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Sunday, July 2, 2023

Sunday Scoop Week of 7/2/23 What's Happening This Week and More

A) Beginning Performances

In New Jersey

1) Rock of Ages

In New York

2) Galatea 2.0 

3) Grease

4) I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire

5) Malvolio

6) Scott Silven's At the Illusionist's Table

7) Try the Kingdom

B) Run Extensions

8) Hadestown

9) Helicline Fine Art Exhibition:
Antonio Petruccelli: Redisovering a Modernist

C) What's Happening This Week and More 

10) Amanda Selwyn Dance Presents Green Afternoon X
7/8

11) American Museum of Natural History New Exhibit
Garden of Green: Jewelry from the Collection of Van Cleef & Arpels

12) Back to the Future Lottery & Rush Policies

13) Broadway Barks Celebrates 25th Anniversary
7/8

14) Brooklyn Children's Museum Offers Jurassic Mini Golf

15) Chelsea Stage & Table Upcoming Event:
What If? Musical Theatre Characters Switch Songs for a Night 7/9

16) Kelsey Theatre Summer Opera Series

17) Muse and Maestra to Launch the Music Director Experience with Wicked

18) Philadelphia Zoo New Babies & More

19) State Theatre New Jersey Upcoming Event:
The Doobie Brothers

20) Surflight Theatre Upcoming Show:
The Wizard of Oz

21) Tectonic Theater Project Announces Moment Work Summer Institute
7/11 - 7/23

22) Works & Process Gather Round: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop
Wednesdays in July 

A) Beginning Performances

In New Jersey


1) Rock of Ages

Rock Of Ages tells the story of a small-town girl, a city boy, and a rock ‘n’ roll romance on the Sunset Strip. But when the bar where rock reigns supreme is set to be demolished, it’s up to these wannabe rockers and their band of friends to save the day — and the music. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it's too late? Rock Of Ages’ score features hit ’80s rock anthems and power ballads, from bands like Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, and more.

Lackland Performing Arts Center on the Centenary University campus 
(715 Grand Ave., Hackettstown)
7/6 - 7/16

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

In New York

2) Galatea 2.0

GALATEA 2.0 is a modern speculation on the "Pygmalion" myth, a deconstruction of the muse/artist relationship, and an exploration of intimacy that merges Mrs. Patrick Campbell/George Bernard Shaw, found text, incel culture, lots of blue Gatorade,  puppetry, plinths, and a very old Pekinese. The show chronicles Eliza, a sex worker hired by a disaffected young man to role play as a top of the line "love doll" when his own doll mysteriously breaks.

Brooklyn Art Haus (24 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn)
7/6 - 7/23



3) Grease

Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their “Summer Nights” as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as “Greased Lightnin’," “It's Raining on Prom Night," and “Born to Hand Jive.” An eight-year run on Broadway, two subsequent revivals, and innumerable school and community and regional productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.

Argyle Theatre (34 W. Main St., Babylon, NY)
7/6 - 8/27

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  www.argyletheatre.com


4) I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire

To cope with the absence of her father, neglect of her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth-grader Shelby Hinkley has put all of her time and energy into the only thing that matters in 2004: Spiderman. When leading a devout online fan club proves insufficient to her needs, Shelby decides to risk it all for love, kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire and marry him in her basement. Her fantasies of happily ever after start to crumble as she realizes Tobey may not be the charismatic, heartthrob actor she thinks she knows. A Y2K farce, I’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE is a full-throttle explosion of our para-social relationships and the obsessions that detonate them. 

Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre (338 West 23rd St.)
7/8 - 7/29
Opening Night 7/12

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  thecelltheatre.org/marrytobeymaguire. 

5) Malvolio

An irreverent sequel inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Richard Rodgers Amphitheater (Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem)
7/8 - 7/29

 

6) Scott Silven's At the Illusionist's Table

World-renowned Scottish illusionist, Scott Silven, created and hosts an evening of fine dining, whisky-tasting, and storytelling interwoven with mind-bending illusion and mystical mentalism.


The McKittrick Hotel (530 West 27th St.)

7/5 - 7/29


For more information or to purchase tickets, visit mckittrickhotel.com/events/at-the-illusionists-table



7) Try the Kingdom


In TRY FOR THE KINGDOM, three junkies living in an abandoned apartment in Brooklyn try to form a family to combat madness and violence. What ensues is a stylized romp through imagination and dreams.

The Vino Theater (274 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn)
7/6 -8/5
Opening Night 7/15

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  www.jcstheater.com

B) Run Extensions

8) Hadestown

Jewelle Blackman extends her run as Peresphone to 9/3
Tom Hewitt extends his run as Hades to 9/3

Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, and singers, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.

Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th St.)

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit seatgeek.com/hadestown-tickets


9) Helicline Fine Art Exhibition:
Antonio Petruccelli: Redisovering a Modernist

Extended to 9/6

Antonio Petruccelli: Rediscovering a Modernism is a new online exhibition from Helicline Fine Art. The exhibition features four dozen published cover illustrations for FORTUNE, THE NEW YORKER, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL and COLLIERS, cover proposals and drawings for VANITY FAIR, LIFE, LAMP and others. The work spans the 1930s through the 60s and will be available for acquisition at HeliclineFineArt.com.

For more information or to view go to HELICLINEFINEART.COM

C) What's Happening This Week and More 


10) Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
Presents
Green Afternoon X
July 8, 2023 5:00 p.m.

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre will present Green Afternoon X – a site specific modern dance performance experience - on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 5 p.m. at the home of Marcia Previti and Peter Gumpel, 230 Old Stone Highway, East Hampton, NY. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit amandaselwyndance.org/green-afternoon-x.

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre’s tenth engagement of Green Afternoon in The Hamptons will be a movable outdoor performance in a unique garden setting. The performance includes movement installations in the various outdoor “rooms” throughout the property followed by a seated performance preview on the great lawn of the developing work: Habit Formed. Habit Formed is an evening-length that explores how habits function in our lives. These habits can manifest strength, ease, and freedom and also create limits, boundaries, and affliction. The ultimate journey of the work will tell a story of discernment, unpacking how we can be empowered by our habits and not impaired by them.

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11) Stunning Green Jewels on View 

in Garden of Green:

Exquisite Jewelry from the Collection of 

Van Cleef & Arpels

at the American Musem of Natural 


Garden of Green: Exquisite Jewelry from the Collection of Van Cleef & Arpels will open on June 10 in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery, part of the Museum’s Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, with a dazzling celebration of green gemstones as featured in jewelry over the past 100 years. The exhibition includes 44 pieces—32 of which will be on display for the first time in the U.S.—from the collections of renowned French high jewelry maison Van Cleef & Arpels, which since its founding in 1906 has designed jewelry and watches inspired by nature’s lightness, proportions, creatures, and colors.


Garden of Green will be on view through January 2024.


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12) Back to the Future 
Lottery & Rush Policies

BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical began previews on Broadway on Friday, June 30th, 2023, at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway).

A limited number of $45 tickets will be available via digital lottery, subject to availability. The digital lottery opens at 12AM ET one day before the performance and winners are drawn at 10AM ET and 3PM ET that same day. Tickets are non-transferable and limited to 2 tickets per person. For additional rules and to enter visit rush.telecharge.com.

A limited number of $40 in-person general rush tickets will be available every day when the Winter Garden Theatre box office opens, on a first-come, first-served basis. Maximum of two tickets per person, subject to availability. Seat locations and the number of tickets available are subject to availability and determined at the discretion of the box office.

Tickets for BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical are now on sale at www.BackToTheFutureMusical.com, through Telecharge by calling 212-239-6200 or visiting Telecharge.comor at the Winter Garden Theatre box office. Prices start at $69.

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13) BROADWAY BARKS 
CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY

 

THE STAR-STUDDED DOG AND CAT ADOPTION EVENT

 

HOSTED BY BERNADETTE PETERS AND RANDY RAINBOW

WITH SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY JOSH GROBAN

 

SATURDAY, JULY 8th – SHUBERT ALLEY


BROADWAY BARKS is thrilled to return to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 8, 2023, for the 25th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event. Co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the event features adoptable animals from 24 NYC area adoption agencies and rescue groups along with Broadway’s biggest names who use their star power to help them find loving homes. 

As part of the milestone anniversary, Peters will host the event with satirist and animal lover Randy Rainbow and with a special appearance by Josh Groban. 

Produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the adoption event takes place in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenues).  BARKS begins at 3 p.m. with a ‘meet and greet’ of all the adoptable pets; from 5-6:30 p.m. adoptees make their Broadway debut on stage alongside some of Broadway’s favorite stars for the celebrity presentations. 

BROADWAY BARKS is free and open to the public. Proceeds from the event benefit the participating shelters and rescue groups. 

For more information about Broadway Barks please visit them online at broadwaybarks.org. For more information about Broadway Cares, please visit them online at broadwaycares.org.

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14) Tee Up for a Round of Rooftop Miniature Golf at Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Alongside Giant, Friendly Dinosaurs

Brooklyn Children’s Museum invites children and their caregivers to enjoy fresh air and a round of 9-hole miniature golf on the Museum’s rooftop alongside some exciting visitors from the distant past! Jurassic Mini-Golf pairs the classic family pastime with the sights and sounds of large, animatronic dinosaurs—to the delight of dino-loving kids.

