Sunday Scoop Week of 4/16/21 What's Happening This Week and More

A) Beginning Performances

1)  Agatha Christie's The Stranger

2) Vamonos

3) Welcome to Clowntown

B) What Else is Happening This Week and More

4) 92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents Flock & Artists Somewhere Between

4/20 In-Person 4/21 - 4/24 Online

5) Almost Famous Original Cast Recording Available

4/21

6) Amanda Selwyn Dance Announces Spring 2023 Events

7) America's Got Talent Sensation Tapeface 

Palladium Times Square 4/22

8) BAM Upcoming Event: 

Word. Sound. Power. 2023: WORD—The New Storytellers 4/21 - 4/28

9)  Bloomingdale School of Music Jazz Departments Presents BSM Jazz Fest 

4/22

10) Brits Off Broadway 2023 Season at 5959 Theatres

11) Brooklyn Children's Museum Eid al-Fitr With Festival

4/23

12) Centenary Stage Co. Backwards, Forwards, Back Playreading

4/19

13) Centenary Stage Co.'s Great Author's Outloud Series Celebrates Shakespeare

4/23

14) Century Stage Co.'s Next Stage Presents The Addams Family

4/20 - 4/30

15) Foul Play Interactive Murder Mystery Party Game Launches

4/21

16) Gallow Green at the McKittrick Hotel Reopens

4/22

17) Gingold Theatrical Group Shakespeare Sonnet Soiree

Streaming Live 4/23

18) Kelsey Theatre At MCCC Upcoming Events

19) NJPAC Upcoming Event: The Haunting of Night Vale

4/21

20) Parks on Tap Returns With Stops at 18 Philadelphia Parks in 23 Days

21) Prince Fellowship Applications Now Open

22) Queens County Farm Museum Apple Blossom Festival

4/22 - 4/30

23) Shucked Releases Second Single From Upcoming Album

24) State Theatre New Jersey Upcoming Shows & Events

25) Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup Presents The Moving Memory Project: Only Now

4/20

26) Sweeney Todd Announces Custom Apron Collaboration

with Hedley & Bennett

27) Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 80th Anniversary Commemoration Event

4/19

A) Beginning Performances

1)  Agatha Christie's The Stranger

Player's Theatre (115 MacDougal 10012)

4/18 - 4/23

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1153878/prm/ShowTix

2) Vamonos

The Torres family of the Bronx are gathering at Juana’s apartment to celebrate the christening of her grandson, Christopher. It’s November 2002 and a year after 9/11, this hilarious, fun, close-knit Dominican family is navigating a new reality that challenges their sense of security - is America waging a war in Iraq? When it’s time to party, the Torres’ still deliver - there’s definitely too much food, adults harangue their kids a little, cousins gossip and argue - and yet the comforts of home fall short. Something is up. This world premiere features bilingual dialogue meticulously woven to show the beauty, humor, and uncertainty of a life in this time, place and comunidad. 

INTAR Theatre (500 West 52^nd St., 4^th Fl)

4/22 - 5/21

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.intartheatre.org 

3) Welcome to Clowntown

Picture this: the audience rolls into a seemingly delightful birthday party filled with bright colors and balloons. The sounds of children laughing with glee are heard as Pixie the Clown rolls onto center stage. With her sweet smile beaming, she pops a balloon with a hint of murderous rage: "Awwww, may it rest in pieces." This begins the rock 'n' roll ride through outlandish personal stories of working as a party clown in NYC and Hollywood.

The Tank’s 56 Seat Theater (312 West 36^th St.) 

4/21 - 5/13

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit thetanknyc.org.

B) What Else is Happening This Week and More

4) 92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents

FLOCK & Artists

Somewhere Between

New York Premiere

Choreographers – Alice Klock and Florian Lochner

Cast – Florian Lochner, Alice Klock, Liane Aung, Kevin Shannon, Robert Rubama, and Emily Krenik

In Person

Thursday, April 20, 7:30 pm ET

Online

Friday, April 21, 12 pm ET – Monday, April 24, 12 pm ET

The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center’s 2022/23 Mainstage Series continues with FLOCK’s Somewhere Between, the New York premiere of their first ensemble touring show. This hour-long work features the signature partnering, rich and complex movement, and heartfelt storytelling of co-choreographers Alice Klock and Florian Lochner, joined by a stunning group of guest artists – Liane Aung, Kevin Shannon, Robert Rubama, Emily Krenik. Somewhere Between unpacks how memory and imagination play into our reality and our definitions of self. Drawing from myths or childhood stories FLOCK has woven a physical and vibrant story that explores eternal truths around identity, joy, and the sense of belonging.

The Mainstage Series continues 

PETER CHU

In Person – Sun, May 14, 7:30 pm, from $30 / $10 student

Online – noon Mon, May 15 – noon Thu, May 18, from $20

Performing artist, educator and choreographer Peter Chu brings the world premieres of two works to 92NY - Conscious Shift and take-off. Chu performs with Roger Van der Poel, a member of his company, Chuthis.

MALEEK WASHINGTON

In Person – Thu, Jun 8, 7:30 pm, from $30 / $10 student

Online – noon Fri, Jun 9 – noon Mon, Jun 12, from $20

Maleek Washington, a 2021 New York Live Arts Fresh Track grantee, who was also nominated for a Bessie as an “Outstanding Breakout Choreographer" in the same year will be closing out our Mainstage Season by bringing his compelling creative voice to the 92nd Street Y, New York stage for the first time.

Visit 92NY.org/Dance for details on all 2022/23 Harkness Mainstage Series events in Kaufmann Concert Hall, and spring 2023 Harkness Studio Series events in our newly renovated Buttenwieser Hall.

