Remember Jones

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center has announced six concerts of The Who’s rock opera TOMMY starring Remember Jones, with special guests Glen Burtnik, Jeff Kazee, JaQuita May and more.  

What did our critic think of SOThe Preludium (i.e. prelude) begins Candlelight Music Theatre’s Sound of Music. Sung in Latin and – one must believe – meticulously rehearsed by Music Director Douglass Lutz and Sisters Margaretta (Neena Boyle) Berte (Lindsey Grant), Sophia (Leah Senseney) and Mother Abbess (Audra Casebier). Their harmonies were beatific; appropriate to their cloistered domicile.ND OF MUSIC at Candlelight Music Theatre?

As part of the North to Shore Festival announced recently by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy at NJPAC’s Prudential Hall, the popular Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman tribute band (Remember Jones – Bat of Hell Live) will perform inside the Superstar Theatre.

Experience wild theatricality and larger-than-life emotion as Remember Jones presents BAT OUT OF HELL LIVE - a revival of Meat Loaf’s BAT OUT OF HELL album in its entirety and more with a 15-piece band.

Celebrate the 50th+ Anniversary of Joe Cocker’s groundbreaking live album and tour, MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN with Remember Jones this spring.

Guest vocalist Remember Jones will join lead singer Layonne Holmes and Motor City Revue for an evening of Motown hits on the rooftop deck at Bell Works at 7 p.m. Sunday, August 28, sponsored by the Axelrod Performing Arts Center.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center presents the musical Grease for three weeks, June 3-19 at the Vogel Auditorium. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the musical’s Broadway opening, this production of Grease is directed and choreographed by Lisa Stevens, whose resume includes the revivals of Chicago on Broadway and the West End and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical. 

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center presents the musical Grease for three weeks, June 3-19 at the Vogel Auditorium. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the musical’s Broadway opening, this production of Grease is directed and choreographed by Lisa Stevens, whose resume includes the revivals of Chicago on Broadway and the West End and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical. 

The Tony-nominated leading actor of last month’s All-Star Reunion of Rock of Ages, Constantine Maroulis will return to the Shore for performances on Wednesday, June 9, at the Arthur Pryor Bandshell on the Asbury Park Boardwalk, and Wednesday, June 16, at Bell Works in Holmdel.

PRO kicks off the Vogel Summer Concert Series which APAC is presenting on Wednesday nights throughout the summer in Asbury Park.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center is introducing the Anne & Sheldon Vogel Virtual Concert Series, Thursday evenings at 7 pm, beginning on July 16, streaming on Facebook Live. Co-produced by Remember Jones and Andrew DePrisco, this summer series includes a lineup of Broadway stars, American Idol alumni, and up-and-coming young artists.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center announces the launch of the Axelrod Performing Arts Academy (APAA) beginning Monday, June 29.

While live theatre in New Jersey is being paused due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we continue our series of interviews with theatre professionals to learn more about how they are coping and their future plans. Andrew DePrisco, the Artistic Director of Axelrod Performing Arts Center told us about his background and his position.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center announces the launch of the Axelrod Performing Arts Academy (APAA) beginning Monday, June 29.

With rousing shows triumphantly staged this past week in New York City, Philadelphia, Montclair, and Rockland County, NY, Asbury Park becomes the focus as fans from around the world will start flocking to this fabled Jersey Shore rock resort tonight for the final long weekend of LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2020: THE 20th ANNIVERSARY. Indeed, the stretch drive has arrived to push the two-decade total past $6 million in money raised through the awesome power of music in order to defeat Parkinson's Disease and the Parkinsonisms, ALS and PSP, in our lifetime.

As the 20th Anniversary Edition of LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST approaches next month, the ongoing mission of the world-renowned charitable festival to defeat Parkinson's Disease and related illnesses through the awesome power of music gains renewed national focus with the CBS telecast of the Kennedy Center Honors this weekend (Sunday, 8 p.m. ET). new

The goal of reaching the $6 million mark in its ongoing battle against Parkinson's disease starts officially getting more reachable SATURDAY (Nov. 9) AT NOON, when tickets go on sale for LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2020: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

 As the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of Woodstock this month, Remember Jones jumps into the festivities by presenting The Who's entire a?oeTommya?? album, which the band released 50 years ago and played in its entirety at Woodstock.

For the first time in the 19-year history of Light of Day WinterFest, the "main event" of the 10-day, three-state festival, the star-studded "Bob's Birthday Bash," long SOLD OUT, will be broadcast LIVE via fiber optic cable during LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST '19.

With a goal of pushing its 19-year total past $5.5 million in its ongoing battle against Parkinson's disease, LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2019, presented by the Asbury Park Press, is returning to New York City on Wednesday, Jan. 16, for LIGHT OF DAY NEW YORK CITY for the world-renowned Light of Day Foundation.