Brianna, a charming and curious girl, hops into an
‘adventure-through-the-seasons’ in Spring-A-Ding-DING! A colorful cast
of characters create the vivid enchantment of springtime. Jump-roping
frogs, twirling flowers, dancing birds, glittering rain showers and even
a contortionist earthworm bring the budding season to life! Portrayed
through dazzling circus, dance, and can’t-believe-your-eyes specialty
acts, audiences of all ages will delight as the glory of the new season
unfolds. Imagine Brianna’s surprise as she meets comical creatures and
even befriends a skunk! Our young heroine has lessons to learn and teach
the woodland creatures as she eagerly searches for the butterfly that
will usher in the next season, summer. This delightful new show thrills
young and old while warming hearts in the way only Cirque-tacular can!
Based
in New York City, with artists nationwide, Cirque-tacular Entertainment
is considered one of the premiere acrobatic production companies in the
United States
The Children’s Theatre Series is sponsored by the Monmouth University Alumni Association.
An exhibition of paintings by the late Jacob Landau and works by members of the artist’s circle who were strongly influenced by his vision including Myron Wasserman, Jack McGovern and Joanne Leone. The exhibition was curated by Leone who studied with Landau from 1985-2001. This event is part of the Jewish Cultural Studies Program.
Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors).
Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s previous work includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.
As a universal language, the arts have always been an effective tool for addressing social issues. Artivism or “activist art” is a form of social protest that explores cultural and political concerns. However, it is much more than just an innovative tactic, Artivism involves an entire practice that attempts to inspire positive change in society. This juried exhibition features works of art that employ spectacle, symbolism and collective participation to fight for issues of social justice including racial discrimination, gender equality, fair labor practices, human rights and more.
Participating Artists Include:
Ellis Angel
Marilyn M. Baldi
Janet Boltax
Merry Brennan
Roberta C. Scott
Beverly Crilly
Patricia Dahlman
Michael Dal Cerro
Isabella DeAnglis
Dawn DiCicco
Mark Dornan
Anne Dushanko Dobek
Shekira Farrell
Nette Forne Thomas
Sophie French
Jessenia Gaviria
Ghazel Ghazi
Emily Gilman Beezley
Indira Govindan
Sandra Gustafson
Stephen Harrison
Jesse Hill
Annie Hogan
Patricia Hutchinson
Julia Justo
Edward Kelley
Louise Krasniewicz
Rashna Madon
Stephen Marc
Alexandra Martin
Bonnie McKee Totora
Irmari Nacht
Chris Revelle
Andrew Ricci
Patrice Robinson
Stuart Robinson
Charles Andrew Seaton
Rosary Solimanto
William Stoehr
Colleen Sweeney Gahrmann
Sandy Taylor
John Taylor-Lehman
Brad Terhune
Hannah Ueno
Joseph Villa
Maryann Vitiello
Terrill Warrenburg
Judy Wukitsch
Belgin Yucelen
This juried exhibition will showcase the talents and abilities of artists living with Autism Spectrum Disorder and continue the conversation about the unique power of art in the autism community. Select pieces of work will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Autism Program Improvement Project at Monmouth University’s School of Education.
Following the artist reception on August 8 at 7 PM, there will be a screening of the National Theatre of London’s critically acclaimed production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the Pollak Theatre. The play, which won 7 Olivier and 5 Tony Awards®, concerns a mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who has autism spectrum disorder, and his relationships with his parents and school mentor.
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
Now seen by over 750,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 NT Live broadcast returns to cinemas.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.
Please note this event is SOLD OUT. Artist holds may be released day of show at the discretion of the performer. To sign up for the waiting list please call the box office at 732.263.5715.
Legendary artist Graham Nash is a two-time Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame inductee – with Crosby, Stills, and Nash and with the
Hollies. He was also inducted twice into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, as a
solo artist and with CSN, and he is a GRAMMY Award winner.
Towering above virtually everything that Graham Nash
has accomplished in his first seventy-five years on this planet, stands the
litany of songs that he has written and introduced to the soundtrack of the
past half-century. His remarkable body of work, beginning with his
contributions to the Hollies opus from 1964 to ’68, including “Stop Stop Stop,”
“Pay You Back With Interest,” “On A Carousel,” “Carrie Anne,” “King Midas In
Reverse,” and “Jennifer Eccles,” continues all the way to This Path Tonight
(2016), his most recent solo album.
The original classic union of Crosby, Stills &
Nash (& Young) lasted but twenty months. Yet their songs are lightning rods embedded in our DNA, starting with Nash’s “Marrakesh Express,” “Pre-Road Downs” (written for then-girlfriend Joni Mitchell), and “Lady Of the Island,” from the first Crosby, Stills &
Nash LP (1969). On CSNY’s Déjà Vu (1970), Nash’s “Teach Your Children” and “Our House” beseeched us to hold love tightly, to fend off the madness that was on its way.
Overlapping CSNY, Nash’s solo career debuted with Songs
For Beginners (1971), whose “Chicago/We Can Change the World” and “Military
Madness” were fueled by the Long Hot Summer, the trial of the Chicago Eight,
and the ongoing Vietnam war. Songs from that LP stayed in Nash’s concert sets for years including “I Used To Be A King” and “Simple Man”. His next album, Wild
Tales (1974), addressed (among other issues) unfair jail terms for minor
drug offenses (“Prison Song”), unfair treatment of Vietnam vets (“Oh! Camil”),
the unfairness of fame (“You’ll Never Be the Same”), and his muse, Joni
(“Another Sleep Song”).