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5) ALMOST FAMOUS

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING

AVAILABLE APRIL 21, 2023 

ON SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY

Sony Masterworks Broadway, along with producers Lia Vollack and Michael Cassel, announce the upcoming release of Almost Famous – Original Broadway Cast Recording on April 21, 2023. Available now to preorder and presave, the album is produced by Scott M. Riesett, Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe, with Executive Producers Scott Farthing and Vollack, and features original music by Kitt with lyrics by Crowe and Kitt. It was recorded and mixed by Roy Hendrickson, with additional recording by Ian Kagey, in November 2022 at Power Station at BerkleeNYC, New York, NY, and February 2020 at Sear Sound, New York, NY.

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6) Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Announces

Notes in Motion Community Events 2022-2023

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre announces Notes in Motion/Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Community Events 2022-2023. For more information and to view the entire schedule, visit https://notesinmotion.org/school-programs/community-events-and-performances/.

Notes in Motion offers Community Events and Performances on evenings and weekends. These programs include workshops in different dance styles and techniques, get moving programs, faculty engagement, nutrition and lifestyle coaching — interactive learning that multi-generations experience together. Programs include: group discussion, physical dance classes, small group creative exploration, critical feedback, work sharing, work time, props, costumes, live and recorded music, and writing exercises. Community programs can be linked to community goals, challenges, and social issues or organize around the process of making dance theatre. Most community programs culminate in a performance presentation created by program participants. Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre (ASDT) also performs selections from its rich repertory at our partner schools. Some performances are followed by a workshop or discussion about the content of the performance, careers in dance, as well as training, rehearsing, and understanding the process of creating dance.

Upcoming Events

April 20, 2023

Special Event: Cross River Bank – What's In Your Wallet: Real Life Budgeting

PS 78 Bronx/Cross River Bank

May 17, 2023

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Professional Performance + Lecture Demonstration

PS 83 Bronx

May 18, 2023 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Professional Performance + Lecture Demonstration

PS 78 Bronx

May 20, 2023

Family Dance Carnival: Dance Around the World

Featured Artists: Elya Osmanova, Bailey Randolph, Jojo Rannazzisi, Lyndsay C.

PS 63 STAR Academy

May 23, 2023

Family Dance Carnival: Dance Around the World

Featured Artists: Manuela Sanchez, Bailey Randolph, Makayla Monét

Cypress Hills Collegiate Prep

 

May 25, 2023

Family Dance Carnival: Dance Around the World

PS 376 Queens

 

June 1, 2023

Family Engagement Event: Hip Hop & Latin Dance

PS 83 Bronx

 

June 3, 2023

Family Engagement Event: Dance Around the World

PS 182 Queens

 

June 9, 2023

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Professional Performance + Lecture Demonstration

PS 182 Queens

 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre creates dynamic dance theatre that activates emotional expression in a rich and abstract collage. Through an interplay between athletic and articulate motion, we present theatrical and immediate works that engage audiences from start to finish and beckon a response of thought, feeling, and soul.

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7) 

Global phenomenon and America’s Got Talent favorite Tape Face has performed internationally but has never brought his show to New York…until now.

 

Tape Face takes the stage in New York for one performance only at Palladium Times Square (1515 Broadway at 44th Street) on Saturday, April 22 at 8PM, it was announced today.

 

Tape Face approaches everyday objects in a pensive, curious, whimsical way that insights the inner child in everyone. Shoes sing, empty dresses dance, and electrical tape blossoms into roses as he creates a world of possibilities where the only certainty is laughter. Through clever and charming humor, he draws on a heritage that includes silent film, mime, magic, puppetry, circus, and pop culture. He has become a critically acclaimed silent sensation, with Simon Cowell comparing him to a modern Charlie Chaplin.

Tickets for Tape Face at Palladium Times Square (1515 Broadway at 44th Street) are $25.50 - $150 (plus service fees) and can be purchased at www.TapeFace.tv.  

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8) BAM 

Upcoming Event

      

Word. Sound. Power. 2023: WORD—The New 

Storytellers

Apr 21—28:  

 

As hip-hop’s 50th anniversary draws near, BAM pays homage to the rhythmic and verbal storytellers of the culture. Through dynamic flows and dizzying raps, hip-hop emcees carry the African oral tradition into the 21st century. They act as a new kind of griot—creating a vital record of experiences that have long been silenced and shaping the story of now through spoken word.

BAM’s annual showcase of hip-hop and spoken word includes performances by Helixx C. Armageddon of the gender justice collective The Anomolies; Brooklyn MC and activist Silent Knight; hip-hop and spoken word artist Dahlak Brathwaite; interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, and filmmaker Jade Charon; DJ Reborn; and longtime host and co-curator MC Baba Israel.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.bam.org/word-sound-power-2023

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9) Bloomingdale School of Music Jazz Department

presents

BSM Jazz Fest

Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month

April 22, 2023

Bloomingdale School of Music presents BSM Jazz Fest, celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month on Saturday, April 22 at 3pm at the David Greer Concert Hall, 323 West 108th Street, NYC. The festival is free and open to the public and food and refreshments will be provided. Visit https://www.bsmny.org/event/jazz-fest-2023/ for more information and to RSVP.

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10) BRITS OFF BROADWAY

2023 SEASON

The 59E59 Theaters Brits Off Broadway 2023 Season will include:

 

Theatre Royal Plymouth presents

Breathless

By Laura Horton

Directed by Stephanie Kempson

Performed by Madeleine MacMahon

Theater C

Previews begin April 18

Opening Night is April 22

Limited run through May 7

 

What happens when the things we covet hide us from ourselves?

