All Access had the opportunity to speak with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's principal horn player, Chris Komer. Komer chats about how much John Williams' music has inspired him, the work he has done with NJSO, and how the musicians play an iconic movie score so perfectly over the film!

See Chris Komer and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra perform the works of John Williams from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi on Feb 9. For more information about this show, check out our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/return-jedi-njso

The Managing Director of London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Williams, sits down with All Access to discuss the large undertaking in managing an internationally touring orchestra with 80+ musicians, his talented team of administrators, and more!

For more information about Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on January 11, check out our event page here: www.stnj.org/event/royal-philharmonic-orchestra

Benjamin Cunningham who is both the Chairman of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a double bass player, tells us about their varied program, the piano soloist Khatia Buniatishvili, and his history with classical music!

For more information about Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on January 11, check out our event page here: https://www.stnj.org/event/royal-philharmonic-orchestra

The talented dancer, Alan Bersten, from Dancing with the Stars joined All Access to speak about winning this year's season, the creation of the live tour, his favorite moments of the show, and so much more!

For more information about Dancing with the Stars: Live! on January 19, check out our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/dancing-with-the-stars-live

All Access sat down with Nashka Desrosiers who plays Nettie in The Color Purple! Listen in to learn about the character of Nettie, the Grammy®-winning score, and more!

For additional information on The Color Purple from January 30-February 1, check out our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/color-purple

State Theatre New Jersey is presenting the wonderful Mr. Pennygaff's Cirkus Sideshow Spectacular as part of our Milk & Cookies series on Jan 11! We sat down with Mr. Pennygaff himself to discuss the style of the show, his long history in circus performing, and the wide variety of audiences he entertains!

For more info on Mr. Pennygaff's Cirkus Sideshow Spectacular on January 11 check out our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/mc-mr-pennygaff

Joining us today is Emma Taylor Schwartz who plays Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof! Emma mentions her long history with this production, the magic of the show itself, and more!

See Fiddler on the Roof this December 20-22. For more information, see our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/fiddler-on-the-roof

The talented dancer Erikka Reenstierna-Cates from American Repertory Ballet speaks with us about handling multiple roles, the LARGE cast, and more!

See Erikka and the rest of the Nutcracker cast from December 13-15! For more info, click here: https://www.stnj.org/event/nutcracker

We had a fun time chatting with Corey Greenan who plays Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys! Greenan talks with us about the larger than life personality of the iconic Four Seasons member, the audition process, and, of course, the music!

Jersey Boys will return to STNJ on December 3-4. For more information, check out our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/jersey-boys

This episode we sit down with conductor Alastair Willis who discusses the phenomenal Salute to Vienna production. Willis mentions how this show is full of holiday cheer, the difficulties of conducting such an intricate production, and more!

See Alastair and the wonderful holiday treat Salute to Vienna on December 31!

For more details, check out our event page: https://www.stnj.org/event/salute_to_vienna