Midland sets stage for music, comedy, dance
Pat Benatar, Rosanne Cash, Tim Conway, Rickie Lee Jones and Huey Lewis and the News are among the performers coming next season to the Midland Theatre.
The performing-arts center, at 36 N. Park Place in downtown Newark, will present music, dance, comedy and family-oriented fare in five series, plus special events.
Benatar and Neil Giraldo (Aug. 23) will launch the Lively Arts Series.
Others in the series: Jones (Oct. 2); singer Peter Noone of Hermanâs Hermits (May 19); and the Blackpackâs âS.E.L.L.O.U.T!â tour (Feb. 4), four black comedians who celebrate individualism and challenge racial and social stereotypes.
Three trained and âtalkingâ dogs will join comedian-ventriloquist Todd Oliver in the comedy show âDogs Gone Wildâ (Feb. 18), part of the Family Series.
Other family shows: âMagical Mask, Mime and Music of Japanâ with Kuniko Yamamoto (Sept. 25); Gift of the Magi (Dec. 2); and the science-themed comedy of Dr. Kaboom! (March 23).
The Midland Memories Series will range from the folk music of the Kingston Trio (Nov. 18) to the big-band sound of the Glenn Miller Orchestra (March 11).
Also in the series: comedian Tim Conway & Friends (Oct. 16); and singer-actress Lorna Luft (Feb. 11), performing âSongs My Momma Taught Me: The Judy Garland Songbook.â
Guitarist Tim Farrell
(Sept. 15-16) and songwriter Steve Forbert (Oct. 27-28), whose ballad Romeoâs Tune has become a coffeehouse staple, will help launch the Stage Door Cabaret Series, set onstage with the performers in a nightclub setting with a cash bar.
Other cabaret acts: the Brazilian band Minas
(Jan. 19-20), New York singer-songwriter-guitarist Christine Lavin (Feb. 23-24) and electronic violinist Tracy Silverman (March 8-9).
The Variety Series will embrace dance with NEOS Dance Theatreâs multimedia Dracula (Nov. 25-27).
Other variety acts: the Nobodies of Comedy
(Jan. 27) and the magic act the Spencers (Feb. 10).
Among the special performances: Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel (Sept. 28); âBlue Note Records â the Miles Davis Experienceâ (Oct. 6), with the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet; Huey Lewis and the News (Oct. 23); country singer Josh Turner (Oct. 30); âSandi Patty Yuletide Celebrationâ (Dec. 8); and singer Richard Marx (Jan. 14).
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Pat Benatar, Rosanne Cash, Tim Conway, Rickie Lee Jones and Huey Lewis and the News are among the performers coming next season to the Midland Theatre. The performing-arts center, at 36 N. Park Place in downtown Newark,
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