 

Opening up to new experiences in her late-thirties, Sophie is exploring long repressed sides of herself. When a secret she’s keeping from those she loves, and even from herself, threatens to unravel it all, she must make a choice. Who or what will she decide to give up?

 

Breathless is a funny, honest, and stylish exploration of the knife-edge of hoarding, from the joy to the addiction and suffocating shame.

Original Theatre presents

The Habit of Art

By Alan Bennett

Directed by Philip Franks

With Matthew Kelly, Stephen Boxer, Jessica Dennis, Robert Mountford, Veronica Roberts and John Wark

Theater A

Previews begin April 29

Opening Night is May 5

Limited run through May 28

 

Original Theatre (Caroline’s Kitchen, Brits Off Broadway 2019; Invincible, Brits Off Broadway 2017) return to 59E59 Theaters with the US Premiere of The Habit of Art by one of Britain’s most prolific playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Madness of King George, and Talking Heads).

 

Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W.H. Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.

 

The Habit of Art looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. Exploring friendship, rivalry, and heartache this multi layered masterpiece examines the joy, pain, and emotional cost of creativity.

For information about this and/or other Brtits Off-Broadway 2023 shows, for performance schedules, or to purchase tickets, visit 59E59.org.

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11) Brooklyn Children’s Museum to Celebrate

Eid al-Fitr with Festival on Sunday, April 23

Brooklyn Children’s Museum will host Celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Sunday, April 23, a fun-filled festival of food, music, dance, and art that will take place from 11 am to 4 pm. 

Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting. Traditionally, people celebrate the holiday by gathering with family and friends, exchanging gifts, and greeting each other. At Brooklyn Children’s Museum, visitors will learn the story of Eid al-Fitr, enjoy hands-on activities, and celebrate cultural traditions from across the Muslim world with Council Member Shahana Hanif and various cultural partners, artists, and performers.

Visitors will learn about Halal food and spices and receive a recipe to take home from the Arab-American Family Support Center; participate in a South Asian food workshop and art-making station with APNA Brooklyn Community Center; enjoy delicious food from South Asian and Turkish food vendors throughout the day, organized by APNA and the Turkish Cultural Center (TCC); join interactive drumming performances and enjoy storytelling through puppetry led by The Culture Tree; move along to the rhythms of the Bangladesh Institute for Performing Arts with dance and music presentations that share traditional instruments, including tabla and harmonium; and get creative with art activities that include making a water marbling painting with TCC, designing crescent moons in BCM’s ColorLab art studio, and getting one’s hands painted at the popular Henna station!

Celebrate Eid al-Fitr tickets are $13 general admission, $12 for grandparents, and free for children under one year old. General admission tickets include access to all special programs and Museum exhibits. To purchase tickets, visit www.brooklynkids.org/eid.

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12) BACKWARDS, FORWARDS, BACK BY JAQUELINE GOLDFINGER NEXT UP IN CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY’S 2022 WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS SERIES.

Centenary Stage Company’s Women Playwrights Series will continue with the third reading of 4 in the series for 2023 with a reading of Backwards, Forwards, Back by Jaqueline Goldfinger. The reading will take place on Wednesday, April 19^th at 7:30 pm in the Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ on the campus of Centenary University.

The Women Playwright Series readings are free to attend with donations welcome, advanced reservations have a $5.00 fee. For those who are unable to attend in-person, the Women Playwrights Series readings will also be live streamed, free of charge, through the Centenary Stage Company website. For more information, go to centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company’s box office at (908) 979-0900.

Jacqueline Goldfinger (she/they) is a playwright, dramaturg, and librettist who grew up in rural North Florida with a love of music and storytelling. Today, they are an artist who seeks out unique collaborations, working across disciplines to create singular works of theater and opera. Backwards Forwards Back is their third NNPN Rolling World Premiere (Arsonists, 2017-2018; Babel, 2020-2022, winner of NNPN’s Smith Prize). They are currently developing a new play, The Grand Lady, about America’s first female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as part of a commission with NNPN Core Member Florida Studio Theatre. Learn more about their work with NNPN and other organizations at: jacquelinegoldfinger.com

When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of the tour, she is faced with a sobering decision: address the alarming PTSD with virtual reality therapy, or risk losing access to her family forever. Can this new technology recalibrate the and bodies of wounded soldiers? This electric, vivid, one-person show explores the power of healing and finding strength in vulnerability. Backwards, Forwards, Back by Jaqueline Goldfinger will be presented on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm.

The reading will feature Bess Miller as the leading role and is directed by WPS Series Director, Mikaela Kafka.

Centenary Stage Company will also offer a live streaming option accompanying the in-person performances. Live stream access is free to participate with donations appreciated. WPS live streams will be made available for viewing at centenarystageco.org.

Centenary Stage Company’s Women Playwrights Series has featured the work of more than 80 emerging playwrights. The program has also taken 19 plays to full production from the series. Led by the new program director Mikaela Kafka, the Women Playwrights Series offers playwrights the opportunity to work with professional actors and directors in a workshop rehearsal process, and to hear their work in front of a live audience – a critical part of the development process. Lively talkbacks with the playwright and cast follow each presentation, and one play is selected each year as the winner of the Susan Glaspell Award and receives a full production in the following main-stage season with CSC.

The Women Playwrights Series is part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance 2023 Stages Festival, made possible by support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey; OceanFirst Foundation; Fund for the New Jersey Blind; New Jersey Manufacturers; and Customers Bank. www.njtheatrealliance.org/stages

For more information, or to reserve tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1:00-5:00 pm and two hours prior to performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers.

