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Monday, April 14, 2014

Top 5 NY shows this week: 'Here Lies Love,' MATA Festival by Ronni Reich

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's musical about Imelda Marcos returns to the Public Theater

SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:30AM
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Sutton Foster is 'Violet' on Broadway by Ronni Reich

The Tony Award-winning actress and 'Bunheads' star trades glamour for a character who wants nothing more than to change her appearance

SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:00AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Beaumarchais' 'The Barber of Seville' opens at the McCarter Theatre by Ronni Reich

Stephen Wadsworth directs, adapts and translates 'The Figaro Plays' in Princeton

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Top 5 NJ stage shows this week by Ronni Reich

South Pacific opens at the Paper Mill Playhouse and a Walter Mosley play premieres at Crossroads Theatre

SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:00AM
Monday, April 7, 2014

Top 5 New York shows this week: Daniel Radcliffe, Janis Joplin by Ronni Reich

Daniel Radcliffe returns to Broadway and A Night With Janis Joplin finds a new home

SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:00AM
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Vincent Pastore of 'The Sopranos' plays a new gangster in 'Bullets over Broadway' by Ronni Reich

Pastore plays Nick Valenti in the Broadway musical adaptation of Woody Allen's film

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:02AM
Friday, April 4, 2014

'Figaro' visits the McCarter Theatre, without Rossini or Mozart by Ronni Reich

Stephen Wadsworth directs and adapts Beaumarchais' 'The Figaro Plays' in Princeton

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:45PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Top 5 NJ stage shows this week by Ronni Reich

The McCarter Theatre stages 'The Figaro Plays' and the NJSO plays the Verdi Requiem

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

'Heathers' returns as a musical co-written by NJ's Kevin Murphy by Ronni Reich

The movie's distinctive phrases are there — 'How very,' 'What's your damage?,' that unprintable line about the chainsaw — as are the croquet and paté.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AM
Monday, March 24, 2014

Top 5 NY shows this week: Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald, Chloe Grace Moretz by Ronni Reich

Spring brings the stars out to stages on and off Broadway and to the New York Philharmonic

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Thursday, March 20, 2014

'I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti' opens at the George Street Playhouse by Ronni Reich

It's an impressive feat to cook a three-course meal while single-handedly acting a two-hour show, but Antoinette LaVecchia multi-tasks with consummate skill.

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

Top 5 NJ stage shows this week by Ronni Reich

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra plays Shostakovich and Broadway singers perform hits from "Wicked" and "Cats"

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

'The Music Man' plays in concert at Two River Theater and NJPAC by Ronni Reich

Isaiah Johnson and Stephanie Umoh star in Meredith Wilson's musical

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

Top 5 NY shows this week: Michelle Williams and James Franco on Broadway by Ronni Reich

Also: Tony Shalhoub tells Moss Hart's life story in 'Act One' and the Boston Early Music Festival visits

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

'The Music Man' gets a fresh take in Red Bank and Newark by Ronni Reich

Two River Theater Company and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center collaborate on a concert production of the classic musical

SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:45PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

McCarter Theatre announces 2014-15 season by Ronni Reich

Next season, McCarter Theatre promises a diverse selection of classics and contemporary works, from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:35PM

'Working' opens in a Women's Theater production at the Parsippany Playhouse by Ronni Reich

Barbara Krajkowski directs an ensemble cast in an updated version of the musical

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Top 5 NJ stage shows this week by Ronni Reich

The Music Man opens and Hilary Hahn joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, March 10, 2014

Top 5 New York shows this week: 'Bullets over Broadway,' Vienna Philharmonic by Ronni Reich

Also: The Threepenny Opera begins performances in an Atlantic Theater Company production

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson make a riveting pair in 'Sweeney Todd' by Ronni Reich

Alan Gilbert conducted the New York Philharmonic in a concert staging of the Sondheim musical

SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:00AM
Thursday, March 6, 2014

'Pinkolandia' opens at Two River Theater review by Ronni Reich

A semi-autobiographical play by Andrea Thome follows a family exiled from its native Chile

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

Patti LuPone returns to the New York stage by Ronni Reich

LuPone will appear in a benefit performance for The Acting Company

SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:45PM

Could your dog be a Broadway star? Find out -- auditions next week by Ronni Reich

Your pup could appear alongside Audra McDonald in an upcoming musical about Billie Holiday

SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:30PM
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Top 5 NJ stage shows this week by Ronni Reich

Roomful of Teeth, Richard Goode and Evgeny Kissin provide musical entertainment

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, March 3, 2014

Top 5 New York shows this week: Denzel Washington and Idina Menzel on Broadway by Ronni Reich

Also: Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson perform Sweeney Todd in concert with the New York Philharmonic

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Friday, February 28, 2014

Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin bring star quality to NJPAC by Ronni Reich

The musical theater luminaries will perform music from their first collaboration, 'Evita,' and much more

SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:30AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Paper Mill Playhouse announces 2014-15 season with Broadway-bound opening by Ronni Reich

The season opens in October with a production of Cole Porter's 'Can-Can'

SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:15PM

Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin star in 'The Goodbye Girl' by Ronni Reich

The 'Big Fish' stars reunite in a benefit performance for The Actors Fund

SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:20PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

'The Other Josh Cohen' opens at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn by Ronni Reich

The show is a zany look into the minds of co-creators Steve Rosen and David Rossmer, who both appear as versions of the unfortunate title character.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM
Monday, February 24, 2014

'Rocky' fights on Broadway - and sings lyrics by New Jersey native Lynn Ahrens by Ronni Reich

Along with Stephen Flaherty - her collaborator for 30 years on numerous shows including 'Ragtime' and 'Once On This Island'; - Ahrens has reworked Sylvester Stallone's iconic film for Broadw…

SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:45AM
Thursday, February 20, 2014

'Rx' opens at Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre in Summit by Ronni Reich

Laura Ekstrand directs Kate Fodor's play about love, work and pharmaceuticals

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime