will now run through Tuesday, February 28^th at The McKittrick Hotel (542 West 27^th Street). For tickets and info, please visit www.strangeundoing.com

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News from Michelle Tabnick Communications

National Chorale

presents

49th presentation of Handel's Messiah Sing-In

Featuring Eric Brenner, Roderick George, Kevin Maynor, and Jessica Sandidge

Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 7:30pm

National Chorale, New York's premier professional choral company, under the Artistic Direction of Everett McCorvey, continues its 2016-2017 Season at Lincoln Center with the 49th presentation of Handel's Messiah Sing-In onTuesday, December 20, 2016 at 8pm at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC. The performance features Eric Brenner, Roderick George, Kevin Maynor and Jessica Sandidge.

Join an audience-chorus of almost 3,000 voices under the batons of 17 eminent conductors. Celebrate choral singing and sing in New York's most joyous and popular Holiday Season music event!

Tickets are available at www.nationalchorale.com, or by calling (212) 333-5333.

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News from John Scher/Metropolitan PR

Wednesday, December 21,  2016   - New Date/ New Venue!

JANE SIBERRY
The Cutting Room
44 East 32nd Street - NYC
All Tickets for originally scheduled show December 2 at The Concert Hall will be honored at The Cutting Room. 
Doors: 6:30pm Showtime: 7:30pm.  Tickets, $35 available now at Ticketfly.com 877-987-6487

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News from Polk and Co.

BROADWAY’S FIRST A CAPPELLA MUSICAL IN TRANSIT MAKES HISTORY: Now Open at CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE

IN TRANSIT, a funny and poignant new Broadway musical, follows the intertwined lives of 11 New Yorkers faced with the challenges of city life.  With a groundbreaking a cappella score by a team including the creators of Pitch Perfect and Frozen, IN TRANSIT takes you on a journey with people hoping to catch the express train to their dreams—including the stops they make along the way.  Modern yet timeless, IN TRANSIT is a story about all of us, set to music that will stay with you long after the ride is over. 

TICKETS & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Tickets for IN TRANSIT range from $89 - $159 and are available, along with the full performance schedule at www.telecharge.com(212.239.6200), or in-person at the Circle in the Square Theatre box office (235 West 50^th Street). 

Watch a sneak peek at the opening number, "Deep Beneath the City".

To learn more, please visit www.InTransitBroadway.com.

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And that's the scoop. Tune in tomorrow for another Talking Topic.