Broadway news and notes: Dec. 3, 2010
CLIFTON — Blue State Productions, the award winning theater company in residence at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Clifton, announces auditions for its 2011 winter production of the Tony Award winning Broadway drama "Having our Say" Saturday, Dec. 4 from noon to 2 p.m. ...
With the holiday season upon us already, it seems fitting that The Barn Theatre in Montville chose the family-friendly, Christmas-related musical "Little Women" for this opening in their ...
Millburn resident Dan Willis, is directing Studio Playhouse's upcoming production of "Little Red Riding Hood (and The Power Mutants)" in Upper Montclair. The upcoming performances are Dec. ...
Little Red Riding Hood gets help from some new friends in Studio Playhouse’s production of “Little Red Riding Hood (and The Power Mutants).”
The King Centre and New Jersey foundation work together on ‘The Nutcracker'
ENGLEWOOD — Comedian/actress Rosie O'Donnell will join author/radio and TV host Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for an evening of discussion on topics ranging from family values to the impact that ...
REVIEWLES MISERABLESThe musical by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel, Herbert Kretzmer and James Fenton, directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell. At the Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn, through Dec. 30.With ...
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LES MISERABLES
The musical by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel, Herbert Kretzmer and James Fenton, directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell. At the Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn, through Dec. 30.
With ...
Sean Altman's "Jewmongous" is his 90-minute gift to his religion
Producers say the Green Day frontman will reprise the role of St. Jimmy in the musical that his songs inspired beginning Jan. 1 and ending Feb. 27 at The St. James Theatre.
While some might think that aging is no laughing matter, a group of actors at the Cedar Crest Retirement Community in Pequannock is out to prove that they can still keep audiences amused well ...
Lincoln Center Theater could suffer a considerable financial hit.
REVIEWTHE COLLECTION and A KIND OF ALASKAOff-Broadway play revivals presented by the Atlantic Theater Company at the Classic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St.Directed by ...
THE COLLECTION and A KIND OF ALASKA
Off-Broadway play revivals presented by the Atlantic Theater Company at the Classic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St.
Directed by ...
"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" begins previews Sunday.
MONTVILLE — The Barn Theatre is proud to present "Little Women" a musical by Allan Knee, with music by Jason Howland, and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein. Performances run through Dec. 4. Fridays and Saturdays performances are at 8 p.m.; 2 p.m. matinees on Nov. 28, and Dec 4. ...
CLIFTON — If you've ever wanted to try acting, now is your time! Directed by Linda Wielkotz, and written by John Logue, this interactive murder mystery dinner will take place over three weekends. Auditions will be held at ATC Studios, 68 Union Ave.The cast consists of ...
CLIFTON — If you've ever wanted to try acting, now is your time! Directed by Linda Wielkotz, and written by John Logue, this interactive murder mystery dinner will take place over three weekends. Auditions will be held at ATC Studios, 68 Union Ave.
The cast consists of ...
Performances are set for Dec. 3, 4 and 5 at River Dell High School.
Illusionist Bill Blagg brings his interactive act to BergenPac.
Neil LaBute's new off-Broadway play, comes across as a very long anecdote rather than a fully shaped play.
What do you get when you cross a slightly repressed middle-aged man with the free-lovin’ 1960s? A surefire recipe for disaster… and hilarity ” if of course you happen to be watching “Last of ...
Show runs Nov. 26 through Dec. 30.
"Elling," a new Broadway play, is not sturdy or funny enough to hold interest.
REVIEWAFTER THE REVOLUTIONNew off-Broadway play, at Playwrights Horizons, 416, W. 42nd St.Written by Amy Herzog. Directed by Carolyn Cantor.With Mark Blue, Peter Friedman, Meredith Holzman, David Margulies, Katharine Powell, Lois Smith, Elliott ...
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
New off-Broadway play, at Playwrights Horizons, 416, W. 42nd St.
Written by Amy Herzog. Directed by Carolyn Cantor.
With Mark Blue, Peter Friedman, Meredith Holzman, David Margulies, Katharine Powell, Lois Smith, Elliott ...
The Broadway theater has seemed remarkably untouched by the recession.
Playwright aims high, shoots wildly
“ANNIE” is being presented by Cornerstone Playhouse on November 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 8 p.m. and with matinees on November 20, 21, 27, 28 at 2 p.m. at the Lake Mohawk Country Club at 21 the ...
