sep/oct/nov 2015

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sep/oct/nov 2015

sep/oct/nov 2015
Tony Bennett
performs with
special guest
Antonia Bennett
on November 12 & 13,
part of the TD James Moody
Jazz Festival
Home of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
September-November 2015
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what’s
Announcing the 2015-16 Season | 4
Calendar of Events | 8
NJPAC Shining Stars | 12
NJPAC Contributors | 13
Muse | 15
Season Funders | 17
NJPAC Staff & Administration | 19
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Announcing the
2015-16 SEASON
More than 120 performances and special events
reveal just the beginning …
educational programs; and encores for the
most popular festivals and series. Find the full
schedule at njpac.org.
Highlights span the eagerly anticipated returns
of Tony Bennett, Diana Ross and El Gran Combo
with The Eddie Palmieri Orchestra, the standup comedy of Jerry Seinfeld and the arias
of operatic great Jessye Norman with the
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Riverdance
is showcasing an all-new 20th anniversary
engagement, The Tenors arrive in November
with their soaring repertoire, and several allstar, centennial tributes to Hoboken’s own
Frank Sinatra are in the works.
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“The new season is about great culture and
entertainment, but it’s also about the sounds
of surprise,” Schreiber said. “We designed this
season with lots of performers we know our
communities already love, and lots we believe
they will love to sample.”
Tony Bennett performs with special guest
Antonia Bennett on November 12 & 13,
part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival.
When planning NJPAC’s 2015-16 season,
President and CEO John Schreiber and
Executive Vice President and Executive
Producer David Rodriguez always consider
the audience—which in New Jersey is richly
diverse. They also look to world-class
performers who reflect the tastes of those
many communities.
But both are confident of a mutual result:
that when visitors see their favorite stars at
NJPAC, they’ll be inspired to return to hear a
little variation on their favorite themes from
another artist they’ve been inspired to get
to know.
NJPAC is counting on many happy returns
for its 19th and most expansive season. Just
for starters, over 120 performances and
events, expected to more than double before
the schedule wraps up in June 2016, include
stellar headliners in spectacular, 2,800-seat
Prudential Hall; new commissions; innovative
“It’s a season of connections,” added
Rodriguez. “You may be a fan of dance who’s
been introduced to Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company,
and that might lead you to a performance
of Mystic India. There’s a family of artists
who will take you on a journey, culturally
and artistically.”
Due to the spectrum of programming choices,
there are limitless ways for families to
imagine encounters with the arts this season
at NJPAC: A child who loves science learns
about the universe from Neil deGrasse Tyson
or about stretching the limits of physics from
the MythBusters. Younger audiences can be
introduced to orchestral performance at
Disney’s Fantasia Live in Concert. Those who
travel to Narnia by book or film gain an
appreciation of modern dance at the premiere
of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by the
10 Hairy Legs dance company.
Journeys and new discoveries apply to NJPAC
as well this season. The Arts Center’s programs
are reaching a rapidly expanding viewing
public, due in large part to recently enhanced
broadcast capabilities and equipment. Offcampus, satellite events tied to NJPAC
gatherings like the TD James Moody Jazz Festival
and NJPAC Stage Exchange—many offering free
admission—are increasing in number.
And NJPAC recently was a co-presenter of
three major off-campus concerts, the last being
R. Kelly with special guest Floetry in July at
Newark’s Prudential Center (“The Rock”).
Newark salutes its 350th anniversary in 2016
and NJPAC will be the locus of many activities.
Schreiber, who is Program Chair for the
citywide celebration, also announces Newark
History Society at NJPAC, a free, four-part series
of dialogues about the past, present and future
of the state’s largest city, co-presented by the
Women’s Association of NJPAC.
Theater. Taped on October 25 and 26 for
future broadcast on public television, the
sessions feature Jessie Mueller & Jarrod
Spector, Marilyn Maye, Stephen Schwartz
& Friends, Catherine Russell, Seth Rudetsky
and many other surprise guests.
• Expect to see even more of Broadway’s
most luminous marquee names, notably
Bernadette Peters on October 16 and Laura
Benanti on November 21. Rudetsky, who
is the on-air personality of SiriusXM’s
On Broadway, also has the title role in
Broadway’s Best with Seth Rudetsky—and
friends—on March 20.
“What does it mean to be an engaged cultural
citizen? We think it means the opportunity
to have fun and learn at the same time… the
guarantee of a great experience and the feeling
of home that our patrons get from the moment
they park their car and enter the building,”
Schreiber concludes. “It’s something that one
looks forward to experiencing: new artists,
new art forms and expanding one’s cultural
universe. And the unique feeling that occurs
when an audience and an artist connect as
a community.”
Here are just some new and newsworthy aspects
of the 2015-16 calendar:
Dance
• NJPAC is the site of the premiere of
choreographer Randy James’ The Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe. Based on C.S.
Lewis’ beloved and magical novel, this
work is performed by James’ 10 Hairy
Legs dance company, with guest artists, on
January 30 and 31. Another dance event
exclusive to NJPAC includes the secondseason return of The Hip Hop Nutcracker
featuring Kurtis Blow on December 19.
American Song
• The Frank Sinatra centennial is celebrated
on December 12 (the exact date of his
birth) with pianist and singer Michael
Feinstein (above), accompanied by a
swinging big band. The Chairman of the
Board also is feted with all-star salutes to
The Real Sinatra Songbook on November 9
and Sinatra at the Movies on May 28.
• American Songbook at NJPAC, hosted by
Ted Chapin, is back for a third season of
concerts and conversations in the Victoria
• To experience dance with international
flair, look for appearances by Mexico’s
festive Ballet Folklórico on October 4 and
two classical troupes: State Ballet Theatre
of Russia (above) with Romeo and Juliet
on December 6 and Russian National Ballet
Theatre with Cinderella on March 10.
• The annual engagement of Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater (May 6-8) is an
occasion to celebrate bold and beautiful
dancing, as well as an NJPAC tradition for
families on Mother’s Day weekend.
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Comedy
• The improv virtuosos of Chicago’s famed
Second City were back in the house for
a second year, leading workshops for
comedians of all ages this summer in
the Center for Arts Education. They
circle back on January 16 for an NJPACcommissioned spoof about the crazy
things we do for love, Hooking Up with
Second City.
• A pair of performances by Tony Bennett,
accompanied by his singer-daughter
Antonia Bennett, herald year four of the
TD James Moody Jazz Festival (November
7-15), sponsored by TD Bank. Jazzwomen
take center stage in concerts with stride
pianist Judy Carmichael and her trio (tenor
saxophonist Harry Allen is special guest)
on November 8, and jazz divas Dianne
Reeves and Sharon Jones (packing along
The Dap-Kings) on November 14. Among
the festival’s satellite events is a free
discussion with spouses and widows of
famed musicians, Jazz Wives/Jazz Lives, on
November 14 at the Newark Museum.
• Jazz at NJPAC throughout the season
includes two solo piano recitals in spring
2016 (Bill Charlap and Michel Camilo) and
the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by
Wynton Marsalis, on November 4.
• Canada’s No. 1 stand-up export, Russell
Peters, brings his Almost Famous World
Tour to Prudential Hall for performances
on September 19 and 20.
• At the top of her game,” says The San
Francisco Chronicle of comedian Paula
Poundstone (above), one of Comedy
Central’s 100 greatest stand-ups of all
time, who brings her spontaneous humor
and witty commentary to NJPAC on
December 12.
Concerts
• UB40 with The English Beat (November
1); Jethro Tull with Ian Anderson (above;
November
11);
and
“Wonderful,
Wonderful” Johnny Mathis with orchestra
(March 18) are just a few of the dynamic
presentations. British prog-rock band
Renaissance, with lead singer Annie Haslam,
is welcomed back on October 9 and 10.
Also on October 9, salsa sensation Víctor
Manuelle (below) stops by with his Que
Suenen Los Tambores tour. And celebrate
A Motown Xmas with The Jacksons and
The Commodores on December 13.
Jazz
• Acclaimed bassist Christian McBride,
NJPAC’s Jazz Advisor, introduces a
lively concert-and-conversation series
titled One on One, featuring some of the
country’s most recognized singers and
instrumentalists. His guests include Pat
Metheny on September 17 and Bruce
Hornsby on November 12.
Unique Events
• The Irish music and dance sensation
Riverdance 20 Years: The Anniversary Tour
(above) makes its only metro area stop at
NJPAC for five performances, April 22-24.
Another milestone, the 50 th Anniversary of
Alice’s Restaurant with folk music icon Arlo
Guthrie, is a Thanksgiving tradition that
audience members can share on November
29. Beatlemania reigns with the return of
RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles on February
25. The greatest hits of the Motown era
are brought to life with the music and
dance spectacular Dancing in the Streets
(April 6), and ’70s and ’80s chartbusters
from Queen are rolled out for One Night
of Queen with Gary Mullen & The Works
(April 10).
• The Women’s Association of NJPAC
again offers ticket sales to the public
for the 90-minute concert portion of
the Spotlight Gala, its annual benefit
spectacular on October 3. An Evening of
Song in Celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s
85th Birthday showcases highlights from
the revered composer’s scores, performed
by Tony Award winners and nominees
James Monroe Iglehart, Judy Kuhn, Vanessa
Williams and Tony Yazbeck with a special
appearance by Len Cariou, all under the
direction of Sirius XM host Seth Rudetsky.
Dialogues
• A collaboration with Fairleigh Dickinson
University, the seven-part New Jersey
Speakers Series begins its second season
at NJPAC on October 8 with former CIA
Director and U.S. Secretary of Defense
Leon E. Panetta. Other speakers include
neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta (October 29) and
documentarian Ken Burns (November 19).
• Celebrity raconteurs Ina Garten (“The
Barefoot Contessa”) and Garrison Keillor
appear on October 7 and January 24,
respectively. As part of NJPAC’s movieand-conversation series, Mel Brooks rides
into town, packing his Western spoof
Blazing Saddles on October 15, and actress
Molly Ringwald reminisces about her part in
the making of a teen classic, The Breakfast
Club, at a screening on December 11.
• Cosmos astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
(above) hosts back-to-back illustrated
talks: An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies
on December 2 and Adventures in Science
Literacy on December 3.
Classical Music
• A previously released season of six
powerhouse concerts (visit njpac.org/
classical) now includes dramatic soprano
Jessye Norman (above) accompanied by
the NJSO on May 21, and Disney Fantasia
Live In Concert – On Tour on February 19.
The current schedule of the New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra, NJPAC’s resident
orchestra, may be accessed at either
njsymphony.org or njpac.org.
Tickets for NJPAC are available by calling
1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), online
at njpac.org, or at the NJPAC Box Office,
One Center Street in downtown Newark.
