PAC at March of Dimes

Throughout the season we have many stars that grace our stage in Morristown. From Aretha Franklin to Jim Breuer to Bill Cosby, you never know who will show up. But how many know about our young stars in the Performing Arts Company who put on show for our community?

Our Performing Arts Company is made up of teens that represent our organization by performing Broadway-style musical numbers at community events and fundraisers around New Jersey free of charge to the organization. Most recently, on May 1st, they performed at the March of Dimes of Morris County’s annual March for Babies 5K walk held on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ.

Our young stars opened the entertainment portion of the day by performing a "Music Through The Ages" medley and "Heal The World" by Michael Jackson. This was our first time being a part of a March of Dimes event, and we are thrilled to have this new partnership, and look forward to helping them out with future fundraisers.

Also in attendance were the Real Housewives of New Jersey – Cathy Wakile, Melissa Gorga, Jacqueline Laurita and Caroline Manzo. During the mini-idol talent show at the March of Dimes event, a Real Housewives' daughter took first place over our PAC member Montana Byrne, who won second place. It's okay Montana, you will always be first place with us!

For an upcoming schedule of our Performing Arts Company, please go to http://www.mayoarts.org/education/pac.htm .

Don't forget to check our summer lineup at http://www.mayoarts.org

Pawnographic

A pilot’s license signed by Orville Wright. Documents signed by Charles Lindbergh. An unfinished Beatles song by George Harrison. A Mickey Mouse comic book – in Russian. They are just a few of the items that will come under scrutiny this weekend when Rick, Corey and Chumlee, aka the Pawn Stars, come to Morristown.

The Pawn Stars Gold and Silver Road Show stops at the Mayo Performing Arts Center this Saturday with shows at 3 pm and 8 pm.

Pawn Stars is the hottest show on History. Each week viewers watch as people try to pawn items of all sorts to the proprietors of the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. Sometimes, the items have a unique story and a high value; sometimes the items are discovered to be fakes. No matter what, the proprietors negotiate to get the best price for resale.

Rick Harrison, his son Cory and Chumlee will be at the MPAC to potentially purchase up to 10 items (items were submitted and reviewed by e-mail). They will also talk about their popular show, their surprising fame and challenge the audience to guess the value of items. And yes, some people may walk out with “cash money,” as they like to call it, in their pockets.

Being that our Theatre was built in 1937 and has had a host of famous stars come through it, we hope they may want to put a value on some of the autographed memorabilia that we have collected over the years. Hey, like they say in Pawn Stars, you never know what walks through their door and what the value of it may be.

Tickets are still available for both performances.

Mayo Performing Arts Center

Dear Patrons,

The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts has completed a three year name transition and will simply be known as the Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) beginning May 3, 2011. Our tagline is, “Morristown’s Community Theatre since 1937.”

Mayo Performing Arts Center reflects what we have evolved into – a fully formed performing arts center that not only brings the world’s greatest entertainers to Morristown, but has a robust performing arts program, an extensive education program for children and adults, partner programs with local school districts, a visual arts gallery, and outreach into the community.

MPAC fully embraces all of our new capabilities and exciting new opportunities in the future. Being designated a Performing Arts Center also helps clear up a misperception by many agents and performers about the type of venue this is, as the words “community theater” invoke a particular stereotypical image of a small venue, not of the world class facility that MPAC has evolved into. It can only mean bigger and more famous acts could come to Morristown.
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The concert hall itself will continue to be called The Community Theatre. It is one part of the venue, which also includes the Post Art Upstairs Gallery, The Starlight Room and the Hellstrom Education Studios.

The Community Theatre was renamed after benefactor Bud Mayo, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees in 2007. The organization adopted a transitional name for a three year period. The switch to Mayo Performing Arts Center completes that transition.

Please visit our website for our exciting summer season!