WHAT’S GOING ON? Here is a small pattern of space happenings you might need to try within the coming days.

MUSIC

♦ Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer Kristin Chenoweth returns to Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South St., Morristown, with a “For the Girls” tribute live performance to ladies artists on Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

The program will characteristic songs popularized by such singers as Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Judy Garland and others.

Tickets are $79-$149. mayoarts.org, 973-539-8008.

♦ Radio station WHDA will host “Rock the Rock Fest” on the Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 28.

The night time will embody performances by Breaking Benjamin, The Pretty Reckless, Beartooth and Dorothy.

Tickets are $39-$204. prucenter.com, 973-757‑6000.

♦ New Jersey Symphony will current “Symphonie fantastique” with visitor conductor Gemma New at three venues across the state this weekend.

The program will characteristic solo pianist George Li in Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique” and Sarah Gibson’s “warp & weft.”

Performances might be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, on the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark; 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank; and three p.m. Sunday, April 30, on the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown.

Tickets vary from $20 to $92. njsymphony.org, 800-255-3476.

♦ New Jersey Performing Art Center’s “American Song” collection will put the highlight on Audra McDonald 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29.

A star of TV, movie and theater, McDonald is the winner of six Tony Awards and has launched a collection of solo albums, together with “Way Back to Paradise” and “Sing Happy.”

Tickets are $39-$99. njpac.org, 888-696-5722.

♦ Suga, the lead rapper in the South Korean famous person Okay-pop band BTS, will convey his worldwide solo tour to the Prudential Center, 25 Lafayette St., Newark, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29. Tickets have been not accessible on-line. prucenter.com, 973-757‑6000.

♦ Hard-working Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons return to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark, 8 p.m. Friday, April 28.

With one of the crucial distinctive voices in all the American music, the New Jersey born and raised Valli has scored a bundle of hits over the many years, together with “Rag Doll,” “Sherri,” “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.”

Tickets are $49.50-$179.50. njpac.org, 888-696-5722.

♦ The Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo will convey their worldwide mix of flamenco and pop music to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 30.

Formed in 1978 in southern France, the band focuses on Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa and pop.

Tickets are $52-$182. njpac.org, 888-696-5722.

♦ The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum will rejoice Jazz Appreciation Month and the historical past of African American music in New Jersey with “Jazz in the Sourlands,” with particular occasions this weekend.

On Friday, April 28, from 6 to eight p.m., there might be a live performance and wine and cheese reception on the True Farmstead, a traditionally Black-owned property on Hollow Road in Skillman, subsequent to the museum. Guests might be invited to the National Historic Register-listed Mt. Zion AME Church to view “From Fiddlers to Jazz Bands: African American Music of the Sourlands,” a brand new exhibit. Tickets are $40.

An outside live performance that includes the Jonathan Ware Quartet will happen 1 p.m. Saturday on the True Farmstead. Vocalist Gia Ware will accompany the band. Attendees are invited to convey a picnic, blanket or chairs and BYO. Tickets are $15-$25. ssaamuseum.org, data@ssaamuseum.org.

♦ Plainfield Symphony will conclude its 103rd season with a “Tchaikovsky Festival” live performance 7 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, 716 Watchung Ave., Plainfield.

The program will characteristic the Russian composer’s “Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy” and Symphony No. 5.

Tickets are $30-$65. There is also a “Conductor’s Circle” after live performance social gathering with dinner at a personal dwelling. Tickets are $50. plainfieldsymphony.org, 908-561-5140.

Also of notice: New Jersey Youth Symphony’s “Bringing It All Together: Music, Dance & Story Beyond Cultural Boundarie,” 7 p.m.Sunday, April 30, at The Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick; Denis DiBlasio Sextet’s free “Tribute to Charlie Parker” 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at Gregory’s Restaurant and Bar in in Somers Point; “Bimah to Broadway,” a showcase of showtunes with Jewish roots, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Congregation B’nai Israel in Toms River (732-349-1244); and “Porchfest,” free live shows happening at porches round Princeton.

ART

♦ Studio Montclair could have a gap reception for “Viewpoints 2023″ 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Ave., Montclair.

The annual exhibit will highlight the works of more than 70 artists, selected from hundreds of submissions. Works “cover themes of nature, transformation, joy, and death.”

The exhibit will run by means of June 2. Hours are 1 to five p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. studiomontclair.org, 862-500-1447.