The most resilient, long-lived and productive
partnership to emerge from the CSNY camp launched with the eponymously titled Graham
Nash/David Crosby (1972), bookended by Nash’s “Southbound Train” as the
opening track and “Immigration Man” as the closer. The duo contributed further to the soundtrack of the ’70s on their back-to-back albums, Wind On the Water (1975) and Whistling Down the Wire (1976).
On the CSN reunion studio LP (1977), Nash took
top honors with “Just A Song Before I Go” (written in the space of one hour,
and a Top 10 hit single). Lightning
struck once more on CSN’s Daylight Again (1982), on which Nash penned
their second (and final) Top 10 hit, “Wasted On the Way,” lamenting the energy,
time and love lost by the group due to years of internecine quarrels.
Nash’s passionate voice continues to be heard in support of peace, and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In 2011, Nash was instrumental in bringing MUSE back to the forefront with a concert to benefit Japan disaster relief and groups promoting non-nuclear energy worldwide. That same year, he and Crosby were among the many musicians who made their way to the Occupy Wall Street
actions in lower Manhattan.
In September 2013, Nash released his long-awaited autobiography Wild Tales, which
delivers an engrossing, no-holds-barred look back at his remarkable career and
the music that defined a generation. The book landed him on the New York Times
Best Sellers list, and was released in paperback in late 2014.
In recognition for his contributions as a musician and
philanthropist, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British
Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth. While continually building his musical legacy,
Nash is also an internationally renowned photographer and visual artist. With
his photography, Nash has drawn honors including the New York Institute of
Technology’s Arts & Technology Medal and Honorary Doctorate of Humane
Letters and the Hollywood Film Festival’s inaugural Hollywood Visionary Cyber
Award. His work is collected in the book Eye to Eye: Photographs by Graham Nash;
he curated others’ work in the volume Taking Aim: Unforgettable Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs Selected by Graham Nash (2009).
Nash’s work has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide. His company Nash Editions’ original IRIS 3047 digital printer and one of its first published works—Nash’s 1969 portrait of David Crosby— is now housed in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian
Institution in recognition of his revolutionary accomplishments in the fine
arts and digital printing world.
VIP PACKAGES
GRAHAM NASH FRONT ROW – MEET & GREET VIP PACKAGE Package pricing: $375 Package inclusions:
One reserved ticket in Front Row
Meet & Greet with Graham Nash during intermission
Visit to preshow Sound Check with Graham Nash
One autographed tour poster
One commemorative Graham Nash laminate
One commemorative Graham Nash ticket
Crowd free merchandise shopping
On site VIP staff
GRAHAM NASH SOUNDCHECK PACKAGE Package pricing: $275 Package inclusions:
One reserved ticket within rows 2-5
Visit to preshow Sound Check with Graham Nash
One autographed tour poster
One commemorative Graham Nash laminate
One commemorative Graham Nash ticket
Crowd free merchandise shopping
On site VIP staff
GRAHAM NASH PREMIUM PACKAGE Package pricing: $175 Package inclusions:
One reserved ticket within rows 6-9
One Graham Nash tour item
One commemorative Graham Nash ticket
On site VIP staff
MUSE charity tickets – Guacamole Fund – $250 Graham Nash’s passionate voice has often been heard in support of peace, and social and environmental justice. During this tour, Graham is partnering with Musicians United for Safe Energy (M.U.S.E.) to raise funds on its behalf by offering you special benefit seating.* M.U.S.E. is a non-profit organization that supports organizations worldwide that promote safe, alternative non-nuclear energy.
The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts Graham organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In 2011, Graham was instrumental in bringing MUSE back to the forefront with a concert to benefit Japan disaster relief and groups promoting non-nuclear energy worldwide.
*In exchange for your payment of $250 to attend the concert, a portion of the net proceeds for each ticket sale will be donated to M.U.S.E on behalf of Graham Nash.
Tickets benefiting M.U.S.E will be available through the end of the sale at www.monmouth.edu/arts subject to availability. The M.U.S.E, P.O> Box 699, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
All VIP Packages and Guacamole tickets are for WILL CALL ONLY and will be available exclusively for pick up at the venue on the evening of the show with valid ID. Tickets are non-transferable.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music presents
Conference Theme: “Hard Truths in Hard Rock Settings”
The conference will be held from April 12-15, 2018, at Monmouth University. The festivities will include various live acts, as well as keynote addresses by rock critics and figures from the music industry.
Registration details and conference schedule coming soon!
If you are interested in submitting an abstract for the conference please click here for more information.
Mr. Tambourine Man not only lived history, he made history with his fearless sense of experimentation. As the leader of the influential 60s group, The Byrds, he was on the leading edge, combining the rock beat of the Beatles with the folk sensibilities of Bob Dylan, to create the genre known as “folk-rock.” Roger’s solo career began in 1973 and has yielded 10 albums, a Grammy nomination, and extensive touring and performing for enthralled audiences ever since.
Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. Following his smash hit production of A Streetcar Named Desire,
Benedict Andrews’ ‘thrilling revival’ (New York Times) stars Sienna Miller alongside, Jack O’Connell and Colm Meaney.
On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gather at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell. Brick and Maggie dance round the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. With the future of the family at stake, which version of the truth is real – and which will win out?
★★★★
“A bold reimagining…innovative and powerfully acted”
Sunday Times
★★★★
“A brilliant, lacerating account of the play… unforgettable”
The Independent
★★★★
“Miller and O’Connell get to a raw and naked truth”