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This fall don't miss Mel Brooks... Back in the Saddle Again, an exclusive, inside look at his comedic
career and the making of the groundbreaking movie Blazing Saddles. This outrageous masterpiece,
considered one of the top comedies of all time, is presented on the big screen in Prudential Hall,
followed by an audience Q&A with the director himself on October 15. On October 16 Broadway
luminary and three-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters performs her timeless, signature songs,
from A Little Night Music and Gypsy to Sunday in the Park with George, under the musical direction
of Marvin Laird. NJPAC is your home for jazz in November when Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra kick-off the TD James Moody Jazz Festival with a tribute to James Moody and
Dizzy Gillespie on November 4.
Calendar of Events
September 2015–January 2016
All events and programs subject to change without notice.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Sat
Wed Thu Fri Fri
Sat
Sun
Sat Sep 12
Sep 16
Sep 17
Sep 18
Sep 18
Sep 19
Sep 20
Sep 26 8pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
7pm
8pm
8pm
8pm
8pm El Gran Combo / The Eddie Palmieri Orchestra
Diana Ross
Pat Metheny and Christian McBride: One-on-One
Kathleen Madigan, comedienne
Mystic India: The World Tour
Russell Peters, comedian
Russell Peters, comedian
Lang Lang, classical piano sensation
OCTOBER 2015
Sat
Oct 3
7pm
An Evening of Song in Celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s 85th Birthday
James Monroe Iglehart, Judy Kuhn, Vanessa Williams, Tony Yazbeck,
Seth Rudetsky, with special appearance by Len Cariou
Sun
Oct 4
3pm
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
Wed
Oct 7
7:30pm
The Barefoot Contessa: Ina Garten
Thu
Oct 8
8pm
New Jersey Speakers Series: Leon Panetta
Fri
Oct 9
8pm
Víctor Manuelle
Fri
Oct 9
8pm
Renaissance
Sat
Oct 10
8pm
Renaissance
Thu
Oct 15
7:30pm
Mel Brooks… Back in the Saddle Again
Fri
Oct 16
8pm
Bernadette Peters
Mon Oct 19
6pm
Newark History Society at NJPAC: Celebrating in Newark: 1916-2016
Sat Oct 24 8pm London Symphony Orchestra – Valery Gergiev, conductor
Sun
Oct 25
3pm
American Songbook at NJPAC: Jessie Mueller & Jarrod Spector,
Marilyn Maye, Stephen Schwartz & Friends
Sun
Oct 25
7pm
Mariza
Mon Oct 26
7pm
American Songbook at NJPAC: Catherine Russell, KT Sullivan &
Jeff Harnar, Seth Rudetsky with special guest Christine Ebersole
Thu
Oct 29
8pm
New Jersey Speakers Series: Sanjay Gupta
Fri
Oct 30
8pm
The Price is Right – Live! Stage Show
Sat
Oct 31
12pm
The Price is Right – Live! Stage Show
NOVEMBER 2015
TD JAMES MOODY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Wed
Sat
Sun Mon
Tue
Tue
Wed
Thu
Thu
Fri Fri
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sat
Sun
Sun
Nov 4
Nov 7
Nov 8
Nov 9
Nov 10
Nov 10
Nov 11
Nov 12
Nov 12
Nov 13
Nov 13
Nov 14
Nov 14
Nov 14
Nov 14
Nov 15
Nov 15
8pm
7:30pm
4 & 7pm
7:30pm
12pm 7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
8pm
7pm
8pm
11am–3pm
1pm
3pm
8pm
11am & 1pm
3pm
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis
Wycliffe Gordon Quartet at Bethany Baptist Church
Judy Carmichael Trio with Harry Allen – Jazz Piano Series
The Real Sinatra Songbook: Tom Wopat, Sue Raney, Kevin Mahogany
Joe Alterman Trio at Gateway II
Keep On Keepin’ On: A Film on Jazz Great Clark Terry at Newark Museum
Dorado Schmitt & The Django Festival All-Stars
Bruce Hornsby with Christian McBride: One-on-One
Tony Bennett with special guest Antonia Bennett
NJMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble
Tony Bennett with special guest Antonia Bennett
NJPAC Day of Swing: Celebrating Billie Holiday
Jazz Wives / Jazz Lives at Newark Museum
Bill Charlap presents Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Dianne Reeves and Christian McBride
Dorthaan’s Place Jazz Brunch: T.S. Monk Sextet
Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition –SASSY Award
Sun
Sat
Wed
Sun
Tue
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sun Sun Nov 1
Nov 7
Nov 11
Nov 15
Nov 17
Nov 19
Nov 20
Nov 21
Nov 22
Nov 22 Nov 29
7:30pm
8pm
7:30pm
7pm
7:30pm
8pm
8pm
6pm & 8:30pm
7pm
7pm 3pm
UB40 / The English Beat
The Tenors – As seen on PBS!
Jethro Tull featuring Ian Anderson
NJMEA All-State Orchestra & Chorus
AXIS Dance Company
New Jersey Speakers Series: Ken Burns
Mo’Nique & Friends – Only area appearance!
Laura Benanti
MythBusters: Jamie’s Farewell Tour
Garvey – Trilogy: An Opera Company
Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant 50 th Anniversary Tour
DECEMBER 2015
Wed
Dec 2
8pm
Neil deGrasse Tyson: An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies
Thu
Dec 3
8pm
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Adventures in Science Literacy
Fri
Dec 4
7pm & 9:30pm Jerry Seinfeld – Limited availability!
Sun
Dec 6
3pm
Romeo and Juliet – State Ballet Theatre of Russia
Fri
Dec 11
8pm
Molly Ringwald Revisits the Club: 30th Anniversary
Screening of The Breakfast Club, Discussion and Q&A
Sat
Dec 12
2pm
Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
Sat
Dec 12
7pm
Paula Poundstone, comedienne
Sat
Dec 12
8pm
Michael Feinstein’s Sinatra Centennial Celebration
Sun
Dec 13
7pm
The Jacksons / The Commodores – A Motown Xmas
Sat
Dec 19
3pm
The Hip Hop Nutcracker with special guest MC Kurtis Blow
Sat Dec 19 2pm & 7:30pm Forces of Nature Dance Theatre – A Kwanzaa Celebration
with special guest poet Sonia Sanchez
Sun Dec 20 3pm Handel’s Messiah – New Jersey Symphony Chamber Orchestra,
special guest soloists and Montclair State University Singers
JANUARY 2016
Sat
Jan 2
7:30pm
Video Games Live – All New Show!
Fri Jan 8 8pm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
Fri
Jan 15
8pm
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Sat
Jan 16
3 & 8pm
Hooking Up with Second City
Sat
Jan 23
2pm
Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds
Sun
Jan 24
11am & 1pm
Dorthaan’s Place Jazz Brunch: Rufus Reid Trio
Sun Jan 24
7pm
Garrison Keillor of A Prairie Home Companion: An Evening of Storytelling
Thu
Jan 28
8pm
New Jersey Speakers Series: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Fri Jan 29 8pm Orchestre National de France – Daniele Gatti, conductor
Sat Jan 30
2pm & 5pm
Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance – 10 Hairy Legs:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sun
Jan 31
2pm
Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance – 10 Hairy Legs:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Prudential Hall
Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 8pm
NJPAC presents
El Gran Combo
Charlie Aponte, vocals (1973–present)
Jerry Rivas, vocals (1977–present)
Luis “Papo” Rosario, vocals (1980–present)
Rafael Ithier – leader, director; piano (1962–present)
Willie Sotelo – piano (2006–present)
Eddie “La Bala” Pérez – saxophone (1962–present)
Freddie Miranda – saxophone (1980–present)
Luis “Taty” Maldonado – trumpet (1970–present)
Victor “Cano” E. Rodriguez – trumpet (1980–present)
Moisés Nogueras – trombone (1991–present)
Freddy Rivera – bass guitar (1989–present)
Domingo “Cuqui” Santos – timbales (1988–present)
Miguel “Pollo” Torres – conga (1979–present)
Richie Bastar – bongo (1999–present)
Son of legendary percussionist Francisco “Kako” Bastar
Adalberto Rivera – sound engineer
Jorge Torres – sound engineer
Luis Cruz – support personnel
Eddie Palmieri Orchestra
Eddie Palmieri, leader, piano
Herman Olivera, lead vocal
Nelson Gonzalez, tres guitar, vocals
Joseph Gonzalez, maracas, vocals
Jimmy Bosch, trombone
Joseph Fiedler, trombone
Jonathan Powell, trumpet
John Walsh, trumpet
Louis Fouche, alto saxophone
Luques Curtis, bass
Anthony Carrillo, bongo
Vincente “Little Johnny” Rivero, congas
Camilo Molina, timbales
As a courtesy to the performers and fellow audience members, please be
sure to silence all mobile devices. The use of recording equipment and the
taking of photographs are strictly prohibited.
World Music Series sponsored by American Express
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for
the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Meet the Artists
EL GRAN COMBO
Rafael Ithier is a former member of Rafael Cortijo’s
“Cortijo y su Combo” orchestra. After singer Ismael
Rivera faced legal problems in Panama, some of the
group’s musicians departed, with Ithier relocating
temporarily to the eastern United States before
returning to Puerto Rico. Rafael Alvarez Guedes,
the Cuban-born owner of the Gema recording label
(and brother of comedic actor Guillermo), needed
a backing band to record an album for legendary
Dominican merengue singer Joseíto Mateo. He
asked Ithier for assistance, and Ithier responded
by bringing in many of his former colleagues to
the studio. For their first recording sessions, the
orchestra included some musicians from Cortijo’s
original lineup, including saxophonist Hector
Santos, trumpet player Rogelio “Kito” Velez,
Eddie “La Bala” Perez and percussionists Martín
Quiñones, Miguel Cruz and Roberto Roena.
Alvarez Guedes was told by Ithier that the name
of the group was El Gran Combo, as to refer to the
musicians’ former affiliation, but addressing their
regrouping as a “new and improved” version of
Cortijo’s orchestra. The album they recorded was
titled Menéame Los Mangos, El Gran Combo con
Joseito Mateo (the phrase translates as Shake My
Handles or Shake My Mangoes, a play on words).
The group met again to define the foundations of a
proper orchestra and chose singers Daniel Vázquez,
Pellín Rodríguez and Chiquitín García, who later
composed, among other major EGC hits, “No
Hago Más Ná” (“I Don’t Do a Thing”).
On May 21, 1962, El Gran Combo was heard
for the first time on Puerto Rican radio. Later on,
the group became the in-studio musicians of the
live television show La Taberna India, sponsored
by India Beer. After their live debut at Hotel
La Concha in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Chiquitín
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García left the orchestra. Vocalist Sammy Ayala,
who had also played with Ithier in the Cortijo
orchestra, recommended the hiring of Andy
Montañez. Felipe Rodríguez, a legendary singer
of romantic music, also followed the group’s
career closely, sometimes even making suggestions
to Ithier.
