Upcoming Events:
Date: 6/19/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
"It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking."
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Date: 6/20/2013
Location: MAC at Monmouth
with Rodney Atkins & Jana Kramer. June 20, 2013 – 7:30pm Showtime. All-ages to enter – Open to the public!
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Date: 6/26/2013 - 6/29/2013
Location: Bey Hall
The 30th annual Sport Literature Association conference will take place June 26-29 on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ. The conference will include presentations from Wednesday to Saturday (including a guest speaker Friday evening), along with a barbeque, a banquet, and a ballgame, among other festivities.
Date: 6/27/2013 - 7/21/2013
Location: Lauren K. Woods Theatre
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time
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Date: 7/10/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Armida is a fanciful and magical tale with “an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”
Date: 7/17/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Date: 7/24/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Maria Guleghina plays the ruthless Chinese princess of the title, whose hatred of men is so strong that she has all suitors who can’t solve her riddles beheaded.
Date: 7/31/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
One of the most beloved operatic comedies of all time, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is presented in a production by director Bartlett Sher
Date: 8/9/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.
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Date: 9/19/2013
Location: Wilson Hall
Katie Ford is the author of Deposition, Colosseum, and the forthcoming Blood Lyrics (Graywolf
Press, 2014). Ford is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship and
the Larry Levis Prize. Colosseum was named among the “Best Books of
2008” by Publishers Weekly and the Virginia Quarterly Review. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares,
and many other journals. She teaches at Franklin & Marshall College
and lives in Philadelphia with her husband, the novelist Josh Emmons,
and their young daughter.
Free and open to the public
Date: 9/26/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Othello, newly married to Desdemona – who is half his age – is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.
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Date: 9/26/2013
Location: Lauren K. Woods Theatre
In this work in progress, solo performer Elizabeth Whitney explores the career of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson--a provocative abolitionist and suffragist who enjoyed national fame on the lyceum circuit, was shunned by critics as a playwright and actor in late 1800s New York City, and eventually institutionalized. This new project uses Dickinson's championed form of the lecture as performance to look at themes of madness, failure, and obscurity in the life of a queer artist.
Free and open to the public
Date: 9/27/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
The Aquila Theatre will bring new life to Ray Bradbury’s visionary parable of a society gone awry. One of the most revered novels of the 20th century, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury’s dystopian tale of a bleak future where literature and knowledge are on the edge of extinction.
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Date: 10/5/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance.
Encore: Sunday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 10/16/2013
Location: Wilson Hall
Jan Beatty’s fourth full-length book, The Switching/Yard, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in February, 2013. A limited edition chapbook, Ravage, was published by Lefty Blondie Press in 2012. Other books include Red Sugar, finalist for the 2009 Paterson Poetry Prize; Boneshaker, finalist, Milton Kessler Award; Mad River, Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize—all published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Her chapbook, Ravenous, won the 1995 State Street Prize.
Free and open to the public
Date: 10/17/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
National Theatre Live will broadcast Manchester International Festival’s production of Macbeth, with Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn, Hamlet) in his first Shakespeare performance in over a decade as Macbeth, and Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER) as Lady Macbeth. Directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, this electrifying new production of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of ambition and treachery unfolds within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester church.
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Date: 10/18/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
With personal anecdotes and reflections drawn from their work together, Julian Sands (24, A Room with a View, The Killing Fields, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Impromptu, Leaving Las Vegas) combines Harold Pinter’s poems and political prose to create a very fresh and intimate insight into the Nobel laureate’s literary legacy.
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Date: 10/25/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Lock up your lettuce! Protect your parsley! Rescue your rutabaga! A floppy-eared bunny with mysterious habits is staking out its place in Theatreworks USA’s spine-tingling new musical co-written by Tony-nominated playwright Charles Busch and based on the best-selling books by James & Deborah Howe: BUNNICULA!
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Date: 10/26/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
William Kentridge stormed the Met with his inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in its inaugural run in 2010.
Encore: Sunday, November 17 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 11/1/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
For over three decades Rosanne Cash has been one of the most compelling
figures in popular music, with a remarkable body of work noted for its
emotional acuity, rich and resonant imagery, and unsparing honesty.