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13) CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY’S GREAT AUTHORS OUT LOUD SERIES CELEBRATES SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY AND 400th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FIRST FOLIO

 Centenary Stage Company’s Great Authors Out Loud Series returns with a “Celebration of Shakespeare” through a collection of Shakespeare’s works. This event will celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday and the 400^th anniversary of his first folio. Presented by Anne Occhiogrosso and Randall Duk Kim, this event is free to attend, and advanced reservations require a $5.00 donation. For more information or to purchase tickets call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 – 0900 or visit Centenary Stage Company on-line at centenarystageco.org

Centenary Stage Company’s Great Authors Out Loud Series’ “A Celebration of Shakespeare” will take place on Sunday, April 23rd at 7:00 pm in the Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. This event is free to attend, and advanced reservations require a $5.00 donation. More information can be found on-line at centenarystageco.org or by phone by calling the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900.

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14) CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY’S NEXT STAGE REPERTORY PRESENTS THE ADDAMS FAMILY

Centenary Stage Company’s NEXTStage Repertory is currently in rehearsals for the spring musical production of The Addams Family. Performances will take place in the Sitnik Theatre on the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Tickets are $22.50 for adults and $10.00 for students and children under 12. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the box office at (908) 979-0900.

An original story about every father's nightmare:  Wednesday Addams has grown up and fallen in love with a young man from a respectable family - a man her parents have never met.  If that wasn't upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.  Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his wife, Morticia.  Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's "normal" boyfriend and his parents.

Tickets for The Addams Family are $22.50 for adults and $10.00 for students and children under 12. Performances will take place Thursdays, April 20 and 27 at 7:30 pm; Fridays, April 21 and 28 at 8:00 pm; Saturdays, April 22 and 29 at 8:00 pm; and Sundays, April 23 and 30 at 2:00 pm. Performances will take place in the Sitnik Theatre located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.

For more information or to reserve tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1:00-5:00 pm and two hours prior to performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers.

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15) A

DIGITAL

IMMERSIVE

IMPROVISED COMEDY

MURDER MYSTERY

PARTY GAME

FOUL PLAY

THE SERIES - FEATURING 5 ORIGINAL CASES  WILL LAUNCH FRIDAY, APRIL 21,2023 AT 9PM ET WITH SUBSEQUENT EPISODES PREMIERING EACH FRIDAY AT 9PM ET

STARRING: GATEN MATARAZZO, MICHAEL URIE, CELIA ROSE GOODING, SIS, ROB McCLURE, RYAN J. HADDAD, ALEX BRIGHTMAN, SHEREEN PIMENTEL, WILL ROLAND CREATORS ANDREW BARTH FELDMAN AND ALEX BONIELLO, AND MANY MORE!

 Tony Award winning producer and tech entrepreneur Hunter Arnold & TBD Theatricals has announced the world premiere of the five-part series FOUL PLAY – a digital, immersive, improvised comedy, murder mystery party game – created by and starring award-winning stars of stage and screen Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, upcoming film “No Hard Feelings”), Tony Winner Alex Boniello (“Disney’s Descendants: The Rise of Red,” Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown), and Matthew Barth Tinkelman, and directed by filmmaker and writer Tyler Newhouse (TBD Creative Media). The series will premiere on Friday, April 21, 2023, with subsequent cases dropping each Friday night at 9pm ET, through May 19, 2023. Episodes are available for purchase now at www.foulplay.

Foul Play is a groundbreaking new digital experience that immerses the audience into the center of each week’s standalone murder mystery. Taking place in five different settings and genres over the course of five weeks, and featuring beloved, award-winning actors from television, film and Broadway, Foul Play is an improvised comedy that invites fans to be a part of the mystery as it unfolds – choosing who they want to follow and where they want to explore, becoming directly involved in the action. Leveraging an innovative and first-of-its-kind online platform, guests tune in each week and navigate from room to room to pick up clues, be wildly entertained, and answer the age-old question - “Whodunit?!” Take a dash of Clue, a sprinkle of “Murderville,” a heaping spoonful of Sleep No More, and a heavy dose of hilarious improv comedy fun, and you have Foul Play.

The improvised anthology series weaves a jaw-dropping cast of tv, film, and Broadway stars including Feldman, Boniello, Gaten Matarazzo (“Stranger Things,” Sweeney Todd), Michael Urie (“Shrinking,” “Ugly Betty”), Ryan J. Haddad (“The Politician”, Dark Disabled Stories), Tony Award Nominee Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock), Tony Award Nominee Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire, “Julia”), Tony Award nominee Celia Rose Gooding (“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”, Jagged Little Pill), Sis (“American Horror Story,” Oklahoma!), Will Roland (Dear Evan Hansen, Be More Chill, “Billions”), Outer Critics Circle Honoree Shereen Pimentel (West Side Story), plus Arti Gollapudi (Upright Citizen’s Brigade, The Squirrel), Lou Gonzalez (“The Other Two”, “Search Party”), Erica Hernandez (True Lies, Bridge and Tunnel), Jeff Johnson-Doherty, Sky Lakota-Lynch (Dear Evan Hansen, The Outsiders), April Lavalle (“The Flight Attendant”, Story Pirates), Isabelle McCalla (The Prom, Aladdin), Travis McElroy (“My Brother, My Brother and Me” podcast), Ann Sanders (Frozen, If/Then), Heath Saunders (Great Comet, Company), Aneesh Sheth (“Jessica Jones,” “Red White and Royal Blue”), and Keisha Zollar (“Busy Tonight”, “Astronomy Club”).

In addition to Feldman, Foul Play features writing contributions from tabletop legends and Upright Citizen’s Brigade veterans Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, Exandria Unlimited: Calamity), B. Dave Walters (Dungeons & Dragons: A Darkened Wish, Shadow of the Red Rage), and Arti Gollapudi (Upright Citizens’ Brigade, The Squirrel).