First albums
On November 20, 1963, El Gran Combo released
their first group album, Acángana, with Rodríguez
and Montañez as lead singers. The album became
a number one hit in New York, Panama and
Puerto Rico. Their success opened doors for them
in many Latin American markets and they gained
an exclusivity spot on the Puerto Rican television
show El Show de las 12. The album also reached
gold status. In 1964, trumpet player and arranger
Elías Lopés joined the orchestra, coinciding with
the group’s first popularity wave. With their
daily TV appearances and extensive touring,
however, demand for the group declined due to
overexposure. Still, in 1967, their album Boogaloo
con el Gran Combo also reached gold status. In
1969, Roena and Lopés left the orchestra to form
the Apollo Sound together. Despite all this, that
same year the group was awarded an Agüeybana
de Oro in Puerto Rico.
The 1970s
In 1970, El Gran Combo’s contract with Gema
Records wasn’t renewed. Despite offers from
the renowned Motown label, the group decided
to produce their own albums, under the label
Combo Records, and their first was entitled
Estamos Primeros.
In 1971, El Gran Combo introduced the trombone
to their instrument mix, played by Fanny Ceballos.
Soon after, De Punta a Punta (slang for “From
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Meet the Artists
Coast to Coast”) was released. In 1973, Pellín
Rodriguez left the group to embark on a solo
career. Rodríguez was replaced by Charlie Aponte
at the recommendation of Jerry Concepción and
the well-known sportscaster Rafael Bracero, both
friends of Ithier.
In 1973, El Gran Combo sang in front of 50,000
fans at the famous Yankee Stadium in New York
City as the opening act for the Fania All-Stars’ sold
out concert.
Montañez left the band in early 1977 and went to
live in Venezuela, where he received a good contract
to replace Oscar D’León in another orchestra,
Dimension Latina. Jerry Rivas was then chosen
to join El Gran Combo. Both Rivas and Aponte
are still members of the orchestra to this day. The
success of this new duo was proven with the 1977
album International and 1978’s En Las Vegas,
which reached gold record status. In 1975, El
Gran Combo en Navidad, a Christmas album, was
released with Martín Quiñones appearing as Santa
Claus on the album’s cover. After an automobile
accident in early 1977, Quiñones was replaced
in the band by his son, Martín Quiñones, Jr. He
stayed until 1979, being replaced by Luis Díaz.
The ’80s & ’90s
The band continued to receive numerous awards
throughout Latin America. In 1984, they traveled
to Alaska where they received a great welcome
soon after they released their album Breaking the
Ice, which garnered them their first GRAMMY®
nomination. In 1982 they celebrated their 20th
anniversary playing at Madison Square Garden.
They also reached Europe that year playing in
Paris, France. In the early ’90s, El Gran Combo was
honored in the city of Madrid, Spain, to open the
decade on the right track. On March 29, 1992, they
celebrated a huge concert in the Hiram Bithorn
Stadium in front of 30,000 people.
In 2006, they released their album titled Arroz
con Habichuela (“Rice and Beans”). It spawned
three hit singles: “No Hay Manera” (“There’s No
Way”), the title song and “Si La Vez Por Ahí.”
In 2007, El Gran Combo performed two massive
concerts at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum to
celebrate the group’s 45th anniversary.
In 2010, two tribute albums were released, one by
former member Andy Montañez and another by
the bank Banco Popular, as part of their annual
music series.
EDDIE PALMIERI
Eddie Palmieri, known for his charismatic power
and bold innovative drive, has a musical career
that spans over 50 years as a bandleader of Salsa
and Latin Jazz orchestras. With a discography that
includes 36 titles, Mr. Palmieri has been awarded
nine GRAMMY Awards. He received his first in
1975 for his release The Sun of Latin Music, which
is often considered the most historic, as it was
the first time Latin Music was recognized by the
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
(NARAS). Eddie would win again the following
year for Unfinished Masterpiece, Palo Pa’ Rumba
in 1984, Solito in 1985 and La Verdad in 1987.
He received a Latin GRAMMY and a traditional
GRAMMY for his 2000 release with Tito Puente
entitled Obra Maestra/Masterpiece, Listen Here!
in 2006, and Simpatico in 2007, a collaborative
effort with trumpet master Brian Lynch, for “Best
Latin Jazz Album.” Simpatico was also recognized
by the Jazz Journalist Association as “Best Latin
Jazz Album” that same year. In 1993 Mr. Palmieri
was appointed to the board of governors of the
New York chapter of the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences where he was
instrumental in creating a new category for Latin
Jazz in 1995. His album Palmas was among the
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In 2002, El Gran Combo celebrated its 40th
anniversary with two sold-out concerts at the
Ruben Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto
Rico. This celebration spawned a renowned album
that was recognized as one of the best of the year.
A year later, they received a Grammy for “Best
Tropical Album.” Among other musicians, they are
one of the “enduring superstars of the island.”
As of 2011, the orchestra has released over
60 recordings, and has received many awards,
including Gold albums, a “Calendario de Plata”
in Mexico, a “Golden Combo” in Colombia,
a “Paoli Award” in their native Puerto
Rico, an honorable distinction in Spain and
countless others.
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nominees in this newly created category, and
in 1996 he was nominated once again for his
album Arete.
In 1988, the Smithsonian Institute recorded two
of Palmieri’s performances for its catalog of
the National Museum of American History in
Washington, DC, a rare public honor. In 1990, he
was invited by Paul Simon to serve as a consultant
on his release Rhythm of the Saints. Palmieri
was awarded the Eubie Blake Award by Dr. Billy
Taylor in 1991 and is among the very few Latin
musicians recognized by both the Legislative
Assembly of Puerto Rico and New York State.
The 1998 Heineken Jazz Festival in San Juan,
Puerto Rico paid tribute to his contributions as a
bandleader, bestowing him an honorary doctorate
degree from the Berklee College of Music. In
2002, Yale University awarded Palmieri the
Chubb Fellowship, an award usually reserved for
international heads of state, but given to him in
recognition of his work in building communities
through music. That same year he received the
National Black Sports and Entertainment Lifetime
Achievement Award. Other inductees with him
were Roberto Clemente, Count Basie, Max Roach,
Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. In 2002,
he was recognized by the London BBC, with its
Award for “Most Exciting Latin Performance.”
In 2005, Palmieri received a series of prestigious
awards: the Alice Tully African Heritage Award
from City College; the Harlem Renaissance Award;
inductee into both the Bronx Walk of Fame and
the Chicago Walk of Fame. He also received the
Lifetime Achievement Award from Urban Latino
Magazine. He acted as Godfather of the Puerto
Rican Day Parade in New York City and received
the EL Award from El Diario newspaper. Yet
another outstanding achievement that year was
the debut of Caliente, a radio show hosted by
Palmieri on National Public Radio, making him
the first Latino ever to do so. The show has been a
tremendous success, being picked up by more than
160 radio stations nationwide.
Born in Spanish Harlem in 1936, Eddie began
piano studies at an early age, as did his celebrated
older brother, the late Salsa legend and pianist,
Charlie Palmieri. For Latin New Yorkers of Eddie’s
generation, music was a vehicle out of El Barrio. At
age 11, he auditioned at Weil Recital Hall, which
is next door to Carnegie Hall, a venue as far from
the Bronx as he could imagine. Possessed by a
desire to play the drums, Palmieri joined his uncle’s
orchestra at age 13, where he played timbales.
Says Palmieri, “By 15, it was good-bye timbales
and back to the piano until this day. I’m a frustrated
percussionist, so I take it out on the piano.”
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He began his professional career as a pianist in
the early ’50s with Eddie Forrester’s Orchestra.
In 1955 he joined Johnny Segui’s band. He also
spent a year with the Tito Rodriguez Orchestra
before forming his own band, the legendary La
Perfecta in 1961. La Perfecta was unique in that it
featured a trombone section (led by the late Barry
Rogers) in place of trumpets, something that had
been rarely done in Latin music, demonstrating the
early stages of Palmieri’s unconventional means
of orchestration. They were known as “the band
with the crazy roaring elephants” because of this
configuration of two trombones, flute, percussion,
bass and a vocalist. With an infectious sound,
Palmieri’s band soon joined the ranks of Machito,
Tito Rodriguez and other major Latin orchestras
of the day. His unconventional style would once
again surprise critics and his fans with his 1970
release entitled Harlem River Drive. This recording
was the first to really merge black and Latin styles
(and musicians), resulting in a free-form sound
encompassing elements of salsa, funk, soul and
jazz. It was a fusion that moved effortlessly from
mood, groove, texture and excitement with its
multi-dimensional guitar, funky piano riffs, notable
brass and unforgettable rhythm section. Led by
Eddie, the group also included his brother Charlie,
as well as players from both communities such as
Victor Venegas, Andy Gonzales, Bernard “Pretty”
Purdie and Ronnie Cuber. Further to this proclivity
for creating and performing in funk Latin style, in
1997 Eddie was invited to record by Little Louie
Vega in Nuyorican Soul, a release which has been
a huge hit with dancers and DJs in the house
music genre.
Palmieri’s influences include not only his older
brother Charlie, but also Jesus Lopez, Lili Martinez
and other Cuban players of the 1940s: jazz
luminaries Art Tatum, Bobby Timmons, Bill Evans,
Horace Silver, Bud Powell and McCoy Tyner.
Says Palmieri, “In Cuba, there was a development
and crystallization of rhythmical patterns that have
excited people for years. Cuban music provides the
fundamental from which I never move. Whatever
has to be built must be built from there. It’s a crosscultural effect that makes magnificent music.”
Eddie Palmieri, a restless, yet instinctive artist,
embraces the future of his music by unapologetically
blazing a distinctive musical path to the delight
of fans across the globe. A true powerhouse of
brilliance, known for his astute arranging skills
and historic compositions, Palmieri has shown that
time is infinite with respect to his repertoire as he
continues to thrill audiences throughout the world
with his legendary style.
September 2015
Prudential Hall
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 8pm
NJPAC presents
Diana Ross
In the Name of Love Tour
There will be a brief intermission during this performance.
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Career milestones include induction into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Songwriters
Hall of Fame, National Academy of Recording
Arts & Sciences Hero Award, NAACP
Entertainer Award, Billboard’s “Female
Entertainer of the Century” Award, the Soul
Train Legend Award and International Lifetime
Achievement at the World Music Awards. Ms.
Ross is forever cemented in history with two
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “Stop!
In the Name of Love,” “Where Did Our Love
Go” and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” have all
been inducted into the NARAS Hall of Fame.
“Stop! In the Name of Love” and “You Can’t
Hurry Love” are among the Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame’s “Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll.”
DIANA ROSS
Diana Ross’ famed and remarkable career
spanning almost five decades has resulted
with major awards and accolades and music
history milestones. Diana Ross is a consummate
performer as well as one of the most iconic
female singers of all time and one of the most
prominent women in popular music history and
pop culture of the late 20th century.
