LeAnn Rimes – From Star Search to Superstar
Country/Pop star LeAnn Rimes has had an amazing career, from her start as an eight-year-old Star Search winner to her pop crossover success in 1997 with the chart-topping album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (which included the hit “How Do I Live”) to her various television appearances in TV movies Northern Lights and Reel [...]
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
On November 10, 1975, a carrier ship called the “Edmund Fitzgerald” carrying 29 crew members sank during a storm on the freezing waters of Lake Superior. Inspired by a Newsweek article on this tragic event, Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song to pay tribute to the lives lost. “The Wreck of the Edmund [...]
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Poetry From This Year’s Residency
During the month of March, performance poet Glenis Redmond visited schools, senior centers, treatment facilities, and corporations performing her poetry and leading workshops as the State Theatre’s Artist-in-Residence. At the end of the three week residency, workshop participants were invited to perform the poetry they had written at a public performance at the Crossroads Theatre. [...]
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Saving the Great American Songbook
Through his 30+ years of live performances, recordings, film and television appearances, and his songwriting (in collaboration with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Lindy Robbins, and Carole Bayer Sager), Michael Feinstein is an all-star force in American music. In addition to performing more than 150 shows a year in the U.S. and abroad, Feinstein is a [...]
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Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
The State Theatre’s Education Department is bringing back Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s Peter and Wolf for two school day performances. Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev wrote his...
Behind the Scenes
The Teen Years: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Blues/rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, now 34, has been hooked on performing on stage since the age of 13 when he was invited to play...
In Review
MOMIX reMIX: A Beautiful Work of Art
By: Elizabeth C. Millar The MOMIX dancers brought the State Theatre to life Friday night with their sleek, perfectly chiseled bodies. I felt like I...
Fun Stuff
Beauty and the Beast Coloring Pages
Are your kids excited for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast next week? Here are a few coloring pages to get them ready for the big...
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Sightings: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
May 4-6, 2012 – A lot of young Beauty fans came out to see the show this weekend. So cute!
Sightings: Margaret Cho
April 22, 2012 – Margaret Cho took some time before her April 22nd show greeting fans backstage.
Sightings: Don McLean
Don McLean signed a few autographs and posed for a few pics with donors before his performance last Friday night, April 27, 2012.
All About “American Pie”
Running about 8 minutes in length, “American Pie” is not only Don McLean’s signature song, but one of the most recognizable songs of our time. The song tells of “The Day the Music Died” – the day music legends Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper all died in a plane crash in 1959. [...]
New Jersey Actress in Beauty and the Beast
Glen Rock resident, Lauren Palmeri is living her dream as she performs all around the U.S with the national touring production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Here is her story on how she got her start, what she loves most about Beauty and the Beast, and what it’s like to be part of a [...]
Regicide and Rigoletto
Verdi’s Rigoletto, captured live at the London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and presented in HD at the State Theatre, has a scandalous history. The story is based on a play by Victor Hugo, the same mind behind Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The play is a dark story of a lecherous [...]
Margaret Cho’s “Cho Dependent”
Comedian Margaret Cho recently became a two-time Grammy®-nominated artist with a nomination for “Best Comedy Album” for Cho Dependent. An incredibly funny collection of music, Cho Dependent features collaborations with Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, Grant Lee Phillips, Tegan & Sara, Ben Lee, and more. Below are some of our favorite music videos from Cho Dependent [...]
Sightings: One Night of Queen Meet & Greet
April 7, 2012 – Fans and donors got to meet Gary Mullen backstage before his performance of One Night of Queen this past Saturday.
Sightings: Scientists Exploring the Arts at Cinderella
April 6, 2012 – Scientists Exploring the Arts enjoyed its final event of the season with Cinderella by the Moscow Festival Ballet on April 7, 2012. Scientists Exploring the Arts is a unique partnership between the State Theatre and National Starch, LLC. The program celebrates and explores the essential elements shared by the performing arts [...]
The Don McLean “Killing Me Softly” Story
In 1973, R&B singer Roberta Flack scored her second number one hit and won a Grammy® Award for her rendition of the song “Killing Me Softly.” You know the song, it begins with “I heard he sang a good song…I heard he had a style…and so I came to see him…to listen for a while…” [...]