The Foul Play release schedule is as follows:

THE MANSION CASE: MURDER AT VANGUARD MANSION - 

Premieres April 21 at 9PM ET

THE REALITY TV CASE: THE TRUE REAL LIFE OF REAL LIFE PEOPLE - Premieres April 28 at 9PM ET

THE FILM NOIR CASE: THE CUBIC ZIRCONIA HAWK - 

Premieres May 5 at 9PM ET

THE FANTASY TV CASE: THE DARK CURSE OF SAVION SUNGUARD - Premieres May 12 at 9PM ET

THE CHILDREN’S TV CASE: MR. ROBERTSON’S WORLD OF IMAGINATION-

Premieres May 19 at 9PM

During the premieres, taking place Friday evenings at 9PM ET / 6pm PT April 21 – May 19, viewers can join a Discord channel, linked on the series’ website, to chat with each other and guess who they think the murderer is. The top twenty guessers will have access to a live chat with Feldman & Boniello, and rewards within Discord. Following the premiere night, the video on demand (VOD) will be available on the site to rewatch, and for first time purchasers.

Learn more about the series by watching the trailer video HERE and How To Play video HERE. Individual episodes cost $9.99 and the series bundle (all 5 episodes) is $39.99. They are available for purchase now at www.foulplay.tv.

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16) THE McKITTRICK HOTEL, HOME OF SLEEP NO MORE,

ANNOUNCES THE GRAND REOPENING OF

G A L L O W  G R E E N

 

ROOFTOP GARDEN OASIS CELEBRATES ITS SEASONAL OPENING

ON EARTH DAY APRIL 22

The McKittrick Hotel (530 West 27^th Street, NYC), home of Sleep No More, announced the grand reopening of its rooftop garden bar and restaurant, Gallow Green, on Earth Day, April 22, 2023.

 

The grand opening celebration will feature passed canapés, tasting stations highlighting new seasonal menu items, and choice of beer, wine, or bubbly. Toki Japanese Whiskey highballs and Hornitos Tequila cocktails will also be available. MK Groove with Lisa McQuade will perform live during the event. Tickets start from $65 per person for a two-hour seating at 5:00PM and $75 at 7:30PM (plus tax and gratuity).

 

Each spring, The McKittrick Hotel’s whimsical secret garden escape blossoms back to life. The dreamy outdoor oasis is filled with flowers, hanging vines, and greenery designed especially for the space by Jen Stone of Stonekelly Events & Florals. Visitors discover plenty of intimate nooks for a romantic tête-à-tête and protection from the elements to accommodate them rain or shine.

Gallow Green will also host special seasonal events, including Sunset Sundays featuring live music by various artists each week. Weekend Brunch service and family-friendly Potions & Planting tea parties begin on Saturday, May 13 for Mother’s Day Weekend.

Gallow Green will be open for dinner and drinks daily from 5PM. Weekend Brunch reservations will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays from 11AM.

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17) 

Celebrating the Bard’s Birthday with a Virtual Birthday Bash!

SHAKESPEARE SONNET

SOIRÉE 2023

STREAMING LIVE

SUNDAY APRIL 23 AT 6PM ET

Gingold Theatrical Group (GTG) (David Staller, Artistic Director) announced today that the company will present Shakespeare Sonnet Soirée, a virtual event that will stream live on Sunday April 23, 2023, at 6pm ET, in honor of Shakespeare’s 459^th birthday. Shakespeare Sonnet Soirée is open to the public and will be available to watch live on GTG’s Facebook page.

The event will also offer a virtual open mic to those participating via Zoom, where they will be able to share their own performances of anything actually written by The Bard. The evening will be hosted by Gingold’s Artistic Director David Staller and Managing Producer Greg Santos.

Participants can register for the Shakespeare Sonnet Soirée by visiting tinyurl.com/Shakes2023. Zoom participation is limited and those interested in performing must register by Thursday April 20.

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18) Kelsey Theatre at MCCC

Upcoming Shows & Events

Kelsey Theatre at MCCC

1200 Old Trenton Rd.

West Windsor, NJ

kelsey.mccc.edu

Sat. April 22, 2023 at 1pm & 4pm

THE UGLY DUCKLING

We all know the fable of the swan who grows up “ugly” in a family of ducks, later to find his appearance changing as he discovers his true identity. Follow along as our “duck” finds friendship with other unlikely misfits: a mole that hates dirt and the bald eagle with a full head of hair. These three “misfit” heroes work together to earn their home on the King’s estate and find the self-confidence that only friendship and accomplishment can provide. Please join us for this all-singing, all-dancing, all-delightful new musical.

Fri. Apr. 21 at 8pm

Sat. Apr. 22 at 8pm

THE PARENTAL ADVISORY COMEDY SHOW

Back by popular demand! It has been a decade since Kelsey Theatre hosted this fun, irreverent comedy show. Hosted by comedian and influencer (and Mercer Alumnus) Kyrus Keenan Westcott, the show will feature professional stand-up comedians from the tri-state region, including clubs in New York City, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, as well as on television.

PS - Don't bring the kids!

For more information about these and other upcoming shows and events at Kelsey Theatre at MCCC or to purchase tickets, visit kelsey.mccc.edu.

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19) NJPAC

Upcoming Event:

The Haunting of Night Vale

THE HAUNTING OF NIGHT VALE TOUR STARRING CECIL BALDWIN,

SYMPHONY SANDERS, KATE JONES COMES TO NJPAC IN NEWARK

Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:00PM

$39.50 - $45.00

 
NJPAC
Victoria Theater
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage
One Center Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
www.njpac.org

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes The Haunting of Night Vale, starring Cecil Baldwin, Symphony Sanders, Kate Jones. to Newark on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:00PM. Special musical guest artist to be announced in the near future.