Her
international
achievements
were
acknowledged by the prestigious Kennedy
Center Honors in December 2007 in
Washington, DC. The honor celebrated
her lustrous career of excellence in music,
film, television and theatre, as well as her
cultural influences, humanitarian work and
her contributions to American culture. The
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
(Grammy® Awards) celebrated her remarkable
career in 2012 with its highest honor—The
Lifetime Achievement Award.
The entertainment industry saluted her portrayal
of Billie Holliday in the film Lady Sings the
Blues with top awards and nominations. The
Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences
bestowed an Oscar nomination for her
extraordinary performance as “Best Actress”
and she received a Golden Globe Award for that
same role. Diana Ross went on to star in further
films, including Mahogany and The Wiz. She
won Broadway’s top honor with a Tony Award
for her one-woman show, An Evening with
Diana Ross, which was later broadcast as a
special on television.
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Guinness World Records jointly awarded Ms.
Ross with its Lifetime Achievement Award
and the title of “Most Successful Female
Vocalist of All Time.” She first reached the
No.1 position on both the U.S. and UK charts
with “Where Did Our Love Go.” This was
the first of a number of consecutive No.1 hits
in the US. Beginning in the ’60s, as lead singer
of the world renowned group, The Supremes,
Ross achieved the unprecedented feat of 12
number one singles in the US, becoming the
most successful American group in history and
rivaled only by The Beatles for the position of
the biggest hit group of that generation. Diana
Ross went on to achieve six number one single
as a solo artist amassing a total of 18 number
one hits. Her phenomenal music career is
marked by chart and commercial successes. In
the US alone, to date she has tallied 31 Top
Ten singles and 14 Top Ten Albums selling
over 100 million units around the globe. When
“Endless Love” hit number-one in 1981, Ross
became the first female artist in music history
to place six singles at the top of the Billboard
Hot 100 chart. “Endless Love” remains one of
the most successful duets in pop history. Ms.
Ross’ musical repertoire encompasses R&B,
soul, pop, disco and jazz, and her latest CD, I
Love You, jumped onto the chart as Billboard
magazine’s Hot Shot Debut title.
As lead singer of The Supremes, Diana Ross
helped shape the sound of popular music,
changing the landscape and paved the way for
contemporary music. Her love of life, neverending wonder, the appreciation of goals and
achievements and sheer human spirit define
the artist that is Diana Ross and continue to
make her one of the most identifiable, unique,
beloved and influential singers of successive
pop generations.
September 2015
Victoria Theater
Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 7:30pm
NJPAC presents
Christian McBride
&
Pat Metheny
One on One
There will be no intermission during this evening’s performance.
Produced by FestivalWest
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Metheny’s body of work includes compositions
for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and
acoustic instruments, large orchestras and
ballet pieces, with settings ranging from
modern jazz to rock to classical.
PAT METHENY
Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on
August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting
on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched
to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was
working regularly with the best jazz musicians
in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-thebandstand experience at an unusually young
age. Metheny first burst onto the international
jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his
three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary
Burton, the young Missouri native already
displayed his soon-to-become trademarked
playing style, which blended the loose and
flexible articulation customarily reserved for
horn players with an advanced rhythmic and
harmonic sensibility—a way of playing and
improvising that was modern in conception
but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition
of melody, swing and the blues. With the
release of his first album, Bright Size Life
(1975), he reinvented the traditional “jazz
guitar” sound for a new generation of players.
Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has
continued to re-define the genre by utilizing
new technology and constantly working to
evolve the improvisational and sonic potential
of his instrument.
Metheny’s versatility is almost nearly without
peer on any instrument. Over the years, he
has performed with artists as diverse as Steve
Reich, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Jim
Hall, Milton Nascimento and David Bowie.
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As well as being an accomplished musician,
Metheny has also participated in the academic
arena as a music educator. At 18, he was the
youngest teacher ever at the University of
Miami. At 19, he became the youngest teacher
ever at the Berklee College of Music, where he
also received an honorary doctorate more than
twenty years later (1996). He has also taught
music workshops all over the world, from the
Dutch Royal Conservatory to the Thelonius
Monk Institute of Jazz to clinics in Asia and
South America. He has also been a true musical
pioneer in the realm of electronic music, and
was one of the very first jazz musicians to treat
the synthesizer as a serious musical instrument.
Years before the invention of MIDI technology,
Metheny was using the Synclavier as a
composing tool. He has also been instrumental
in the development of several new kinds of
guitars such as the soprano acoustic guitar,
the 42-string Pikasso guitar, Ibanez’s PM100 jazz guitar, and a variety of other custom
instruments. He took the whole instrument
development process into a different level with
his mechanical, solenoid driven Orchestrion.
It is one thing to attain popularity as a
musician, but it is another to receive the kind
of acclaim Metheny has garnered from critics
and peers. Over the years, Metheny has won
countless polls as “Best Jazz Guitarist” and
awards, including three gold records for Still
Life (Talking), Letter from Home and Secret
Story. He has also won 20 GRAMMY® Awards
in 12 different categories including “Best Rock
Instrumental,” “Best Contemporary Jazz
Recording,” “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo”
and “Best Instrumental Composition.” The Pat
Metheny Group won an unprecedented seven
consecutive Grammy’s for seven consecutive
albums. Metheny has spent most of his life
on tour, averaging between 120-240 shows a
year since 1974. At the time of this writing,
he continues to be one of the brightest stars
of the jazz community, dedicating time to both
his own projects and those of emerging artists
and established veterans alike, helping them to
reach their audience as well as realizing their
own artistic visions.
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CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
Four-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz bassist
Christian McBride can be likened to a force of
nature, fusing the fire and fury of a virtuoso
with the depth and grounding of a seasoned
journeyman. Powered by a relentless energy
and a boundless love of swing, McBride’s path
has described a continuous positive arc since
his arrival on the scene. With a career now
blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia
native has become one of the most requested,
most recorded, and most respected figures in
the music world today.
Raised in a city steeped in soul, McBride
moved to New York in 1989 to pursue classical
studies at the Juilliard School. There he was
promptly recruited to the road by saxophonist
Bobby Watson. Call it a change in curriculum:
a decade’s worth of study through hundreds
of recording sessions and countless gigs with
an ever-expanding circle of musicians. He was
finding his voice, and others were learning to
listen for it.
In 2000 the lessons of the road came together
in the formation of what would become his
longest-running project, the Christian McBride
Band. Praised by writer Alan Leeds as “one of
the most intoxicating, least predictable bands
on the scene today,” the CMB—saxophonist
Ron Blake, keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer,
and drummer Terreon Gully—have been
collectively evolving McBride’s all-inclusive,
forward-thinking outlook on music through
their incendiary live shows, as chronicled on
2006’s Live at Tonic. Part excursion, part
education, the CMB is a vehicle built on a
framework of experience and powered by
unfettered creativity: a mesmerizing dance on
the edge of an electro-acoustic fault line.
In 2009 McBride began focusing this same
energy through a more traditional lens with the
debut of his critically-acclaimed Inside Straight
quintet, and again with the Christian McBride
Big Band, whose 2012 release The Good
Feeling won the GRAMMY® for “Best Large
Ensemble Jazz Album.” As his career entered
its third decade, McBride added the role of
mentor, tapping rising stars pianist Christian
Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. for
the Christian McBride Trio’s GRAMMY®nominated album Out Here.
He is also a respected educator and advocate,
first noted in 1997 when he spoke on former
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President Bill Clinton’s town hall meeting
“Racism in the Performing Arts.” He has
since been named Artistic Director of the Jazz
Aspen Snowmass Summer Sessions (2000),
co-director of the National Jazz Museum
in Harlem (2005), and the Second Creative
Chair for Jazz of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Association (2005).
In 1998 Christian combined roles, composing
“The Movement, Revisited,” a four-movement
suite dedicated to four of the major figures
of the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks,
Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. The piece was commissioned
by the Portland (ME) Arts Society and the
National Endowment for the Arts, and
performed throughout New England in the
fall of 1998 with McBride’s quartet and a
30-piece gospel choir. For its tenth anniversary,
“The Movement, Revisited” was expanded,
rewritten, and revamped to feature an 18-piece
big band and four actors/speakers in addition
to the gospel choir. It was performed in Los
Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and
praised by the Los Angeles Times as “a work
that was admirable—to paraphrase Dr. King—
for both the content of its music and the
character of its message.”
Currently Christian hosts and produces The
Lowdown: Conversations with Christian on
SiriusXM satellite radio and National Public
Radio’s Jazz Night in America, a weekly radio
show and multimedia collaboration between
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WBGO, NPR and Jazz at Lincoln Center,
showcasing outstanding live jazz from across
the country. With his staggering body of work,
McBride is the ideal host, drawing on history,
experience, and a gift for storytelling to bridge
the gap between artist, music, and audience. He
brings that same breadth of experience to bear
as Artistic Advisor for Jazz Programming at
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).
Completing the circle is his work with
Jazz House Kids, the nationally recognized
community arts organization founded by his
wife, vocalist Melissa Walker. Exclusively
dedicated to educating children through
jazz, the “Jazz House” concept brings
internationally renowned jazz performers to
teach alongside a professional staff, offering
students a wide range of creative programming
that develops musical potential, enhances
leadership skills, and strengthens academic
performance. This shared celebration of
America’s original musical art form cultivates
tomorrow’s community leaders and global
citizens while preserving its rich legacy for
future generations.
Whether behind the bass or away from it,
Christian McBride is always of the music.
From jazz (Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins,
J.J. Johnson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson,
McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea,
Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny) and R&B
(Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Lalah
Hathaway, and the one and only Godfather of
Soul himself, James Brown) to pop/rock (Sting,
Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Don Henley,
Bruce Hornsby), hip-hop/neo-soul (The
Roots, D’Angelo, Queen Latifah) and classical
(Kathleen Battle, Edgar Meyer, Shanghai
Quartet, Sonus Quartet), Christian is a
luminary with one hand ever reaching for new
heights, and the other extended in fellowship—
and perhaps the hint of a challenge—inviting
us to join him.
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with Christian McBride:
One on One
Thursday, November 12 at 7:30pm
Performance, conversation and
Q&A with a duo that promises
musical surprises!
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September 2015
Victoria Theater
Friday, September 18, 2015 at 7pm
NJPAC presents
Kathleen Madigan
Madigan Again
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a goal, reach it and then enjoy it? This society
is being driven by type-A lunatics that say ‘you
have to set more goals.’ No you don’t. Have a
seat and enjoy the fact that you’re here! Maybe
that’s the Irish in me talking though.”
It’s been a 25-year career of 300 nights a year
on the road. “We don’t get time off like a band.
Our tours never end. That’s why it makes me
laugh when people say ‘how long is your tour?’
