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2014–15 SEASON2014–15 SEASON
JAZZ
Ramsey Lewis In Performance and Conversation
SAT, SEPT 13 AT 8PM
Tickets: $48, $58, $68, $88SOPAC Members: $43, $53, $63, $83
Composer, pianist, and jazz legend Ramsey Lewis has been referred to as “the great performer,” a title reflecting his performance style and musical selections which showcase his early gospel playing and classical training along with his love of jazz and other musical forms.
ROOTS, AMERICANA, SINGER-SONGWRITER
John Hiatt
SUN, SEPT 14 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $55, $60, $70SOPAC Members: $50, $55, $65
As one of America’s most respected and influential singer-songwriters, John Hiatt tours in support of his new album Terms of My Surrender.
CLASSIC ROCK, TRIBUTE
EagleMania
SAT, SEPT 20 AT 8PM
Tickets: $25, $30, $35SOPAC Members: $20, $25, $30
EagleMania has emerged as the greatest Eagles tribute band, thrilling audiences up and down the East Coast since their inception.
POP, CLASSICAL
Investors Bank & Majestic Castle Music present
Michéal Castaldo A Musical Celebration of the Italian Spirit
SUN, SEPT 21 AT 2PM & 6:30PM
Tickets: $37, $57 SOPAC Members: $32, $52
Michéal Castaldo has entertained audiences across the USA, Canada, and Europe with rousing renditions of classic Italian songs. With a voice that soothes the soul, Castaldo’s performances are enchanting, heart-felt, and authentic.
JAZZ, VOCALS
The Manhattan Transfer Living Room Sessions
FRI, SEPT 26 AT 8PM
Tickets: $48, $68, $78, $98SOPAC Members: $43, $63, $73, $93
The legendary Manhattan Transfer is one of the most important and innovative vocal groups in the history of popular music.
SOPAC SEASON
2014MORE SHOWS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON!Visit www.SOPACnow.org for complete information and to sign up for the e-news.
SEPTEMBER
Ramsey Lewis
Manhattan Transfer
John Hiatt
POP, ROCK, CABARET
Storm LargePink Martini’s Vocalist
SAT, NOV 1 AT 8PM
Tickets: $25, $30SOPAC Members: $20, $25
Acclaimed vocalist Storm Large sings the American songbook, Broadway tear-jerkers, rock goddess anthems and some of her own gorgeous originals all delivered with a fi erce personal commitment.
FOLK
Arlo GuthrieThe Solo Reunion Tour…Together At Last
TUES, NOV 4 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $45, $58, $68, $78SOPAC Members: $40, $53, $63, $73
Legendary singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie performs an evening featuring his most beloved songs.
CLASSIC ROCK
Jefferson StarshipThe 40th Anniversary Tour
THURS, NOV 6 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $39, $50, $65SOPAC Members: $34, $45, $60
Jefferson Starship soar into their 40th year, carrying one of rock mu-sic’s greatest legacies and halcyon repertoires.
COMEDY
Ralphie May
FRI, NOV 7 AT 8PM
Tickets: $29, $39, $49SOPAC Members: $24, $34, $44
Since his debut on the very fi rst season of “Last Comic Standing,” audiences just can’t get enough of this larger-than-life comedian.
COMEDY
Bobby Collins
SAT, OCT 4 AT 8PM
Tickets: $30, $35, $40SOPAC Members: $25, $30, $35
Always the funniest guy in the room, Bobby Collins is a show-business institution who has made millions laugh across the country.
REGGAE
The Wailers “Legend” 30th Anniversary Tour
WED, OCT 8 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $35, $40, $45SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $40
Led by Bob Marley, The Wailers burst onto the reggae scene more than 50 years ago with a force never before seen and never since duplicated within in the genre, tak-ing reggae sounds from the streets of Jamaica and delivering them to living rooms and bedrooms across the globe.
JAZZ, CABARET
Christine Ebersole with the Aaron Weinstein Trio in Strings Attached
SAT, OCT 11 AT 8PM
Tickets: $38, $48, $58SOPAC Members: $33, $43, $53
An evening of jazzed up Broadway classics and songbook standards.
