South Orange Performing Arts Center 2014-15 Brochure

2014–15 SEASON2014–15 SEASON

JAZZ

Ramsey Lewis In Performance and Conversation

SAT, SEPT 13 AT 8PM

Tickets: $48, $58, $68, $88SOPAC Members: $43, $53, $63, $83

Composer, pianist, and jazz legend Ramsey Lewis has been referred to as “the great performer,” a title reflecting his performance style and musical selections which showcase his early gospel playing and classical training along with his love of jazz and other musical forms.

ROOTS, AMERICANA, SINGER-SONGWRITER

John Hiatt

SUN, SEPT 14 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $55, $60, $70SOPAC Members: $50, $55, $65

As one of America’s most respected and influential singer-songwriters, John Hiatt tours in support of his new album Terms of My Surrender.

CLASSIC ROCK, TRIBUTE

EagleMania

SAT, SEPT 20 AT 8PM

Tickets: $25, $30, $35SOPAC Members: $20, $25, $30

EagleMania has emerged as the greatest Eagles tribute band, thrilling audiences up and down the East Coast since their inception.

POP, CLASSICAL

Investors Bank & Majestic Castle Music present

Michéal Castaldo A Musical Celebration of the Italian Spirit

SUN, SEPT 21 AT 2PM & 6:30PM

Tickets: $37, $57 SOPAC Members: $32, $52

Michéal Castaldo has entertained audiences across the USA, Canada, and Europe with rousing renditions of classic Italian songs. With a voice that soothes the soul, Castaldo’s performances are enchanting, heart-felt, and authentic.

JAZZ, VOCALS

The Manhattan Transfer Living Room Sessions

FRI, SEPT 26 AT 8PM

Tickets: $48, $68, $78, $98SOPAC Members: $43, $63, $73, $93

The legendary Manhattan Transfer is one of the most important and innovative vocal groups in the history of popular music.

SOPAC SEASON

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SEPTEMBER

Ramsey Lewis

Manhattan Transfer

John Hiatt

POP, ROCK, CABARET

Storm LargePink Martini’s Vocalist

SAT, NOV 1 AT 8PM

Tickets: $25, $30SOPAC Members: $20, $25

Acclaimed vocalist Storm Large sings the American songbook, Broadway tear-jerkers, rock goddess anthems and some of her own gorgeous originals all delivered with a fi erce personal commitment.

FOLK

Arlo GuthrieThe Solo Reunion Tour…Together At Last

TUES, NOV 4 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $45, $58, $68, $78SOPAC Members: $40, $53, $63, $73

Legendary singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie performs an evening featuring his most beloved songs.

CLASSIC ROCK

Jefferson StarshipThe 40th Anniversary Tour

THURS, NOV 6 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $39, $50, $65SOPAC Members: $34, $45, $60

Jefferson Starship soar into their 40th year, carrying one of rock mu-sic’s greatest legacies and halcyon repertoires.

COMEDY

Ralphie May

FRI, NOV 7 AT 8PM

Tickets: $29, $39, $49SOPAC Members: $24, $34, $44

Since his debut on the very fi rst season of “Last Comic Standing,” audiences just can’t get enough of this larger-than-life comedian.

COMEDY

Bobby Collins

SAT, OCT 4 AT 8PM

Tickets: $30, $35, $40SOPAC Members: $25, $30, $35

Always the funniest guy in the room, Bobby Collins is a show-business institution who has made millions laugh across the country.

REGGAE

The Wailers “Legend” 30th Anniversary Tour

WED, OCT 8 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $35, $40, $45SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $40

Led by Bob Marley, The Wailers burst onto the reggae scene more than 50 years ago with a force never before seen and never since duplicated within in the genre, tak-ing reggae sounds from the streets of Jamaica and delivering them to living rooms and bedrooms across the globe.

JAZZ, CABARET

Christine Ebersole with the Aaron Weinstein Trio in Strings Attached

SAT, OCT 11 AT 8PM

Tickets: $38, $48, $58SOPAC Members: $33, $43, $53

An evening of jazzed up Broadway classics and songbook standards.