Well so far, 25 years.” She’s gone from onenighters, to club gigs, to theaters, to headlining
the Mirage in Las Vegas.
KATHLEEN MADIGAN
Over Kathleen Madigan’s 25-year career she
has performed on nearly every standup
television show ever made—Leno, Letterman,
Conan, Ferguson and so on. Her third hourlong special, Madigan Again, which iTunes
named one of the Best Comedy Albums of
2013, premiered exclusively on Netflix in the
US, Canada, Europe and Latin America, and
is now available on CD, DVD and audio or
video download.
Previously Kathleen has released four CDs and
two DVDs and starred in two HBO specials,
three Comedy Central specials, three CMT
Salute to the Troops specials with Ron White
and her last hour-long special, Gone Madigan,
premiered on Showtime and is available
on Netflix.
She’s won the American Comedy Award for
“Best Female Comedian” and the Phyllis Diller
award for “Best Female Comedian.” Although
she’s turned down many writing jobs because
she enjoys performing more, she has written and
produced for Lewis Black’s “Root of all Evil”
on Comedy Central and for Gary Shandling’s
Emmy monologues. She’s done two USO tours
to Iraq and Afghanistan with pals Lewis Black,
the late Robin Williams, John Bowman and
musicals acts Kid Rock, The Zac Brown Band,
Kix Brooks and Kellie Pickler.
“There’s no better show on earth than a show
for the troops. Trust me, no crowd is as happy
to see a show as 1000 soldiers in Kabul. I do
USO shows at home here in the US too but
the further people are away, the more they
appreciate it. I don’t think they get paid enough
for a hard job so I like to do something for free
when I can.”
She remains the only comedian in the history of
NBC’s Last Comic Standing to go unchallenged
by any other comedian—meaning no comedian
would say they were funnier than her. Madigan
was a top three finalist in Season 2 and a judge
on Season 5.
So how is it, the Detroit Free Press asks, “that
Madigan has yet to be cast as the wisecracking
a) best friend b) office worker or c) martiniswilling mother-in-law in any of countless
sitcoms? We’re thinking because it’s because
she’s so irreplaceable on the stage. She’s
described as the funniest woman doing stand-up
right now, but no gender qualifier is necessary.
Along with Lewis Black, Brian Regan and Jim
Gaffigan, she’s one of the funniest stand-up
comedians of her generation.”
She’s a favorite on nationally syndicated radio
shows such as the The Bob and Tom Show
and The Stephanie Miller Show. She’s also in
constant rotation on SIRIUS-XM Radio and is
repeated voted #1 audience favorite by listeners.
“I just want to tell jokes. I didn’t start doing
open mics to become an actor on a sitcom or
in a TV commercial. Those things never even
crossed my mind. I just like to tell jokes for an
hour or so and laugh,” Madigan says. “For a
few of us working today, this was our goal. We
don’t have any more goals. Can’t you ever have
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, she
splits her time between the road, Los Angeles
and Missouri.
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Madigan has performed internationally at
festivals and theaters in Ireland, England and
Australia, and has filmed six Montreal Gala
Shows at the Montreal Comedy Festival for
Canadian television.
For
more
information,
go
to
www.KathleenMadigan.com; follow Kathleen
on Twitter – @KathleenMadigan
September 2015
Prudential Hall
Friday, September 18, 2015 at 8pm
NJPAC presents
Mystic India: The World Tour
featuring
AATMA Performing Arts
CREATED BY
Amit Shah
EXECUTIVE & ARTISIC DIRECTORS
Amit Shah & Kruti Shah
CHOREOGRAPHY
Amit Shah, Kruti Shah
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHY
Atul Divakarla, Melvin Varghese, Sapna Advani, Swarali Karulkar
& Dancers of AATMA Performing Arts
COSTUME DESIGN
Amit Shah &
Andaz Costume Design
LIVE MUSIC DIRECTOR
Rushi Divyangkumar Vakhil
MUSIC EDITING
Harsh Upadhya
LIGHTING & SET DESIGN
Amit Shah
STORYTELLERS
Sanjay Sahni & Aditya Dileep
ACROBAT
Rajesh Mudki
MUSICIANS
Julia Meynert, Mikhail Fatkhiyev, Pronab Kumar Biswas, Vincent Pierce Smith
MALE DANCERS
Andrew Soto, Amit Shah, Atul Divakarla, David Ezell, Dustin Ripkins, Jeremy Davidson, Jordon Waters,
Kushaal Mehta, Marcus Noble, Melvin Varghese, Princeton Spicer, Reginald Webber Jr, Tobin Thomas
FEMALE DANCERS
Alisha Desai, Andrea Palesh, Anjuli Bhattacharyya, Ayana Wildgoose, Brittany Young, Heart Hayes,
Hiral Shah, Jillian Peterson, Julia Rahman, Katelyn Homer, Kerime Konur, Kruti Shah,
Manisha Agarwal, Megan Stricker, Melissa Cammarata, Nubia Santos, Pooja Garg, Rachel Higbee,
Reba Browne, Sahiba Ahluwalia, Sapna Advani, Serena Ortiz, Shannon D’Souza, Swarali Karulkar
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Prelude
GANESHA
The remover of all obstacles
RADHA & KRISHNA
The idols of love
KING AKBAR
A force of equality
VILLAGES
The sub-cultures of India
HOLI
A celebration of color
– INTERMISSION –
HEROS & HEROINES
Bollywood’s iconic couples
ITEM NUMBERS
A tantalizing display of Bollywood’s popular trend
JOURNEY THROUGH BOLLYWOOD
A mashup of old and new
FINALE
The culmination of “Mystic India”
About the Show
Created by Director Amit Shah and AATMA
Performing arts in 2011, Mystic India: The
World Tour is an internationally acclaimed
Bollywood dance spectacular based on the
concept of ancient India’s transition into
modern India. The show features renowned
musicians, brilliant dancers, breathtaking
aerialists and acrobats, and over 1000 opulent
costumes. The colorful costumes and elaborate
sets have been custom designed by Amit Shah
and hand-made in India’s film capital by a
team of 40 designers and workers over the
course of four years. The team of diverse,
impeccably trained dancers from the AATMA
Performing Arts dance company combines
authentic Indian and modern techniques
bringing the streets Mumbai and New York
into perfect harmony.
Over half a million people have seen Mystic
India: The World Tour since its conception
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in 2011 through its successful tours in South
Africa, Switzerland, Canada, Bahrain, China
and various cities in the United States. The
company has opened for Carrie Underwood in
Las Vegas, and performed for executives of many
Fortune 100 companies, as well as in major
casinos, amusement parks and performing arts
centers. It is the first internationally-touring
Indian dance production headed by the USbased dance company, and the first touring
Indian production that carries such a diverse
case of artists. City and Shore Magazine voted
it “The Must-See Show of the Season.”
Audiences of Mystic India: The World Tour
can expect an explosion of colors and energy
as they travel on a celebratory journey through
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat,
and even through the progression of Bollywood
films via a stunning visual display that fuses
dance, theater and spectacular special effects.
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About the Company
AATMA PERFORMING ARTS is an award-winning
dance company that stands at the unique
intersection of traditional Indian performance
and modern movement. Founded by Amit
Shah, the organization is an outgrowth of
the experiences of Indian Americans who
have found a delicate balance in fusing
Indian classical and folk dance with Western
disciplines. As a pioneer in this field, AATMA
has received international acclaim and media
attention in North America, Europe, Africa
and Asia—and is the first US-based Indian
dance company to do so on such a large scale.
Epitomized in praise from Bollywood icon
Farah Khan—“their choreography is even
better than the film”—AATMA blends the
colorful experiences of the Indian diaspora
to create products coined as “visually grand
and dynamic” and “a kaleidoscope of color
and beauty” by publications such as The New
York Times, The Star-Ledger, and various
global publications.
The organic nature of the company has
spread to a bi-coastal presence in New Jersey,
New York and Los Angeles, while attracting
collaboration with Bollywood titans from
abroad: Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone,
John Abraham and Genelia D’Souza.
Featured on worldwide media networks for
their award-winning pieces, AATMA has
likewise made its presence known in the
United States, opening for Carrie Underwood,
and headlining performances for Fortune
500 companies (notably, General Electric,
MasterCard, Bank of America, PepsiCo,
BravoTV, Honda, and MTV).
AATMA’s popularity and talent led the
company to begin in 2011 its most ambitious
project to date, the first US-based international
Indian dance spectacle, Mystic India: The
World Tour. As a thorough exploration of
the evolution of Indian dance, from its rural
roots to modern Bollywood cinema, the show
is a manifestation of the heart of AATMA:
to provide the world with a connection
to the passionate, constantly-evolving art
form that inspired the company’s beginning.
Since its inception, the production has sold
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out hundreds of venues throughout four
continents, and has been seen by over 500,000
audience members in the past year alone.
Leaving its mark worldwide, Mystic India:
The World Tour has been well-received by
people of all backgrounds, and was voted
“The Must-See Show of the Season” in 2013
by City and Shore magazine.
Ever striving to do and be more, AATMA
Performing Arts established a dance school
early in its existence. The institution prioritizes
giving its students a well-rounded education
in Indian and American culture through
dance, building on the various specialties of its
growing company. From client performances
to competitions, students are given platforms
to perform at a professional caliber. Mirroring
the professional company’s successes, AATMA
students have placed first at Naya Andaz in
2010 and 2012, first at Dance Pe Chance in
2013, and second at Dance Pe Chance in
2014. As a testament to the powerful draw of
AATMA, many students have become active
contributors to the organization, marking the
school’s east coast presence with longevity,
consistency and endless growth.
Even with its rapidly expanding global
reputation, AATMA prides itself on its unique
position to preserve Indian culture, fostering
its expression in the context of American
communities. As a dance troupe and school,
it remains dedicated to this mission, creating
a brilliant fusion of the eastern and western
world, all the while influencing others around
the world to do the same.
AATMA PERFORMING ARTS
An entity of AATMA Group, LLC
Phone: (212) 464-8006
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.aatmaperformingarts.com
Founder & President – Amit Shah
Creative Directors – Amit Shah & Kruti Shah
Administrative Director – Pooja Garg
Student Registration Director – Komal Patel
Student Instructors – Kruti Shah,
Melvin Varghese, Sapna Advani,
Hiral Shah, Atul Divakarla
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Meet the Creators
AMIT SHAH (Founder & Creative Director) is
the President of AATMA Performing Arts and
the Creator and Director of Mystic India: The
World Tour. In this capacity, he has applied an
innovative eye to bridge the longstanding gaps
between visual arts, Indian dance and theater to
draw audiences into the captivating spectacle that
defines his work in the entertainment industry.
