Greater Morristown weekend preview: If the slipper fits…Cinderella at MHS

Cast preview of MHS musical 'Cinderella' at Morristown Onstage 2023. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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The Prince is having a ball!

At Morristown High School. And the fun doesn’t stop there in Greater Morristown this weekend. Stuart and Rick. Pete and Maura. Jam and Junior. Hit Men and ballet. Cabaret and Eco-Feminism.

Who could ask for anything more?

Scroll down for details. Check our handy calendar for even more activities–and add your own events, too.


THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023:

Morristown’s St. Peter’s Episcopal Church hosts tango lessons in the Parish House, 7 pm for beginners, 8 pm intermediate class. At 70 Maple Ave.

Drew University welcomes back The Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson for a virtual Drew Forum event at 7:30 pm. The livestream is free, but registration is required here.

Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson of The Lincoln Project. will discuss national politics at a virtual Drew Forum.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24:

Morristown High School presents its spring musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, at 7 pm. Tickets: $8-$15. Encore performances on Saturday and Sunday. At 50 Early St. Guests are asked to bring nonperishable food items for the Interfaith Food Pantry. Read more.

Video: ‘Cinderella’ preview at Morristown Onstage:

At 7:30 pm, the Folk Project’s Troubadour series presents The Kennedys, with opener Andrew Dunn, at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship. Admission: $10; children 12 and under, free. Livestream: $4.99. At 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township.

The Kennedys, Maura and Pete.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25:

The Morristown & Township Library hosts Indoor Qigong at 9:30 am. Free. No experience or registration required. Upstairs in the F.M. Kirby Gallery, at One Miller Road, Morristown.

The nonprofit Room to Grow will be collecting baby and toddler items for underprivileged families from 10 am to noon at 4 Baer Court, Morristown. Rain or shine. Check the donation wishlist.

Cinderella continues its weekend run at Morristown High School with shows at 2 pm and 7 pm. See Friday entry for details. Before the matinee, from noon to 1 pm, young theater-goers can pose with Cinderella and the Prince and enjoy “Tea and Biscuits,” $5 fee. Reserve a spot when purchasing tickets.

MHS preview of ‘Cinderella,’ Morristown Onstage 2023. Photo by Jeff Sovelove

Table of Hope hosts a Prom Free-Tique giveaway from 2 pm to 5 pm, at the Marion Sally Recreation Center at 23 Clyde Potts Drive in Morristown.

At 4 pm, St. Peter’s Morristown presents its annual Spong lecture with the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Sharp of Yale Divinity School. Her topic: Eco-Feminism for a Suffering World: A Prophetic Call to Joyous Acts of Restoration. Tickets: $10. Proceeds benefit JBWS, a nonprofit helping survivors of domestic abuse. At 121 South St.

The Harmonium Choral Society presents its Broadway Cabaret fundraiser, at 7 pm at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center in Whippany.  Tickets: $50. At 60 N. Jefferson Road. More info is here, or 973-538-6969.

The Mayo Performing Arts Center presents The Hit Men: The Ultimate Rock Concert at 8 pm. Tickets: $39-$59. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.


SUNDAY, MARCH 26:

Grow It Green Morristown’s Winter Market is back for its 10th season, from 9:30 to 1 pm each Sunday through April at the Convent Train Station in Morris Township. (Closed on Easter.)

Cinderella concludes its weekend run at Morristown High School at 2 pm. See Friday entry for details. Before the matinee, from noon to 1 pm, young theater-goers can pose with Cinderella and the Prince and enjoy “Tea and Biscuits,” $5 fee. Reserve a spot when purchasing tickets.

New Jersey Ballet Presents: Once Upon a Time, at 2 pm at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $15-$35. At 100 South St., Morristown, 973-539-8008.

The Music at the Mansion series presents cabaret artist Ari Axelrod, the quartet Those Girls and singer Sean-Patrick Murtagh, hosted by TONY nominee Corinna Sowers Adler, at 3 pm at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship in Morris Township. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 cash at the door. At 21 Normandy Heights Road.

The band Those Girls.

The Mountain Jam Band, winners of Morristown Onstage earlier this month, presents a free Allman Brothers tribute concert, from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Tavern Off the Green, 127 Morris St., Morristown. They will be joined by guitar ace Junior Mack, who performed with the Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theater.

Video: The Mountain Jam Band wins Morristown Onstage 2023:


 

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