Tag: Count Basie Theatre
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Tickets available for Holiday Express concerts
Tickets are on sale now for the Holiday Express benefit concerts at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, on Dec. 16, presented by Stillwell-Hansen Inc., and on Dec. 17, presented by Investors bank. Tickets are $125, $75, $60, $50 and $25 and may be purchased at www.countbasietheatre.org. All proceeds will benefit the nonprofit organization, Holiday…
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Mater Dei Prep receives 16 nominations for annual Basie Awards
Drama students from Mater Dei Prep received 16 nominations for the Basie Awards. Students from the school that is located in Middletown who are involved in the theater productions are known as Seraph Players. The actors and actresses will attend the 13th Annual Basie Awards at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank…
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Local filmmakers win praise during Indie Street Film Festival
Following the conclusion of the second Indie Street Film Festival, festival organizers are planning to continue the event into 2018. The event ran from July 26-30 in various locations in Red Bank, including Bow Tie Cinemas, the Two River Theater, the Red Bank Middle School and the Count Basie Theatre. In addition to screening independent…
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Rumson and Hazlet natives star in West Side Story production
RED BANK – Recreating one of cinema’s most notable musicals, Phoenix Productions has cast Rumson resident Mason Kugelman and Hazlet local Matthew Giove to play the lead roles in “West Side Story.” The classic “West Side Story” tells of a turf war between enemy gangs in Hell’s Kitchen and the two lovers who cross battle…
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Monmouth County students celebrate Count Basie Awards
By Brett Carroll Staff Writer Several Monmouth County high school students were rewarded for their performances in the theater and in the arts. On May 24, the Count Basie Theatre conducted the 12th annual Basie Awards, which celebrates the excellence and achievements of the those in high school theater. The awards are named after the historic…
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Count Basie Theatre to hold regional ‘Poetry Out Loud’ competition
By JESSICA HARDING Staff Writer RED BANK — On Jan. 25, competitors for the upcoming Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties’ round of the national “Poetry Out Loud” competition were announced. The regional competition will be held at Count Basie Theatre’s Performing Arts Academy on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 10 a.m. “Poetry Out Loud” started 11…
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‘The Voice’ resonates with fans at Count Basie Theatre
By KATHARINE FRIEDMAN Correspondent The Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank has played as the host to many great artists, comedians and plays over its 81-year history. But the Count Basie Theatre may never have had an entertainer quite like 21-year-old crooner Sal Valentinetti. In Bethpage, New York, Valentinetti grew up with a close Italian…
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Count Basie Theatre will keep name honoring jazz icon
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RED BANK — Although he only performed there once, William “Count” Basie’s name will continue to hang in lights above the borough’s historic theater. Thanks to a recent agreement with the William J. Basie Trust, Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre will continue to use the jazz legend’s name for the…
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Theater merges boards, expands leadership team
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RED BANK — The curtain is rising on a new era at the historic Count Basie Theatre. The theater has merged its Board of Directors and Board of Trustees and has added four new vice president positions to its leadership team in order to guide the organization as it undertakes both…