A tireless entrepreneur, and the chief creative
force behind AATMA, Amit is familiar with all
stages of the creative process; he utilizes such
familiarity to guarantee the highest production
quality in his productions, seamlessly weaving
together otherwise disparate processes such
as lighting, narrative and dance itself. When
it comes to the latter, Amit’s style is unique
in its passionate dramatization of traditional
Indian movement, translating it to a universally
appealing combination of a dancer’s strength
and sensuality with a spectator’s emotions and
ambient experience.
Since 2009, Amit has developed AATMA
Performing Arts into a leading worldwide brand
in South Asian dance, fostering diverse—yet
complementary—talent in its New Jersey, New
York, Los Angeles, and Mumbai branches. In
2011, Amit envisioned and executed a grand
project worthy of his company in the form of
Mystic India: The World Tour, an internationally
traveling Bollywood dance spectacular. Over
the past three years, the production has served
as a global platform for Amit’s work onstage
and in the media. Conscious of the power
of collaboration, Amit has supplemented his
company’s success by working on both live
shows and Bollywood film sets with the likes
of Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, John
Abraham, Genelia D’Souza and Red Chillies
Entertainment (the film production company
of Shahrukh and Gauri Khan). Amit brought
this community effort to the United States
in 2013 with the founding of the South
Asian
Choreographers’
(SAC)
Alliance,
uniting South Asian artists for the purpose of
cultural preservation.
Having made significant headway into his own
artistic endeavors, Amit Shah has prioritized
the empowerment of other South Asian artists
and communities to do the same. In 2012, he
launched Andaz Costume Design, a company
dedicated to designing and fabricating costumes
for dance companies around the world. Amit
established AURA Events & Entertainment
in the same year; having already astounded a
national clientele in planning ornate South Asian
weddings and corporate events, the business
caters to a wide array of private and branded
events, bringing Amit’s skills as a presenter and
artist to the table in the celebration of life and
organizational milestones.
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Never one to forget his own journey, Amit has
delivered public lectures at a number of colleges
to promote the pursuit of passion as a career. He
continues to seek out and conduct workshops
on dance, entrepreneurship, and brand building
to inspire younger generations to make their
dreams a reality—having seen his come to
fruition, firsthand.
KRUTI SHAH (Creative Director). Kruti Shah’s
individuality as an artist is captured in the height
of her ability, the depth of her training, and
the breadth of her global appeal. Her ability to
combine the idiosyncratic Indian classical styles
of Bharatanatyam and Kathak with Western
disciplines—among them, ballet, pointe, tap,
hip-hop, jazz, lyrical, and modern—belies a
lifetime of intensive training, and a dedication
to collaboration over isolation. Kruti has trained
heavily with Ms. Marina Bogdanova—principal
dancer of the Russian National Ballet Company
and Ballet Mistress of New Jersey Ballet. In her
early career, she assisted MTV’s “Choreographer
of the Year,” the award-winning Jamale Graves,
and Kimberly Tam of American Repertory Ballet.
In 2007, Kruti earned admission into the highly
competitive New Jersey’s Governor’s School
of the Arts, a prestigious summer intensive
program. In 2011, Kruti was a top ten finalist
out of thousands of dancers across the world,
representing the United States on Star Plus’s hit
reality show, Just Dance. Here, she received the
opportunity to train and receive guidance from
some of the most inspiring Bollywood icons of
our day, including Hrithik Roshan, Saroj
Khan, Farah Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant and
Terence Lewis. One of Kruti’s most personal
achievements was a gesture of artistic honor and
respect received from the revolutionary Saroj
Khan - the Rs. 101 ka Shagun.
Currently, Kruti is the co-Artistic Director of
AATMA Performing Arts and Mystic India:
The World Tour. Along with touring, Kruti
maintains a bi-coastal presence and is currently
the head Indian choreographer for Bollydoll,
an extravagant LA-based live dance musical.
Despite Kruti Shah’s blooming global status,
she finds joy in new creations and continuing
education for other aspiring dancers in the US.
Yet even with new projects and the opportunity to
workshop young dancers around the world,
she still prioritizes her students at home in New
Jersey. An ever-adamant proponent of dance
education, Kruti seeks to offer her future artists
an opportunity to establish a strong foundation of
modern technique in tandem with the preservation
of their cultural roots.
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NJPAC Shining Stars
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center reserves special accolades for its Shining Stars, the generous visionaries,
luminaries and great dreamers who made everything possible. This list includes contributors whose cumulative giving
to NJPAC totals $1 million and above. As of July 31, 2015
Dreamers
$10,000,000 & above
State of New Jersey
Women’s Association of NJPAC
The Prudential Foundation
The Raymond G. Chambers Family
The Star Ledger/Samuel I. Newhouse
Foundation
The Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund
Victoria Foundation
Betty W. Johnson
Estate of Eric F. Ross
City of Newark
Essex County
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Luminaries
$5,000,000 & above
Katherine M. and Albert W. Merck
Merck Company Foundation
Judy and Josh Weston
Toby and Leon Cooperman
CIT
Bank of America
Visionaries
$1,000,000 & above
Alcatel-Lucent
American Express Company
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
AT&T
ADP
Randi and Marc E. Berson
Casino Reinvestment Development
Authority
Chubb Foundation
Joanne D. Corzine Foundation
Jon S. Corzine Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Veronica M. Goldberg
The Griffinger Family
Harrah’s Foundation
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
Hess Foundation, Inc.
Jaqua Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
JPMorgan Chase
Kresge Foundation
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation
Arlene Lieberman/ The Leonard
Lieberman Family Foundation
A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper/Lipper
Family Charitable Foundation
McCrane Foundation, Inc., care of
Margrit McCrane
New Jersey Cultural Trust
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Parsonnet
Pfizer Inc.
PSEG Foundation
Michael F. Price
PwC
Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust
Pat and Art Ryan
The Sagner Family Foundation
The Smart Family Foundation/David S.
Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini
Morris and Charlotte Tanenbaum
Turner Construction Company
Turrell Fund
Diana and Roy Vagelos
Verizon
Wells Fargo
Mary Ellen and Robert C. Waggoner
Wallace Foundation
NJPAC Leadership
Board of Directors
Co-Chair
William J. Marino
Thomas J. Marino, CPA
Marc H. Morial
Harold L. Morrison, Jr.
Thomas M. O’Flynn
Co-Chair
Victor Parsonnet, M.D.
John R. Strangfeld
Philip R. Sellinger, Esq.
Jeffrey S. Sherman, Esq.
President and CEO
Susan N. Sobbott
John Schreiber
The Hon. Clifford M. Sobel
Treasurer
David S. Stone, Esq.
Marc E. Berson
Michael A. Tanenbaum, Esq.
Joseph M. Taylor
Assistant Treasurer
Steven M. Goldman, Esq. Stephen M. Vajtay, Jr., Esq.
Robert C. Waggoner
Secretary
Nina M. Wells, Esq.
Michael R. Griffinger, Esq. Josh S. Weston
Linda A. Willett, Esq.
Assistant Secretary
Donald A. Robinson, Esq. John S. Willian
*Founding Chair
Raymond G. Chambers
*Chair Emeritus
Arthur F. Ryan
Lawrence E.
Bathgate II, Esq.
Brian T. Bedol
James L. Bildner, Esq.
Daniel M. Bloomfield, M.D.
Ann Dully Borowiec
Linda Bowden
Jacob Buurma, Esq.
Percy Chubb III
J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr.
Pat A. Di Filippo
Robert H. Doherty
Brendan P. Dougher
Thasunda Brown Duckett
Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq.
Anne Evans Estabrook
Leecia R. Eve, Esq.
Gregg N. Gerken
Christine C. Gilfillan
Savion Glover
Steven E. Gross, Esq.
William V. Hickey
Judith Jamison
The Hon. Thomas H. Kean
Ralph A. LaRossa
Michelle Y. Lee
Ann M. Limberg
A. Michael Lipper, CFA
Directors Emeriti
Dennis Bone
Barbara Bell Coleman
Albert R. Gamper
Morris Tanenbaum
Diana T. Vagelos
Ex Officio
The Hon. Ras J. Baraka
The Hon. Christopher J.
Christie
The Hon. Mildred C.
Crump
The Hon. Joseph N.
DiVincenzo, Jr.
The Hon. Kimberly M.
Guadagno
Elizabeth A. Mattson
Robert A. Romano
WA Board of Trustees
Christine C. Gilfillan
President
Suzanne Spero
Nina M. Wells, Esq.
Co-Executive
Vice Presidents
Mary Beth O’Connor
Vice President, Fund
Development
Tenagne Girma-Jeffries
Vice President,
Promotion
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Mary Kay Strangfeld
Vice President,
Advocacy
Karen C. Young
Treasurer
Robin Cruz McClearn
Assistant Treasurer
Marcia Wilson Brown, Esq.
Secretary
Samuel A. Delgado
Steven J. Diner, Ph.D.
Andrew Dumas, Esq.
Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.
Curtland E. Fields
Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.
Renee Golush
Paula Gottesman
Sandra Greenberg
Kent C. Hiteshew
Patrick E. Hobbs
John A. Hoffman, Esq.
Beverly Baker
Lawrence S. Horn, Esq.
Audrey Bartner
Reverend M. William
Tai Beauchamp
Howard, Jr.
M. Michele Blackwood,
Reverend Reginald
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Jackson
Mary Ellen Burke
Howard Jacobs
Jillian Castrucci, Esq.
Byerte W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Patricia A. Chambers*
Robert L. Johnson, M.D.
Sally Chubb* **
Marilyn “Penny” Joseph
Barbara Bell Coleman**
Donald M. Karp, Esq.
Erica Ferry
Douglas L. Kennedy
Chanda Gibson
Gene R. Korf, Esq.
Marilyn “Penny” Joseph
Rabbi Clifford M. Kulwin
Veronica M. Goldberg*
Ellen W. Lambert, Esq.
Archie Gottesman
Paul Lichtman
Bunny Johnson
Kevin Luing
Heather B. Kapsimalis
Joseph Manfredi
Ruth C. Lipper
Antonio S. Matinho
Dena F. Lowenbach
Bari J. Mattes
Pamela T. Miller, Esq.
Gabriella E. Morris, Esq.* John E. McCormac, CPA
Catherine M. McFarland
Trish Morris-Yamba
Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq. Joyce R. Michaelson
Edwin S. Olsen
Christine Pearson
Barry H. Ostrowsky, Esq.
Patricia E. Ryan* **
Richard S. Pechter
Mikki Taylor
Daria M. Placitella
Diana T. Vagelos* **
*Founding Member Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP
**Trustee Emerita Steven J. Pozycki
Marian Rocker
Council of Trustees
David J. Satz, Esq.
Val Azzoli
Barbara J. Scott
Michael F. Bartow
Marla S. Smith
Rona Brummer
Suzanne M. Spero
John M. Castrucci, CPA
Joseph P. Starkey
Elizabeth G. Christopherson Sylvia Steiner
Susan Cole, Ph.D.