OCTOBER

Christine Ebersole Arlo Guthrie Ralphie May

Storm Large

NOVEMBER

FOLK, BLUEGRASS, BIG BAND

David Bromberg Big Band

SAT, NOV 8 AT 8PM

Tickets: $48, $60, $70SOPAC Members: $43, $55, $65

With a stage full of incredible talent and no set list, the freewheeling David Bromberg Big Band concerts have become the stuff of legends. Part of the TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival.

WORLD MUSIC, PORTUGESE FADO

Ana Moura

SUN, NOV 9 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $35, $40, $50SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $45

Described by Examiner as “a torch singer with Mediterranean quali-ties,” exquisite vocalist Ana Moura possesses a sound unlike any other in fado.

CLASSIC ROCK, TRIBUTE

Get the Led Out The American Led Zeppelin

FRI, NOV 14 AT 8PM

Tickets: $35, $40, $50SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $45

Get The Led Out have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage for a live experience like you’ve never heard before.

NOVEMBER, continued

THEATRE, MUSICAL

Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway

SAT, NOV 15 AT 8PM

Tickets: $35, $45, $55SOPAC Members: $30, $40, $50

100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the fi nest musicals of the century featuring the stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde.

SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ, POP, R&B

Rachelle Ferrell

SUN, NOV 16 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $59, $69, $75SOPAC Members: $54, $64, $70

Rachelle Ferrell is unquestionably one of the most dynamic talents in contemporary pop music. Very few vocal artists in the industry have Ferrell’s potent combination of range, phrasing, and musicianship.

CLASSIC ROCK

The Weight Celebrating the Music of Levon Helm and The Band

FRI, NOV 21 AT 8PM

Tickets: $27, $32, $38SOPAC Members: $22, $27, $33

Replicating the music of The Band is a tall order. But interpreting the music of The Band is an art.

JAZZ

Giants of JazzHonoring McCoy Tyner

SAT, NOV 29 AT 8PM

Tickets: $50, $60SOPAC Members: $45, $55Seniors/Students with valid ID: $40, $50

Join us at this annual celebration! Honoree McCoy Tyner will be joined by some of the greatest names in Jazz in this star-studded night of music. Check www.SOPACnow.org for the most up-to-date list of musicians performing that evening. Presented by SOPAC, Village of South Orange and The Baird.

Ana Moura Rachelle Ferrell

David Bromberg

BIG BAND, JAZZ, STANDARDS

The Glenn Miller Orchestra: In the Christmas Mood

FRI, DEC 12 AT 8PM

Tickets: $30, $35, $45SOPAC members: $25, $30, $40

It’s time to get “In the Christmas Mood” as the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra breaks open the vault of holiday music.

IRISH

Cherish the Ladies Christmas

FRI, DEC 19 AT 8PM

Tickets: $30, 35, $40SOPAC Members: $25, $30, $35

The Ladies perform classic Christmas carols, in their signature arrange-ments highlighting unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies and spectacular step-dancing. A wonderful Christmas program com-plete with full band and traditional Irish step dancers.

OLDIES

Jay and the Americans

SAT, DEC 27 AT 8PM

Tickets: $39, $49, $59SOPAC Members: $34, $44, $54

Very few bands have ever reached the musical heights of Jay and the Americans. Greatest hits include “This Magic Moment,” “Cara Mia” and more!

SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ

Madeline Peyroux

THU, JAN 8 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $50, $65, $75SOPAC Members: $45, $60, $70

Multi-million album seller Madeleine Peyroux has been dubbed “the 21st century Billie Holiday”, and has worked with some of the greats in the music industry, including Joni Mitchell’s producer Larry Klein and Steely Dan’s Walter Becker. She currently has fi ve albums to her name including Careless Love, Half the Perfect World, and her latest, The Blue Room, which climbed to number one on the Billboard, iTunes and Amazon. com jazz charts in the spring of 2013.

