Category Archives: Entertainment

RED BANK: Improv Jam troupe's jamming, but in a jam, again, faced with losing its space in the Count Basie Performing Arts Academy.

RED BANK: The New Jersey Symphony dances into February with a Friday night valentine to the Great America Songbook at the Basie.

RED BANK: As they did in December, writers for Jon Stewart's hush-hush new show are slated to offer a night of standup and improv here this week.

RED BANK: Thirteen-year-old piano prodigy Adam Jackson inaugurates a new series of classical music concerts at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

MIDDLETOWN: Monmouth Players take it into A.R. Gurney's engagingly experimental ensemble comedy 'The Dining Room" for six performances.

RED BANK: Tribute acts rule the Count Basie Theatre stage with upcoming salutes to the music of The Carpenters and stars of the 80's.

RUMSON: Springsteen selling his little-used mansion here to a couple who own a house just two doors away, property records indicate.

RED BANK: Ticket sales soared 76 percent at the Count Basie in 2016, making it the top-grossing theater in New Jersey and 24th globally, Pollstar reports.

RED BANK: Bobby Bandiera brings ninth annual Hope Concert to Basie Friday, promising a rocking and soulful show studded with stars.

RED BANK: A last-ever Count Basie concert by Kenny Rogers brings well-roasted holiday chestnuts and Gambler's guest Linda Davis.

RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN: In separate shows Saturday, the Monmouth Civic Chorus and Shrewsbury Chorale herald the holiday season with classic songs.

RED BANK: The Monmouth Conservatory of Music's holiday show this Saturday will feature an unusual guest: jazz pianist and vocalist Sandy Sasso.

RED BANK: Darlene Love brings a "Souled Out Christmas' to the Basie Friday, followed Saturday by Brian Kirk and his big holiday show.

RED BANK: Contributors to the Jon Stewart project in the works for HBO are slated to offer an evening of comedy here Thursday. Will Stewart himself show?

FAIR HAVEN: Vanity Fair writer brings her new Joan Rivers biography to River Road Books for a "can we talk?" session Wednesday night.

RED BANK: Wizards of Winter, featuring members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, bring soaring harmonies to the Basie Saturday.

RED BANK: The Brian Setzer Orchestra turns the ignition key on the holiday season with a rockabilly-fueled show at the Basie Monday.

RED BANK: What started out as a solo record for Chrisse Hynde became the first Pretenders' LP in nearly a decade. She brings it and the band to the Basie.

RED BANK: Steven Van Zandt to pick bands for four concerts to raise funds for a massive $20 million Count Basie Theatre expansion.

RED BANK: New book, "13 Ghostly Tales and Yarns of the Navesink River," mines newspaper archives and local lore for stories of hubris and eerie comeuppance.