OCTOBER
Christine Ebersole Arlo Guthrie Ralphie May
Storm Large
NOVEMBER
FOLK, BLUEGRASS, BIG BAND
David Bromberg Big Band
SAT, NOV 8 AT 8PM
Tickets: $48, $60, $70SOPAC Members: $43, $55, $65
With a stage full of incredible talent and no set list, the freewheeling David Bromberg Big Band concerts have become the stuff of legends. Part of the TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival.
WORLD MUSIC, PORTUGESE FADO
Ana Moura
SUN, NOV 9 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $35, $40, $50SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $45
Described by Examiner as “a torch singer with Mediterranean quali-ties,” exquisite vocalist Ana Moura possesses a sound unlike any other in fado.
CLASSIC ROCK, TRIBUTE
Get the Led Out The American Led Zeppelin
FRI, NOV 14 AT 8PM
Tickets: $35, $40, $50SOPAC Members: $30, $35, $45
Get The Led Out have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage for a live experience like you’ve never heard before.
NOVEMBER, continued
THEATRE, MUSICAL
Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway
SAT, NOV 15 AT 8PM
Tickets: $35, $45, $55SOPAC Members: $30, $40, $50
100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the fi nest musicals of the century featuring the stars of shows such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Jekyll & Hyde.
SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ, POP, R&B
Rachelle Ferrell
SUN, NOV 16 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $59, $69, $75SOPAC Members: $54, $64, $70
Rachelle Ferrell is unquestionably one of the most dynamic talents in contemporary pop music. Very few vocal artists in the industry have Ferrell’s potent combination of range, phrasing, and musicianship.
CLASSIC ROCK
The Weight Celebrating the Music of Levon Helm and The Band
FRI, NOV 21 AT 8PM
Tickets: $27, $32, $38SOPAC Members: $22, $27, $33
Replicating the music of The Band is a tall order. But interpreting the music of The Band is an art.
JAZZ
Giants of JazzHonoring McCoy Tyner
SAT, NOV 29 AT 8PM
Tickets: $50, $60SOPAC Members: $45, $55Seniors/Students with valid ID: $40, $50
Join us at this annual celebration! Honoree McCoy Tyner will be joined by some of the greatest names in Jazz in this star-studded night of music. Check www.SOPACnow.org for the most up-to-date list of musicians performing that evening. Presented by SOPAC, Village of South Orange and The Baird.
Ana Moura Rachelle Ferrell
David Bromberg
BIG BAND, JAZZ, STANDARDS
The Glenn Miller Orchestra: In the Christmas Mood
FRI, DEC 12 AT 8PM
Tickets: $30, $35, $45SOPAC members: $25, $30, $40
It’s time to get “In the Christmas Mood” as the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra breaks open the vault of holiday music.
IRISH
Cherish the Ladies Christmas
FRI, DEC 19 AT 8PM
Tickets: $30, 35, $40SOPAC Members: $25, $30, $35
The Ladies perform classic Christmas carols, in their signature arrange-ments highlighting unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies and spectacular step-dancing. A wonderful Christmas program com-plete with full band and traditional Irish step dancers.
OLDIES
Jay and the Americans
SAT, DEC 27 AT 8PM
Tickets: $39, $49, $59SOPAC Members: $34, $44, $54
Very few bands have ever reached the musical heights of Jay and the Americans. Greatest hits include “This Magic Moment,” “Cara Mia” and more!
SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ
Madeline Peyroux
THU, JAN 8 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $50, $65, $75SOPAC Members: $45, $60, $70
Multi-million album seller Madeleine Peyroux has been dubbed “the 21st century Billie Holiday”, and has worked with some of the greats in the music industry, including Joni Mitchell’s producer Larry Klein and Steely Dan’s Walter Becker. She currently has fi ve albums to her name including Careless Love, Half the Perfect World, and her latest, The Blue Room, which climbed to number one on the Billboard, iTunes and Amazon. com jazz charts in the spring of 2013.
CLASSIC ROCK
Dave Mason’s Traffi c Jam
SUN, JAN 11 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $55, $65, $75SOPAC Members: $50, $60, $70
Take a journey back to the greatest days of rock with Dave Mason’s sight and sound experience, Traffi c Jam. Mason founded Traffi c with Steve Winwood while both were still teenagers, and created music that would fi nd its way into the hearts of generations of music lovers.