We have some unfinished business that haunts us and now we want it to haunt you…
Cecil and Carlos are building a new house for themselves, but strange occurrences and ghostly encounters are plaguing the construction process. It’s probably nothing. After all, how could a house be haunted before it’s even done being built?

This story will never be told on the podcast, plus, our live shows bring the audience into the story in surprising and thrilling ways. It’s a unique experience that you can’t get from listening to the podcast at home! This live show is entirely stand-alone, so bring a friend and introduce them to the town of Night Vale, too.

Tickets to see Night Vale can be purchased by visiting NJPAC.org or calling 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) or by visiting the NJPAC Box Office.

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20) PARKS ON TAP PHILADELPHIA'S FAMOUS BEER GARDEN THAT GIVES BACK RETURNS FOR SEASON AND HITS THE ROAD FOR 23 WEEKS AND 18 LOCATIONS

* For the first time since the pandemic, Parks on Tap returns to original format for a full travelling season with a new stop every week from spring to fall *

FCM Hospitality is excited to announce that Parks on Tap, Philadelphia’s famous beer garden that gives back, is returning with its first full traveling season since the pandemic. Starting Wednesday, April 12th, Parks on Tap will be traveling around the city, popping up in18 locations over 23 weeks. Patrons can enjoy freshly prepared bites, local beers on tap, refreshing rose and non-alcoholic beverages in a secure outdoor environment with comfortable chairs and clean restrooms. Despite the location, Parks on Tap always offers the perfect backdrop to your day and evenings out enjoying the beautiful, warmer weather. This distinct model offers a unique experience for both Philadelphia locals and tourists alike to explore the natural beauty in our own community.

The season starts in East Fairmount Park on Wednesday, April 12th at the stunning Azalea Gardens. Staying true to its slogan, the beer garden that gives back, FCM Hospitality will be doing a special direct donation to the specific parks they are visiting! On the first two hours of the first day of Parks on Tap’s stay at a number of locations, sip back and relax knowing that 25% of your sales will be donated directly to the beautiful atmosphere you are enjoying!

The 2023 season schedule of locations is as follows:
4/12-4/16: Azaela Garden
4/19-4/23: Columbus Square
4/26-4/30: Pastorius Park (Chestnut Hill)
5/3-5/7: Penn Treaty Park (Fishtown)
5/10-5/14: Matthias Baldwin Park
5/17-5/21: Campbell Square
5/24-5/29 : Clark Park *Open Monday: 12pm-10pm
5/31-6/4: Schuylkill Banks

6/7-611: Shofuso Japanese House

6/14-6/18: Dickinson Square Park

6/21-6/25: Discovery Center
7/4-7/9: FDR Park
7/12-7/16: Belmont Plateau
7/19-7/23: Gorgas Park
7/26-7/30: Pretzel Park
8/2-8/6: Burholme Park
8/9-8/13: Lemon Hill
8/16-8/20: Clark Park
8/23-8/27: Matthias Baldwin Park

8/30-9/4: Penn Treaty Park  *Open for Labor Day: 12pm-10pm
9/6-9/10: Columbus Square
9/13-9/17: Schuylkill Banks

Parks on Tap will consistently offer the casual fare and brews that it has become known for. In addition to providing a variety of local craft beers, patrons can also expect wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages such as water and lemonade. A food menu will be available for purchase at all locations highlighting a convenient grab-and-go menu of locally sourced wraps and snacks. Wash down our chef-created Mexican Street Corn Dip (smoked sweet corn, jalapeño, queso fresco, tajín, corn tortilla chips) or the returning crowd favorite BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich with Mainstay Independent Brewing Company’s Love Your Park Pale Ale! This seasonal unfiltered pale ale is the perfect sip to quench your thirst after a long day, and was originally created exclusively for Parks on Tap to help raise awareness for volunteering at loveyourpark.org. Make sure to stay tuned for seasonal culinary upgrades!

Parks on Tap is family (and fido) friendly. Parks on Tap is self-contained within roped boundaries, providing its own power, bathrooms, food and drink trucks, seating, shade and lights - all without use or dependency of existing park facilities. This means more money can be raised and make a direct impact on park improvements and future programming. Season hours for Parks on Tap are currently scheduled to be Wednesday to Friday, from 4:00pm to 10:00pm, and Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 10:00pm, weather permitting. Guests must register in advance for their free 2023 seasonal membership prior to entry. Food and drink are pay-as-you-go. Seating is first come, first served. For more information on the Parks on Tap and directions, please visit www.parksontap.com.

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21) APPLICATIONS TO OPEN APRIL 10

FOR THE PRINCE FELLOWSHIP

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

 

Fellowship Is Designed To Empower New Creative Producers

Thanks to the Generous Support of The Broadway League

and The John Gore Organization

Applications Being Accepted for Two Fellowship Tracks

The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announces that applications are now open for the 2023 Fellowship program. The Prince Fellowship, formerly known as The T. Fellowship, was renamed in 2021 to honor the extraordinary work of producer, director and T. Fellowship founder Harold Prince. Prince created the program to usher in the next generation of creative producers. Selected fellows receive a stipend of $10,000, a $20,000 budget for the development of a new theatrical production, access to courses in Columbia’s MFA Theatre Management & Producing Program, and mentorship from prominent producers and industry specialists.

 

Applications are open April 10 through May 21 . Prospective applicants are encouraged to join for an informational Webinar at 6PM EST on Monday, May 1. 