CLASSIC ROCK

Dave Mason’s Traffi c Jam

SUN, JAN 11 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $55, $65, $75SOPAC Members: $50, $60, $70

Take a journey back to the greatest days of rock with Dave Mason’s sight and sound experience, Traffi c Jam. Mason founded Traffi c with Steve Winwood while both were still teenagers, and created music that would fi nd its way into the hearts of generations of music lovers.

JANUARY

DECEMBER

Jay and the Americans

Madeline Peyroux

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

FEBRUARY

WORLD MUSIC, AFRICAN, A CAPPELLA

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

THU, FEB 5 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $38, $48, $58SOPAC Members: $33, $43, $53

Now celebrating over fi fty years of joyous and uplifting music, the late Nelson Mandela once named Ladysmith Black Mambazo the “South African Cultural Ambassadors to the World.” In those fi fty plus years, the a cappella vocal group has created a musical and spiritual message that has touched a worldwide audience.

JAZZ

Spyro Gyra

THURS, FEB 12 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $38, $48, $55SOPAC members: $33, $43, $50

This legendary jazz fusion band has released over thirty albums, sellingmore than ten million copies throughout its storied history. Spyro Gyra works musical magic creating their own instrumental hybrid, incorporating elements of R&B, Latin, Brazilian and more into an infectious sound that takes you on a creative journey like no other!

WORLD MUSIC, JAZZ, AFRICAN

Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela

FRI, FEB 20 AT 8PM

Tickets: $45, $55, $65SOPAC Members: $40, $50, $60

Two of South Africa’s true freedom fi ghters and renowned music icons come together to honor twenty years since the end of Apartheid. Legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela, an innovator in the world music and jazz scene, and Vusi Mahlasela, simply known as “The Voice” in his home-country of South Africa, connect Apartheid-scarred South Africa with its promise for a better future.

JAZZ

John Pizzarelli Quartet

SAT, FEB 21 AT 8PM

Tickets: $49, $59SOPAC Members: $44, $54

John Pizzarelli has established himself as one of the prime interpreters of the Great American Songbook and beyond, bringing to his work the cool jazz fl avor of his brilliant guitar playing and singing.

FOLK, ACOUSTIC, GUITAR

Leo Kottke

SUN, FEB 22 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $32, $37, $42SOPAC Members: $27, $32, $37

Leo Kottke is the legendary, Grammy Award-nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso who has developed a cult following of fellow guitarists and fans over the span of a 30-year career.

POP, TRIBUTE

Arrival From SwedenThe Music of Abba

THU, FEB 26 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $39, $49, $59SOPAC Members: $34, $44, $54

Arrival From Sweden is one of the world’s most popular and best selling ABBA tribute show bands and since the start in 1995, the band has toured over 50 nations. They are the only group who has the exclusive right to copy ABBA’s original outfi ts.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Hugh Masekela

John Pizzarelli Arrival From Sweden

New Jersey State Council on the ArtsChoreography Fellowship Showcase

FRI, OCT 10 AT 8PM

Tickets: $20SOPAC Members: $15

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated Randy James, Lydia Johnson and Erin Carlisle Norton as Fellows for 2014. Please join us for an evening of spectacular dance by these acclaimed choreog-raphers and their dance companies.

Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company

The Legacy Project A Dance of Hope

THURS, NOV 13 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: $25, $30SOPAC Members: $20, $25

Seton Hall University and South Orange Performing Arts Center present The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company in an epic event of “dance-theatre,” discussion, and a call to social action. The evening concludes with “Yesterday’s Story is Today’s Reality,” a panel discussion with the artists and Seton Hall professors, clergy and guests.

Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker

SAT, DEC 6 AT 2PM & 7PM

Tickets: $30 adults, $15 children 12 and underSOPAC Members: $25 adults, $10 children 12 and under

Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcrackeris “Jumpin’ with Jazz” in his adaptation of the timeless holiday classic performed by the diverse and talented dancers of Lustig Dance Theatre.

