Jersey Arts Podcast
The Jersey Arts Podcast presents in-depth, one-on-one conversations with the liveliest and most intriguing personalities in New Jersey’s arts scene. From the casts of hit shows to critically acclaimed film producers; from world-renowned poets to classically trained musicians; from groundbreaking dance visionaries to cutting-edge fine artists, our podcast connects you to what’s happening in your local arts community.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 263
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Bill Scheible, Ocean City Pops
Ocean City Pops concerts at the historic Ocean City Music Pier, built in 1929, are a much loved summer tradition at the the Jersey Shore. Producer Eric Schultz talks with the Pops veteran conductor W…
00:13:14 |
Mon 30 Jul 2012
John Wesley Harding's The Cabinet Of Wonders
The musician John Wesley Harding is also the novelist Wesley Stace. As host of the new NPR variety show "The Cabinet of Wonders," he calls on his friends from both worlds to perform. Rosanne Cash, Jo…
00:14:57 |
Mon 09 Jul 2012
Father Michael Doyle On Haiku Poet Nick Virgilio
Christopher Benincasa talks to Father Michael Doyle, of Camden's Sacred Heart Church, about the up-and-coming Waterfront South neighborhood - and the legacy of American Haiku poet, and Camden native,…
00:08:13 |
Mon 14 May 2012
American Boy Choir
The American Boy Choir, celebrating its 75th anniversary, has performed at the Oscars, with pop diva Beyoncé and with major orchestras around the world. Producer Eric Schultz recently visited the buc…
00:11:00 |
Sun 13 May 2012
John Guare, Playwright
Susan Wallner talks to one of the luminaries of the English speaking theater world, playwright John Guare. He’s won Tonys, Obies, and NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, as well as an Oscar nomination fo…
00:15:08 |
Mon 23 Apr 2012
Eran Egozy & Gary Marcus
Christopher Benincasa speaks with Eran Egozy and Gary Marcus at The Music, Mind & Invention Workshop at The College of New Jersey. Egozy is co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems, and one of the creat…
00:11:22 |
Tue 03 Apr 2012
Winnie Holzman
Chris interviews veteran television writer Winnie Holzman - creator of the series My So-called Life, and librettist for the hit Broadway musical Wicked. Holzman recently kicked off a series of talks…
00:17:17 |
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Fluxus At Rutgers
Christopher Benincasa talks with curator Donna Gustafson about fifty years of Fluxus at Rutgers University. Fluxus was a radical and experimental art movement that started in the sixties and involve…
00:11:58 |
Mon 30 Jan 2012
Podcast Interview: "The Convert" at McCarter Theatre Center
Young playwright Danai Gurira first made waves with “Eclipsed,” her play about 5 young Liberian women during that country’s civil war. She is now writing a cycle of plays about Zimbabwe and Zimbabwea…
00:14:32 |
Tue 10 Jan 2012
Dave Devries, Comic Artist and Monster Engine Creator
Producer Eric Schultz visits comic artist, painter, illustrator and author Daves Devries at his Budd Lake, NJ home. In 1998, Devries asked the question, what would a child's drawing look like if it …
00:14:09 |
Mon 19 Dec 2011
Bakersfield Mist
Inspired by a true story, an unemployed bartender living in a trailer park buys a painting at a thrift store for three dollars – and then comes to believe that it might be a long-lost Jackson Pollock…
00:07:11 |
Tue 29 Nov 2011
Mary Badham, Scout in "To Kill A Mockingbird"
Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird was an instant classic that was made into a great movie. Mary Badham played the role of "Scout" when she was 10 years old, and it transformed her life. S…
00:13:46 |
Tue 08 Nov 2011
Atlantic City Ballets Dracula
The Atlantic City Ballet is performing Dracula just in time for Halloween. Producer Eric Schultz recently chatted with AC Ballet's founding director Phyllis Papa, who created the work five years ago.…
00:11:34 |
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Junot Diaz, Author
For years, Junot Díaz was known for his explosive collection of short stories, "Drown," set in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic. His readers loyally waited for his next book - a novel that took …
00:13:13 |
Mon 26 Sep 2011
Alan Menken and Newsies at Paper Mill Playhouse
The 1992 Disney movie-musical "Newsies" was not a box office smash - the epic, fact-inspired tale of a newsboys' labor strike in 1890s New York was a notorious flop. However, nearly two decades late…
00:08:33 |
Tue 06 Sep 2011
Jed Gaylin, Music Director of the Bay Atlantic Symphony
Conductor Jed Gaylin has transformed the Bay Atlantic Symphony during his fourteen years as Music Director. Eric Schultz talks to Gaylin about sold out concert halls, summers performances in Avalon a…
00:14:23 |
Mon 15 Aug 2011
Sounds Of The City
NJPAC’s Sounds of the City is a summer tradition in Newark – a free Thursday night concert series attracting thousands of people held outside in Theater Square. It features the hottest new artists ar…
00:15:00 |
Thu 28 Jul 2011
The Smithereens' Dennis Diken
The Smithereens have just released their first album of new material in twelve years - Smithereens 2011 - and now the band of New Jersey natives is back on tour and enjoying a warm welcome from criti…
00:15:47 |
Mon 11 Jul 2011
Opera New Jersey's 2011 Summer Season
Producer Eric Schultz chats with Richard Russell, General Director of Opera New Jersey, about the company’s 2011 summer season at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Menotti’s The Consul, Rossini’s Barber…
00:11:23 |
Mon 20 Jun 2011
Singer-Songwriter Josh Ritter
Josh Ritter’s career began to take shape in college when he decided that playing music was more important to him than neuroscience – and, after years of bouncing around the music scene, he’s emerged …
00:11:34 |
Thu 26 May 2011
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