 

The Prince Fellowship expects to award two fellowships this year, one of which will be funded through its continued partnership with The Theatre Leadership Project (TTLP), a nonprofit working to support BIPOC leadership in commercial theatre through paid fellowships.

The 2023 Prince Fellowship year will run from September 2023 through August 2024. Prospective applicants can visit https://princefellowship.com/apply/ for more information about the program and the upcoming Webinar. For more information about TTLP, visit www.theatreleadershipproject.org.

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22) Queens County Farm Museum 

Apple Blossom Carnival 

Apple Blossom Carnival (April 22-30) – With Spring in full fling, visitors can enjoy carnival rides, hayrides, games and local food and drink while paying a visit to the farm’s array of friendly animals. Tickets: $25

Queens Farm offers free admission 354 days out of the year and, in addition to the annual public events, also offers a wide variety of Public Education Programs with the support of their Health & Wellness Partner, Northwell Health. With Spring around the corner, don’t miss the return of the Farmstand May 10^th, featuring fresh produce from Queens County Farm Museum’s fields.

 

For more information about Queens County Farm Museum, including more information about the events summarized here, please visit queensfarm.org.

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23) SHUCKED

BROADWAY’S HOMEGROWN HIT NEW MUSICAL COMEDY

 

RELEASES SECOND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST ALBUM

 

SOMEBODY WILL

THE SOUL-STIRRING BALLAD

FEATURING ANDREW DURAND

NOW STREAMING WITH MUSIC VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE

                                                                                                           

FULL ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED DIGITALLY ON FRIDAY, MAY 5

AND ON CD STARTING FRIDAY, JUNE 9

PREORDER NOW HERE

Sony Masterworks Broadway, along with show producers Mike Bosner and Jason Owen, released “Somebody Will,” the second single from the forthcoming Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording. Featuring Andrew Durand, the musical’s “stellar voiced” (New York Post) leading man, the song, penned by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, has been hailed as a “bracingly fierce” and “a standout” (The Daily Beast). A video of Durand singing “Somebody Will” is available HERE.

 

The Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Jason Howland, Billy Jay Stein, McAnally, and Clark, is set for digital release on Friday, May 5 and on CD on Friday, June 9. The CD is available for preorder HERE.

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24) State Theatre New Jersey

Upcoming Shows & Events

Tuesday, April 18, 7:00 PM

Our Planet Live in Concert

Our Planet Live in Concert combines breathtaking HD cinematography with all-new orchestrations by Oscar®-winning composer Steven Price performed by a live onstage orchestra. A journey of discovery across our planet featuring narration by legendary broadcaster David Attenborough and Emmy® Award-winning actor William Shatner, this mesmerizing concert is a spectacular celebration of the planet we call home—welcoming audiences to be fully immersed into the wonders of earth’s wildlife and their habitats. A donation will be made to the World Wildlife Fund for each concert.

Thursday, April 20, 8:00 PM

Little Feat: Boogie Your Spring Away Tour

Their brilliant musicianship transcends boundaries, uniting California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boogie into a rich gumbo, that has been leading people in joyful dance ever since.

It began in 1969 when Frank Zappa was smart enough to fire Lowell George from the Mothers of Invention and tell him to go start a band of his own. Soon after, Lowell connected with Bill Payne, which stirred up sparks. They then found drummer Richie Hayward.

They were quickly signed by Warner Bros. and began working on the first of 12 albums with that venerable company. The first album, Little Feat, featured the instant-classic tune “Willin’,” and the follow-up Sailin’ Shoes added “Easy to Slip,” “Trouble,” “Tripe Face Boogie,” “Cold Cold Cold,” and the title track to their repertoire. Paul Barrére, Kenny Gradney (bass), and Sam Clayton (percussion), joined up, and the latter two remain rock-solid members of Little Feat’s rhythm section.

1973’s Dixie Chicken gave them the title track and “Fat Man in the Bathtub,” as good a blues as any rock band has ever written. Their career to that point was summed up with the live Waiting for Columbus, truly one of the best live rock albums ever.

Today, Little Feat is: Bill Payne, keyboards and vocals; Sam Clayton, percussion and vocals; Fred Tackett, guitars and vocals, Kenny Gradney, bass;  Scott Sharrard, guitars and vocals; and Tony Leone, drums. 

Friday, April 21, 8:00 PM

One Night of Queen

Performed by Gary Mullen & The Works

Gary Mullen & The Works, who are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their world-renowned One Night Of Queen live concerts, will have you dancing in the aisles during their rocking 2-hour show that pays tribute to the stage theatrics, showmanship, and music of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees: Queen.

Saturday, April 22, 8:00 PM

Comedy Night Live!

Enjoy an evening of comedy at State Theatre New Jersey with five hilarious comedians including Vishnu Vaka, Jon Bramnick, Julia Scotti, Rodney Laney, and emcee, Vinnie Brand!

Sunday, April 23, 3:00 PM

New Jersey Symphony Presents

Steven Mackey & Mozart

Xian Zhang conductor
Felicia Moore soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano
Alicia Olatuja mezzo-soprano
Sean Panikkar tenor
Nathan Berg bass-baritone
Steven Mackey electric guitar
Princeton University Glee Club | Gabriel Crouch, director
New Jersey Symphony

Mozart Symphony No. 25
Xian Zhang explores one of Mozart’s most gripping and dramatic symphonies, often recognized by audiences as the opening music for the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus.

