Apr
8
Sun
Straight No Chaser: The Speakeasy Tour @ Count Basie Theatre
Apr 8 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Straight No Chaser: The Speakeasy Tour @ Count Basie Theatre | Red Bank | New Jersey | United States

Straight No Chaser (SNC) are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch. They have emerged as a phenomenon with a massive fan base, numerous national TV appearances and proven success with CD releases. Straight No Chaser is the real deal, the captivating sound of nine unadulterated human voices coming together to make extraordinary music that is moving people in a fundamental sense… and with a sense of humor.

May
5
Sat
Camp Burton at Allaire, 1929 @ Historic Village at Allaire
May 5 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Camp Burton at Allaire, 1929 @ Historic Village at Allaire  | Wall Township | New Jersey | United States

Come to The Historic Village at Allaire this spring to learn about some of Allaire’s history at Camp Burton! You will learn how the Boy Scouts of America and others have utilized this camp throughout history through exploration of the camp, as well as craft demonstrations, games, and demonstrations of life saving skills to name a few.

May
31
Thu
The Midtown Men @ Count Basie Theatre
May 31 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Midtown Men @ Count Basie Theatre | Red Bank | New Jersey | United States

This sensational production reunites Four Stars from the Original Cast of Broadway’s Jersey Boys. Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer, star in this one-of-a-kind concert experience celebrating the music that defined the ’60s.
These talented entertainers shared the Broadway stage for over a thousand performances in the mega-hit Jersey Boys. Now, as The Midtown Men, they have thrilled crowds on concert stages and symphony halls across the continent, and have delighted television audiences with performances on “Good Morning America,” “Access Hollywood,” “Katie,” and “The Chew.” Additionally, the Men collaborated with rock and roll icon Stevie Van Zandt on their first radio single, “All Alone On Christmas,” featuring Van Zandt and members of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. The group had the distinct honor of opening the National Tree Lighting Ceremony at the White House.
Don’t miss this electrifying and soulful new production with its top-shelf choreography, incredible vocal performances and legendary onstage chemistry.

Nov
9
Fri
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE @ Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Nov 9 – Nov 18 all-day
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE @  Lauren K. Woods Theatre | West Long Branch | New Jersey | United States

The Department of Music and Theatre Arts presents The Drowsy Chaperone, directed by Prof. Sheri Anderson. When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

Nov 9: 8:00pm 

Nov 10: 8:00pm

Nov 11: 3:00pm

Nov 14: 8:00pm

Nov 15: 8:00pm

Nov 16: 8:00pm

Nov 17: 8:00pm

Nov 18: 3:00pm

Nov
18
Sun
Fabulous Food a Holiday Art Exhibition and Model Train Display @ Monmouth Museum
Nov 18 – Dec 30 all-day
Fabulous Food a Holiday Art Exhibition and Model Train Display @ Monmouth Museum | Middletown | New Jersey | United States

The popular Holiday Model Trains display will once again be on display in the Main Gallery of the Monmouth Museum. This is one of the most unique Train Exhibitions in the world because it is surrounded by an International Juried Art Exhibition, this year’s theme is, Fabulous Food! The trains have 6 lines on 3 levels, with over 1200 scale feet of track. The model train layout includes an airport and Jersey Shore seaside boardwalk amusement park. Much of the community is represented by the various real estate named for local businesses and families. The Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders assemble the Holiday Model Trains and create numerous upgrades and additions to this ever-expanding display. The exhibition is designed for kids of all ages, with interactive buttons accessible for their height.

Dates & Times

Nov 18: 12:00pm — 5:00pmNov 20: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 21: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 22: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 23: 10:00am — 9:00pmNov 24: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 25: 12:00pm — 5:00pmNov 27: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 28: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 29: 10:00am — 5:00pmNov 30: 10:00am — 9:00pmDec 1: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 2: 12:00pm — 5:00pmDec 4: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 5: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 6: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 7: 10:00am — 9:00pmDec 8: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 9: 12:00pm — 5:00pmDec 11: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 12: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 13: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 14: 10:00am — 9:00pmDec 15: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 16: 12:00pm — 5:00pmDec 18: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 19: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 20: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 21: 10:00am — 9:00pmDec 22: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 23: 12:00pm — 5:00pmDec 25: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 26: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 27: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 28: 10:00am — 9:00pmDec 29: 10:00am — 5:00pmDec 30: 12:00pm — 5:00pm

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE @ Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Nov 18 – Nov 27 all-day
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE @  Lauren K. Woods Theatre | West Long Branch | New Jersey | United States

