Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack leads the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's return to NJPAC and the story of Ben Masters

By Doug Doyle

Published May 3, 2026 at 8:11 AM EDT

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Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack with members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

On the May 2 WBGO Journal...

Today we get an inside look at the Mothers Day Weekend performance (May 8-10)at NJPAC from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater…former Ailey dance and new Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance theater Alicia Graf Mack joins us….

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack

and WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the story of innovative businessman Ben Masters and his bicycle-powered sewing machine…

Ben Masters and his bike-powered sewing machine

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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