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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

'Elf' opens at the Paper Mill Playhouse by Ronni Reich

Bells jingle and snowflakes spin. Every tree in sight is festooned with ropes of colorful lights, and if you look up, you just might see a certain someone's sleigh flying overhead.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

'The Fabulous Lipitones' opens at the George Street Playhouse by Ronni Reich

A barbershop quartet gets a surprise when it goes looking for a new member

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Holiday CDs: Dreaming of a 'Frozen' Christmas with Pentatonix and Idina Menzel by Ronni Reich

Also: Michael Feinstein records seasonal classics in cabaret style

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Arts events: 'Wicked,' Motown legends, and 'Robin Hood' on Broadway by Ronni Reich

New cast members and new shows grace the Main Stem

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Top 5 N.J. shows this week by Ronni Reich

'Elf' begins performances at the Paper Mill Playhouse

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

'Robeson' opera opens at NJPAC by Ronni Reich

Trilogy: An Opera Company paid homage to the great NJ-born bass

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: 'The Illusionists' on Broadway, Hilary Hahn by Ronni Reich

Also: Disenchanted! takes the stage off-Broadway

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Friday, November 21, 2014

'Elf' brings outsize holiday spirit to the Paper Mill Playhouse by Ronni Reich

James Moye takes on the Will Ferrell role in a musical version of the 2003 movie

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Arts events: 'The Nutcracker' story, Rockettes by Ronni Reich

Also: The NJSO invites singers to raise their voices for a 'Gospel Hallelujah'

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, November 17, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: 'Honeymoon in Vegas,' Meredith Monk by Ronni Reich

Also: Work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar appears off-Broadway

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Ashleigh Smith wins Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition by Ronni Reich

Vaughan, the legendary vocalist who hailed from Newark, started her own career after winning a competition for amateurs at the Apollo Theater in New York.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:54PM

A new 'Side Show' hits Broadway by Ronni Reich

Director Bill Condon is out to resettle the score for Daisy and Violet Hilton with a revised version of "Side Show" that opens tomorrow.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Making this 'Honeymoon' last on Broadway by Ronni Reich

Tony Danza returns to "Honeymoon in Vegas," by Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Friday, November 7, 2014

N.Y. Philharmonic's 'Show Boat' bit of a rough ride by Ronni Reich

The latest in the orchestra's series at Avery Fisher Hall is a tame affair compared to last season's imaginative "Sweeney Todd."

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Top 5 N.J. shows this week by Ronni Reich

The Second City visits NJPAC and Jeremy Denk plays the McCarter Theatre

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, November 3, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Arts events: Free Broadway for kids, Second City at NJPAC by Ronni Reich

Also: The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra continues its series of special events

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:00PM
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Montclair teen Collin Kelly-Sordelet makes his Broadway debut in 'The Last Ship' by Ronni Reich

Collin Kelly-Sordelet plays two young characters with pivotal roles in the new musical by Sting

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, October 23, 2014

'The Understudy' opens at the McCarter Theatre by Ronni Reich

Theresa Rebeck's dark comedy is now onstage in Princeton

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

'Henry VIII' opens at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey by Ronni Reich

Paul Mullins directs the rarely-staged work

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

'The Death of Klinghoffer' opens at the Metropolitan Opera by Ronni Reich

John Adams' opera began performances Monday night

SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:30PM

'Lines in the Dust' hits close to home at Luna Stage by Ronni Reich

Millburn High School is the setting for Nikkole Salter's play, which revisits school integration in a contemporary context.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:30AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

'The Death of Klinghoffer' at the Metropolitan Opera protests: 'The world is coming apart at the seams' by Ronni Reich

What looked like hundreds of protestors -- some in wheelchairs in tribute to the victim, who was paralyzed -- were cordoned off across the Lincoln Center plaza and there was a heavy police p…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:50PM

Upcoming arts events: 'Sweeney Todd's Woods,' 'Show Boat,' Jeremy Jordan by Ronni Reich

The New York Philharmonic continues its successful series of musicals in concert

SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:00AM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: 'A Delicate Balance,' 'Klinghoffer,' Joyce DiDonato by Ronni Reich

Also: A new David Auburn play begins performances

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, October 19, 2014

'Death of Klinghoffer' stirs controversy at the Metropolitan Opera -- but should it? by Ronni Reich

A new production of the work, written by composer John Adams and librettist Alice Goodman, is slated to go up tomorrow.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Al Pacino returns to Broadway in a new David Mamet play in 2015 by Ronni Reich

"China Doll" is scheduled to begin performances next October

SOURCE: NJ.com at 03:45PM

Fresh from Broadway, 'Outside Mullingar' brings bizarre tenderness to New Brunswick by Ronni Reich

A Tony Award nominee for Best Play this year, the work does not carry the same weight as Shanley's better-known "Doubt," but has its own quirky charm.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Top 5 N.J. shows this week by Ronni Reich

New productions open at the McCarter Theatre and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, October 13, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: Basil Twist, Suzan-Lori Parks, Esa-Pekka Salonen by Ronni Reich

Also: Pretty Yende makes her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Short Hills native Kimberly Senior directs Pulitzer-winner 'Disgraced' on Broadway by Ronni Reich

Senior makes her Broadway debut directing Ayad Akhtar's provocative play

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM

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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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