Arthur R. Stern
Robert S. Constable
Andrew Vagelos
Irene Cooper-Basch
Richard J. Vezza
Anthony R. Coscia, Esq.
Kim Wachtel
Andrea Cummis
Rita K. Waldor
Robert Curvin, Ph.D.
Constance K. Weaver
Elnardo J. Webster, II
E. Belvin Williams, Ph.D.
Gary M. Wingens, Esq.
Jazz Ambassadors
Trayton M. Davis
Paul V. Profeta
Jeffrey S. Sherman
NJPAC Senior
Management Team
John Schreiber
President and CEO
Peter H. Hansen
Senior Vice President,
Development
Lisa Hayward
Vice President,
Development
Lennon Register
Vice President and CFO
Ross S. Richards
Operations and
Real Estate
David Rodriguez
Executive Vice
President and
Executive Producer
Alison Scott-Williams
Vice-President,
Arts Education
Gail P. Stone
Managing Director,
Women’s Associate
of NJPAC
Katie Sword
Vice President,
Marketing
Warren Tranquada
Executive Vice
President and COO
Donna Walker-Kuhne
Vice President,
Community Engagement
Theater Square
Development Company, LLC
John Schreiber
President
Thomas L. Lussenhop
Project Advisors
NJPAC Contributors
Business Partners
NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations and government agencies for their
generous annual support of artistic and arts education programs, the endowment fund, and maintenance
of the Arts Center.
As of July 31, 2015
Women’s Association of NJPAC
Benefactor Level
New Jersey State Council
on the Arts
Leadership Circle
Merck Company Foundation
Bank of America
Carnegie Corporation of New York The Prudential Foundation
Panasonic Corporation of
The Horizon Foundation for
North America
New Jersey
American Express
ADP
Co-Chair Circle
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
TD Bank
PSEG Foundation
Victoria Foundation
U.S. Trust
Wells Fargo
Director’s Circle
BD
Capital One, N.A.
Chase
Disney Corporate Citizenship
The Blanche & Irving
Laurie Foundation
The Philip and Janice Levin
Foundation
NJM Insurance Group
PwC
Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office
Bloomberg
Chubb Corporation
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Gibbons P.C
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
CohnReznick LLP
Investors Bank
Johnson & Johnson Family
of Companies
Lowenstein Sandler PC
McCarter & English, LLP
Audible Inc.
Barnabas Health
The Berger Organization
Berkeley College
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
C.R. Bard Foundation
Coca Cola Refreshments
Flemington Car & Truck Country
F. M. Kirby Foundation
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
ISS Facility Services
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Landmark Fire Protection
M&T Bank
McKinsey & Company
The Nicholas Martini Foundation
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Accenture, LLP
Advance Realty Group
Barnabas Health
Brach Eichler LLC
C&K Properties
Connell Foley LLP
Deloitte & Touche
DeWitt Stern Group
Doherty Enterprises
EisnerAmper LLP
Elberon Development Co.
EpsteinBeckerGreen
Ernst & Young, LLP
Fifth Third Bank
Gallagher Bollinger
Gateway Group One
Gellert Global Group
Genova Burns
Encore Circle
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
Goldman Sachs & Co.
The Gertrude L. Hirsch
Charitable Trust
Heritage Capital Group
Inserra Shop-Rite Supermarkets
The Lichtman Foundation
Linden Cogeneration Plant
L+M Partners Inc.
Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
Mountain Development Corp.
Nordstrom
The George A. Ohl, Jr.
Charitable Trust
Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Peerless Beverage Company
Podvey, Meanor, Catenacci,
Hildner, Cocoziello & Chattman
The Star-Ledger
Steinway and Sons
Surdna Foundation
TD Charitable Foundation
Turrell Fund
United Airlines
Verizon
President’s Circle
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
Richmond County Savings
Foundation
The Law Firm of Robinson,
Wettre and Miller
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Composer’s Circle
Profeta & Associates
PNC Bank, N.A.
The PNC Foundation
Sandalwood Securities
SP+
Turner Construction Company
The Edward W. and Stella C.
Van Houten Memorial Fund
Wyndham Worldwide
PointProspect Consulting, LLC
Provident Bank Foundation
Prudential Center and
New Jeresy Devils
Michael Rachlin & Company LLC
RBH Group
Sedgwick LLP
Sherman Wells Sylvester &
Stamelman LLP
ShopRite of Newark
SILVERMAN
Summit Medical Group
TigerShark Foundation
Towers Watson Co.
Verizon Wireless
WeiserMazars LLP
Windels Marx Lane &
Mittendorf, LLP
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NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following individuals and families for their generous annual support of artistic and
arts education programs, the endowment fund and maintenance of the Arts Center.
As of July 31, 2015
Leadership Circle
The Chambers Family and
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
The Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund
Betty Wold Johnson
The Smart Family Foundation/David S.
Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini
Edison Properties Newark
Foundation
Arlene Lieberman/The Leonard
William J. and Paula Marino
McCrane Foundation, Inc.,
care of Margrit McCrane
Steve and Elaine Pozycki
Pat and Art Ryan
The Walter V. and Judith L. Shipley
Family Foundation
Michael and Jill Tanenbaum
John and Suzanne Willian/
Goldman Sachs Gives
Ann and Stan Borowiec
Jennifer A. Chalsty
William V. Hickey
Steve and Bonnie Holmes
Dana and Peter Langerman
President’s Circle
A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper/
Lipper Family Charitable
Foundation
Harold and Donna Morrison
Thomas O’Flynn and Cheryl Barr
Marian and David Rocker
The Sagner Family Foundation
Sandy Hill Foundation
Jeffrey and Karen Sherman
David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner
Charitable Trust
Mary Ellen and Robert C.
Waggoner
Co-Chair Circle
John and Mary Kay Strangfeld
Director’s Circle
Audrey Bartner
Judy and Brian Bedol
Judith Bernhaut
Mindy A. Cohen and
David J. Bershad
Rose and John Cali
Carol and Roger Chartouni
Stewart and Judy Colton
Jodi and Wayne Cooperman
Edward† and Sharon Cruz
Trayton M. and Maris R. Davis
Linda and Pat Di Filippo
Richard and Thasunda Duckett
Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq.
Steven M. Goldman, Esq.
Composer’s Circle
Phyllis and Steven E. Gross
The Huisking Foundation Meg and Howard Jacobs
Kaminsky Family Foundation
Don and Margie Karp
The Honorable and
Mrs. Thomas H. Kean
Rabbi and Mrs. Clifford M. Kulwin
Lee and Murray Kushner and Family
Michelle Y. Lee
Ann M. Limberg
Amy and William Lipsey
The Harold I. and Faye B. Liss
Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Parsonnet
Richard S. and Kayla L. Pechter
Anonymous
Jean and Bruce Acken
Barbara and Val Azzoli
Lawrence E. Bathgate, II
Barbara and Edward Becker
The Russell Berrie Foundation Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation
Daniel M. Bloomfield, M.D. Denise and Dennis Bone
Betsy and Kurt Borowsky/
Pick Foundation
Ms. Linda M. Bowden and
Mr. Harold B. Jenssen
Liz and Blair Boyer
James C. Brady
Norman L. Cantor
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Chubb, III
Sylvia J. Cohn
Bobbie and Bob Constable
Robert H. Doherty
Brendan P. Dougher
Susan and Thomas Dunn
Dexter and Carol Earle Foundation
Leecia Roberta Eve
Sandra and Ray Fino
Robert and Brenda Fischbein
Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Gregg N. Gerken
Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons
Lawrence P. Goldman and
Laurie B. Chock
Archie Gottesman and Gary DeBode
Peter O. Hanson
Hobby’s Restaurant/
The Brummer Family
Jockey Hollow Foundation
Ralph and MartyAnn LaRossa
Elaine and Rob LeBuhn
Judith M. Lieberman
Carmen and Benito Lopez
Dena F. and Ralph Lowenbach
Tom and Joanne Marino
Barry and Leslie Mandelbaum
Mr. Arnold and Dr. Sandra Peinado
James and Nancy Pierson
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Quick, III
Susan and Evan Ratner
Karen and Gary D. Rose
The Rubenstein Foundation
Philip R. Sellinger
Susan N. Sobbott
Cliff and Barbara Sobel
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
Warren and Alexine Tranquada
Diana and Roy Vagelos
Ted and Nina Wells
Linda A. Willett, Esq.
Jan and Barry Zubrow
Encore Circle
Judy and Heath McLendon
Joyce R. Michaelson and
John R. LaVigne
Mary Beth O’Connor,
Lucky VIII Films
Edwin S. and Catherine Olsen
Deanne Wilson and
Laurence B. Orloff
Jean and Kent Papsun
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Radest
Jessie Richards
Susan Satz
John Schreiber
Joan Standish
Helen M. Taverna and
Mark E. Reagan
Robert and Sharon Taylor
Steve and Gabi Vajtay
Thomas C. Wallace
Barbara White and Lennon Register
Helene and Gary Wingens
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Zinbarg
Muse (myooz) n.
A source of inspiration; esp. a guiding genius
Join NJPAC’s Muse Society
NJPAC has established The Muse Society to ensure it can continue to offer life-affirming educational
programs and inspirational performances. The Muse Society recognizes those visionary friends who
include NJPAC in their financial planning through bequests, charitable gift annuities, insurance and
other deferred gifts. For more information or to notify NJPAC of your intent to include it in your estate
planning, contact Peter H. Hansen, Senior Vice President of Development, at (973) 297-5817.
The Muse Society
We are deeply grateful to the following friends who have included the Arts Center in their estate plans
and made known their future gift.
As of July 31, 2015
Audrey Bartner
Andrew T. Berry, Esq. †
The Joan and Allen Bildner
Family Fund
Candice R. Bolte
Edmond H. and Joan K. Borneman
Raymond G. Chambers
Fred Corrado
Ann Cummis
Mr. and Mrs. James Curtis
Harold R. Denton
Richard E. DiNardo
Charles H. Gillen †
Phyllis and Steven E. Gross
Jackie and Larry Horn
Rose Jacobs †
Gertrude Brooks Josephson †
and William Josephson in
Memory of Rebecca
and Samuel Brooks
Adrian and Erica Karp
Joseph Laraja, Sr. †
Leonard Lieberman †
Ruth C. Lipper
Dena and Ralph Lowenbach
Opera Link/Jerome Hines †
Joseph and Bernice O’Reilly †
Mr and Mrs. Paul B. Ostergaard
Maria Parise †
Donald A. Robinson, Esq.
