Direct from New York City, Song & Dance Men launches Centenary Stage Company’s annual Fringe Festival on October 26 through 29 at the Lackland Performing Arts Center.  Song & Dance Men features famous tunes by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, and the dance stylings of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and many more.  Award-winning director/choreographer, Justin Boccitto is joined on stage by the talented Nicky Romaniello and Eddy Francisco while accompanied on the keys by Sol Bloch. “It’s The Rat Pack with tap shoes…New York’s best variety show!”  The name of the group coming from the Irving Berlin song, “A couple of Song & Dance Men”, these actors sing, tap, dance, and recreate the sounds and music of the time. Additionally, all three performers of Song & Dance Men are graduates of Centenary Stage Company’s critically acclaimed Young Performers Workshop, having been part of the program in their youth.

Centenary Stage Company’s Fringe Festival is sponsored in part by The House of the Good Shepherd and Heath Village Retirement Community.

Tickets for Song & Dance Men range from $25 to $27.50 for adults and $15 to $25 for children under 12.  Performances run from October 26 to Oct 29 in the Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center with specific performance times on Thursday, October 26 at 7:30 PM; Friday, October 27 at 8 PM; Saturday, October 28 at 8 PM and Sunday, October 29 at 2 PM.  A rush ticket special is available for Thursday evening’s performance with a buy one/get one ticket offer.  The buy one/get one ticket offer is only valid when purchasing tickets in person at the CSC box office as early as two hours prior to performance time.  BOGO offer is not available for advance ticket sales.

For more information or to purchase tickets visit centenarystageco.org or call the CSC box office at (908) 979 – 0900.  The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.  The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 – 5 pm and two hours prior to each performance.

The 2017-2018 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, and CSC corporate sponsors, including Premier Season Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, The House of the Good Shepherd Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank of New Jersey, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.