Jurassic Mini-Golf opens to the public on Saturday, July 8 and will be open throughout July, August, and September during the Museum’s regular hours, 10:00 am–5:00 pm, Wednesday through Sunday (the Museum is closed Mondays and Tuesdays). Entry is granted on a first come, first served basis, and are staggered to allow sufficient space for golfers. The final tee time will be at 4:30 pm.

For more information, visit: www.brooklynkids.org.

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15) JORDEN AMIR brings back: What If? Part 3
Musical Theatre Characters Switch Songs for a Night

July 9th, 2023 at 7pm
ATChelsea Table + Stage

What if Regina George sang “Popular” from Wicked? What if the song “Audition” from the hig movie La La Land was given to Cosette? Join us for an exciting evening of ‘What Ifs?’ as we give your favorite musical theater songs to characters that normally have no relation to them. Come see familiar and new faces sing unexpected combinations from the most beloved musicals in our third installment of this series, while you ponder the question, What If?...

Chelsea Table + Stage presents What If? Musical Theatre Characters Switch Songs for a Night on July 9th, 2023. After two clever editions in November and December of 2022, What If? is thrilled to return to NYC with a collection of new mashups; being sung by both Broadway and up and coming
stars.

Featuring: Catalina Almeida (Fantine), Jack Austin (Leo Frank), Noah Andrew Chartrand (Sky Masterson), Helora Danna (Sarah Brown), Matthew Fecko (Seymour Krelborne), Sarah Isola (Regina George), Amelie Jacobs (Cosette), Gryphyn Karimloo (Christian, Aaron Samuels), Cameron Park-Miller (Mia Dolan, Cady Heron), Guila Nicole M (Lucille Frank, Belle) Moana Poyer (Audrey Fulquard), Lilliannie Arie Urgent (Elphaba), and Brielle Diaz Withers (Ariel, Katherine Plumber). Produced and music directed by Jorden Amir. Band includes: Tyler Doucette (Guitar), Tony Gnerre
(Bass), and Ethan Gueldendzopf (Drums).

What If? Part 3 plays Chelsea Table + Stage (Hilton Fashion District Hotel, 152 W 26th St, New York NY 10001) on Sunday, July 9th at 7:00pm. There is a $22-$52 cover charge and $25 food and beverage minimum. Livestream tickets are available. Tickets and information are available at 
chelseatableandstage.venuetix.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551.

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16) Kelsey Theatre
Summer Opera Series


La Traviata 

Presented by NJ Lyric Opera

Friday, July 7th & Saturday, July 8th 7:30pm


Among the cast starring in this timeless tale of love is international soprano Holly Gash, acclaimed tenor John Villemaire and versatile Verdi baritone Chaka Allen. Come, hear the famous toasting song Libiamo - invite a friend while being transported for an afternoon to remember.


Tickets $25




Madama Butterfly 

Sat. July 8th & Sun. July 9th at 2pm


"The juxtaposition of culture set to music that makes this story feel real when performed..." Among the cast stars stellar soprano Kristal Daniels, vibrant tenor Chris Lorge and opera star veteran Thad Shirey. Come experience lush music that tells a story of passion and unrequited love.


All Tickets $25


For more information or to purchase tickets, visit kelsey.mccc.edu.


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17) MUSE/MAESTRA

TO LAUNCH

THE MUSIC DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE

WITH BROADWAY BLOCKBUSTER WICKED

 

Three-Week Intensive Provides Invaluable Training and Access

To Aspiring Music Directors


Two not-for-profit organizations promoting diversity in the music theatre industry will launch The MUSE/MAESTRA Music Director Experience with the Broadway blockbuster WICKEDMUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity), which is dedicated to cultivating racial equity in theatrical music departments by providing support to historically marginalized people of color, and MAESTRA, which provides support, visibility, and community for women and nonbinary people who make the music in the musical theater industry, will host a three-week intensive that will provide the recipient one-on-one access to WICKED’s music team, including shadowing them through rehearsals, auditions, and performance.


The Music Director Experience is open exclusively to NYC (Tri-State) area MUSE and MAESTRA Directory members who are emerging MDs looking to make a big leap in their MD journeys. This experience will be a 3-week intensive shadowing engagement in-person in New York City with a modest paid weekly stipend. Day- to-day duties will include observing cast rehearsals, observing performances from both the orchestra pit and the sound board, studying one of the keyboard books from the show, and gaining practical playing and conducting experience by working with the Music Director one on one. Some MD experience is necessary to be considered. The application deadline will be Monday, July 10th, 2023 11:59pm EDT. Selected musician(s) will be notified by Thursday, July 20th, 2023. To learn more and to submit your application, please click here. 