Estate of Eric F. Ross
Bernice Rotberg †
Arthur F. and Patricia E. Ryan
Ethel Smith †
Dr. Leonard R. Stern †
Paul Stillman Trust
Carolyn M. VanDusen
Artemis Vardakis †
† Deceased
Members
New Jersey Performing Arts Center gives special thanks to the following Members who help meet the
Arts Center’s annual financial needs with gifts of $650 to $4,999. For information on becoming a
Member, please call (973) 297-5809. As of July 31, 2015
Connoisseurs
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Augsburger
Patricia L. Capawana
Eleonore Kessler Cohen and
Max Insel Cohen
Joanne M. Friedman
Herb and Sandy Glickman
Alice Gerson Goldfarb
Renee and David Golush
Hellring Lindeman Goldstein &
Siegal LLP
Louis V. Henston
Irvin and Marjorie Kricheff
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Kronthal
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Season Funders
New Jersey Performing Arts Center is grateful to the following partners
for their commitment and investment in NJPAC’s mission. As of July 31, 2015
Major support provided by:
The Joan and Allen Bildner
Family Fund
The Chambers Family and
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
Toby & Leon Cooperman
Betty Wold Johnson
McGladrey LLP
The Merck Company Foundation
Panasonic Corporation
of North America
The Smart Family Foundation/
David S. Stone, Esq.,
Stone and Magnanini
Edison Properties Newark
Foundation
The Philip and Janice Levin
Foundation
Arlene Lieberman/The Leonard
William J. & Paula Marino
McCrane Foundation, Inc., care
of Margrit McCrane
PNC Bank, N.A.
Steve & Elaine Pozycki
Pat & Art Ryan
The Walter V. and Judith L.
Shipley Family Foundation
The Star-Ledger
John & Mary Kay Strangfeld
Verizon
Victoria Foundation
Judy & Josh Weston
Additional support provided by:
Steinway & Sons
Surdna Foundation
Michael & Jill Tanenbaum
John & Suzanne Willian/
Goldman Sachs Gives
The New Jersey Cultural Trust
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For Your Information
As part of our Enhanced Safety
Program, the following items are
prohibited upon entry into Prudential
Hall, the Victoria Theater, and all
public spaces of NJPAC: backpacks,
large pocketbooks, shopping bags,
suitcases, briefcases, weapons, animals
(except service animals).
Late Seating Policy: Latecomers and
persons leaving the theater midshow will be seated/re-seated at the
discretion of the management.
Camera and Recording Equipment
is Prohibited: The use of recording
equipment and the taking of
photographs of any performance
or the possession of any device for
such use without the written
permission of the management is
strictly prohibited.
Parking Facilities: Easy parking is
available in the 1,100-car garage
under Military Park, directly across
from NJPAC. Safe and secure
surface parking is also available.
Smoking is prohibited throughout all
indoor spaces of NJPAC.
Lost and Found: Any found items
should be returned to NJPAC
Security or Guest Services staff. If
you believe you have lost an item,
call (973) 297-5868. Found clothing
items will be held for 30 days after
which they will be donated to a
local shelter.
Mobile
Device
Courtesy
Reminder:
Please respect performers and fellow
audience members by ensuring that
all cellular phones and mobile devices
are turned off during performances.
Newark Light Rail: NJ Transit’s
Newark Light Rail offers frequent
service in Downtown Newark that
includes a station stop at NJPAC,
offering a convenient alternative to
driving to a performance or event.
This service is an extension of the
Newark City Subway and connects
all rail lines served by Newark Penn
and Broad Street Stations. Other
popular destinations served by the
extension are the Bears and Eagles
Riverfront Stadium, The Newark
Museum and Broad Street area
businesses. For more information,
visit njtransit.com/nlr.
Disabilities: All Tiers of Prudential
Hall and the Victoria Theater
are wheelchair accessible. Open
captioning is provided at select
performances. Sennheisser Infraport
infra red audio receivers are
available free-of-charge from an
NJPAC Guest Service staff member.
NJPAC welcomes children of all
ages to its family events, but adult
performances are not recommended for
children 5-years-old and younger.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
NJPAC, One Center Street, Newark,
NJ, 07102; Telephone: (973) 642-8989,
Box Office: (888) 466-5722; njpac.org
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As of August 30, 2015
NJPAC Staff & Administration
DEVELOPMENT
Peter Hansen*
Development
Lisa Hayward
Vice President,
Development
Sue-Ellen M. Wright
Assistant Vice President,
Corporate, Foundation &
Government Relations
Laura Fino
Senior Director,
Individual Giving
Ursula Hartwig-Flint***
Director, Donor Services
Randall Solina
Senior Manager,
Development Operations
Patricia Bachorz
Grant Writer
ARTS EDUCATION
Jessica Woodbridge*
Alison Scott-Williams
Manager, Prospect
Vice President, Arts Education
Management
Jennifer Tsukayama
Evelyn Wen-Ting Chiu
Senior Director,
Coordinator,
Arts Education
Individual Giving
Caitlin Evans Jones**
Hillary Cohen
Director, Partnerships &
Membership Coordinator
Professional Development
Bailey Fox
Rebecca Hinkle
Development Associate,
Director, Arts Training
Corporate & Foundations
Jamie M. Mayer
Stacey Goods
Director, In-School Programs
Associate, Development
Erika Hicks
Database
Program Manager,
Shara Morrow
In-School Programs
Senior Administrative Assistant
Rosa Hyde
Manager, Performances
FINANCE
Eyesha Marable
Lennon Register
Manager, Sales & Partnerships Vice President & CFO
Mary Jaffa***
Kristina Watters
Manager, Operations
Finance
& Systems
Patricia Sweeting
Rene Tovera****
Coordinator, After School &
Assistant Vice President
& Controller
Summer Programs
Betty Robertson*
Alexis Almeida
Program Coordinator,
Senior Accountant,
General Accounting
Music Programs &
New Initiatives
Manuela Silva****
Ashia Fulmore
Senior Accountant, Payroll
Program Coordinator,
Geraldine Richardson **
Staff Accountant,
Sales, Partnerships and
Accounts Payable
Professional Development
Amite Kapoor
Christopher Phillips
Business Information Analyst
Administrative Assistant &
Office Manager
Lauren Lestino*
MeiLing Roberts
Administrative Assistant,
Administrative Assistant
Finance and
Human Resources
to VP & AVP
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
John Schreiber
President & CEO
Josephine (Jo) Edwards
Executive Assistant to the
President and CEO
Casey Hastrich
Senior Administrative
Assistant
David Rodriguez
Executive Vice President &
Executive Producer
Kira M. Ruth**
Administrative Assistant &
Office Manager
Warren Tranquada*
Executive Vice President &
COO
Pamela C. Chisena***
Administrative Manager
MARKETING
Katie Sword
Vice President,
Marketing
Linda Fowler
Director, Content Marketing
Debra L. Volz***
Director, Advertising &
Graphic Production
Tina Boyer
Manager, Advertising &
Graphic Production
Nathan Leslie
Marketing Manager
Shachi Parikh
Manager, Institutional
Marketing
Charlene A. Roberts
Marketing Manager
Mujahid Robinson
Manager, Digital Media
Doris Ann Pezzolla***
Senior Graphic Designer
Sandra Silva
Graphic Designer
Latoya Dawson
Advertising & Graphic
Production Assistant
Jerome H. Enis****
Consultant, Herbert
George Associates
OPERATIONS
Ross Richards***
Operations & Real Estate
Chad Spies**
Site Operations
Todd Vanderpool
Site Operations Manager
Elizabeth Mormak*
Assistant
Todd Tantillo***
Chief Engineer
J. Dante Esposito***
Lead Engineer
Brian Cady*
Michel Lionez Cuillerier***
Sherman Gamble**
Mariusz Koniuszewski*
Maintenance Engineers
John Hook
Chief of Security
Thomas Dixon***
Safety and Security Manager
Robin Jones*
Senior Director of
House Management
Molly Roberson
Jennifer Yelverton*
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES
House Managers
Donna Walker–Kuhne
Marsha R. Bonner
Kathleen Dickson***
Vice President,
Senior Head Usher
Human Resources
Lamont Akins***
Chiara Morrison
Ginny Bowers Coleman**
Jerry Battle*
Senior Manager, Community
Director of Volunteer Services
Edward Fleming***
Engagement & Cultivation
Rosetta Lee **
Cynthia Robinson**
Jose R. Acevedo
Receptionist & Purchasing/
Head Ushers
Manager, Group Sales
HR Administrator
Lauren Vivenzio***
Brittany Blackwell
INFORMATION
Manager, Operations
Coordinator,
TECHNOLOGIES
Hernan Soto***
Ernie DiRocco*
Senior Supervisor,
Penny Claiborne**
Chief Information Officer
Operations Support Staff
Coordinator, Group Sales
Carl Sims***
Jose Almonte
Erma Jones***
Director, Network
Trenice Hassell
Infrastructure
Corey Lester
Assistant
Rodney Johnson**
Vincent Ransom
Support Analyst,
Aaron Ratzan
IT and Telecom
Francisco Soto
Brian Remite*
Operations Support Staff
Service Recognition
Database Analyst,
George Gardner***
(as of 8/30/15)
Customer Care Systems
House Painter
* * * * 20+ years
* * * 15+ years
* * 10+ years
* 5+ years
PRODUCTION
Chris Moses*
Senior Director, Production
DJ Haugen
Christopher Staton
Production Managers
Samantha Davis
Assistant Production
Manager, Administration
Adam Steinbauer
Assistant Production Manager
William Worman***
Head Carpenter
Richard Edwards***
Mario Corrales***
Assistant Head Carpenters
Jacob Allen**
Head Electrician
John Enea
Gummersindo Fajarado***
Assistant Head Electricians
Paul Allshouse*
Head of Audio
Al Betancourt ***
Jon Hiltz***
Assistant Head of Audio
Robert Binetti*
Bryan Danieli**
John Finney*
George Honczarenko*
Stage Crew
Eunice Peterson***
Senior Artist Assistant
Melvin Anderson*
Lowell Craig**
Caresse Elliott
Daniel Ovalle
Allison Wyss***
Artist Assistants
PROGRAMMING
Evan White**
Senior Director, Programming
Andy Donald
Producer, Artistic
Development &
Community Programming
Craig Pearce
Program Manager,
Arts Education
Kitab Rollins**
Manager, Performance &
Broadcast Rentals
Andrea Cummis
William W. Lockwood Jr.***
Programming Consultants
SPECIAL EVENTS
Austin Cleary**
Theater Square Events
Roslyn Brown**
Event Associate
TICKET SERVICES
Erik Wiehardt**
Director, Ticket Services
Yesenia Jimenez ***
Associate Director,
Priority Customers
Stephanie Miller***
Associate Director,
Ticketing System
Nicole Craig***
Senior Box Office Manager
Robin Polakoff
Ticketing Systems Specialist
Veronica Dunn-Sloan*
Box Office Manager
Daryle Charles*
April Jeffries
Robert Paglia**
Priority Customer
Representatives
Jana Thompson
Box Office Representative
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF NJPAC
Gail P. Stone*
Managing Director
Amy Mormak*
Manager, Events & Marketing
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