NJN - Jersey Arts the Podcast
This podcast goes on location with creative personalities and productions throughout the state of New Jersey. Jersey Arts: The Podcast is produced by State of the Arts, NJN Public Television's weekly arts magazine, and hosted by Discover Jersey Arts. Visit us at www.jerseyarts.com.
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The Convert | 01/11/12
Young playwright Danai Gurira first made waves with “Eclipsed,” her ...
Young playwright Danai Gurira first made waves with “Eclipsed,” her play about 5 young Liberian women during that country’s civil war. She is now writing a cycle of plays about Zimbabwe and Zimbabwean identity. Part one, “The Convert,” premieres at the McCarter Theatre January 13th to February 12th. It starts at the beginning, during the first black/white conflict in 1895, with the story of Jekesai (aka Ester), a young village girl who escapes a forced marriage by embracing Christianity. Susan Wallner talks to Gurira about the play and about her own experience as a “ZimAmerican.”
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Dave Devries | 12/20/11
Producer Eric Schultz visits comic artist, painter, illustrator and author ...
Producer Eric Schultz visits comic artist, painter, illustrator and author Daves Devries at his Budd Lake, NJ home. In 1998, Devries asked the question, what would a child's drawing look like if it were painted realistically? A book, gallery exhibitions, lectures and a website that went viral in its first month with over 17 million hits followed."
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Bakersfield Mist | 11/30/11
Inspired by a true story, an unemployed bartender living in ...
Inspired by a true story, an unemployed bartender living in a trailer park buys a painting at a thrift store for three dollars – and then comes to believe that it might be a long-lost Jackson Pollock worth millions. However, as she learns, words like “authenticity” can become slippery when the art world is forced to clash with the rest of the world. That’s the premise of Bakersfield Mist, which will have its Garden State premiere this week at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch. It runs from December 1 – January 22, 2012. Christopher Benincasa speaks with Executive Producer Gabor Barabas.
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Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird | 11/09/11
Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird was an ...
Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird was an instant classic that was made into a great movie. Mary Badham played the role of "Scout" when she was 10 years old, and it transformed her life. Susan Wallner talks to Badham about her special relationship with Gregory Peck ("Atticus") and the universal appeal of this Southern tale of race, justice, and childhood. The play To Kill A Mockingbird runs at the Shakespeare Festival of NJ through September 20th.
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Atlantic City Ballet's Dracula | 10/18/11
The Atlantic City Ballet is performing Dracula just in time ...
The Atlantic City Ballet is performing Dracula just in time for Halloween. Producer Eric Schultz recently chatted with AC Ballet's founding director Phyllis Papa, who created the work five years ago. She says, "it's more of a dance experience than a ballet, scary, sexy and dramatic."
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Junot Díaz, Author | 9/27/11
For years, Junot Díaz was known for his explosive collection ...
For years, Junot Díaz was known for his explosive collection of short stories, "Drown," set in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic. His readers loyally waited for his next book - a novel that took him 11 years to write. "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," about a Dominican American nerd from Paterson, New Jersey, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. Susan Wallner talks to Díaz about what New Jersey means to him, as a writer and as a one-time resident of the state.
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Alan Menken and Newsies at Paper Mill Playhouse | 9/07/11
“Newsies,” Disney’s beloved 1992 film classic, arrives on-stage at Paper ...
“Newsies,” Disney’s beloved 1992 film classic, arrives on-stage at Paper Mill Playhouse this month, with a spiffed-up book by Harvey Fierstein and new songs by Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken. On the Jersey Arts Podcast, Christopher Benincasa talks to Menken about his recent work, the challenges of updating a classic film musical for the stage, and the creative team’s hopes for the future of this highly-anticipated new musical.
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Jed Gaylin, Music Director of the Bay Atlantic Symphony | 8/16/11
Conductor Jed Gaylin has transformed the Bay Atlantic Symphony during ...
Conductor Jed Gaylin has transformed the Bay Atlantic Symphony during his fourteen years as Music Director. Eric Schultz talks to Gaylin about sold out concert halls, summers performances in Avalon and all the great music the Bay Atlantic Symphony will be performing this year, including a Motown pops concert in Atlantic City.
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Sounds of the City | 7/29/11
NJPAC’s Sounds of the City is a summer tradition in ...
NJPAC’s Sounds of the City is a summer tradition in Newark – a free Thursday night concert series attracting thousands of people held outside in Theater Square. It features the hottest new artists around, playing everything from jazz and pop to hip-hop and world music to the ever popular salsa night. This season ends on September 1st with a tribute to Michael Jackson. Susan Wallner talks to the producer, Verushka Wray-Spirito, about the phenomenon of Sounds of the City.
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The Smithereens' Dennis Diken | 7/12/11
The Smithereens have just released their first album of new ...
The Smithereens have just released their first album of new material in twelve years - Smithereens 2011 - and now the band of New Jersey natives is back on tour and enjoying a warm welcome from critics and fans alike. They'll be performing at WXPN's XPoNential Music Festival in Camden on Friday, July 22. Christopher Benincasa spoke with Smithereens drummer Dennis Diken about the legacy - and future - of a homegrown rock band that's still going strong in its 31st year.