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Date: 11/7/2013 - 11/16/2013
Location: Lauren K. Woods Theatre
In 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was murdered near
the outskirts of Laramie. The ensuing investigation led to the
conclusion that he had been tortured because he was gay. Reaction to the
event led members of the Tectonic Theatre Project to conduct hundreds
of interviews with inhabitants of Laramie and turn their comments and
thoughts, combined with news reports, into a play which has been
performed across the nation and was made into a 2002 HBO film.
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Date: 11/8/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
After 20 years in the music biz, self-described “Little Folksinger” Ani DiFranco is still technically little, although her influence on fellow musicians, activists, and indie-minded people the world over has been huge.
Date: 11/9/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia.
Encore: Sunday, November 24 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 11/14/2013
Location: Wilson Hall
Anna Journey is the author of the poetry collections Vulgar Remedies (Louisiana State University Press, 2013) and If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting
(University of Georgia Press, 2009), which was selected by Thomas Lux
for the National Poetry Series. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, The Best American Poetry, FIELD, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. Her creative nonfiction appears or is forthcoming in At Length, Better, The Southern Review,
and elsewhere. She’s received fellowships in poetry from Yaddo and the
National Endowment for the Arts, and she teaches creative writing in
Pacific University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing program.
Free and open to the public
Date: 11/16/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Through stories and song, Lauren Fox examines the creative genius--and
conflicted desires--of two of folk music’s most enduring artists. Joni
Mitchell and Leonard Cohen are widely known to be two of the best and
most prolific songwriters of their generation. Less known about the
fellow Canadian artists is that they had a relationship early in their
careers that lasted only a few months, but had a lasting effect on their
work.
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Date: 12/1/2013
Location: MAC at Monmouth
2 pm and 6 pm Shows - The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s popular preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, have added 50 cities by popular demand to their enormously successful 2012 tour. On sale Saturday, April 20th at 10 am via Ticketmaster.com, 800.745.3000 and Ticketmaster retail outlets. Tickets will be available for sale in person at the MAC box office starting on Monday, April 22 at 10:00 a.m.
Date: 12/6/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
An annual holiday tradition, the Orchestra of Saint Peter by the Sea
return for their 23rd concert of carols and seasonal favorites.
Conductor Father Alphonse Stephenson, a Brigadier General in the US Air
National Guard and music director for the 1980’s Broadway run of Chorus
Line, provides humorous and personal anecdotes amidst a program of
holiday classics and carols performed flawlessly by the 42-piece
orchestra. Be sure to get your tickets early for this annual sell out!
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Date: 12/8/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Peter Pan is an adapted version of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale created by John Caird and Trevor Nunn. This touring production explores the journey of a group of children in turn-of-the-century London who use their imaginations to reenact the story of Peter Pan.
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Date: 12/12/2013
Location: Wilson Hall
An evening of holiday poetry and music for choir, orchestra, and
handbells performed in the majestic festive atmosphere of Wilson Hall.
The concert is conducted by Professor Michael Gillette and Dr. David M.
Tripold and features the Colts Neck Reformed Church Exultation Ringers
conducted by Maggie Tripold.
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Date: 12/13/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Come see 'Tis the Seasons, the great holiday show starring The Hit Men, former members of these mega-star acts performing all of your favorite songs -- from “Oh What a Night”, “Who Loves You”, “Sherry” and many other Four Seasons hits to “Leroy Brown”, “Hanky Panky” and “Mony Mony”. Plus, great holiday favorites from "Santa Claus is coming to Town" and Jingle Bell Rock” to Maria Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” and “Feliz Navidad”.
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Date: 12/14/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century.
Encore: Sunday, January 26 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 1/30/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
National Theatre Live will broadcast the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC's The Hollow Crown) in the title role and Mark Gatiss (Season's Greetings at the National Theatre, BBC's Sherlock) as Menenius, directed by the Donmar's Artistic Director Josie Rourke.
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Date: 2/8/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera.
