Cynthia Meryl News

The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum in conjunction with the Algonquin Arts Center of Manasquan and the News Jersey Youth Theatre will present the American classic musical OKLAHOMA, August 1 through August 10, 2014.

It's been called one of the best and most beloved musicals of all time, the award-winning West Side Story now comes to the Centenary Stage. This timeless musical launched Stephen Sondheim's Broadway career and with help of other creative geniuses like Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, it has become a classic in the American theatrical repertoire. The New Jersey Youth Theatre will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their award-winning production by bringing a new group of talented young-adult actors that Director Cynthia Meryl calls 'the future of Broadway' to the Lackland Center to showcase the phenomenal training that NJYT provides. Performances will take place August 2nd - 11th at the Sitnik Theatre in the David and Carol Lackland Center at 715 Grand Avenue in Hackettstown.

It's been called one of the best and most beloved musicals of all time, the award-winning West Side Story now comes to the Centenary Stage. This timeless musical launched Stephen Sondheim's Broadway career and with help of other creative geniuses like Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, it has become a classic in the American theatrical repertoire. The New Jersey Youth Theatre will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their award-winning production by bringing a new group of talented young-adult actors that Director Cynthia Meryl calls "the future of Broadway" to the Lackland Center to showcase the phenomenal training that NJYT provides. Performances will take place August 2nd - 11th at the Sitnik Theatre in the David and Carol Lackland Center at 715 Grand Avenue in Hackettstown.

New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT) has spent the 25 years producing and mounting professional-level musical theatre productions with casts consisting of children, teenagers, and young adults. In 1997, when the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) opened its doors, New Jersey Youth Theatre took residency in the PAC's Victoria Theatre. Over a period of 15 years, NJYT and NJPAC produced award-winning shows that utilized the talent of over 600 young performers throughout the state. For the first time in 15 years, New Jersey Youth Theatre has separated from NJPAC and has ventured out on its own, returning to its community roots.

Smokey Joe's Café, the musical theatre review that was nominated for seven Tony awards and ran on Broadway for more than 2,000 performances, will come to the Centenary Stage this month, when the acclaimed New Jersey Youth Theatre brings their high-energy production to the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Center, tonight, July 26-July 29 in Hackettstown, NJ. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

Smokey Joe's Café, the musical theatre review that was nominated for seven Tony awards and ran on Broadway for more than 2,000 performances, will come to the Centenary Stage this month, when the acclaimed New Jersey Youth Theatre brings their high-energy production to the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Center, July 26-29 in Hackettstown, NJ. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

From "Jailhouse Rock" to "Stand By Me," from "Spanish Harlem" to and "On Broadway," Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote some of the most enduring rock-n-roll hits ever recorded. This summer, talented high school and college-age musical actors will bring the hits to life in Smokey Joe's Cafe, the annual collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Arts Education department and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

Talented high school and college-age actors and musicians from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Cole Porter's Tony-award winning musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate this July, this summer's annual musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

Talented high school and college-age actors and musicians from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Cole Porter's Tony-award winning musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate this July, this summer's annual musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

Talented high school and college-age actors and musicians from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Cole Porter's Tony-award winning musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate this July, this summer's annual musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

The brightest New Jersey Youth Theatre stars will come together at the Algonquin Arts Theatre of Manasquan for a one-night-only 'Best of Broadway' benefit concert on August 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Talented young actors from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Jonathan Larson's Broadway-changing, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent, this summer in the annual summer musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

Talented young actors from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Jonathan Larson's Broadway-changing, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent, this summer in the annual summer musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

Talented young actors from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Jonathan Larson's Broadway-changing, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent, this summer in the annual summer musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

Talented young actors from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Jonathan Larson's Broadway-changing, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent, this summer in the annual summer musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

The brightest New Jersey Youth Theatre stars will come together at the Algonquin Arts Theatre of Manasquan for a one-night-only 'Best of Broadway' benefit concert on August 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Talented young actors from across New Jersey will breathe new life into Jonathan Larson's Broadway-changing, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent, this summer in the annual summer musical collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT).

The annual summer collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the award-winning New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT) undertakes its most ambitious production yet with a retelling of Stephen Sondheim's macabre, Tony Award-winning musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

The annual summer collaboration between the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and the award-winning New Jersey Youth Theatre (NJYT) undertakes its most ambitious production yet with a retelling of Stephen Sondheim?s macabre, Tony Award-winning musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In this Summer Musical Program, talented young actors and musicians from across the state learn what it takes to mount a Broadway-level production, from acting, singing and dancing to playing in the orchestra and behind the scenes work, all at no cost to them.