♦ The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark, 83 Norwood St. in Haledon, will host its annual May Day Festival 7 p.m. Monday, May 1.

Scheduled to carry out within the outside occasion are Bev Grant, former lead singer of the people/rock band Human Condition and founding father of the Brooklyn Women’s Choir; singer/songwriter Carolann Solebello; lyric soprano Annamaria Stefanelli, who will sing arias that have been common with immigrant employees; folks artist, former union organizer and activist George Mann; and the N.J. Industrial Union Council’s Solidarity Singers.

The present will transfer indoors in occasion of inclement climate. The museum might be open for the disclosing of its new exhibit of works by Mark Priest, “The Still Family Saga: Seeking Freedom.”

Tickets are $10. labormuseum.net, 973-595-7953.

♦ The West Orange Arts Council could have a gap reception 1 to five p.m. Saturday, April 29, for its new exhibit, “Mother Earth,” on the West Windsor Arts Center, 551 Valley Road, West Orange.

“Mother Earth” consists of works by 20 native artists that purpose to “inspire viewers to appreciate our planet and remind us of its beauty,” in line with WOAC board chair Patricia Mitrano. ““Several have depicted the essence of the powerful bond between mothers and their children.”

The exhibit will run by means of May 27. Gallery and present store hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and midday to three p.m. Sundays, or by appointment. woarts.org, data@woarts.org.

♦ The spring Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour will happen 10 a.m. to five p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30.

The free, self-guided tour will invite individuals to make stops at eight skilled artwork studio in Lambertville, Stockton, Sergeantsville and New Hope, Pa. There might be an extra 14 space artists displaying their works on the Sergeantville Firehouse occasions middle.

The tour will current quite a lot of artisans working in glass, jewellery, ceramics, solid bronze, portray, images, bookbinding, woodworking, quilts and extra. coveredbridgeartisans.com

♦ The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in Freehold could have a gap reception 3 to five p.m. Sunday, April 30, for its latest exhibit, “The Eisner Family: From Stitching Military Uniforms to Stitching Together the Red Bank Jewish Community.”

The show highlights the enterprise of Sigmund Eisner in Reb Bank, which grew from humble beginnings to a booming household enterprise, which allowed Eisner and his descendants “to employ hundreds of Jewish immigrants, support the founding of two synagogues, and serve the Jewish community in a myriad of ways.”

The museum is situated within the Mounts Corner Shopping Center, 310 Mounts Corner Drive, Freehold, on the nook of Route 537 and Wemrock Road.

The exhibit will run by means of the top of the yr. Hours are 11 a.m. to three p.m. Sundays and 10 a.m. to three p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, or by appointment. jhmomc.org

Also of notice: The Center for Contemporary Art’s annual “Art Throwdown” fundraiser, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, in Bedminster; and “Art in the Park Festival” 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 29, and 11 a.m. to five p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Goffle Brook Park, 675 Goffle Road, Hawthorne.

DANCE

♦ The fifteenth annual “Ailey Day Celebration” that includes free dance and motion courses for all ranges will happen Saturday, April 29, on the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark.

The classes, which can start at 9 a.m., might be taught by skilled artists, together with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater alumni, school and college students.

THEATER

♦ Luna Stage of Montclair will current “The Ground on Which We Stand” — a multi-writer, site-specific efficiency exploring the historical past and influence of the native James Howe House from 1780 to the current day — in two fashions this weekend.

The Howe House is the primary property within the township to be owned by an African American and previously enslaved individual, and has been the location of a lot present controversy.

Free, outside site-specific performances will happen in Montclair on Saturday, April 29. The first efficiency begins at 10 a.m., and tour teams are scheduled on the half-hour with the ultimate tour starting at 2:45 p.m. The distance traveled throughout the outside efficiency is roughly 1 mile. The 11:30 a.m. efficiency will transfer barely extra slowly for anybody who prefers a gentler stroll.

Free indoor performances will happen at Luna Stage, 555 Valley Road, West Orange, 2 and seven p.m. Sunday, April 30.

Reservations are inspired. lunastage.org, data@lunastage.org.

♦ “Heathens on the Beach,” a brand new comedy by Moorestown playwright Alex Wilkie, will get its premiere this weekend on the Ritz Theatre Company in Oaklyn.

Set within the “darkest days of the Middle Ages,” the story tells of monks who’re pressured to retreat to a nunnery after their monastery is attacked by Vikings. The nuns and monks then crew to defend their floor, ultimately resulting in a chaotic standoff pitting “the pious vs. the pagan.”

