Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancer and choreographer Jamar Roberts talks about his love for choreography, working with Ailey dancers, and the inspiration for his new piece, Members Don't Get Weary, premiering at the company's 20th annual Mother's Day Engagement at NJPAC.

Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation that allows unauthorized immigrants to apply for state financial aid to attend college. The legislation will help hundreds of immigrants who grew up in the state and attended high school in New Jersey for at least three years. Murphy says it’s a matter of fairness. “We know New Jerseyans support the ability of our DREAMers to not only remain in our state but to become a strong and contributing part of our society and our economy. By allowing them to

WBGO Theater Critic Michael Bourne looks back on his favorite musicals of the 2017-2018 Broadway Season and reveals some of his picks for the Outer Critics Circle Awards.

Celebrating Newark's 'First Lady of Jazz,' the WBGO News team spoke with WBGO founder Bob Ottenhoff, NJPAC president John Schreiber, and Bethany Baptist Church member Linda Caldwell Epps about Dorthaan Kirk's influence in jazz and the community. Bob Ottenhoff: Imagine this. There’s 100 radio station in the New York metropolitan area. We decided we are going to start a new station. This is going to be a station that treats jazz as America’s classical art form. We have no money in the bank and no

The Dean of Boston Jazz Radio, WGBH's Eric Jackson and WBGO's midday host Rhonda Hamilton have known each other for many years. WGBH is celebrating Erick Jackson's 40th anniversary at that public radio station in Boston with a series of events and honors. Who better to chat with Eric than Rhonda Hamilton? Hamilton is nearing her 40th year at Newark's jazz institution WBGO. Click above to hear their conversation.

Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews several pop culture related shows on Broadway, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Click above to hear the full review.

Newark’s first lady of Jazz and WBGO Co-Founder and special events coordinator will celebrate her 80th birthday this summer. The New Jersey Performing Arts center is commemorating the occasion with a special night of jazz in her honor. Dorthaan Kirk has had a tremendous influence on the world of jazz over her more than 40 year career. Jazz saxophonist Don Braden has worked with Dorthaan Kirk for the last two decades producing three jazzathons together. Braden describes the moment the two met in

This is as good a time as any to take a little time out from the crazy-making news cycle and check in at the movies. The Tribeca Film Festival opens this week, and it’s the festival that counts now in NYC, with close to 100 films in the feature film lineup of which 46 are directed by women. There are 10 films in this Year’s Tribeca International Competition, and I’m looking forward to seeing Amateurs a Swedish comedy about competing films about a small town—the one by the town investment board

Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews three musicals from movies. Frozen , Mean Girls and The Stin g are now on Broadway. Disney's Frozen won an Oscar. Now it's going for a Tony. Bourne wasn't sold on that possibility, unless Olaf the snowman picks up an award.

Tap Into Newark reporter Mark Bonamo gives his thoughts on the WBGO Newark Mayor Debate last Thursday. Current mayor Ras Baraka is being challenged by Councilwoman Gayle Cheneyfield Jenkins. The debate was moderated by Newark Today host Michael Hill of NJTV. The reporters who asked questions at the debate including WBGO's Alexandra Hill and Ang Santos, Karen Yi of NJ Advance Medi a and Tap Into Newark' s Mark Bonamo. The segment begins with highlights of the opening of the debate at Express