Volume 17, No. 3
March 20th - April 5th 2013 FREE PUBLICATION
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The Play’s the Thing at STAGEfest 2013, the Loew’s Jersey Theatre’s First Play Festival By Sally Deering
n her prime, she was a real looker. Decked out in red velvet and adorned in crystal and gold, the Loew’s Jersey Theatre was a glamorous show palace when it opened in 1929. Today, the Loew’s is a New Jersey Registered Historic Site owned by Jersey City and after many years of restoration by the volunteer group Friends of the Loew’s, the movie palace has ‘come back to life’. Like an aging Ziegfeld showgirl with gorgeous gams. the Loew’s is a grandly vintage venue for film festivals, film retrospectives – even weddings – and for the first time this month, the Loew’s will host its first every performing arts festival, STAGEfest 2013. Starting Friday, March 22 and running through Sunday, March 24, STAGEfest 2013 raises the
curtain on a weekend of theatrical, dance and musical performances highlighting Hudson’s arts and artists. The festival will feature three days of shows by local playwrights, musicians, dancers and solo-artists who will perform their works not just on the theater’s main stage, but also in its lobbies, salons, promenades and hallways. The weekend event also features a costume exhibit by Leading Lady Costumes and refreshments by local vendors in the Grand Lobby Café. “This marks the return to live theatre – in addition to classic film and concerts,” says Colin Egan, Executive Director of Loew’s Jersey Theatre. con’t pg. 2