Curtain occasions are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 28-29, and a pair of p.m. Sunday, April 30. Tickets are $27. ritztheatreco.org, 856-288-3500.

♦ Mile Square Theatre, 1400 Clinton St., Hoboken, is staging its new household present, “Balloonacy,” in a four-week engagement by means of May 21.

Written by Barry Kornhauser, the 45-minute manufacturing is a “wordless comedy about the power of friendship,” and includes an ornery, lonely previous man and a misbehaved balloon.

Showtimes are 2 and 5 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. and a pair of p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $24-$35. milesquaretheatre.org, 201-683-7014.

♦ George Street Playhouse could have opening night time for the world premiere of “Tales from the Guttenberg Bible,” a comedy written by and starring Steven Gutternberg, 8 p.m. Friday, April 29, on the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 11 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick.

Joined by 4 actors enjoying 90 characters, Guttenberg tells the story of his journey from his household dwelling on Long Island to “the glamour of Hollywood … and his run-ins with everyone from Paul Reiser to Tom Selleck, Kevin Bacon to Merv Griffin.”

The manufacturing, directed by GSP inventive director David Saint, will run by means of May 21. Curtain occasions are 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and a pair of p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $25-$70. georgestreetplayhouse.org, 732-246-7717

♦ “Legally Blonde — the Musical” will maintain court docket at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, 8 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2 and eight p.m. Saturday, April 29, and a pair of p.m. Sunday, April 30.

The story follows the transformation of a younger girl as she tackles stereotypes, sexism, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her goals to turn out to be a lawyer (and impress the boy she desires so far).

Tickets are $40-$98. stnj.org, 732-246-7469.

Also of notice:

additionally of notice: Vivid Stage’s Spring Solo collection presents David Cale’s “Harry Clarke,” April 27 by means of 30 on the Oakes Center in Summit; Yardley Players’ manufacturing of “Hello Dolly,” April 28-May 7 at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor; “Something Wonderful” cocktails reception and an ensemble’s live performance revue of basic Broadway tunes, Spring Lake Theatre in Spring Lake, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29; and “Newsical the Musical,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, Stockton University’s Performing Arts Center, Galloway.

COMEDY

♦ This weekend is forecast to be wet, however the humor might be dry as ever when Steven Wright performs 8 p.m. Friday, April 28, on the Count Basie Center for the Arts, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank.

The off-beat comic has been thriving together with his deadpan type of standup since 1982, and he additionally has recorded a number of albums and appeared in movies, together with voicing a personality within the “The Emoji Movie.”

Tickets are $29-$49. thebasie.org, 732-842-9000.

OTHER

♦ Historic Longstreet Farm on Longstreet Road, Holmdel will host Wool Days/Sheep Shearing midday to three p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 29 and 30.

There might be free sheep-shearing and sheep-herding canine demonstrations and wagon rides to the Monmouth County Historical Associations’ Holmes-Hendrickson House, the place workers will reveal the way in which wool was utilized in Colonial America with spinning and weaving actions. monmouthcountyparks.com, 732-842-4000.

♦ The third annual Washington Rock ‘n’ Roll and Steampunk Fair will take over Veterans Park at 44 E. Washington Ave., and the downtown space from 10 a.m. to five p.m. Saturday, April 29.

Steampunk combines the “steam-powered Victorian Era energy of the classic science fiction genre with a punk and rock‘n’roll feel.”

Themed distributors, dwell music and actions are deliberate, together with performances by Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, This Way to the Egress and Hi-Rev Combo. Other points of interest will embody a Victorian picture sales space, Lady Gypsy and Karnevial, free STEM actions, and particular promotions at native companies. A steampunk swap might be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Buttzville Brewing, with music by A Halo Called Fred. washingtonbid.org.

♦ The Burnham Park Association will rejoice its seventy fifth anniversary with a free Family Fun Day in Burnham Park on Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities will happen close to the bigger gazebo and the hearth/picnic areas and prolong to the paths on the “Green Strip” between East Lake/West Lake boulevards and Jones Woods.

There might be kids’s video games, a “Snakes’n’Scales” presentation, K9 demonstration, watercolor workshop, nature train and a scavenger hunt. Free meals and water might be accessible. burnhampark.org, burnhamparkassoc@gmail.com

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