Showtime for Shakespeare New Jersey Performing Arts Center May 31

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originally published: 03/29/2019

(NEWARK, NJ) -- "Magic Tree Business firm: Offset with Shakespeare," a new hip hop take a chance for young audiences, embarks on a 13-city tour get-go March 11 in Las Vegas and final on May 31 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).

Presented past NJPAC Productions on Tour, the story of a time-traveling brother and sister who notice themselves onstage in London's Globe Theatre is based on "Stage Fear on a Summer Night," volume No. 25 in the pop Magic Tree Business firm series created by New York Times all-time-selling author Mary Pope Osborne.

This original family show reunites the Arts Center for the second time with the creative team behind Magic Tree House on stage. In 2012, "A Skilful Night for Ghosts" (No. 42 in the series) inspired the co-production of "A Dark in New Orleans," a successful, jazz-flavored touring musical about young trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

"Magic Tree House: Starting time with Shakespeare," directed by Janeece Freeman Clark, features music and additional lyrics by Randy Courts and book and lyrics by Jenny Laird and Will Osborne, who is the married man of Mary Pope Osborne and a longtime collaborator on stage versions of her work. Information technology was adult in partnership withGeorge Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.

"We're honored to partner with Mary and Will, too as George Street Playhouse, on this important production," said David Rodriguez, NJPAC's Executive Vice President and Executive Producer. "Through 'Beginning with Shakespeare,' the Arts Middle is expanding not merely its programming, but its programming for immature people on a national scale, across the four walls of the theater."

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"An adaptation of 'Phase Fright' is a great choice," said Will Osborne, who noted that Shakespeare's rhymes lend themselves naturally to a hip hop treatment. "We hope this prove volition encourage kids to create their ain stories, poems, songs and shows, and explore the magic of language – and have fun doing it."

Mary Pope Osborne'southward Magic Tree House books have sold over 130 million copies throughout the world and accept been translated into more than 30 languages.

In the series, sibling heroes Jack and Annie are whisked away through time via their backyard hideaway – guided by curiosity and an enchanted book. On this item journey, they land in Elizabethan England, where they encounter the great William Shakespeare and help him raise the curtain on "A Midsummer Night'south Dream." Along the way, they encounter Dan the Dancing Comport and acquire that the meaning of a "bear garden" is much more sinister than it sounds. Dozens of roles are performed by "Get-go with Shakespeare's" diverse, seven-fellow member cast.

The tour for "Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare" follows. Plans are under manner for an expanded circuit during the 2019-2020 flavor:

• Las Vegas, Nev., March 11-14, Smith Center


• Albuquerque, North.K., March 19, University of New Mexico's Popejoy Hall


• Mesa, Ariz., March 21 and 22, Mesa Arts Center's Piper Repertory Theater


• Abilene, Texas, March 30, Paramount Theatre


• Paducah, Ky., April 9, Carson Middle


• Indianapolis, Ind., Apr 11, Butler Arts Center's Clowes Memorial Hall


• Wilmington, Del., May 19, The Grand Opera Firm'southward Copeland Hall


• Purchase, N.Y., May 20, SUNY Purchase'southward Recital Hall


• Concord, Northward.H., May 21, Capitol Eye for the Arts' Chubb Theatre


• Buffalo, Northward.Y., May 23, Shea'southward 710 Theatre


• New Bedford, Mass., May 28, Zeiterion Performing Arts Center


• Newark, North.J., May 30 (school groups) and 31, New Bailiwick of jersey Performing Arts Middle

At NJPAC, "Showtime with Shakespeare" takes place at 7 p.k. in the Victoria Theater. Tickets are $25 through njpac.org, 1-888-GO-NJPAC (466-5722) or the box office at One Center St. in Newark.

About NJPAC Productions on Tour

"Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare" is the latest attraction of NJPAC Productions on Tour, which brings exciting, original theatrical works to cities here and aboard. Its properties include the national bout of "Jazz in the Key of Ellison," a multimedia tribute to African-American author and scholar Ralph Ellison and his remarkable drove of jazz recordings; "Carefree: Dancin' with Fred & Ginger," a vocal-and-dance salute to America's favorite ballroom duo, and "The Hip Hop Nutcracker," which recently concluded a 28-city tour and is slated for broadcast on public television set stations in 2019.

Virtually George Street Playhouse -Nether the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint since 1998, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage flavour while providing an artistic abode for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented past numerous productions both on and off Broadway – recent productions include "The Toxic Avenger" (which won the Outer Critics Circumvolve Award for Best New Musical), Anne Meara'due south "Down the Garden Paths," the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk-bound and Drama League-nominated production of "The Spitfire Grill," and the Tony Honour and Pulitzer Prize winning play "Proof" past David Auburn, which was adult at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features issue-oriented productions and tours to hundreds of schools in the tri-country area and beyond, and are seen past more than 35,000 students annually.

NJPACis located at One Center Street in Newark, New Jersey.

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Source: https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2019/03/29/magic-tree-house-showtime-with-shakespeare-a-new-hip-hop-musical-to-come-to-njpac