American Idol Live Tour with special guest Kris Allen!
August 17th, 2018 at the Mayo Performing Arts Center
Doors: 6:00pm // Show: 7:00pm
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Live in Concert: @gavindegraw
Live at the Mayo Performing Arts Center on October 18th at 7 PM
Multi-platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw is no stranger to the top of the charts. The Grammy nominated singer/songwriter first broke through with the 2003 release of his debut album, Chariot, which sold over a million copies, earned platinum certification, and yielded three hit singles: “I Don’t Want To Be,” “Follow Through,” and the title-track, “Chariot.” Gavin’s self-titled second album debuted at No. 1 on the digital sales chart and at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in 2008,earning Gavin his first Top 10 album. It spawned the hit singles “In Love With A Girl,” which Billboard dubbed “a rocking homerun,” and the gold-certified “We Belong Together.”
In 2009, Gavin released Free as a gift to his die-hard fans clamoring for recorded versions of Gavin’s live favorites. DeGraw released his third studio album, Sweeter, in September 2011. The album’s first single, “Not Over You,” co-written with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, reached #1 on the Hot AC charts, was a top 10 hit on Top 40, and was certified double platinum. DeGraw’s acclaimed, fourth studio album, Make A Move, was released in October 2013 to rave reviews. Shortly thereafter he was nominated for his first Grammy for “We Both Know,” a song he co-wrote with Colbie Calliat for the 2013 film “Safe Haven.” FINEST HOUR: THE BEST OF GAVIN DEGRAW was released last October via RCA Records featuring two new songs, as well as his most renowned and notable hits to date, including “Not Over You,” “We Belong Together,” and “I Don’t Wanna Be.”
Currently, Gavin is in the studio finishing another full length album of all new songs, which is slated for release in Fall 2016.
@MayoCenter Tops Nation
LHAT President Ken Stein is flanked by MPAC CEO Allison Larena and GM Ed Kirchdoerffer. Photo courtesy of MPAC
MPAC Wins 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award
The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by The League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT).
Allison Larena, president and CEO, and Ed Kirchdoerffer, general manager, accepted the award at LHAT’s annual conference on Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Chicago. The conference is the largest gathering of historic theater professionals in North America.
“It is an honor to be recognized by a distinguished group of peers who work to make historic theatres vital economic engines, community gathering places, and arts and educational centers in the towns we serve,” Larena said.
LHAT’s Awards Program inspires excellence by recognizing theaters and individuals for their significant accomplishments or distinguished service. The Outstanding Historic Theatre Award recognizes a theater that demonstrates excellence through its community impact, quality of programs and services, and quality of the restoration or rehabilitation of its historic structure.
An award-winning theater will have demonstrated excellence through significant achievement, the impact of its services and breadth of populations served, and the length of time and/or intensity of its activities.
Each year, one theater and one individual are honored by LHAT at its annual conference. Former winners include the Fabulous Fox in Atlanta, New York City Center and Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
“Mayo Performing Arts Center beat out an impressive list of nominees to claim this award this year,” said Ken Stein, LHAT President and CEO.
Rock ‘n’ Roll: Defined
Dion will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown. A street poet and singer of extraordinary versatility, range and resonance, Dion defined Rock ‘n’ Roll for a generation. Enjoy classic hits such as “Runaround Sue” and “The Wanderer,” from this Rock ‘n‘ Roll Hall of Famer whose music remains creative and relevant through the decades. Tickets cost $59 to $99.
Snowflakes, Snowflakes, Snowflakes
New Jersey Ballet’s 45th anniversary season presentation of the holiday classic Nutcracker comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center for 14 performances beginning Friday, December 11 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $29-69 – CLICK HERE to purchase yours now!
New Jersey Ballet’s 45th anniversary season presentation of the holiday classic Nutcracker will feature musical accompaniment by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The collaboration marks the first time that MPAC, New Jersey’s leading ballet company and symphony orchestra have worked together to present the seasonal favorite in Morristown.
“Adding the prestige of New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to the artistry of New Jersey Ballet is sure to make the 45th anniversary of Nutcracker a memorable event for all who attend,” says Allison Larena, President and CEO of MPAC. “There will be extra magic in the air when two of the state’s most acclaimed artistic organizations collaborate, along with MPAC, for this must-see holiday experience.”
“We’re looking forward to the 45th season of our holiday classic, and we’re especially delighted that the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is joining us at the Mayo Performing Arts Center to create this powerful collaboration of three great New Jersey cultural institutions,” adds Carolyn Clark, Director of New Jersey Ballet.
New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker is the longest running original professional production in the state. It debuted in Millburn in 1971 with international star of New York City Ballet Edward Villella as the Cavalier. Since then, the company has given approximately 800 performances in theatres throughout New Jersey, with more than 5,000 dancers and children, and more than a million viewers. Many in the audience who saw the production as children now bring their own children and grandchildren to see this cherished holiday tradition.