For more information about these and other upcoming events at State Theatre New Jersey or to purchase tickets, visit www.stnj.org/events-tickets

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25) Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup

presents

The Moving Memory project:

ONLY NOW

a festival devoted to memory and forgetting

Thursday, April 20 at 7:30pm at The Broadway Presbyterian Church

Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup presents the third installment of our 2^nd Edition of The Moving Memory project: ONLY NOW on Thursday, April 20 at 7:30pm at The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W. 114th Street New York, NYC. Tickets are free. Reservations required:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/only-now-the-moving-memory-project-2nd-edition-tickets-567184854167

Launched in 2019, The Moving Memory Project embodies its founders’ vision of bringing together artists, caregivers, and seniors to create a community of care surrounding issues connected to memory loss and destigmatizing the diagnosis of dementia, with the ultimate goal of raising awareness to increase funding until a cure is found. “Works like this can help the world think and talk about Alzheimer's in important new ways” says co-producer David Shenk, whose writings on Alzheimer's and dementia garnered him international acclaim as an authority on the subject. 

Program

Dances for a Variable Population

3 teaching artists will lead a 30-minute movement session

DEA Work-in-Progress 

Choreography: Stefanie Nelson and Maya Orchin 

Performers: Graziella Murdocca, Maya Orchin and Mark Willis 

Composer: Borut Krzisnik

Inspired by Massimo Bontempelli's 1925 play, Nostra Dea about shifting identity.

Moderated Post-Performance Discussion by David Shenk renowned author of The Forgetting.

Art installation by Agnieszka Gasparska, featuring a selection of works from her “Drawing Time” series and a new participatory piece exploring our collective experiences of time and the lifetimes we share.

Reception with a live jazz trio featuring Ryan Hernandez /guitar, Caleb Tobocman /bass, and Eric Zeller /drums.

For more information, visit https://www.sndancegroup.org/.

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26) THIS MONTH MARKS 80^th ANNIVERSARY

OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING

Prominent International Luminaries to Gather

On April 19 to Mark the Solemn Event 

Each April 19^th, the Congress for Jewish Culture, along with Friends of the Bund, Jewish Labor Committee and Workers Circle, has organized a gathering of survivors and their families, activists, academics, and musicians at the stone in Riverside Park’s Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza. This annual event marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the single greatest instance of Jewish armed resistance to the Holocaust, with an academy remembering the victims and their resistance to history's greatest crime. In both 2020 and 2021, due to the pandemic, they did not gather there for the first time in living memory, but instead held their event online. Last year, their fervent hopes were realized as they were able to resume convening at DER SHTEYN (the stone) in Riverside Park, between 83^rd & 84^th Streets. 

  

This year’s April 19^th event will feature an impressive array of speakers and artists to remember the victims of the Nazi war on European Jewry and commemorate their resistance. 2023 marks the 80^th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto—many in their teens and twenties—launched a sustained guerrilla battle in response to a planned Nazi mass deportation to the death camps. They fought without any attainable hope of victory, but with the goal that they would not die in silence. Heroically, they managed to hold off the German army from April 19^th to May 16^th. It was the largest single revolt by Jews during the Holocaust. 13,000 were killed (some 6,000 among them were burnt alive or died from smoke inhalation). Of the remaining 50,000 Jewish residents, almost all were captured and shipped to concentration camps or killing centers. The Uprising did succeed in delaying the German's timeline of deportations, and it inspired other resistance movements across the German-occupied areas. 

 

The annual NYC gathering continues a tradition established in 1947 by Jewish partisans, ghetto fighters and Holocaust survivors at the site designated by the City of New York for a memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It has become an annual gathering of Bundists and members of the secular, progressive Yiddish cultural community, as well as children and grandchildren of the original attendees. 

 

The upcoming program in Riverside Park, including music and readings, will feature Joanne Borts (appeared in Broadway’s Tony-winning Best Musical ONCE, as well as FIDDLER ON THE ROOF starring Topol), Dr. Michael “Menachem” Fox (author of the acclaimed memoir BECOMING ORDINARY: A YOUTH BORN OF THE HOLOCAUST, WHAT I KEPT, WHAT I LET GO…), Irena Klepfisz (herself born in the Warsaw Ghetto and whose father was the first Jew to perish in the Uprising; just recently published her collected works titled HER BIRTH AND LATER YEARS: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS, 1971-2021), Marcel Kshensky (educator & son of Holocaust survivors and resistance activists), Shifee Losacco (featured soloist at Lincoln Center, has appeared in numerous Yiddish theater productions in NYC, and is currently a soloist with The Peace of Heart Choir), Elliott Palevsky (an activist with Nusakh Vilne, the association of Jews from Vilna in the U.S. and the son of fighters from the Vilner partisan movement), Lily Pazner (activist with the Workers Circle College Network), Daniella Rabbani (actress; Off-Broadway: THE GOLDEN LAND; film & TV: “Scenes from a Marriage,” “God Friended Me,” OCEAN’S EIGHT), Jeffrey Shandler (author of WHILE AMERICA WATCHES: TELEVISING THE HOLOCAUST; ADVENTURES IN YIDDISHLAND: POSTVERNACULAR LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; and JEWS, GOD, AND VIDEOTAPE: RELIGION AND MEDIA IN AMERICA), Mindy Spiegel (International Yiddish teacher and daughter of fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), and Esti Zannoni (a student in the Workers Circle Midtown Shule). 

 

Founded in 1948, the Congress for Jewish Culture (Executive Director, Shane Baker) is a secular organization based in New York City dedicated to its longstanding commitment to enriching Yiddish culture worldwide. They are joined as organizers for this year’s ceremony by Friends of the Bund, Jewish Labor Committee, Workers Circle, POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 

  

This notably significant annual event is set for Wednesday, April 19 at 3 pm. All are welcome.

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