Encore: Sunday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 2/18/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
The Cat in the Hat is the host and emcee (and all-around mischief-maker)
in this romp through the Seuss classics. When the sweet, good-natured
elephant Horton hears a small cry for help coming from a small speck of
dust, he promises to rescue and guard it because “a person’s a person,
no matter how small.”
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Date: 3/1/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 12:00 p.m.
Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop.
Encore: Sun. March 30 at 1:00 p.m
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Date: 3/5/2014 - 3/13/2014
Location: Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors, the story of a hapless florist shop worker who
raises a plant from outer space that feeds on human blood, has become a
comedy classic since its origins as a sci-fi “B” movie in the 50s, an
off-Broadway hit in the 80s and a hit film in 1986. With a book by
Howard Ashman, the music by composer Alan Menken (also the composer of
the current Broadway hit Newsies and the Disney film The Little Mermaid)
includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, "Somewhere
That's Green", and "Suddenly, Seymour".
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Date: 3/15/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
Two of opera’s greatest artists—Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča—appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance. It is directed and designed by Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met’s recent hit production of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.
Encore: Sun. April 13 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 3/25/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
President Obama's Inaugural Poet,
Richard Blanco was made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, and imported to the
United States—meaning his mother, 7 months pregnant, and the rest of
the family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Only
45 days later, the family emigrated once more and settled in Miami. His
acclaimed first book of poetry, City of a Hundred Fires, explores the
yearnings and negotiation of cultural identity as a Cuban- American, and
received the Agnes Starrett Poetry Prize. His second book, Directions
to The Beach of the Dead, won the Beyond Margins Award from the PEN
American Center for its continued exploration of the universal themes of
cultural identity and homecoming.
Free and open to the public
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Date: 4/4/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Known worldwide for transcending the limits of tradition, the New York City-based string quartet ETHEL, comprised of Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin) and Tema Watstein (violin), has for the past decade and a half actively, aggressively, joyfully, adapted their epic skill-set to the presentation of rainbow-colored music of every style and description. Guitarist Kaki King, recognized as one of “The New Guitar Gods” by Rolling Stone has, likewise, won an enthusiastic international following as her gutsy, honest, and astonishingly beautiful works seem to defy gravity. Brought together, these celebrated sound worlds intermingle and swarm to create a glorious and inspired collaboration.
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Date: 4/5/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo.
Encore: Sun. May 4 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 4/6/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Much more than a concert, IN THE MOOD
presents a retro 1940s musical revue featuring the IN THE MOOD Singers
and Dancers with the sensational String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra.
The music and the arrangements are as authentic as it gets. This was a
time that all America was listening and dancing to the same kind of
music.
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Date: 4/15/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
An exciting new musical revue based on favorite contemporary children’s books including Teacher From the Black Lagoon (by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee), Dogzilla (by Dav Pilkey), Grumpy Bird (by Jeremy Tankard), I Want My Hat Back (by Jon Klassen), Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse (by Kevin Henkes), Love Splat, Splat the Cat (by Rob Scotton), The Grasshopper and the Ant.
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Date: 4/17/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
A concert featuring three perennial favorites, each uncommonly
effervescent, sweet and vibrant as if made for Springtime. This concert
is sponsored by the Monmouth University Performing Arts Series with
orchestra and collegiate chorus conducted by Dr. David M. Tripold.
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Date: 4/24/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Louise Glück is one of America’s finest contemporary poets. Winner of
the Pulitzer Prize, Glück is a former Poet Laureate of the United States
and the author of a dozen widely acclaimed books. Stephen Dobyns,
writing in the New York Times Book Review, said “no American poet
writes better than Louise Glück, perhaps none can lead us so deeply
into our own nature.” Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass has called her
“one of the purest and most accomplished lyric poets now writing.”
Free and open to the public
Date: 4/26/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
Music Director James Levine makes his long-awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love.
Encore: Sun. May 18 at 1:00 p.m.
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Date: 5/10/2014
Location: Pollak Theatre
Sat. at 1:00 p.m.
A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her Prince Charming.
Encore: Sun. June 1 at 1:00 p.m.
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