COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NICKI MINAJ Nicki Minaj will receive the Video Vanguard Award and perform at MTV’s 2022 Video Music Awards show, taking place at the Prudential Center in Newark, Aug. 28 at 8 p.m., and airing live on MTV at that time. …
‘The Last Supper’ premieres at SOPAC: Left meets right, with violence, and hilarity, ensuing
PHOTOS BY JOHN POSADA From left, Alex Newell, Megan Kane, Pomme Koch (standing), Mark Evans (sitting), Allan K. Washington and Wesley Zurick co-star in “The Last Supper” at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. Five graduate students — all card-carr…
‘Reemergence,’ the 2022 NJ Arts Annual at State Museum, evokes traumas of recent years
More than 120 works by 95 artists are on display at “Reemergence,” the 2022 New Jersey Arts Annual at the State Museum in Trenton. Summarizing the artistic production of an entire state is a tough thing to do. That’s especially true when the state is a…
Top 10 NJ Arts Events of the Week: Lady Gaga, Phish, Clearwater Festival, more
%CODE1% Here is a roundup of arts events taking place around the state, through Aug. 11. MUSIC • Lady Gaga brings her Chromatica Ball tour — named after her 2020 album Chromatica, and twice postponed because of the pandemic — to MetLife Stadium in East…
Max Weinberg, Chelsea Handler will be among ’22 NJ Hall of Fame inductees
The 2022 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees have been announced. Max Weinberg will become the third E Street Band member — joining Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt — to be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on his own. He will be among the …
Belmar Arts Center’s piano-in-park project will honor David Sancious and his mother
DAVID SANCIOUS In conjunction with the 150th anniversary, this year, of the city of Belmar, the Belmar Arts Center has announced its intention to donate a weatherproof piano to Belmar’s Pyanoe Plaza, in honor of original E Street Band pianist David San…
Rundgren, Belew, others appearing on NJ-bound Celebrating David Bowie Tour
Adrian Belew, left, and Todd Rundgren. Todd Rundgren and Adrian Belew will be among the artists participating in the Celebrating David Bowie Tour, which comes to the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, Oct. 27, and Harrah’s Resort in Atlanti…
End of America brings poetic songs, rich harmonies to Montclair (REVIEW, PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
From left, Trevor Leonard, Brendon Thomas and James Downes of The End of America perform at Van Vleck House in Gardens in Montclair, on July 24. Photos by Michael Stahl; visit portraitsbymichaelstahl.com. “When you sing with two or three people and you…
Musical comedy ‘The Last Supper’ is having its first run at SOPAC in South Orange
Charlotte d’Amboise, right, rehearses for “The Last Supper” at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. In 1995 — after she was in “The Mask” but before her breakthrough role in “There’s Something About Mary” — Cameron Diaz co-starred with Jason Alexan…
Top 10 Arts Events of the Week: NJ Lottery Festival of Ballooning, Crossing Borders Festival, more
TODD RUNDGREN Here is a roundup of arts events taking place around the state, through Aug. 4. MUSIC • The New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning, taking place 29-31 at Solberg Airport in Readington, also offers daily music, with this year’s artists …