Editing Leonia, New Jersey (section)

==Arts and culture==
Leonia is home to the Players Guild of Leonia, New Jersey's oldest continuing theatre troupe and one of the oldest community theatre groups in the state, with continuous performances since 1919.<ref name=NYT1997/> Performances have included comedies, tragedies, classics, and musicals. The Guild's 1940 production of ''One Mad Night'' was the first three-act play performed on television, when it was broadcast on [[KYW-TV|WPTZ]], in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The Children's Show was instituted in 1963 and continues each spring. Between 1968 and 1998, the Guild produced Theatre in the Park. Since 2002, the Guild has produced a Playwright's Showcase featuring original scripts. The Guild operates out of the historic Civil War Drill Hall Theatre on Grand Avenue, which is leased from the borough. Recent productions include ''Lovers and Other Strangers'', ''The Glass Menagerie'', ''Love, Loss, and What I Wore'' and ''Hair''. Upcoming productions include a fall production of ''Guys and Dolls''.<ref>[http://www.leoniaplayers.org/ Home page], Players Guild of Leonia. Accessed October 18, 2013.</ref>

Since 2000, Leonia has also been home to Summerstage at Leonia, which produces a Broadway-style family musical each summer in the last two weeks of July. Summerstage performances were originally held in the Leonia High School Little Theater but now take place at the Civil War Drill Hall Theater. Auditions are held in May and open to all in the NYC metro area. Past shows have included ''The Wizard of Oz'', ''Carousel'', ''The Sound of Music'', ''Annie'', ''Oliver'', ''Les Miserables'', ''My Fair Lady'', and ''How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying''.<ref>[http://LeoniaSummerStage.org About], Summerstage at Leonia. Accessed October 18, 2013.</ref>

The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, founded in 1973, is made up of professional musicians who reside in Leonia, and gives classical music concerts four times a year at various venues in the borough.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/leoniachambermusic/info About], Leonia Chamber Musicians Society. Accessed October 18, 2013.</ref>

Leonia aims to build its art and cultural environment by displaying outdoor sculpture throughout the community and in the Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden, on the grounds of the Leonia Borough Annex.<ref>[http://www.sculptureforleonia.org/about-sculpture-for-leonia.html About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019170653/http://www.sculptureforleonia.org/about-sculpture-for-leonia.html |date=2013-10-19 }}, Sculpture for Leonia. Accessed October 18, 2013.</ref> This group sponsors an annual Taste of Leonia fundraiser. Leonia Arts provides a calendar of all arts events in Leonia.<ref>[http://www.leoniaarts.org/ Home page], Leonia Arts. Accessed October 18, 2013.</ref>