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Mayo Center postpones Jordan/Eubanks concert, March 5
Stanley Jordan and Kevin Eubanks. The show must go on… but not tonight. The Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown has postponed the March 5, 2015, performance by guitarists Stanley Jordan and Kevin...
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Oceanographer Sylvia Earle to give free Earth Day talk in Morristown, April 22
How healthy are our oceans? And what’s the prognosis for the rest of the planet? Oceanographer Sylvia Earle should have plenty to say on these subjects, at a free Earth Day lecture at the Mayo...
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New parking deck for Morristown? Mayo Center makes its case
Parking Lot 10 in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin The Mayo Performing Arts Center, the success story behind downtown Morristown’s success, has a thorny problem: Parking. Without more of it, says...
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Engelbert canceled at the Mayo, April 17
The Engelbert Humperdinck Calling Tour has been disconnected. Temporarily, anyway. The popular singer has postponed his show tonight, April 17, 2015, because of bronchitis, the Mayo Performing Arts...
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Settin’ on the porch: Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt in Morristown
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. Photo by Kevin Coughlin It’s a cool spring night. Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt are visiting. They fish out their guitars and kick back on...
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Orcas should be free, says famed oceanographer, who also reminds kids in...
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle address students in Morristown on Earth Day 2015. Photo by Kevin Coughlin National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence Sylvia Earle has spent so much time in the ocean that...
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Vince Gill puts on a show at the Mayo in Morristown
Vince Gill in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin By Kevin Coughlin There are reasons why Vince Gill has won 20 Grammy awards, 18 Country Music Association awards and a place in the Country Music Hall...
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B.B. King’s last gig in Morristown
Editor’s note: Last week the world lost legendary bluesman B.B. King, who died at 89. King last performed at Morristown’s Mayo Performing Arts Center on Nov. 28, 2012; here is our review, which...
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Teen singer likes challenge of putting the ‘mis’ in ‘Les Miserables’ in...
Video: Ellie Baker rehearses vocals for role of Fantine By Kevin Coughlin Seventeen-year-old Ellie Baker seems to radiate sunshine wherever she goes. Ellie Baker, 17, will sing the role of Fantine in...
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Behind the scenes of ‘Les Mis’ in Morristown: A guy with golden ears
Audio engineer Stephan Wojtecki and his assistant, Angelique Mather, at the controls for ‘Les Miserables’ at MPAC. Photo by Kevin Coughlin By Kevin Coughlin You won’t see Stephan Wojtecki onstage...
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Video preview of ‘Les Mis’ in Morristown, May 29-31
By Kevin Coughlin The Mayo Performing Arts Center will present a youth production of Les Mis in 2015.It’s labeled a “youth production,” with only one professional actor in the cast. But there is...
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‘Les Mis’ in Morristown: Storm the box office!
Jamie Westberry as Jean Valjean in ‘Les Miserables’ at MPAC. Photo by Kevin Coughlin By Kevin Coughlin Spectators at youth productions often remind themselves: Hey, they’re just kids. At Friday’s...
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‘Do you like good music? Do you like to dance?’ Fans answer Billy Idol in...
Steve Stevens and Billy Idol on fire in Morristown. Photo by Katharine Boyle By Katharine Boyle “Oh yeah.” Legendary rocker Billy Idol and his illustrious band set Morristown ablaze for a two hour...
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Chenoweth to open new Mayo season that includes Etheridge, Engelbert and...
The new season at the Mayo Performing Arts Center promises to get off to a Wicked start, with Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth leading the way on Sept. 11, 2015. Kristin Chenoweth Other big names coming...
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Modern Marvel: David Crosby in Morristown
David Crosby strikes the right chord in Morristown. Photo by Kevin Coughlin By Kevin Coughlin Sure, David Crosby has two places of honor in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Byrds; Crosby, Stills and...
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Jersey girl Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Mayo in Morristown
Mary Chapin Carpenter in Morristown. Photo by Bill Lescohier. Princeton native Mary Chapin Carpenter paid a visit to Morristown on Wednesday, treating the audience at the Mayo Performing Arts Center...
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Frampton comes alive all over again, in Morristown
Peter Frampton at the Mayo Center, June 2015. Photo by Kevin Coughlin By Kevin Coughlin When rock stars sing about going all night long, one infers that their context is romance. NO MORE ‘LITTLE LORD...
View ArticleMusic to start your week, from The Secret Trio in Morristown
Video: The Secret Trio in Morristown Here’s music to start your week, from The Secret Trio. This group entertained the Green with Middle Eastern sounds last week, as part of Music Beyond Borders, the...
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Visit the Caribbean for lunch, with the Conroy Warren Duo, free on the Green,...
Patrick Gomes and Conroy Warren of the Conroy Warren Duo have performed together for more than 30 years. Photo by Kevin Coughlin The Conroy Warren Duo brings its warm Caribbean sounds to the...
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Morristown churches, Mayo Center receive Morris historic preservation grants
A grant from Morris County’s Historic Preservation Trust Fund will complete restoration of the slate roof at Morristown’s Church of the Redeemer. Photo by Kevin Coughlin By Kevin Coughlin As the state...
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