2013 - 14 Season of Events
Archive of Centenary Stage Company's 2013 - 14 season of events including professional theatre productions, live music and dance events.
Curtain Up!
w/ Betty Buckley
October 4 - 20
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
In her new Broadway revue Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway, Buckley sings some of her favorite
songs sung by male characters from Broadway shows, including numbers from Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Pippin, Mame and La Cage Aux Folles. Buckley won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, and also starred in Triumph of Love, Sunset Boulevard, 1776, Pippin and many more Broadway hits. She's recorded a dozen albums, including the Grammy-nominated concert recording Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at The Donmar, and starred in such TV series as Eight is Enough, HBO's Oz and the 2010 miniseries The Pacific.
Artistic
Deathtrap
Professional Theatre Series
October 4 - 20
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
by Ira Levin
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One of the most popular successes in Broadway history, Deathtrapis a chilling murder-mystery mixed with a healthy dose of humor. Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers is battling a crippling dry spell when suddenly help seems to come from out of nowhere. He receives a script in the mail from a student in the seminar he has been conduction at a nearby college - a thriller Sidney recognizes as a potential Broadway hit. What happens next is the stuff of Deathtrap.
The English Bride
Professional Theatre Series
October 22 - November 17
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
by Lucile Lichtblau
Presented at 59E59 in New York City. A love affair, a bomb, an interrogation - Who was using whom? Following a failed bombing attempt on an El Al flight out of London, the search for the truth becomes an elusive chase in the interrogation of the young Englishwoman and the Arab man with whom she has fallen in love.
Bittersuite: Songs of More Experience
Black Box Festival
November 7 - 10
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
The third installment of the popular song cycle trilogy covers life's ups and downs, highs and lows and the bittersweet moments in between.
The original Bittersuite: Songs of Experience ran Off-Broadway for a year to critical acclaim, and a revised version, Bittersuite: One More Time ran for several months after that. The original version ran in LA and Chicago and has been produced all over the world. This new edition focuses on how people grow and learn life's vital lessons, both serious and humorous.
Miracles and Mindgames
with John B. Born
Black Box Festival
November 14 - 17
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Born has dedicated his life to the performance and advancement of the magical arts. He now travels the world as full-time entertainer, lecturer, writer, and innovator in the magical arts. He has written two best selling instructional books on magic and mentalism, and is feature on ten instructional DVDs filmed out o Las Vegas and Reno.
The Essence:
A Yiddish Theatre Dim Sum
Black Box Festival
November 21 - 24
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Plated to sold out audiences at last year's New York Fringe Festival, The Essence: A Yiddish Theatre Dim Sum is a rollicking comedy that lets audiences in on the best kept secret - Yiddish is actually cool. A fast-moving revue for people who know nothing about Yiddish. It's about the most expressive and theatrical language in the world, with scenes, sketches, songs, and oddball diversions with an irreverent introduction to all things Yiddish.
A Christmas Carol
The Musical
Family Holiday Spectacular
November 29 - December 15
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Charles Dicken's beloved Christmas classic comes to life as a musical extravaganza. Hailed as "A tonic for children and adults... a transfixing journey" by the New York Times.
The Liar
Professional Theatre Series
February 21 - March 9
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
by Pierre Corneile
adapted by David Ives
Dorante is a charming young man newly arrived in Paris, and he has but a single flaw; he cannot tell the truth. In quick succession, he meets Cliton, a servant who cannot tell a lie, and falls in love with Clarice, a charming young woman whom he unfortunately mistakes for her friend Lucrece. From all these misunderstandings and intricate lies springs one of the Western world's greatest comedies
Music and Dance Events:
The New Jersey Ballet
Balanchine / Robbins Evening
October 26 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
The New Jersey Ballet
Cinderella
October 27 at 5:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Igor Burtman Moscow Jazz Band
January 11 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Tizer Quartet
featuring Karen Briggs on Jazz Violin
January 11 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Sammy Figueroa
fand his Latin Jazz Explosion
January 25 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Bishop Townsley's Jubilee
February 8 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Lunasa
March 15 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Lustig Dance Theatre
March 30 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
The Art of Motion Dance Theatre
April 5 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Moe - tion Dance Theatre
April 11 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Masters of Motown
July 20 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
July 27 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
The Bishop of Jazz
February 16 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Other Events:
Spooktacular
November 3 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
The Willow Girl
The Catskill Puppet Theater
January 12 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
An Evening with Groucho Marx
July 13 at 8:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Westside Story
New Jersey Youth Theatre
August 2 - 11
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
The Gizmo Guys
February 2 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Michael Dubois: Solo Circus
March 16 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Brad Ross
April 13 at 2:00 pm
Sitnik Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center