2014–15 SEASON
SOPAC SEASON SEPTEMBER JAZZ
Ramsey Lewis In Performance and Conversation SAT, SEPT 13 AT 8PM Tickets: $48, $58, $68, $88 SOPAC 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.
Ramsey Lewis
John Hiatt
ROOTS, AMERICANA, SINGER-SONGWRITER
John Hiatt
SUN, SEPT 14 AT 7:30PM Tickets: $55, $60, $70 SOPAC 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.
Manhattan Transfer
CLASSIC ROCK, TRIBUTE
POP, CLASSICAL
JAZZ, VOCALS
EagleMania
Investors Bank & Majestic Castle Music present
The Manhattan Transfer Living Room Sessions
Michéal Castaldo A Musical Celebration of the Italian Spirit SAT, SEPT 20 AT 8PM Tickets: $25, $30, $35 SOPAC Members: $20, $25, $30 EagleMania has emerged as the greatest Eagles tribute band, thrilling audiences up and down the East Coast since their inception.
2014
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, heartfelt, and authentic.
FRI, SEPT 26 AT 8PM Tickets: $48, $68, $78, $98 SOPAC 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.
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OCTOBER COMEDY
Bobby Collins
SAT, OCT 4 AT 8PM Tickets: $30, $35, $40 SOPAC 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.
Storm Large
NOVEMBER
REGGAE
POP, ROCK, CABARET
CLASSIC ROCK
The Wailers “Legend” 30th Anniversary Tour
Storm Large Pink Martini’s Vocalist
Jefferson Starship The 40th Anniversary Tour
WED, OCT 8 AT 7:30PM
SAT, NOV 1 AT 8PM
THURS, NOV 6 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $35, $40, $45 SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $40
Tickets: $25, $30 SOPAC Members: $20, $25
Tickets: $39, $50, $65 SOPAC Members: $34, $45, $60
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 fierce personal commitment.
Jefferson Starship soar into their 40th year, carrying one of rock music’s greatest legacies and halcyon repertoires.
FOLK
COMEDY
Arlo Guthrie The Solo Reunion Tour… Together At Last
Ralphie May
TUES, NOV 4 AT 7:30PM
FRI, NOV 7 AT 8PM
Tickets: $45, $58, $68, $78 SOPAC Members: $40, $53, $63, $73
Tickets: $29, $39, $49 SOPAC Members: $24, $34, $44
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, taking 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, $58 SOPAC Members: $33, $43, $53 An evening of jazzed up Broadway classics and songbook standards.
Christine Ebersole
Legendary singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie performs an evening featuring his most beloved songs.
Arlo Guthrie
Since his debut on the very first season of “Last Comic Standing,” audiences just can’t get enough of this larger-than-life comedian.
Ralphie May
NOVEMBER, continued FOLK, BLUEGRASS, BIG BAND
David Bromberg Big Band
SAT, NOV 8 AT 8PM Tickets: $48, $60, $70 SOPAC 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.
David Bromberg
WORLD MUSIC, PORTUGESE FADO
THEATRE, MUSICAL
CLASSIC ROCK
Ana Moura
Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway
The Weight Celebrating the Music of Levon Helm and The Band
SUN, NOV 9 AT 7:30PM
SAT, NOV 15 AT 8PM
FRI, NOV 21 AT 8PM
Tickets: $35, $40, $50 SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $45
Tickets: $35, $45, $55 SOPAC Members: $30, $40, $50
Tickets: $27, $32, $38 SOPAC Members: $22, $27, $33
Described by Examiner as “a torch singer with Mediterranean qualities,” exquisite vocalist Ana Moura possesses a sound unlike any other in fado.
100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest 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.
CLASSIC ROCK, TRIBUTE
SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ, POP, R&B
Get the Led Out The American Led Zeppelin
Rachelle Ferrell
JAZZ
Giants of Jazz Honoring McCoy Tyner SAT, NOV 29 AT 8PM
FRI, NOV 14 AT 8PM
SUN, NOV 16 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $35, $40, $50 SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $45
Tickets: $59, $69, $75 SOPAC Members: $54, $64, $70
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.
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.
Ana Moura
Replicating the music of The Band is a tall order. But interpreting the music of The Band is an art.
Rachelle Ferrell
Tickets: $50, $60 SOPAC Members: $45, $55 Seniors/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.
