Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Stand up comedy show features NJ and NY comediennes
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous Tour comes to the Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College this Friday, at 8 p.m. Locals can expect to see three of the funniest women in stand-up comedy today, including the 2012 Ladies of Laughter National Contest Winners, Robin Fox and Regina DeCicco. This tour follows the heralded national contest in search of the funniest female comediennes in the country. Ladies of Laughter Professional Comedienne Winner, Robin Fox calls herself “The REAL NJ housewife” and hails from Bridgewater, New Jersey. She wowed the crowd and judges from Comedy Central this past summer with her slant on being a mom and housewife with an early-retired husband who closely monitors her and the …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Season starts next Saturday
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Rock, Classical and Jazz music icons, as well as award-winning comedians and dance troupes are highlights of Ramapo College’s Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts’ 2012 fall season. “This is an exciting lineup for the Berrie Center,” said Stephanie Chaiken, interim director of the Berrie Center. “There is something for everyone in the entire family in our calendar of shows ranging from concerts to comedy, to theatre and dance. Our patrons can experience incredible performances right here in Northern, NJ, with free parking.” The Berrie Center will begin the fall season on Saturday, September 22 with Hall-of-Famer and former member of The Lovin’ Spoonful, John Sebastian, as he continues spreading his gospel of American roots music. …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Roslyn Kind talks childhood, her love of performing, and her plans for her Mahwah show
This Saturday, Mahwah will host renowned singer Roslyn Kind for the first time. In addition to credits that include over four decades of singing and recording, and performing in venues like Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, Kind is the younger sister of legend Barbara Streisand. “I guess you could say I grew up in somewhat of a musical household,” Kind told Patch of her upbringing. “Some lovely voices certainly came out of it. But, my mother wasn’t ever a stage mother.” In fact, Kind considered becoming a teacher before settling on singing as a career. “In the end, performing won out. I really love what I do.” Kind began her career recording her first album the day after her high school graduation in 1968. Kind said the best part of her …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes coming to Mahwah
When Steve Kazlauskas was a teenager, he didn’t listen to much Frank Sinatra music. He preferred Dean Martin. But based on his show, “Echoes of Sinatra,” coming to the Berrie Center at Ramapo College this weekend, you’d never know it. During the show, Kazlauskas sings Sinatra hits that span the performer’s career and shares stories and trivia about Sinatra’s life. His passion for Sinatra started when he was 18 years old, “when a girl broke my heart. So I wrote a poem.” “I wasn’t a singer, but I had a friend who was in a band who suggested we turn the poem into a song and that I sing it.” After someone at a performance mentioned that Kazlauskas’s voice sounded similar to the classic crooner’s, he was inspired to make music his career. …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Beauty Shop Stories Tuesday night at the Berrie Center for $15
This Tuesday, Mahwah will learn the story of Faye Lane. The actress will hit the Berrie Center stage to tell the “stories of her life.” Her one-woman show, "Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories" focuses on the stories that made her the person she is today, she said. Her life stories are diverse – she grew up in Texas, at her mother’s beauty shop. “A lot of the show is about growing up in that beauty shop culture, about being a fat little girl who wanted to be a beauty queen,” Lane said. “Then, about three-quarters of the way through the show, I sell everything I own and move to London on a one-way ticket.” Lane said her trip from Texas to London, and back, led her to a conclusion she didn’t expect. “I left looking for a fairytale, but I ended …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Jarrod Spector, who plays Frankie Valli on Broadway, will play a concert in Mahwah this weekend
A ‘Jersey Boy’ is taking his act from the Broadway stage to Mahwah this weekend. Jarrod Spector, who currently plays Frankie Valli in ‘Jersey Boys,’ is taking a night off from the bright lights of Broadway to perform at Ramapo College’s Berrie Center Saturday night. Spector says his show, “Minor Fall, Major Lift,” will take the audience through major turning points in his life that landed him where he is now. “The two questions I get asked the most are ‘how’d you get the job starring in Jersey Boys’ and ‘is that your real voice’” Spector told Patch. “This show answers those questions.” Spector said his journey to Broadway was a long one that started as a child actor. Growing up in Philadelphia, he was featured on a local weekly singing …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The band "does not take itself too seriously," its front man said
This Friday, Mahwah is going to be taken over by acoustic rock. Asbury Park native Southside Johnny and his band, The Poor Fools, will be taking the Berrie Center stage at Ramapo College. "Southside" Johnny Lyon is most well know as a rock act, performing with the Asbury Jukes. However, the 40-year performing veteran said he wanted to try something different. “I wanted to perform more intimate shows, so I put together this smaller, acoustic band,” he said. So far, Southside Johnny and the Poor Fools have performed about 10 shows. Though the Jukes have played Ramapo before, this will be the new band’s debut on the Mahwah stage. “We are guessing that people who have heard my music before will come to the show, and we are hoping that a lot of…
Friday, December 16, 2011
Show at Ramapo College's Berrie Center can introduce locals to new culture, director says
An event at Ramapo College this weekend is giving residents the opportunity to be immersed in Russian culture, without leaving the township. Barynya, a Russian Dance Company, is coming to Mahwah Sunday, December 18 at 3 p.m. to perform a Russian dance and music festival that will be a new cultural experience for much of the audience, its director said. “I think for a lot of people, it’s an interesting thing to see because it’s sharing a culture they are not familiar with,” Director Mikhail Smirnov said. According to Smirnov, the costumes, music, scenery and overall experience reflect a compilation of Russian, Ukranian, Gypsy, Jewish, and “all other former Soviet Union traditions.” The group, based in Brooklyn, performs all over the world. …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Former NYC Ballet dancer returns to Ramapo College's Berrie Center
A Russian ballet version of “The Nutcracker” is coming to Mahwah, courtesy of Ho-Ho-Kus’s Kozlov Dance School. According to principal dancer Adriana Kozlov, the family-friendly show will be performed at Ramapo College’s Berrie Center this Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 and 6 p.m. “We were actually the first act to perform in [Berrie Center] when it first opened in 1999, and we have been there every year since,” Kozlov said. Lead roles in the annual performance are danced by Kozlov, who has been dancing for 27 years, and her husband, Leonid Kozlov, who danced for the Bolshoi and New York City Ballets. The duo own a dance studio, Kozlov Dance International, and dance alongside their students in “The Nutcracker.” “We have three and four …
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tickets are almost sold out
A singing, dancing, instrument-playing musical group is celebrating the holidays in Mahwah this weekend. Putting an Irish twist on Christmas, Cherish the Ladies is taking over the Berrie Center at Ramapo College this Sunday. Performing Celtic Christmas tunes, the all-female ensemble is anxiously anticipating returning to Mahwah. “We’ve been at Ramapo before, and we are looking forward to coming back because this is a great time of the year to perform,” Joanie Madden, the group’s leader and flutist, said. “It’s totally a family show. This is the time of year that everyone in the family can come together and all have a really great time together, and we like to celebrate that in our shows.” The five ladies that make up the band are …
robin fox
5:23 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
What an amazing night!! SOLD OUT theater with an terrific audience. Leighann Lord and Regina DeCecco were fantastic. Much thanks to Peggy Boyce and Admire Entertainment for making this a night I will remember forever!! more ›