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  • Father Alphonse Stephenson and the Orchestra of Saint Peter by the Sea

    Location: Pollak Theatre

    Tickets: $39

    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!

  • Tis the Seasons! THE HIT MEN’s Holiday Show …featuring Former Stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

    You loved Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Tommy James and the Shondells.  Carly Simon.  Cat Stevens.  Elton John.  Jim Croce.  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”.   You’ll know every word in every song in this night of mega hits and holiday classics.   Relive the glory days of rock and roll and celebrate the holiday season with The Hit Men.  You’ll leave the theatre saying “Oh, What a Night!”


  • Songwriters by the Sea

    The Sounds of Asbury Park and other Shore points are celebrated when a pair of musically minded Jersey Joes — Joe D’Urso and Joe Rapolla — bring their Songwriters by the Sea series of intimate, relaxed, and inspired round-robins to the Pollak Theatre stage. What started out as a coffee shop show for area songwriters to casually perform with other writers in Asbury Park has quickly evolved into a national series featuring some of the top songwriters in music today. Artists to perform include Marshall Crenshaw, David Johansen and Allison Moorer. Opening the show will be Monmouth University students Natalie Zeller, Bryan Haring and Erin Holmes.

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  • ETHEL featuring Kaki King: …And Other Stories

    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.

    … And Other Stories is an electrifying immersion in brilliant instrumental skill, rich sonic adventures, and flights of fantastic storytelling. The collaboration is anchored by a groundbreaking re-imagining of Bach’s masterful Brandenburg Concerto #6 and also includes works from ETHEL’s repertoire by Phil Kline and John Zorn. Original works by Kaki King and a world premiere composition for ETHEL & Kaki King by Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov round out the program.

  • In the Mood: 1940s Musical Revue

    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.


    In the 1940s, the combination of up-tempo big band instrumentals and intimate, romantic ballads set the mood for a future filled with promise, hope and prosperity. This was the time when the music moved the nation’s spirit!

  • Sean Tyrrell

    One of Ireland’s major folk voices returns to Monmouth University for another extraordinary evening of deeply moving, engaging music and storytelling. Longtime traditional musician, renowned storyteller and performance artist since the 1960’s, Sean Tyrrell has traveled extensively all over the world, collaborating with folks such as Tommy Peoples and Paddy Keenan. Siobhan Long of the Irish Times Review writes: “Here be folk music as it was meant to be: pugilistic at times, all embracing at others. Tyrrell’s appetite for telling it like it is as unquenchable as ever.”

    Cosponsored by the Irish Studies Program

  • Spring Awakenings: A Concert Featuring Orchestra and Collegiate Chorus

    “Symphony #5 in B-flat major” – Franz Schubert

    “The Lark Ascending” – Ralph Vaughan Williams
    “Vespers” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    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

  • National Theatre of London: OTHELLO

    Shakespeare’s Othello

    The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC’s Hustle) takes the title role. Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall), who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner (Timon of Athens, One Man, Two Guvnors) following their acclaimed collaboration on the National Theatre’s recent production of Hamlet.

    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.

  • National Theatre of London: Hamlet

    Shakespeare’s Hamlet

    National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

    Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger’s Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).

  • National Theatre of London: Coriolanus

    Donmar Warehouse production of 

    Shakespeare’s CORIOLANUS

    Thurs. January 30, 2014

    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.

    When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.