{"id":168,"date":"2008-09-16T13:06:47","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T17:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2008\/09\/16\/the-bowery-presents-new-jersey-theatre-revival\/"},"modified":"2022-03-27T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:50:05","slug":"the-bowery-presents-new-jersey-theatre-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/168\/the-bowery-presents-new-jersey-theatre-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bowery Presents: New Jersey’s Theatre Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Originally opened in 1922, converted to a movie house in 1929, and triplexed in the 1970\u2019s, Wellmont Theatre closed its doors in 2006.\u00a0 It has now been renovated with all the state-of-the-art music venue accoutrement.\u00a0 Steely Dan will no doubt be happy about this when they play there on November 17th and 18th.\u00a0 Astoria\u2019s favorite son, Tony Bennett, will be tickled by the historical touch of class this theatre will bring his already swank crooning on November 19th.\u00a0 I know what you\u2019re thinking, \u201cBowery Presents? Where\u2019s the indie-rock?\u201d\u00a0 Well, Wolf Parade and The Decemberists (lead singer, Colin Meloy, pictured above) will also pass through, in addition to other hipster favorites like Al Green and Brian Wilson.<\/p>\n

One change to the 2,000-seat Wellmont Theatre that\u2019ll please concert-goers is the removal of floor seating to offer both the rockin\u2019 standing room only and the balcony seating.\u00a0 It worked for the serfs and the upper crust at Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre, so why not try it in Jersey?\u00a0 It\u2019s always a little more special seeing anything in an old theatre, surrounded by Corinthian columns, waiting for the grand stage and its performers to be revealed by the heavy velvet curtain\u2014and The Bowery folks do have a great reputation for preserving the charm of the venues (Beacon Theatre, United Palace Theatre) their concerts inhabit. Doors open the first of November with the ever-dreamy Hanson.<\/p>\n

Calendar of Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanson with Dave Barnes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/01\/08 Saturday
\nMatisyahu with Flobots, Mishka \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/02\/08 Sunday
\nThe Decemberists with Loch LoMond 11\/11\/08 Tuesday
\nWolf Parade with Listening Party \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/14\/08 Friday
\nMartin Sexton with Ryan Montbleau Band 11\/15\/08 Saturday
\nSteely Dan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/17\/08 Monday
\nSteely Dan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/18\/08 Tuesday
\nTony Bennett \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/19\/08 Wed
\nAl Green \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/22\/08 Saturday
\nBrian Wilson \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/23\/08 Sunday
\nB.B. King \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\/04\/08 Thursday
\nJohn Prine \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\/05\/08 Friday
\nGet The Led Out \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\/06\/08 Saturday
\nRufus Wainwright \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 02\/13\/09 Friday<\/p>\n

How to get there:\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>On weekdays, take the New Jersey Transit Montclair-Boonton line from Penn Station to Walnut St. Station. Walk south on Greenwood Ave., right on Glenridge Ave., left on N Willow St., and right on Bloomfield Ave. Unfortunately, the line does not currently run on weekends (but should start sometime in 2009). So on Saturdays and Sundays take the Main Line to Delawanna or Lyndhurst Station and take 15 minute cab ride from there to the theater. Call Montclair Taxi: 973.744.6778 or other local services. Check the train schedules on the New Jersey Transit website. (Wellmont Theatre, 5 Seymour St., Montclair, NJ, 973.783.9500 or 877.935.5668 for tickets, wellmonttheatre.com) <\/em><\/p>\n

Photo: Courtesy of richt\/tlobf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bowery Presents has taken its first step outside the city limits in their quest for World domination.\u00a0 Will they become a hated behemoth like Live Nation?\u00a0 For now, they\u2019ve joined up with promoter Andy Feltz to create Montclair Entertainment, and that\u2019s just what they\u2019ll do; bring music to the historic Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,315,329],"tags":[129,207,20,140,9,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"category-day-trips","8":"category-new-jersey-destination","9":"tag-concert","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-jersey","13":"tag-reviews","14":"tag-rock-n-roll"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}