Future installments will provide similar opportunities with Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Aladdin, and Moulin Rouge.


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18) PHILADELPHIA ZOO ANNOUNCES NEW LEMUR ISLAND, SEPTA PZ EXPRESS TRAIN, PENGUIN CHICKS, RED-TAILED MONKEYS AND TWO ARAPAWA GOAT KIDS 

BABY BOOM: NEW ANIMALS, BOUNCING BABIES, NEW EXPERIENCES TO SEE AT PHILADELPHIA ZOO THIS SUMMER 

There are some new must-see additions at Philadelphia Zoo! The Zoo is proud to announce the hatching of two Humboldt penguin chicks, a vulnerable species, the birth of two Arapawa goats, a rare breed with less than 500 individuals in the world, and the return of red-tailed monkeys, a species that last lived at the Zoo in 1928. Plus, take a walk to Lemur Island, where you can now share a space with our families of ring-tailed and mongoose lemurs, an endangered and critically endangered species. Last, all aboard for the new SEPTA PZ Express Train Experience - now open and chugging along for summer 2023.

For more information, visit philadelphiazoo.org. Facebook: PhiladelphiaZoo; Instagram: @philadelphiazoo; Twitter: @phillyzoo.

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19) State Theatre New Jersey 
Upcoming Event:
The Doobie Brothers 
50th Anniversary Tour

15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ

July 8 - 9 2023

For over five decades, The Doobie Brothers have been known for delivering mind-blowing, roots based, harmony-laden, guitar-driven rock and roll—all of which recently culminated in an induction into the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Boasting one of the most loyal fan bases in music, selling more than 48 million albums, and winning four Grammy® Awards, The Doobie Brothers continue to write and record new material and tour the world. Their No. 1 singles “Black Water” and “What a Fool Believes," both gold, lead a catalog of indelible songs that include: “Listen to the Music,” “China Grove,” “Jesus Is Just All Right,” “Rockin’ Down the Highway,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “Take Me In Your Arms,” "Takin’ it to the Streets,” “Minute by Minute,” “You Belong to Me,” “The Doctor,” and more. In all, the Doobies have tallied up five top 10 singles and 16 top 40 hits.

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

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20) Surflight Theatre 
Upcoming Event:
The Wizard of Oz

Surflight Theatre 
201 Engleside Ave.
Beach Haven, NJ

The Wizard of Oz: July 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 August 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 at 6:00pm
Your favorite children's story with our own twist. Fun with Dorothy, Toto and friends! Geared for children 3-10.

For more information about this and other upcoming events at Surflight Theatre or to purchase tickets, visit www.surflight.org

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21) TECTONIC THEATER PROJECT
ANNOUNCES THE 
MOMENT WORK SUMMER INSTITUTE 
IN NEW YORK CITY
JULY 11 THROUGH JULY 23, 2023


FEATURING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS TAUGHT BY
MOISÉS KAUFMAN, LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI, JIMMY MAIZE
AND JEREMY O’BRIAN


Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, Founding Artistic Director; Matt Joslyn, Executive Director) is excited to announce the Moment Work Summer Institute, taking place with three different sessions from Tuesday, July 11 through Sunday, July 23, 2023 in New York City. Classes and workshops will be taught by Tectonic Theater Project’s Founding Artistic Director, Moisés Kaufman; Moment Work Institute Chair and Tectonic Founding Member, Leigh Fondakowski; Founding Member, Jimmy Maize; and Moment Work Institute faculty member, jeremy o’brian

Registration for the Moment Work Summer Institute is now open. For more information and to register, visit MomentWork.org.

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22) Works & Process Announces Partnership with Arts Brookfield
to Present Programming at Manhattan West

Gather Round: Celebrating Street Dance and 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Wednesdays in July
Works & Process at the Performance Circle on Manhattan West Plaza
FREE

Arts Brookfield partners with Works & Process for a series of four free performances at Manhattan West celebrating street dance and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop featuring The Missing Element with The Beatbox House, LayeRhythm, Ladies of Hip-Hop, KR3TS dancers with DJ FrancoTh3Artist, and Ephrat Asherie Dance’s UNDERSCORED culminating in a dance party led by DJ Bravo LaFortune! Manhattan West is a new destination for food, culture, retail, and hospitality, located steps away from Moynihan Train Hall and Madison Square Garden on the new West Side. For more information, visit https://manhattanwestnyc.com/events/gather-round/.

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