DECEMBER
BIG BAND, JAZZ, STANDARDS
The Glenn Miller Orchestra: In the Christmas Mood FRI, DEC 12 AT 8PM
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Tickets: $30, $35, $45 SOPAC 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, $40 SOPAC Members: $25, $30, $35 The Ladies perform classic Christmas carols, in their signature arrangements highlighting unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies and spectacular step-dancing. A wonderful Christmas program complete with full band and traditional Irish step dancers.
OLDIES
Jay and the Americans
SAT, DEC 27 AT 8PM Tickets: $39, $49, $59 SOPAC 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!
Jay and the Americans
Madeline Peyroux
JANUARY SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ
CLASSIC ROCK
Madeline Peyroux
Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam
THU, JAN 8 AT 7:30PM
SUN, JAN 11 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $50, $65, $75 SOPAC Members: $45, $60, $70
Tickets: $55, $65, $75 SOPAC Members: $50, $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 five 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.
Take a journey back to the greatest days of rock with Dave Mason’s sight and sound experience, Traffic Jam. Mason founded Traffic with Steve Winwood while both were still teenagers, and created music that would find its way into the hearts of generations of music lovers.
FEBRUARY
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
John Pizzarelli
Hugh Masekela
Arrival From Sweden
WORLD MUSIC, AFRICAN, A CAPPELLA
WORLD MUSIC, JAZZ, AFRICAN
FOLK, ACOUSTIC, GUITAR
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela
Leo Kottke
THU, FEB 5 AT 7:30PM
FRI, FEB 20 AT 8PM
SUN, FEB 22 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $38, $48, $58 SOPAC Members: $33, $43, $53
Tickets: $45, $55, $65 SOPAC Members: $40, $50, $60
Tickets: $32, $37, $42 SOPAC Members: $27, $32, $37
Now celebrating over fifty 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 fifty plus years, the a cappella vocal group has created a musical and spiritual message that has touched a worldwide audience.
Two of South Africa’s true freedom fighters 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 homecountry of South Africa, connect Apartheid-scarred South Africa with its promise for a better future.
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.
JAZZ
JAZZ
POP, TRIBUTE
Spyro Gyra
John Pizzarelli Quartet
Arrival From Sweden The Music of Abba
THURS, FEB 12 AT 7:30PM
SAT, FEB 21 AT 8PM
THU, FEB 26 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $38, $48, $55 SOPAC members: $33, $43, $50
Tickets: $49, $59 SOPAC Members: $44, $54
Tickets: $39, $49, $59 SOPAC Members: $34, $44, $54
This legendary jazz fusion band has released over thirty albums, selling more 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!
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 flavor of his brilliant guitar playing and singing.
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 outfits.
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New Jersey State Council on the Arts Choreography Fellowship Showcase
Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker
FRI, OCT 10 AT 8PM
SAT, DEC 6 AT 2PM & 7PM
Tickets: $20 SOPAC Members: $15
Tickets: $30 adults, $15 children 12 and under SOPAC Members: $25 adults, $10 children 12 and under
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 choreographers and their dance companies.
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
JAZZ IN THE LOFT & BLUES IN THE LOFT SELECT SUNDAYS AT 7PM
Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker is “Jumpin’ with Jazz” in his adaptation of the timeless holiday classic performed by the diverse and talented dancers of Lustig Dance Theatre.
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.
Lydia Johnson Dance
Presented by the Village of South Orange, The Baird and the South Orange Performing Arts Center.
The Legacy Project A Dance of Hope THURS, NOV 13 AT 7:30PM
SAT, FEB 28 AT 8PM
Tickets: $25, $30 SOPAC Members: $20, $25
Tickets: $25, $30 SOPAC members: $20, $25
Seton Hall University and South Orange Performing Arts Center present The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company in an epic event of “dancetheatre,” 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.
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.
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.
“A tantalizingly distinctive choreographer” —The New York Times
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Lydia Johnson Dance
Schoolhouse Rock Live
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Tom Chapin’s Family Concert
Ivy+Bean, The Musical
SAT, OCT 11 AT 2PM
SAT, JAN 24 AT 2PM
Tickets: $20 Adults, $13 kids 12 and under SOPAC members: $15 Adults, $8 kids 12 and under
Tickets: $27 Adults, $20 kids 12 and under SOPAC members: $22 Adults, $15 kids 12 and under
Tom Chapin engages hearts, minds and imaginations with witty, lifeaffirming original songs delivered in a sophisticated array of musical styles.
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.
The Monster Who Ate My Peas
Schoolhouse Rock Live
SAT, NOV 22 AT 2PM
SAT, FEB 21 AT 2PM
Tickets: $18 SOPAC Members: $13
Tickets: $25 Adults, $18 kids 12 and under SOPAC members: $20 Adults, $13 kids 12 and under
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
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.”
SAT, DEC 6 AT 2PM & 7PM Please see this performance in the Dance Series for further details.
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Tom Chapin
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PRESENTS PIANO GUITAR DUO
CLASSICAL
CHORAL
Dick Hyman and Bucky Pizzarelli
I Pagliacci, concert version by Ruggero Leoncavallo Conducted by Jason Tramm
Seton Hall University Choir and Orchestra Winter Concert
TUES, OCT 7 AT 7:30PM
with the MidAtlantic Opera Orchestra and the Seton Hall Chorus
WED, DEC 2 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8 Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25 Join these legendary jazz greats for an evening of entertainment that is not to be missed!
WED, NOV 5 AT 7PM Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8 Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25
JAZZ
Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory Directed by Deirdre Yates
Count Basie Orchestra
THURS–SAT, OCT 23, 24, 25 AT 8 PM FRI–SAT, OCT 24 & 26 AT 2 PM
TUES, NOV 18 AT 7:30PM
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
Atlantic Brass Quintet
THEATER
FREE Admission
FREE Admission
WED, DEC 10 AT 7:30PM Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8 Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25
Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8 Senior 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!
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.
JUILLIARD @ SOPAC Tickets: $25 | SOPAC members: $20 JAZZ
CLASSICAL
Seasonal Swing from Juilliard Jazz, Featuring Vocalist Alicia Olatuja
The Aeolus Quartet
Alicia Olatuja
SUN, DEC 7 AT 3PM
SUN, FEB 22 AT 3PM
CLASSICAL
CLASSICAL
Jiayan Sun, piano
Weixiong Wang, clarinet
SUN, JAN 18 AT 3PM
SUN, MAR 22 AT 3PM
Weixiong Wang
LA CINÉMATHÈQUE FILM CLUB Renowned Russian Film Makers | Curated by Gerard Ansellem See 6 films for only $68 An international film and discussion series available by subscription only. Call (973) 313-2797 for more information.
Burnt by the Sun
The Sacrifice
Battleship Potemkin
SUN, SEPT 14 AT 2PM
SUN, NOV 9 AT 2PM
SUN, FEB 1 AT 2PM
The Cranes are Flying directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
The Sacrifice directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Battleship Potemkin directed by Sergei Eisenstein and
SUN, OCT 19 AT 2PM
SUN, JAN 11 AT 2PM
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears directed by Vladimir Menshov
Burnt by the Sun directed by Nikita Mikhalov
Mother and Son directed by Alexander Sokurov
MIDTOWN DIRECT REP The Subject Staged reading of a new play by Chisa Hutchinson Directed by Jade King Carroll SUN, OCT 12 AT 7PM Tickets: $15 An upstart documentarian builds his success on the death of one of his teenage 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.
Chisa Hutchinson
Visit www.SOPACnow.org for more information on readings November 2, January 25 and March 8.
THE HERB & MILLY IRIS GALLERY AT SOPAC The Herb & Milly Iris Gallery is open Mon–Sat, noon–6PM, and two hours prior to performances.
by Mansa Mussa
A Conversation by Ann Vollum & Russell Christian
Precious Memories: A RetroSpective by Mansa Mussa
ON DISPLAY THROUGH SEPT 13
ON DISPLAY OCT– FEB 15, 2015
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Jack and the Beanstalk SAT, MAR 21 AT 2PM
Gaelic Storm SUN, MAR 1 AT 7:30PM
The Priests WED, MAR 25 AT 7:30PM
Janis Ian and Tom Paxton WED, MAR 4 AT 7:30PM
Forbidden Broadway SAT, MAR 28 AT 8PM
Keb’ Mo’ Band THURS, MAR 12 AT 7:30PM
Alice in Wonderland SAT, APR 11 AT 2PM
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
The Jungle Book SUN, MAY 3 AT 2PM The Machine Performs Pink Floyd SAT, MAY 16 AT 8PM
MAJOR FUNDERS SOPAC 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.
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