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The Summer Movie Season Starts Out with a Thud
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Crowdfunding: Your Next Artistic Project
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. *musicians, filmmakers, and artists have successfully raised funds and fostered awareness through crowdfunding”
Pre-Game : before you start its best to get organized
The essentials before you start a crowdfunding campaign are :
New Players Company Joins with New Deal Creative Arts Center to Present Free Public Reading Of Louisa Vilardi’s New Play TOUGH LOVE
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Ridgewood NJ, New Players Company of Ridgewood, and The New Deal Creative Arts Center of Hyde Park, NY present a free public reading of Tough Love, a new play in development written by playwright Louisa Vilardi. Tough Love is a mix of comedy and drama that explores how much it takes to give up or give in when it comes to marriage and family.
Tickets for New Players in Concert will go on sale on Monday January 6 at 7:00 p.m
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Ridgewood NJ,Tickets for New Players in Concert will go on sale on Monday January 6 at 7:00 p.m. Please review the below ticket purchase information carefully.
Continue reading Tickets for New Players in Concert will go on sale on Monday January 6 at 7:00 p.m
Registration is currently in progress for Stage Right’s Fall and August Musical Theater Workshops
July 27,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Registration is currently in progress for Stage Right’s Fall and August Musical Theater Workshops. We have availability for children in Pre-k, K and 1 st grade and limited spots for older students for the Fall program. All Workshops are conveniently located in Ridgewood NJ.
Stage Right is a musical theater program for students in grades pre-k to 8th grade. During the Fall Workshop, each week students rotate through 4 classes including drama, dance, voice and prep. The goal is to develop students’ performing skills. All students are cast in a role for our semester production. They will perform for friends and family in December.
Our mission is to develop children’s love of the arts in a nurturing environment.
Go to www.stage-right.net for more info and to register.
Enter Promo code: HappyJuly for $25 off tuition.
For more information:
Call/Text: 201-207-3525
Email: stagerightn1@gmail.com
Location: Ridgewood, NJ
Porch Light Theater : Reasons to be Pretty
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Reasons to be Pretty
Sat, October 08, 2016
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Porch Light Theater, 555 Broad Street Glen Rock, NJ
Reasons to be Pretty
PERFORMANCES: Sep 30 to Oct 08
Fridays & Saturday @ 8PM, Sundays @ 2PM
A Play by Neil LaBute
In Reasons to Be Pretty, Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker’s pretty face and his own girlfriend Steph’s lack thereof get back to Steph. But that?s just the beginning. Greg’s best buddy, Kent, and Kent’s wife, Carly, also enter into the picture, and the emotional equation becomes exponentially more complicated. As their relationships crumble, the four friends are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity, and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth?
PERFORMANCES: Sep 30 to Oct 08
Fridays & Saturday @ 8PM, Sundays @ 2PM
A Play by Neil LaBute
In Reasons to Be Pretty, Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker’s pretty face and his own girlfriend Steph’s lack thereof get back to Steph. But that?s just the beginning. Greg’s best buddy, Kent, and Kent’s wife, Carly, also enter into the picture, and the emotional equation becomes exponentially more complicated. As their relationships crumble, the four friends are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity, and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth?
Ali Stroker will be hosting a series of special theater workshops for teenage performers in Ridgewood on August 26th and 27th
August 23,2016
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Ridgewood NJ, the incredibly talented & inspirational Ali Stroker, a Ridgewood native who has appeared on Broadway & TV. Ali made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-nominated Spring Awakening revival last year where she became the first-ever performer in a wheelchair to perform in a Broadway show .Ali also appeared on FOX’s Glee and as a finalist on The Glee Project.
Ali Stroker is hosting a series of special theater workshops for teenage performers in Ridgewood on August 26th and 27th with a few other Broadway & TV actors .
Ali Stroker’s been up to a lot this summer including being a keynote speaker in Boston at the American Alliance for Theatre and Education in addition to traveling across the country speaking at hospitals and other rehabilitation centers. Last month she was also a guest camp leader at an incredible camp for special needs kids called Camp Tatiyee in Arizona & earlier this summer did a reading of a new musical, Other World.
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Presents Shakespeare in the Park
Sun, July 17, 2016
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, E. Ridgewood Ave.-Walnut-Van Neste
Event Description
The is FREE to the public.
Shakespeare in the Park July 17th
(weather permitting)
Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce and Porch Light Productions proudly presents a
Th Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged”
It’s a super fun comedy and sure to be an audience pleaser !
All 37 Plays in 97 minutes ! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged was London’s longest running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London’s West End at the Citerion Theater
Bring your umbrella-hat for shade, blankets-chairs to sit on, cold drinks to stay cool and your listening ear for some of Shakespeare’s best words.
for more details and weather reports
201-445-2600 or email –
info@ridgewoodchamber.com for updates.
Ali Stroker Makes History as the First Performer in a Wheelchair in a Broadway Show
MAY 31, 2016 – 9:14 AM
Ali Stroker says that her life took a radical turn the summer she was 7. Her next-door neighbor decided to direct a backyard production of Annie and cast Stroker as Annie. “It was a really special summer. I remember my life beginning,” says Stroker. From the time she was 2, a car accident left her paralyzed from the chest down. “I felt like my identity was around my wheelchair for so long” she says. “Once I started performing I was someone else. I could be an actress and singer and not just a girl in a wheelchair.”
From that Annie production, Stroker was hooked. Playing different roles, becoming a variety of people was healing. Performing bolstered her confidence. “It served different purposes not only in my career, but also helped me become the person that I am today,” she says. She also took voice lessons finding singing to be totally liberating. “Being paralyzed my body doesn’t necessarily always do what I want it to do,” Stroker explains. “But with my voice there are no limitations. It’s not held back by anything.”
Ridgewood’s Ali Stroker Makes History as the First Performer in a Wheelchair in a Broadway Show
MAY 31, 2016 – 9:14 AM
Ali Stroker says that her life took a radical turn the summer she was 7. Her next-door neighbor decided to direct a backyard production of Annie and cast Stroker as Annie. “It was a really special summer. I remember my life beginning,” says Stroker. From the time she was 2, a car accident left her paralyzed from the chest down. “I felt like my identity was around my wheelchair for so long” she says. “Once I started performing I was someone else. I could be an actress and singer and not just a girl in a wheelchair.”
From that Annie production, Stroker was hooked. Playing different roles, becoming a variety of people was healing. Performing bolstered her confidence. “It served different purposes not only in my career, but also helped me become the person that I am today,” she says. She also took voice lessons finding singing to be totally liberating. “Being paralyzed my body doesn’t necessarily always do what I want it to do,” Stroker explains. “But with my voice there are no limitations. It’s not held back by anything.”
When she was 11, she was cast in a professional singing group, the Kids for Kids Project, and toured the country talking about inclusion and raising awareness for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. “I was working with other professional kids, and it made me really realize that I wanted to do this as a career,” says Stroker.
