Strand Theater Shows for July and August 2024
The Strand Center for the Arts, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, is featuring several shows during July and August. June 29 enjoy “The Ultimate Doors,” a show meant to preserve The Doors’ music and performances, and bring an authentic experience to the old and the new generations of Doors’ fans.
The Ultimate Doors give audiences an authentic looking and sounding tribute to Jim Morrison & The Doors. From Jim Morrison’s leather outfits to the color of the microphone cable, The Ultimate Doors leaves no stone unturned in bringing an authentic Doors tribute show to the stage.
The four musicians within the Ultimate Doors who take on the roles of Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore want to make their idols proud, and want to provide such an authentic experience that their audiences feel as if they are watching The Doors performing live in the late 1960s.
The show begins at 8:00 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cost of tickets: Orchestra and Loge, $42.00; Mezzanine, $36.00; Tier, $31.00; and ADA (Handicap) $31.00.
Jim D’Amico’s Sun Concerts will present the first annual Summertime Picnic and Concert, featuring Sail On: A Beach Boys Tribute on July 20, which begins with an outdoor picnic at 3:00 p.m. Bring lawn chairs and enjoy the festivities that include hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, chips, and desserts. For entertainment there will be music on an outdoor stage, character drawings, funny photo ops, a dunk tank, a cornhole tournament, and raffles and prizes! If it rains, everything will move inside.
At 6:30 p.m., the theater doors open for the 8:00 show featuring Sail On: A Beach Boys Tribute. Sail On is the most booked Beach Boys Tribute band in the world! Sail On plays all of the Beach Boys’ classic hits, some treasures from the band’s brilliant extended catalog, and recreates the soundtrack to an Endless Summer.
Tickets cost Orchestra and Loge, $44.00; Mezzanine, $42.00; Tier, $36.00; and ADA (Handicap) $36.00.
Parrots of the Caribbean: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffet is scheduled for July 26, 2024. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; the show starts at 8:00 p.m. The Parrots of the Caribbean are known internationally for more than a decade as the No.1 Jimmy Buffett Tribute Act. This high-energy, original stage show puts the ROCK in Trop-Rock, as “Salute to Jimmy Buffett.” Seasoned professionals perform renditions of Buffett & Friends’ Biggest Songs, plus their own Original, Cajun, Country-Rock Hits. Everyone will be drawn into the full concert experience with the wild and crazy, sometimes outrageous antics of the Parrots of the Caribbean!
Come dressed in your favorite island wear from grass skirts & leis to board shorts and shades, ‘cause it’s a Parrot-Head’s Paradise of sights & sounds as their music, antics, and costumes move the audience to laugh, sing, dance, CONGA, and party the night away!
Tickets cost: Orchestra: $45.00; Loge: $40.00; Mezzanine: $35.00; Tier: $30.00; and ADA
(Handicap): $45.00.
For tickets and more information, visit Strand.org.
About the Strand Theater: The historic Strand Theater, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit at 400 Clifton Ave., Lakewood, was designed by world-renowned theater architect Thomas Lamb in 1922 and is listed on the N.J. and National Register of Historic Places. The Strand offers year-round entertainment in plush, air-conditioned surroundings. It is a perfect venue to showcase comedians, musicals, dinner theater, stars from television and movies, and legendary musical entertainers. The reception gallery includes a catering facility for 80 people, a dance floor, and restrooms. It is ideal for theater-in-the-round, smaller events and receptions.