“Hamilton” made Lin-Manuel Miranda a household name but it was his first musical “In The Heights” that catapulted the New York native into critical acclaim; winning Tony Awards for Best Musical, Score, Choreography, and Orchestrations. In March, Axelrod Performing Arts Center [APAC] will produce the 2008 Broadway smash locally, under the direction and choreography of […]

The Sixth annual Axelrod Israel Film Festival opens Sunday at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in the Deal Park section of Ocean Township. The festival spotlights new films created by Israeli and/or Jewish filmmakers. Every film selected for this year’s festival celebrates the personal, political, and/or cultural experience of being Jewish, Artistic Director Andrew DePrisco […]

Friday night’s first glimpse at 54—The Musical is but one step closer to a larger vision from its creator Renée Bang Allen of Ocean Grove and the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal Park. The 8 p.m. Funk-Raiser at the House of Independents [572 Cookman Ave] is a benefit for the development of the theater’s […]