RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre kicked off a $20 million expansion with the demolition of an adjoining building that once housed a Wawa store.

RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre wins approval for $20 million transformation that needed variance for a 130-spot parking shortfall.

RED BANK: With Steven Van Zandt donning a hardhat over his head scarf, Count Basie Theatre puts shovels in the ground for $23 million expansion.

RED BANK: Next recipient of Count Basie Center's "Giving Year" funding is free healthcare provider Parker Family Health Center.

RED BANK: Less than two years after massive expansion, Basie Center adds to its real estate holdings, acquiring a Maple Avenue property.

RED BANK: After seven months of darkness, Basie Center plans to debut new performance space, seating just 150 in a room built for 800.

RED BANK: Count Basie Center for the Arts names Jeremy Grunin chairman of board of trustees during "a time of recovery and resilience."

RED BANK: Count Basie Center, facing uncertain post-pandemic future, takes over two-screen movie house previously run by Bow Tie Cinemas on White Street.

RED BANK: Another branding deal adds another corporate name to the marquee of the venue locals know simply as 'the Basie.'

RED BANK: Comic Jon Stewart returns to the stage of the Count Basie this month for a Q&A to raise money for the theater's $26 million expansion.

RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre is now the Count Basie Center for the Arts, a change made to reflect the venue's transformation into an an arts 'campus,' officials said.

RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre to livestream Saturday's tribute concert in memory of late Smithereens lead singer Pat DiNizio.

RED BANK: Ticket sales rose for the fourth straight year at the Count Basie in 2017, making it the state's top venue of its size once again.

RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre plans to absorb the Monmouth Conservatory of Music as part of a $20 million expansion going into the ground this summer.

RED BANK: Commerce intrudes on a once-inviolable sanctuary as the Basie sells stage-naming rights to the Asbury Park Press.

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

RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre makes its name official, and will keep it for another century under a deal with the Basie Trust.

RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre announces a newly merged Board, and a newly appointed VP of Development.