JANUARY
DECEMBER
Jay and the Americans
Madeline Peyroux
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
FEBRUARY
WORLD MUSIC, AFRICAN, A CAPPELLA
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
THU, FEB 5 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $38, $48, $58SOPAC Members: $33, $43, $53
Now celebrating over fi fty years of joyous and uplifting music, the late Nelson Mandela once named Ladysmith Black Mambazo the “South African Cultural Ambassadors to the World.” In those fi fty plus years, the a cappella vocal group has created a musical and spiritual message that has touched a worldwide audience.
JAZZ
Spyro Gyra
THURS, FEB 12 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $38, $48, $55SOPAC members: $33, $43, $50
This legendary jazz fusion band has released over thirty albums, sellingmore than ten million copies throughout its storied history. Spyro Gyra works musical magic creating their own instrumental hybrid, incorporating elements of R&B, Latin, Brazilian and more into an infectious sound that takes you on a creative journey like no other!
WORLD MUSIC, JAZZ, AFRICAN
Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela
FRI, FEB 20 AT 8PM
Tickets: $45, $55, $65SOPAC Members: $40, $50, $60
Two of South Africa’s true freedom fi ghters and renowned music icons come together to honor twenty years since the end of Apartheid. Legendary trumpeter Hugh Masekela, an innovator in the world music and jazz scene, and Vusi Mahlasela, simply known as “The Voice” in his home-country of South Africa, connect Apartheid-scarred South Africa with its promise for a better future.
JAZZ
John Pizzarelli Quartet
SAT, FEB 21 AT 8PM
Tickets: $49, $59SOPAC Members: $44, $54
John Pizzarelli has established himself as one of the prime interpreters of the Great American Songbook and beyond, bringing to his work the cool jazz fl avor of his brilliant guitar playing and singing.
FOLK, ACOUSTIC, GUITAR
Leo Kottke
SUN, FEB 22 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $32, $37, $42SOPAC Members: $27, $32, $37
Leo Kottke is the legendary, Grammy Award-nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso who has developed a cult following of fellow guitarists and fans over the span of a 30-year career.
POP, TRIBUTE
Arrival From SwedenThe Music of Abba
THU, FEB 26 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $39, $49, $59SOPAC Members: $34, $44, $54
Arrival From Sweden is one of the world’s most popular and best selling ABBA tribute show bands and since the start in 1995, the band has toured over 50 nations. They are the only group who has the exclusive right to copy ABBA’s original outfi ts.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Hugh Masekela
John Pizzarelli Arrival From Sweden
New Jersey State Council on the ArtsChoreography Fellowship Showcase
FRI, OCT 10 AT 8PM
Tickets: $20SOPAC Members: $15
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated Randy James, Lydia Johnson and Erin Carlisle Norton as Fellows for 2014. Please join us for an evening of spectacular dance by these acclaimed choreog-raphers and their dance companies.
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
The Legacy Project A Dance of Hope
THURS, NOV 13 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: $25, $30SOPAC Members: $20, $25
Seton Hall University and South Orange Performing Arts Center present The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company in an epic event of “dance-theatre,” discussion, and a call to social action. The evening concludes with “Yesterday’s Story is Today’s Reality,” a panel discussion with the artists and Seton Hall professors, clergy and guests.
Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker
SAT, DEC 6 AT 2PM & 7PM
Tickets: $30 adults, $15 children 12 and underSOPAC Members: $25 adults, $10 children 12 and under
Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcrackeris “Jumpin’ with Jazz” in his adaptation of the timeless holiday classic performed by the diverse and talented dancers of Lustig Dance Theatre.
Lydia Johnson Dance
SAT, FEB 28 AT 8PM
Tickets: $25, $30 SOPAC members: $20, $25
Lydia Johnson Dance will present recent works for the company’s 10 dancers set to stunning music by Franz Schubert, Osvaldo Golijov, Mozart and the innovative jazz trio Bad Plus.