New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker at MPAC will feature the NJSO under the baton of Gary S. Fagin. When the curtain rises, audiences in Morristown can expect the eye-popping special effects, brilliant dancing, glorious costumes, and the magic and pantomime that have inspired critics to call it “A spectacle that never seems to age…magic that should go on and on,” and “One of the best…as good as it gets.” Continue reading
MPAC Takes It to the Street!
Sesame Street, that is!
The Mayo Performing Arts Center will present Sesame Street Live on Tuesday, September 22nd with shows at 3 PM and 6:30 PM. TICKETS
No matter where you’re from or where you’ve been, everyone is special – so join in! Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, and their Sesame Street friends welcome Chamki, Grover’s friend from India, to Sesame Street. Together, they explore the universal fun of friendship and celebrate cultural similarities, from singing and dancing, to sharing cookies! Join the fun and make a memory with your friends and family!
Sesame Street Live offers a fun-filled, interactive learning experience on-stage and up-close on the audience floor! Like television’s Sesame Street, each Sesame Street Live production features timeless tunes and lessons for all ages. The universal appeal of each Broadway-quality musical production continues long after preschool. Adults will appreciate the high-tech stagecraft, cleverly written script, and music they’ll recognize and enjoy sharing with children.
Now entering its 36th touring season, VEE Corporation is proud to bring you another delightful tour featuring your favorite Sesame Street characters. Sesame Street Live has been enjoyed by over 50 million children and their parents while touring over 30 countries. Join the fun and make a memory with your friends and family!
DWTS: Perfect Ten Tour
“Dancing With the Stars” is taking the ballroom out on the road again for a new tour that will feature dancers from the current season now airing on ABC. Don’t miss the all of the glitz, glamour, dazzle and dynamic dancing you’ve enjoyed on TV’s favorite dance competition live on stage! Featuring All-Stars champion Melissa Rycroft, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Witney Carson and Sasha Farber, Jenna Johnson and more of your favorite dancers.
Following a sold-out winter tour and the 10th Anniversary Season of ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, Dancing with the Stars: Live! is going back on the road giving fans the opportunity to see their favorite stars dance live in their hometowns, visiting over 40 cities across America. Hosted by Dancing with the Stars All-Stars champion Melissa Rycroft, the ‘Perfect Ten Tour’ is bringing a one-of-a-kind touring production to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, June 16 at 8 pm and Wednesday, June 17th at 8:00 PM. BUY TICKETS
Kicking off this summer, Dancing with the Stars: Live! features the faces you know and love including pro dancers Witney Carson , Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Artem Chigvintsev, Peta Murgatroyd, Emma Slater, and troupe dancers Alan Bersten, Brittany Cherry, Sasha Farber and Jenna Johnson. The dancers are unleashed in the 90-minute action packed live show, produced by Faculty Productions in association with BBC Worldwide, treating audiences to exciting and romantic performances, from choreography never before seen on the show, to some of the most memorable numbers from all ten years of Dancing with the Stars.
“I’m looking forward to dusting off my dance shoes and heading out on the road on tour with Dancing with the Stars. My children Ava and Beckett and my husband Tye will be traveling with me in what can only be described as the greatest road trip across America, dancing from city to city and reconnecting with the fans that make Dancing with the Stars so special,” said Melissa Rycroft.
For up to date information, go to dwtstour.com. VIP packages will be available through VIPNation.com, giving fans the chance to purchase premium tickets, meet and greet opportunities with the cast, exclusive merchandise and photo opportunities.
Join Cancer Hope Network in Morristown, NJ!
Cancer Hope Network will be joining forces with The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, NJ. Come join us and see STOMP!
Cancer Hope Network will be joining forces with The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, NJ. Come join us and see STOMP!
Please be sure to see the details in the image attached around entering promo code 15CHN and the designated fundraising seats in sections A & B.
Please consider participating if your schedule permits and also share this with whoever you think may be interested! If you have any questions about these events, please contact us at 877-467-3638.
Thank You and Hope To See You There!
ABOUT STOMP
STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty, and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. Year after year, audiences worldwide keep coming back for more of this pulse-pounding electrifying show. As the Boston Globe says, “If you haven’t seen STOMP, GO! If you have seen it, take someone and share the pleasure!” STOMP. See what all the noise is about.
Matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters and more fill the stage with energizing beats at STOMP, the inventive and invigorating stage show that’s dance, music and theatrical performance blended together in one electrifying rhythm.
David Sedaris Comes to Mayo PAC
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
Sedaris will perform at the Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 9th at 8:00 PM. BUY TICKETS
David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version ofLet’s Explore Diabetes With Owls is a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the NYT-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’s pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages.
He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service. David Sedaris’s original radio pieces can often be heard on This American Life, distributed nationally by Public Radio International and produced by WBEZ. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His latest audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure” (November 2009). A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival (2013).
Alanis Morissette Live at the Mayo PAC
“Ironic,” “You Oughta Know,” “Hand in My Pocket,” “Head Over Feet,” “You Learn” and “Thank You” are just a few of the hits from this alternative singer songwriter who has been one of the most popular performers since the 1990s.
Tickets are $69 – $129.
More info: http://www.mayoarts.org/index.php/event/alanis-morissette