The Department of Music and Theatre Arts presents The Drowsy Chaperone, directed by Prof. Sheri Anderson. When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

Nov 9: 8:00pm 

Nov 10: 8:00pm

Nov 11: 3:00pm

Nov 14: 8:00pm

Nov 15: 8:00pm

Nov 16: 8:00pm

Nov 17: 8:00pm

Nov 18: 3:00pm

Dec
12
Wed
Vienna Boys Choir @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Dec 12 @ 7:30 pm

Boys have been singing at Vienna’s Imperial Chapel since 1296. In 1498, Maximilian I (HRR) moved his court to Vienna, lock, stock, and choir, thus founding the “Hofmusikkapelle” (Chapel Imperial), and the Vienna Boys Choir. Over the centuries, the Viennese Court attracted great musicians like Isaac, de Monte, Fux, Caldara, Gluck, Salieri, Mozart, and Bruckner; Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, and Franz Schubert were themselves choir boys. Until 1918, the boys sang exclusively for the court. In the 1920s, the choir was reestablished as a private organisation. Since 1926, 2482 Vienna Boys Choir has sung 1000 tours in 97 different countries. Gerald Wirth is the choir’s Artistic Director, and its president.

Dec
16
Sun
Monmouth Civic Chorus – Joy to the World: A Christmas Suite @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Dec 16 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Monmouth Civic Chorus - Joy to the World: A Christmas Suite @ Count Basie Center for the Arts | Red Bank | New Jersey | United States

The sounds of the season spring to life as Monmouth Civic Chorus presents their annual holiday concert. Artistic Director Dr. Ryan Brandau masterfully intertwines original settings of holiday favorites with a plethora of favorite choruses from Handel’s beloved Messiah and Bach’s brilliant Magnificat.

Jan
5
Sat
January “Edgy” All – Member Exhibit @ Guild of Creative Arts
Jan 5 @ 3:00 pm – Jan 30 @ 5:00 pm
January "Edgy” All - Member Exhibit @ Guild of Creative Arts | Shrewsbury | New Jersey | United States

The Guild’s wacky “All-Member Edgy Exhibit” will be on display for the month of January. According to Webster’s Dictionary, “Edgy” means “at the forefront of a trend, experimental, avant-garde, innovative, original, or offbeat. The Main Gallery will showcase works in all media – acrylic, assemblage, collage and mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture, watercolor and wood in a variety of unusual subject matter. Reception Sunday, January 6, 3 – 5 pm.

Jan
6
Sun
The Met Opera: La Traviata Encore @ Monmouth University Pollak Theatre
Jan 6 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
The Met Opera: La Traviata Encore @ Monmouth University Pollak Theatre | West Long Branch | New Jersey | United States

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s timeless tragedy La Traviata. Directed by Michael Mayer, this new production features a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Diana Damrau is the doomed heroine Violetta, opposite Juan Diego Flórez as her lover, Alfredo, and Quinn Kelsey as Alfredo’s protective father, Giorgio Germont.

Jan
30
Wed
January “Edgy” All – Member Exhibit @ Guild of Creative Arts
Jan 30 @ 3:00 pm – Feb 24 @ 5:00 pm
January "Edgy” All - Member Exhibit @ Guild of Creative Arts | Shrewsbury | New Jersey | United States

The Guild’s wacky “All-Member Edgy Exhibit” will be on display for the month of January. According to Webster’s Dictionary, “Edgy” means “at the forefront of a trend, experimental, avant-garde, innovative, original, or offbeat. The Main Gallery will showcase works in all media – acrylic, assemblage, collage and mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture, watercolor and wood in a variety of unusual subject matter. Reception Sunday, January 6, 3 – 5 pm.

Mar
3
Sun
History of the Sand Hill Indians @ Asbury Park Museum
Mar 3 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
History of the Sand Hill Indians @ Asbury Park Museum

At the Asbury Park museum there will be a presentation by Claire T. Garland, Director of the Sand Hill Indian Historical Society and Sharon Coleman Davis. The two ladies will share their family roots and history of the Cherokee Indian inhabitants of our area going back to the early 1700s.

Apr
3
Wed
Ruben Studdard: Ruben Sings Luther @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Apr 3 @ 8:00 pm

IMAGINE… the vocals and music performed like Luther Vandross himself performed them in concert… with hits such as “Always and Forever,” “Never Too Much,” “Here and Now,” “A House Is Not A Home” — and so many more!

Ruben Sings Luther is a magical night out – a special concert event for Ruben Studdard fans and millions of Luther Vandross fans who long for his music – who now have a show that comes very close to the feeling of his memorable concerts – it’s a vocal tribute to his remarkable talent.