TEANECK — They learned how to get to Carnegie Hall, and now they’re bringing those lessons back to Teaneck. A score of talented teens from the Garage Theatre’s Youth Conservatory — fresh from a performance in New York City, present a Broadway Cabaret.The children will ...
TEANECK — They learned how to get to Carnegie Hall, and now they’re bringing those lessons back to Teaneck. A score of talented teens from the Garage Theatre’s Youth Conservatory — fresh from a performance in New York City, present a Broadway Cabaret.
The children will ...
Students at Paramus Catholic High School will take center stage at their annual fall performance. This year, Paramus Catholic presents, "The Man Who Came To Dinner," written by George Kaufman and Moss Hart.Performances will be held at Paramus Catholic High School, 425 ...
Students at Paramus Catholic High School will take center stage at their annual fall performance. This year, Paramus Catholic presents, "The Man Who Came To Dinner," written by George Kaufman and Moss Hart.
Performances will be held at Paramus Catholic High School, 425 ...
The South Asian Theater Festival at NJPAC explores South Asian culture, ancient and modern, by way of the stage.
Event at noon on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Director Daniel Sullivan has crafted a "Merchant of Venice" that is exciting, enormously effective and superbly acted.
"Elf," the new holiday Broadway musical, is generic, dramatically flat, and as predictable as they come.
A good playwright transports his audience to places they've never been before.They're journeys that John Guare, in becoming a major theater author, has taken himself.Raised in ...
A good playwright transports his audience to places they've never been before.
They're journeys that John Guare, in becoming a major theater author, has taken himself.
Raised in ...
"MacHomer" at the Community Theater melds The Simpsons with Shakespeare.
Events happening in the borough.
Whether you like "The Pee-wee Herman Show" on Broadway depends if you're a fan or not.
UPPER MONTCLAIR — Lacordaire Academy will present its fall play, "Under Milk Wood" on Nov. 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. in the school's gymnasium located at 155 Lorraine Ave., in Upper Montclair."Under Milk Wood," Dylan Thomas's delightful play portrays the passion and humor ...
UPPER MONTCLAIR — Lacordaire Academy will present its fall play, "Under Milk Wood" on Nov. 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. in the school's gymnasium located at 155 Lorraine Ave., in Upper Montclair.
"Under Milk Wood," Dylan Thomas's delightful play portrays the passion and humor ...
UPPER MONTCLAIR — Auditions for Studio Playhouse's "Beauty and the Beast" (this show is not a musical and is not the Disney version) will be held on Sunday, Nov. 14 and Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at Studio Playhouse, 14 Alvin Place, Upper Montclair.This is Studio's ...
UPPER MONTCLAIR — Auditions for Studio Playhouse's "Beauty and the Beast" (this show is not a musical and is not the Disney version) will be held on Sunday, Nov. 14 and Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at Studio Playhouse, 14 Alvin Place, Upper Montclair.
This is Studio's ...
CLIFTON — Following contentious debate among school commissioners about the financial criteria which a non-profit theater group must meet to continue renting out district facilities, a resolution may finally be on the cusp.In recent months, some school officials, ...
CLIFTON — Following contentious debate among school commissioners about the financial criteria which a non-profit theater group must meet to continue renting out district facilities, a resolution may finally be on the cusp.
In recent months, some school officials, ...
Nutley Little Theatre has cast its next major production, "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?" by Edward Albee. The cast includes Phil Rafferty of Upper Montclair, Victoria Steele of West Caldwell, Stuart Aion of Caldwell, and Robert James Grimm III of Brooklyn, N.Y. The play is ...
Performances at 7 p.m on Nov. 12-13.
Colin Quinn's one-man Broadway show could benefit from a jolt of personality.
Students in Grades 6-8 to perform on Friday, Nov. 19
Jesse L. Martin has achieved a fair amount of fame from roles in Broadway's "Rent" and TV's "Law & Order" but he is still awed around Al Pacino. And that includes Al Pacino's ...
The play, a modern twist on the classic Greek love story, will have three performances beginning Nov. 11.
Harrington Park's Beth Leavel stars in "Elf," her ninth Broadway musical.
"Women On the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown: is an ambitious, but flat-lining, attempt to adapt Pedro Almodovar's 1988 film of the same name for the stage.
"That Hopey Changey Thing," a new off-Broadway play, is thoroughly engrossing.
CLIFTON — Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" is widely regarded as one of the most emotional, heartrending plays ever written and is therefore not often associated with teenage angst ...
Husband and wife, Eric Holgerson and Lisa Annitti-Holgerson of Bloomingdale have written