“A tantalizingly distinctive choreographer”—The New York Times
DANCE SERIES
SELECT SUNDAYS AT 7PM
These acclaimed series of intimate concerts in the SOPAC Loft will begin in January. You’ll hear some of the greatest musicians and vocalists in the region in the cabaret style setting of the Loft.
Presented by the Village of South Orange, The Baird and the South Orange Performing Arts Center.
JAZZ IN THE LOFT & BLUES IN THE LOFT
Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: The Legacy Project A Dance of Hope and Lydia Johnson Dance are supported in part by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Save when you buy all four performances!Purchase one ticket for each show for only $60.
Lydia Johnson Dance
MORE SHOWS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON!Visit www.SOPACnow.org for complete information and to sign up for the e-news.
Tom Chapin’s Family Concert
SAT, OCT 11 AT 2PM
Tickets: $20 Adults, $13 kids 12 and underSOPAC members: $15 Adults, $8 kids 12 and under
Tom Chapin engages hearts, minds and imaginations with witty, life-affi rming original songs delivered in a sophisticated array of musical styles.
The Monster Who Ate My Peas
SAT, NOV 22 AT 2PM
Tickets: $18SOPAC Members: $13
A highly amusing and moving musical about Danny, a boy who absolutely cannot stand to eat peas! When a crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, Danny is ready to make a deal…
Graham Lustig’s A Jazzy Nutcracker
SAT, DEC 6 AT 2PM & 7PM
Please see this performance in the Dance Series for further details.
Ivy+Bean, The Musical
SAT, JAN 24 AT 2PM
Tickets: $27 Adults, $20 kids 12 and underSOPAC members: $22 Adults, $15 kids 12 and under
Ivy + Bean, The Musical is the story of an unexpected friendship between two very different second graders and is based on the New York Times best-selling children’s books series by author Annie Barrows and Illustrator Sophie Blackhall.
Schoolhouse Rock Live
SAT, FEB 21 AT 2PM
Tickets: $25 Adults, $18 kids 12 and underSOPAC members: $20 Adults, $13 kids 12 and under
The brilliant Emmy Award-winning Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science, and politics through clever, tuneful songs is lighting up stages all around the country and instructing a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulations.”
KIDS ‘N FAMILY SERIESSpecial Packages for Family Performances!Buy 2 shows and get 15% off. Buy 3 shows and get 20% off.
MORE SHOWS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON!Visit www.SOPACnow.org for complete information and to sign up for the e-news.
Schoolhouse Rock Live
Tom Chapin
PIANO GUITAR DUO
Dick Hyman and Bucky Pizzarelli
TUES, OCT 7 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25
Join these legendary jazz greats for an evening of entertainment that is not to be missed!
THEATER
Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory Directed by Deirdre Yates
THURS–SAT, OCT 23, 24, 25 AT 8 PM FRI–SAT, OCT 24 & 26 AT 2 PM
FREE Admission
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Originally produced by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey and developed with a commissioning grant from The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project.
CLASSICAL
I Pagliacci, concert version by Ruggero Leoncavallo Conducted by Jason Tramm
with the MidAtlantic Opera Orchestra and the Seton Hall Chorus
WED, NOV 5 AT 7PM
Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25
JAZZ
Count Basie Orchestra
TUES, NOV 18 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25
William Count Basie started the Count Basie Orchestra in 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri. Within a year America was listening in on popular radio shows throughout the country to hear what would become The Swingingest Band In All The Land! A phenomena was born in 1935 that is still going strong today!
CHORAL
Seton Hall University Choir and Orchestra Winter Concert
WED, DEC 2 AT 7:30PM
FREE Admission
CLASSICAL
Atlantic Brass Quintet
WED, DEC 10 AT 7:30PM
Tickets: SHU Students with ID: FREE Other Students: $8Senior Citizens: $15 General Public: $25
The Atlantic Brass Quintet rings in the sounds of the season with classical selections and innovative settings of holiday music. “They kick butt.” —The Boston Globe
Buy all four Seton Hall University classical concerts for only $90 (regular) or $55 (senior).
Visit www.SOPACnow.org for information on the two Winter-Spring concerts.
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY PRESENTS
JAZZ
Seasonal Swing from Juilliard Jazz, Featuring Vocalist Alicia Olatuja
SUN, DEC 7 AT 3PM
CLASSICAL
Jiayan Sun, piano
SUN, JAN 18 AT 3PM
CLASSICAL
The Aeolus Quartet
SUN, FEB 22 AT 3PM
CLASSICAL
Weixiong Wang, clarinet
SUN, MAR 22 AT 3PM
JUILLIARD @ SOPACTickets: $25 | SOPAC members: $20
Alicia Olatuja
Weixiong Wang
LA CINÉMATHÈQUE FILM CLUBRenowned Russian Film Makers | Curated by Gerard AnsellemSee 6 fi lms for only $68An international fi lm and discussion series available by subscription only. Call (973) 313-2797 for more information.
SUN, SEPT 14 AT 2PM
The Cranes are Flying directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
SUN, OCT 19 AT 2PM
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears directed by Vladimir Menshov
SUN, NOV 9 AT 2PM
The Sacrifi ce directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
SUN, JAN 11 AT 2PM
Burnt by the Sun directed by Nikita Mikhalov
SUN, FEB 1 AT 2PM
Battleship Potemkin directed by Sergei Eisenstein and
Mother and Son directed by Alexander Sokurov
MIDTOWN DIRECT REP
The SubjectStaged reading of a new play by Chisa HutchinsonDirected by Jade King Carroll
SUN, OCT 12 AT 7PM
Tickets: $15
An upstart documentarian builds his success on the death of one of his teen-age subjects, and wrestles with the consequences in this thrilling new play that deals with race, privilege and ambition. Playwright Chisa Hutchison, a true product of New Jersey, grew up in various situations in Newark, Short Hills, Millburn, Montclair and Maplewood — in that order. She currently resides in Perth Amboy and is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.
Visit www.SOPACnow.org for more information on readings November 2, January 25 and March 8.
THE HERB & MILLY IRIS GALLERY AT SOPACThe Herb & Milly Iris Gallery is open Mon–Sat, noon–6PM, and two hours prior to performances.
A Conversationby Ann Vollum & Russell Christian
ON DISPLAY THROUGH SEPT 13
Precious Memories: A RetroSpectiveby Mansa Mussa
ON DISPLAY OCT– FEB 15, 2015
Chisa Hutchinson
by Mansa Mussa
Burnt by the Sun The Sacrifi ce Battleship Potemkin
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MAJOR FUNDERSSOPAC programs are made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
The F.M. Kirby Foundation
Juilliard at SOPAC is supported in part by Samuel Convissor.
The tour engagement of John Pizzarelli Quartet is funded through the American Masterpieces program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
A Development By: EEA Industries, LLCand SWH Residential Partners, LLC
SOPACNOW.ORG Visit www.SOPACnow.org for a complete schedule of events and to buy tickets.
BOX OFFICE 973.313.ARTS (2787) Open Mon–Sat noon–6PM, and 2 hours before performance.
SOPAC MEMBERSHIP Join today and you’ll receive early access to tickets, reduced ticket prices, invitations to members only parties, discounts to local merchants and more! Visit www.SOPACnow.org/support or call the Development Department today at (973) 382-1035.
Please call SOPAC at least two weeks in advance with special requests for accommodation.
Sign up for the e-news at http://bit.ly/SOPACnow to receive announcements of on-sale dates.
COMING IN SPRING 2015!
Gaelic StormSUN, MAR 1 AT 7:30PM
Janis Ian and Tom PaxtonWED, MAR 4 AT 7:30PM
Keb’ Mo’ BandTHURS, MAR 12 AT 7:30PM
The Pine Hill Project: Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky featuring Larry Campbell With Special Guests Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams FRI, MAR 20 AT 8PM
Jack and the BeanstalkSAT, MAR 21 AT 2PM
The Priests WED, MAR 25 AT 7:30PM
Forbidden BroadwaySAT, MAR 28 AT 8PM
Alice in WonderlandSAT, APR 11 AT 2PM
The Jungle BookSUN, MAY 3 AT 2PM
The Machine Performs Pink FloydSAT, MAY 16 AT 8PM
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