Lydia Johnson Dance

SAT, FEB 28 AT 8PM

Tickets: $25, $30 SOPAC members: $20, $25

Lydia Johnson Dance will present recent works for the company’s 10 dancers set to stunning music by Franz Schubert, Osvaldo Golijov, Mozart and the innovative jazz trio Bad Plus.

“A tantalizingly distinctive choreographer”—The New York Times

DANCE SERIES

SELECT SUNDAYS AT 7PM

These acclaimed series of intimate concerts in the SOPAC Loft will begin in January. You’ll hear some of the greatest musicians and vocalists in the region in the cabaret style setting of the Loft.

Presented by the Village of South Orange, The Baird and the South Orange Performing Arts Center.

JAZZ IN THE LOFT & BLUES IN THE LOFT

Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: The Legacy Project A Dance of Hope and Lydia Johnson Dance are supported in part by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Save when you buy all four performances!Purchase one ticket for each show for only $60.

Lydia Johnson Dance

MORE SHOWS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON!Visit www.SOPACnow.org for complete information and to sign up for the e-news.

Tom Chapin’s Family Concert

SAT, OCT 11 AT 2PM

Tickets: $20 Adults, $13 kids 12 and underSOPAC members: $15 Adults, $8 kids 12 and under

Tom Chapin engages hearts, minds and imaginations with witty, life-affi rming original songs delivered in a sophisticated array of musical styles.

The Monster Who Ate My Peas

SAT, NOV 22 AT 2PM

Tickets: $18SOPAC Members: $13

A highly amusing and moving musical about Danny, a boy who absolutely cannot stand to eat peas! When a crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, Danny is ready to make a deal…

Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker

SAT, DEC 6 AT 2PM & 7PM

Please see this performance in the Dance Series for further details.

Ivy+Bean, The Musical

SAT, JAN 24 AT 2PM

Tickets: $27 Adults, $20 kids 12 and underSOPAC members: $22 Adults, $15 kids 12 and under

Ivy + Bean, The Musical is the story of an unexpected friendship between two very different second graders and is based on the New York Times best-selling children’s books series by author Annie Barrows and Illustrator Sophie Blackhall.

Schoolhouse Rock Live

SAT, FEB 21 AT 2PM

Tickets: $25 Adults, $18 kids 12 and underSOPAC members: $20 Adults, $13 kids 12 and under

The brilliant Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science, and politics through clever, tuneful songs is lighting up stages all around the country and instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulations.”

KIDS ‘N FAMILY SERIESSpecial Packages for Family Performances!Buy 2 shows and get 15% off. Buy 3 shows and get 20% off.

MORE SHOWS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON!Visit www.SOPACnow.org for complete information and to sign up for the e-news.

Schoolhouse Rock Live

Tom Chapin

PIANO GUITAR DUO

Dick Hyman and Bucky Pizzarelli

TUES, OCT 7 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25

Join these legendary jazz greats for an evening of entertainment that is not to be missed!

THEATER

Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory Directed by Deirdre Yates

THURS–SAT, OCT 23, 24, 25 AT 8 PM FRI–SAT, OCT 24 & 26 AT 2 PM

FREE Admission

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Originally produced by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey and developed with a commissioning grant from The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project.

CLASSICAL

I Pagliacci, concert version by Ruggero Leoncavallo Conducted by Jason Tramm

with the MidAtlantic Opera Orchestra and the Seton Hall Chorus

WED, NOV 5 AT 7PM

Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25

JAZZ

Count Basie Orchestra

TUES, NOV 18 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25

William Count Basie started the Count Basie Orchestra in 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri. Within a year America was listening in on popular radio shows throughout the country to hear what would become The Swingingest Band In All The Land! A phenomena was born in 1935 that is still going strong today!

