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Past Events
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A Tribute To Bob Dylan
July 10th 2008. 8PM
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The Return of "The Reticents" - performing the songs of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young.
Featuring:Doug Hall, Bob Mellman, Mike Levine, Iris Schaffer, Zack Levine.
Bob Dylan has been a major figure in popular music for the past five decades and in order to honor his celebrated career "The Reticents" will be performing some of his greatest hits at OSPAC.
Bring a picnic, a nice bottle of wine, some lawn chairs or a blanket and listen to great music under the stars!!!
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Broadway Comes Back to the Mountains
Thursday July 17th 2008. 8PM
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This concert celebrates everyone's favorite Broadway tunes. The program will be filled with the classics that rang out over Broadway over the years. Come experience the memories of your favorite Broadway shows as these award-winning artists perform the most renowned songs.
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Kiss Me Kate performed by the Community Theater
Last Performance Sunday August 3rd. 8PM
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"Kiss Me Kate" is a play within a play set in the late 1940's. Fred and Lilli, once married, are now starring in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew:. This very funny story features a egocentric male lead, a Hollywood type movie star (with a shrewish temper), a nightclub chorine,her gambling boyfriend, two comic gangsters, and an ensemble of show biz types. The tuneful score includes "Another Openin' ", "Too Darn Hot",and "Wunderbar". The talented cast is comprised of young performers from West Orange and surrounding communities. The book was written by Samuel and Bella Spewack; music and lyrics are by Cole Porter. This OSPAC production is directed and choreographed by Gina Keyes and co-directed and costumed by Thomasina Hyland.
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Dates : Friday and Saturday, August 8th and 9th
Performance starts at 8:00 p.m.
Runtime - 60 minutes
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Freespace Dance is a contemporary modern dance company renowned for creating emotionally driven work in their athletic signature style. Comprised of seven exceptionally strong performers, this vibrant company uses controlled abandonment in pushing the limits of inventive partnering. Bodies fly through the air as Freespace Dance wows audiences worldwide. Donna Scro Gentile/Freespace Dance returns for a third season to the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center on Friday August 8 and Saturday August 9th.
This year the company will perform signature works along with a new premier and a guest performance from the PGK Project (A Contemporary Dance Company) San Diego.
*Suggested Donation: Adults $10, Children Age 6 And Up $5, Seniors $5, Children 5 and under Free
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Jazz And Vocal Workshops
Dates : Monday August 11th Through Saturday August 16th
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The week long OSPAC Jazz Festival Summer Workshop, now in its 6th year, offers students of all ages and abilities the opportunity to study with an internationally renown faculty of jazz musicians and to perform at The Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center which is located on 4 acres of a beautiful land in West Orange, NJ.
Register For Workshop Click Here!
Registration Fee: $25.00
Early Registration: $350.00 by June 21, 2008
(after deadline $400.00)
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A Tribute to the Great American Composers
Date : Thursday, August 14th
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With a great line up of performers taken right from OSPAC's Jazz Workshop this event will feature Mark Soskin, Harvie S., Vic Juris, Ralph LaLama, Kate Baker, Don Braden, Tim Horner, and Gregory Rivkin.
This concert will pay tribute to the composers from 1911 through the culture clash of the 1950s, such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwin's, Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and others. Please join the teachers of the Jazz Workshop in this performance.
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6th Annual Jazz Festival
Dates: Saturday September 6th and Sunday September 7th.
Performances start at 12:00 p.m. and end 8 p.m.
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The Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center (OSPAC) announces the Sixth Annual Jazz Festival.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center will present an entire weekend of world-class jazz entertainment in an open-air setting, complete with international food vendors, artisans and crafts, health spa center, and entertainment and activities for children.
"The OSPAC Jazz Festival has grown in six short years to be the most talked about jazz event in the area", said international renowned jazz singer and OSPAC's Executive Director, Kate Baker. "This years event will be more spectacular than ever. Our line up of artists is an international mix of quintessential jazz stylists and modern and cultural jazz interpreters."
"What makes this venue special is not only the beautiful surroundings where you can stroll around the lake, but the superb sound that you can hear from every location", said guitarist, Vic Juris.
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"OSPAC is considered New Jersey's premier outdoor theater and we are proud of the great performances, like the Jazz Festival that take place here", says Mayor John F. McKeon, "I encourage everyone to come out to OSPAC and enjoy the beautiful surroundings at Crystal Lake, and experience the season's signature event."
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Tribute to the Beatles Fundraiser
Dates: Saturday, September 27th
Performance starts at 8:00 p.m.
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Re-live the music, the magic and the mania with a Tribute to the Beatles. A world renowned recording artist will perform some of the Beatles greatest hits. A Tribute to the Beatles takes audiences on a magical mystery tour through the sounds of the most influential group of the 20th century.
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