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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
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

'Can-Can' opens at the Paper Mill Playhouse by Ronni Reich

Cole Porter's classic gets a new look in Millburn

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

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

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra celebrates its opening night

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, October 6, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: Julie Taymor, Peter Sellars, America Ferrara by Ronni Reich

Also: A new Sarah Ruhl play begins previews at Lincoln Center Theater

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Jay Armstrong Johnson's star rises in 'On the Town' by Ronni Reich

Jay Armstrong Johnson, a 27-year-old Texas native with a rich baritone and a life-long love of dance, makes his fourth appearance on the Main Stem in a role that may be the first to truly sh…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AM
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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

Can-Can opens at the Paper Mill Playhouse and the Emerson String Quartet visits Princeton

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, September 29, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: Sting, Maggie Gyllenhaal on Broadway; Carnegie Hall gala by Ronni Reich

Also: Jonathan Lethem's 'Fortress of Solitude' becomes a musical

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Metropolitan Opera opens with intriguing 'Le nozze di Figaro' by Ronni Reich

The opening night gala followed a summer of contract negotiations and protests

SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:00PM

'The School for Wives' opens at Two River Theater by Ronni Reich

Robert Stanton stars in the Moliere comedy in Red Bank

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

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

Sutton Foster comes to Kean and four more Broadway leading ladies sing at NJPAC

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

Paper Mill Playhouse does a new 'Can-Can' by Ronni Reich

The Cole Porter classic opens the season in a revamped production

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, September 22, 2014

Top 5 N.Y. shows this week: Met gala, 'Disgraced' on Broadway by Ronni Reich

Also: Billy Porter's While I Yet Live begins performances off-Broadway

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Paul Barry, founder of New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, dies at 83 by Ronni Reich

Barry founded the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, now the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, in 1963. He directed around 200 plays there, including Shakespeare's 38 dramatic works.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

'Antony and Cleopatra' review: chemistry rules at the McCarter Theatre by Ronni Reich

The towering Esau Pritchett and the theatrical, regal Nicole Ari Parker star as the Roman warrior and his Egyptian queen.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

'Wittenberg' review: Hamlet and Faustus as 'bros with big ideas' by Ronni Reich

In David Davalos' play at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Hamlet, Dr. Faustus and Martin Luther cross paths at a German university

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

'Cinderella' stars sing American Songbook classics by Ronni Reich

For their NJPAC show, Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana will pair duets from older shows with newer ones

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

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

Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone and stars of Broadway's 'Cinderella' visit

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, September 14, 2014

Alexander Sharp makes his Broadway debut in 'Curious Incident' by Ronni Reich

Based on the novel by Mark Haddon, the show lands following a successful West End run with seven Olivier Award wins, including Best Play for Simon Stephens and Best Director for Marianne Ell…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Vanessa Hudgens set for Broadway debut in 'Gigi' by Ronni Reich

The musical is based on Colette's 1944 novel and was adapted for the screen in a film in 1951 that starred Audrey Hepburn, and in 1958 a movie musical that won nine Academy Awards.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:45PM
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

'Janice Underwater' at Premiere Stages: Families struggle to stay afloat by Ronni Reich

"Janice Underwater" by Tom Matthew Wolfe is now onstage at Kean University as the winner of the Premiere Stages Play Festival.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AM

Emily Mann tackles relationships in 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'Scenes from a Marriage' by Ronni Reich

Mann celebrates her 25th season as artistic director of the McCarter Theatre and works off-Broadway

SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:40AM

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

New plays open at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Two River Theater and Peak Performances

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, September 8, 2014

Broadway 2014-15: A season of debuts but also familiar faces by Ronni Reich

Following a season filled with classics, Broadway is set to ring in the new, with a wide variety of plays, playwrights and actors making debuts.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:00PM

Top 5 NY shows this week: 'Curious Incident,' Philip Glass by Ronni Reich

Also: Scenes from a Marriage and The Country House begin performances

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Angelo Del Rossi, former Paper Mill Playhouse leader, dies at 80 by Ronni Reich

"For four decades, the Paper Mill has been my passion and my love," Del Rossi told the Star-Ledger upon his retirement.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:00PM

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

The theater season begins with Antony and Cleopatra at the McCarter Theatre

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, September 1, 2014

Annaleigh Ashford of 'Masters of Sex' returns to Broadway by Ronni Reich

Ashord joins James Earl Jones, Rose Byrne and Kristine Nielsen in the classic comedy 'You Can't Take It With You'

SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:15PM

Top 5 New York shows this week: Rosemary Harris, Maya Beiser, John Cage by Ronni Reich

Also: Here Be Sirens returns to Dixon Place

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Friday, August 29, 2014

NJ playwright Tom Matthew Wolfe wins Premiere Stages contest by Ronni Reich

Wolfe's 'Janice Underwater,' chosen from 400 applicants, will be staged at Kean University

SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AM
Monday, August 25, 2014

Top 5 New York shows this week: James Earl Jones, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick on Broadway by Ronni Reich

You Can't Take It With You and It's Only a Play begin performances

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:30PM
Monday, August 18, 2014

Metropolitan Opera and unions reach a deal, avoid lockout by Ronni Reich

The 2014-15 season is expected to open on schedule Sept. 22 with a new Richard Eyre production of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" conducted by music director James Levine.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AM

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