CHORAL

Seton Hall University Choir and Orchestra Winter Concert

WED, DEC 2 AT 7:30PM

FREE Admission

CLASSICAL

Atlantic Brass Quintet

WED, DEC 10 AT 7:30PM

Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25

The Atlantic Brass Quintet rings in the sounds of the season with classical selections and innovative settings of holiday music. “They kick butt.” —The Boston Globe

Buy all four Seton Hall University classical concerts for only $90 (regular) or $55 (senior).

Visit www.SOPACnow.org for information on the two Winter-Spring concerts.

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PRESENTS

JAZZ

Seasonal Swing from Juilliard Jazz, Featuring Vocalist Alicia Olatuja

SUN, DEC 7 AT 3PM

CLASSICAL

Jiayan Sun, piano

SUN, JAN 18 AT 3PM

CLASSICAL

The Aeolus Quartet

SUN, FEB 22 AT 3PM

CLASSICAL

Weixiong Wang, clarinet

SUN, MAR 22 AT 3PM

JUILLIARD @ SOPACTickets: $25 | SOPAC members: $20

Alicia Olatuja

Weixiong Wang

LA CINÉMATHÈQUE FILM CLUBRenowned Russian Film Makers | Curated by Gerard AnsellemSee 6 fi lms for only $68An international fi lm and discussion series available by subscription only. Call (973) 313-2797 for more information.

SUN, SEPT 14 AT 2PM

The Cranes are Flying directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

SUN, OCT 19 AT 2PM

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears directed by Vladimir Menshov

SUN, NOV 9 AT 2PM

The Sacrifi ce directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

SUN, JAN 11 AT 2PM

Burnt by the Sun directed by Nikita Mikhalov

SUN, FEB 1 AT 2PM

Battleship Potemkin directed by Sergei Eisenstein and

Mother and Son directed by Alexander Sokurov

MIDTOWN DIRECT REP

The SubjectStaged reading of a new play by Chisa HutchinsonDirected by Jade King Carroll

SUN, OCT 12 AT 7PM

Tickets: $15

An upstart documentarian builds his success on the death of one of his teen-age subjects, and wrestles with the consequences in this thrilling new play that deals with race, privilege and ambition. Playwright Chisa Hutchison, a true product of New Jersey, grew up in various situations in Newark, Short Hills, Millburn, Montclair and Maplewood — in that order. She currently resides in Perth Amboy and is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.

Visit www.SOPACnow.org for more information on readings November 2, January 25 and March 8.

THE HERB & MILLY IRIS GALLERY AT SOPACThe Herb & Milly Iris Gallery is open Mon–Sat, noon–6PM, and two hours prior to performances.

A Conversationby Ann Vollum & Russell Christian

ON DISPLAY THROUGH SEPT 13

Precious Memories: A RetroSpectiveby Mansa Mussa

ON DISPLAY OCT– FEB 15, 2015

Chisa Hutchinson

by Mansa Mussa

Burnt by the Sun The Sacrifi ce Battleship Potemkin

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MAJOR FUNDERSSOPAC programs are made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

The F.M. Kirby Foundation

Juilliard at SOPAC is supported in part by Samuel Convissor.

The tour engagement of John Pizzarelli Quartet is funded through the American Masterpieces program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

A Development By: EEA Industries, LLCand SWH Residential Partners, LLC

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COMING IN SPRING 2015!

Gaelic StormSUN, MAR 1 AT 7:30PM

Janis Ian and Tom PaxtonWED, MAR 4 AT 7:30PM

Keb’ Mo’ BandTHURS, MAR 12 AT 7:30PM

The Pine Hill Project: Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky featuring Larry Campbell With Special Guests Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams FRI, MAR 20 AT 8PM

Jack and the BeanstalkSAT, MAR 21 AT 2PM

The Priests WED, MAR 25 AT 7:30PM

Forbidden BroadwaySAT, MAR 28 AT 8PM

Alice in WonderlandSAT, APR 11 AT 2PM

The Jungle BookSUN, MAY 3 AT 2PM

The Machine Performs Pink FloydSAT, MAY 16 AT 8PM

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