There will never be another Luther Vandross, and no other VOICE comes closer to him than Ruben – the remarkable singer who was hailed as the “next Luther” during his American Idol run, and was nominated for a Grammy for singing “Superstar”..

Produced by Stig Edgren – the creative force who staged events for numerous Popes and Presidents, created “Elvis Presley – In Concert”, The Colors of Christmas, designed shows for Earth, Wind & Fire, Gloria Estefan, and created Natalie Cole’s “Unforgettable” live video.

This is as close as you’ll get to a Luther show!

Apr
5
Fri
Engelbert Humperdinck-The Angel on My Shoulder Tour @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Apr 5 @ 7:30 pm

Engelbert Humperdinck never wanted to be a singer. A career in music, yes, but he was extraordinarily shy. The youngest boy of a family of ten children originally from Leicester, England, he grew up in Madras, India, where his father was stationed during World War II. Engelbert’s childhood was dominated by the love of his parents and his brothers and sisters. He knew he could sing harmonies, but the power of his own voice came as a surprise to him and other people. “It’s just so loud, but I discovered I can be tender with it at the same time.”

In a career spanning almost 50 years, Engelbert has generated sales in excess of 140 million records, including 64 gold albums and 35 platinum, four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe, and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Las Vegas Walk of Fame, and Leicester Walk of Fame. He has performed for the Queen four times, several presidents and many heads of state. He has recorded everything from the most romantic ballads to movie theme songs, disco, rock, and even gospel. His unique voice has charmed millions of fans around the globe. However, it’s not just the voice, but the man himself, with his endearing sense of humor and self-deprecating jokes. Engelbert has managed to strike a new chord with a younger generation after appearing on MTV several times.

Engelbert exploded on to the music scene in the sixties with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. His sixties did not so much swing as rage. The shy handsome boy catapulted almost instantly to world icon. He became great friends with Elvis Presley and the two legends often performed each other’s songs. His first single in the charts was “Release Me,” which went into the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks on the charts. It was No. 1 in 11 countries. The song was re-released after being used for a UK national television commercial for John Smith’s beer.

The following decades saw Engelbert touring the world to sell-out crowds. Engelbert seems to take great pleasure in every moment on stage, a place where he can lose his inhibitions and no longer be the child who was once shy.

Engelbert’s music has transcended time and his voice still continues to reach out to people now – serving to transport and inspire, to embrace and to provoke feelings and emotions…ingredients that are no doubt the essence of his long-lasting success.

Apr
16
Tue
Classical Fun @ Wilson Auditorium
Apr 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

A joyous program of music by some of the greatest composers of all time—Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and others.
The MU Chamber Orchestra, comprising students, faculty, staff, and administrators, performs a variety of compositions from the classical repertory. This spring concert also features music for chamber ensembles from within the orchestra-solos, duos, trios, quintets.

Apr
18
Thu
In the Mood: a 1940’s musical revue @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Apr 18 @ 7:30 pm

This show was originally scheduled for April 7th all tickets for the original date will be honored on April 18, 2019 at 7:30pm. Refunds will be offered until February 1st.

IN THE MOOD is a celebration of the music of the 1930s & 40s – the Big Band era. It was the last time that all Americans were listening and dancing to the same kind of music. With our live sensational 13 piece String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra and our fabulous IN THE MOOD Singers and Dancers, the great melodies and lyrics that are still with us today are presented in a musical revue that is jazzy, sentimental, rhythmic, nostalgic and patriotic – all happening at the same time. With music arrangements, costumes and choreography IN THE MOOD is as authentic as it gets.

Apr
25
Thu
Colors Of The City @ Monmouth Museum
Apr 25 @ 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Come see author Sarah A. Long  present her book,  “Colors Of The City”. A craft event based off of the book will be held after presentations. Sarah will stick around after the event for any questions.

 

 

Jun
8
Sat
Blockbuster All-Orchestral Season Finale @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Jun 8 @ 8:00 pm
Aug
10
Sat
Let’s Hang On- A Tribute To Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons @ Strand Center for the Arts
Aug 10 @ 8:00 pm

James D’Amico Productions Presents

Performing to sold out audiences nation wide, Let’s Hang On! has established itself as the premiere tribute to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Capturing that iconic sound with crisp harmonies and sleek choreography you are sure to take a trip down memory lane with some of the best music from the 1960’s. Proudly dubbed America’s #1 Frankie Valli tribute show, if you liked “Jersey Boys” you will love Let’s Hang On!

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