Kean
Stage
Kean Stage invites you to enjoy a world-class lineup of Grammy® and
Tony Award-winning artists, dedicated family acts, dynamic dance
companies, and multicultural music, films, and shows right here in
your backyard.
BROADWAY SERIES
After a successful Opening Night headlined by two-time Tony
Award winner
Patti LuPone
, Kean Stage’s inaugural Broadway
Series continued this fall at Enlow Recital Hall with
Adam Pascal
and Anthony Rapp
. Twenty years after originating the iconic roles
of “Roger” and “Mark” in the Tony Award-winning musical
Rent
,
Broadway giants Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp came together to
celebrate music, stories and friendship. On
November 12
New Jersey
resident and two-time Tony Award winner
Christine Ebersole
(Grey
Gardens & 42nd Street)
presents a blockbuster evening of Broadway
classics and standards from the Great American Songbook. The
series continues at Enlow Hall this spring with real-life couple
Jarrod
Spector & Kelli Barrett
on
February 11, 2017
, and Grammy® and
Tony Award winner
Billy Porter
on
April 22, 2017
.
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MUSIC AND DANCE
The Grammy®-winning
Turtle Island Quartet
(
November 20
, Enlow
Hall) celebrate John Coltrane’s incomparable musical legacy with
A Love Supreme.
Coltrane’s jazz epiphany is a personal statement
of redemption and salvation that struck a chord in the hearts of
millions, becoming one of the most enduring jazz albums of all
time. The talented string quartet will present an in-depth look at
this landmark recording.
Michael Mao Dance
(
January 28, 2017
) celebrates a multicultural
Chinese New Year, while the exuberant hip-hop of
Rennie Harris
Puremovement
(
February 17, 2017
) and dynamic melodies of
Sweet
Honey in the Rock
® (
February 26, 2017
) joyfully catapult us through
our celebration of Black History Month.
arts
Michael Mao Dance, January 28
Christine Ebersole, November 12
INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Kean’s unique International Film Series will feature several award-
winning films to start the New Year, after a well-attended fall season
that featured the Academy-Award winning
Cinema Paradiso
and
International Disability Film Festival best film winner
Keep Rollin
. On
Saturday, January 21, 2017
the series returns with
The Nightingale
,
an award winning Chinese film by director Phillippe Muyl that tells
the story of a husband’s efforts to keep his last promise to his wife.
Mother of George
, a film from Nigeria directed by Andrew Dosunmu,
will be featured in the series on
Saturday, February 25
. This film,
a New York Times Critics’ Pick in 2013, tells the story of a Nigerian
woman who leaves West Africa for Brooklyn, where she marries a
restaurateur and trouble ensues. The International Film Series takes
place in Kean’s STEM auditorium near the entrance of the STEM
building. All shows start at 3 p.m
