A beautifully rendered production of “Lost in Yonkers” is currently playing at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.  Full story »

Local songwriter and producer Mark D. Conklin spent the better part of the last decade writing and producing songs for other artists. At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, at the Watchung Arts Center, he will perform songs from his own debut CD. Full story »

CHATHAM — “The Pillowman” is uncanny in the way it draws you into a world that twists and turns with make believe, torture, sudden shafts of humor and a ride on a strange, emotional roller coaster. What’s even more surprising is to find this superb production at the Chatham Playhouse. The Chatham Players always do fine work, but this particularly... Full story »

Two images by Summit photographer Sue Zwick, in her “From the Architecture Series,” are on exhibit in “Tek’tanik,” a show at Gallery Aferro in Newark; and other art show news in Independent Press for week of March 3. Full story »

WATCHUNG — The Watchung Arts Center is offering two dance programs and three adult art workshops sure to create quite a stir! The programs begin in March and April and will be a wonderful addition to Yoga and Life Drawing Studio which is already a staple among our patrons. Registration forms can be downloaded from watchungarts.org, requested by calling... Full story »

On Sunday, March 14, ARTEK performs a concert of Mozart and other classical era composers in the Afternoon Music concert series at The Unitarian Church in Summit, 4 Waldron Ave.  Full story »

Student plays to be performed by professional actors at Playwrights Theatre MADISON — The public is invited to attend the 24th Annual Madison Young Playwrights Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at Playwrights Theatre. The Madison Young Playwrights Festival brings to life the work of young playwrights who completed a play as part of a 12-week playwriting... Full story »

Jersey girls Marilyn Fiordaliso and Lynn Holberton had not spoken for 40 years — since they had been Delta Sigma Chi sorority sisters at Montclair State College. Lynn had been Marilyn’s sorority Big Sister. It was not until January of this year that they made a new connection, in an online discussion among members of Sweet Adelines International. Full story »

PeachCraft Studios of Summit auditions for its summer 2010 musical theater program, culminating in three performances of Lucy Simon’s The Secret Garden (1991), produced by Kate Kennedy, founder and artistic director of PeachCraft Studios, and directed by PeachCraft Vocal Conservatory faculty members Kenneth Bryson and Jody Mullen Full story »

The New Art Group will present an exhibit called “Sticks and Stones” in both the Upper and Lower Galleries at the Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Road, Watchung, beginning today, Wednesday, March 3, and running through Saturday, March 27.  Full story »

Get carried away by pirates at 8 pm. on Friday, March 26, when The Community Theatre presents The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, in a performance of the classic operetta “The Pirates of Penzance.” This will be a staged concert performance -- with full orchestra, chorus, and vocal soloists, that keep the show alive and exciting to a modern audience. This item leads the events calendar for week of March 3, 2010.  Full story »

The Roberts Chatham Cinema Art Gallery at 641 Shunpike Road in Chatham Township is currently showing the work of Drew Art Association members; and more featured entertainment briefs for week of March 3, 2010. Full story »

On Sunday, March 14, Israeli violinist Bracha Malkin joins the New Philharmonic of New Jersey for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor at Dolan Performance Hall on the campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown. Full story »

The 10th annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival opens on Saturday, March 6, 2010 with a screening of “Saviors in the Night,” at the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange. It will conclude with “A Matter of Size,” on Sunday, March 21, also at the Film Festival’s home base, the Cooperman JCC.  Full story »

Theresa Rebeck’s play, “Loose Knit,” is at the Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown through March 7, and other prime time briefs for week of Feb. 24. Full story »