Thursday, September 18, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
In “Voices of Swords,” by Kari Floren, a personal organizer is hired to help care for a retiree who needs surgery.
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“Lucky Me,” romantic comedy written by Robert Caisley that is receiving its premiere at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, involves a cranky father and two 40-somethings wi…
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“Othello” will be the final production of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at a municipal parking lot on the Lower East Side.
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The musical “The Lightning Thief,” based on Rick Riordan’s young-adult novel, centers on a sixth grader who learns he’s the son of a Greek god.
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In Qurrat Ann Kadwani’s solo show, “They Call Me Q,” a girl from India moves with her family to the Bronx and wants desperately to fit in.
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Joe DiPietro’s “Clever Little Lies” is scheduled to run at Guild Hall from July 16 to Aug. 3 with the same cast and director as its world premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Bru…
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Friday, June 20, 2014
“Butler,” a new play staged by the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, tackles the thorny topics of slavery and duty with wit and wordplay.
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This version of “Grease” at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn features four tracks that were composed for the film and years later grafted onto the stage show.
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“The Chairs,” at La MaMa, is the director Theodora Skipitares’s puppet theater response to Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist play.
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In “A View of the Mountains” in Long Branch, a father and son see each other for the first time in 30 years, but they are divided by more than time.
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
“South Pacific,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic tale of love, race and acceptance, is in fine form at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.
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A good-natured one-woman show relates the misadventures of a single woman cooking her way through romantic relationships.
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Gilbert Emery’s 1921 drama “The Hero” finds a family in close quarters, under stress and asking the big questions shortly after World War I.
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The World Queen of the Cocoa Bean seeks a successor in “The Chocolate Show!,” an interactive production at 47th Street Theater best suited to 8- to 12-year-olds.
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“Bikeman: A 9/11 Play” is a docudrama by Thomas F. Flynn that recounts his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001.
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The comedy written and performed by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman, a married couple, is equal parts funny and frustrating.
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In “Beertown,” audience members are encouraged to bring and share food and to take part in the deliberations.
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August Wilson’s “Fences” explores the passions and problems of masculinity and the tension between a father and his sons.
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“Clever Little Lies,” staged at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, examines the disappointments of couples, both young and old.
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A two-character play by David Jenkins explores the banalities of the workplace and the inherent blandness of corporate life.
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“Cloven Tongues,” at the Wild Project, focuses on a woman detained for smuggling drugs and the circle of helpers around her.
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In “Bubble Boy,” a musical at Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts, a teenager with an impaired immune system travels across the country for true love.
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A serpent transforms herself into a maiden and falls in love with a poor but upright man. Trouble follows.
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“Anthem,” directed by Ann Ciccolella, is a play adapted from the Ayn Rand novella of the same title, about a dystopian society.
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In Bernard Kops’s “Playing Sinatra,” a brother and sister in London endure a life of isolation and constriction.
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Monday, September 16, 2013
“Carcass” is a severe and unrelentingly grim play from around 1905 that centers on an embittered family, and this cunning production intensifies every angry scene.
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