A baby’s cry sounds in the background as the scene opens to a small, one-bedroom apartment in Kabul, Afghanistan, sometime after the American troops pulled out of Afghanistan. Thus begins the fascinating play, Selling Kabul, by Sylvia Khoury, produced by Premiere Stages at Kean University. This 100m...

WESTFIELD — The four most iconic notes in classical music – Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 – will initiate New Jersey Festival Orchestra’s exciting new program for the 20232024 season. The new series promises some milestone celebrations and a variety of spectacular concerts, balancing perennial favorite ...

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UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is accepting submissions for the 19th annual Premiere Play Festival beginning Friday, September 1. This yearly competition for unproduced scripts offers developmental and production opportunities to up to four...

WESTFIELD – Choral Art Society of New Jersey, one of the area’s leading choral organizations, is excited to welcome new singers for its 2023/2024 Season. Experienced singers are invited to attend open rehearsals on Tuesday, September 12 and September 19 at 7:30 pm. Rehearsals are held in the Parish ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The JCC of Central New Jersey’s Phyllis Bernstein Kuchner Scholarship was established in honor and memory of longtime JCC member, Board member and volunteer Phyllis Bernstein Kuchner (z”l) by her husband Bob Kuchner.This scholarship is intended to give aspiring volunteers the confide...

FANWOOD – The Fanwood Performance Series opens its fall concert season on Saturday, September 9, with a double bill of singersongwriters.Shawna Caspi is a singer, a poet, a fingerstyle guitar player and a painter. Her songs resonate with stories that are relatable, but told in new and unexpected way...

UNION – Premiere Stages at Kean University will present the New Jersey Premiere of Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul September 7 to 24 in Kean University’s Bauer Boucher Theatre Center (Vaughn Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union). Directed by Taylor Reynolds, Selling Kabul will feature actors Atra Asd...

UNION–KeanStagehasannounced its 2023-2024 season line-up featuring a diverse mix of Broadway, classic rock, jazz, dance, holiday and family programming. Additional artists will be announced later this season.Opening the season at Enlow Recital Hall on Friday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. is recent Tony Aw...

FANWOOD – The Fanwood Performance Series presents singersongwriter- pianist Kate Klim and alternative-rock band Golden Dimes on Saturday evening, October 14, in the community building at Fanwood’s Forest Road Park.With roots in Pennsylvania and Illinois, Kate Klim is now based in Nashville. After a ...