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Friday, January 30, 2015

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” will run at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport through March 8.

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Arts | Long Island: Where New Works Go to Be Nurtured: John Drew Theater Lab in East Hampton by Aileen Jacobson

The John Drew Theater Lab in East Hampton is a place for established and fledgling playwrights to present staged readings of their new works.

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Friday, November 28, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of 'A Christmas Story: The Musical' in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

“A Christmas Story: The Musical,” playing at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, is centered on a child’s concern that he won’t get the present he wants.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

The theatrical version of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is part of the Bay Street Theater’s “Literature Live!” program, and all students are admitted free.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Evita’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is offering Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Evita,” the 1979 Broadway musical about a young woman from the sticks who rises to become Argentina’s firs…

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Friday, September 5, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘The Addams Family’ in Bellport by Aileen Jacobson

The Gateway Playhouse version of “The Addams Family,” in Bellport, alters the Broadway production, and the changes make for an engaging show.

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Deathtrap’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

In “Deathtrap,” a comedy-thriller by Ira Levin, on in Northport, the walls glisten with weapons, and more of them will be used than at first seems plausible.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘My Life Is a Musical’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

“My Life Is a Musical” at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is Adam Overett’s inspired new musical.

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘South Pacific’ in Patchogue by Aileen Jacobson

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic “South Pacific” plays in an intimate setting at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts in Patchogue.

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Friday, July 18, 2014

Spotlight | Long Island: ‘Galápagos’ to Have Premiere at the Parrish Art Museum by Aileen Jacobson

Two sons of the Hamptons will present the world premiere of an adaptation of the 1985 Kurt Vonnegut novel “Galápagos” in Water Mill.

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Travesties’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

One of Tom Stoppard’s more challenging plays, “Travesties" follows the addled memories of a British consular recalling his days in Zurich during World War I. The show runs through July 2…

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Arts Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Plaza Suite’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

In Neil Simon’s 1968 “Plaza Suite,” now at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, three vignettes examine marriages in trouble, or at least the trouble with marriages.

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Conviction’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

“Conviction,” the new play by Carey Crim, which is having its world premiere at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, tells the story of a teacher accused of inappropriate behavior with an u…

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Spotlight | New Jersey: A Hidden Chapter in World War II History by Aileen Jacobson

Roger Grunwald is bringing “The Mitzvah,” his one-man play about the Holocaust, to three locations in New Jersey.

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘The Music Man’ at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport by Aileen Jacobson

There’s trouble in River City, but also rhyme, rhythm and a lot of hope in “The Music Man,” Meredith Willson’s heartwarming 1957 musical.    

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Other Desert Cities’ at the John W. Engeman Theater by Aileen Jacobson

Jon Robin Baitz’s crackling contemporary play portrays a family going through a predicament when a daughter returns home for Christmas with unwelcome news.    

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Friday, December 13, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Irving Berlin’s White Christmas’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

The imaginative choreography that permeates the show’s many musical numbers is the highlight of this holiday production, showing through Jan. 5.    

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Twelve Angry Men,’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

A production of “Twelve Angry Men” at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport offers insight into old, but still current, social ills.    

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,’ at Gateway Playhouse by Aileen Jacobson

The jukebox musical about Buddy Holly’s career is presented in Bellport, N.Y., by a cast that includes actors doubling as the show’s band.    

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Nunsense’ at the Engeman Theater in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

The John W. Engeman Theater’s production of “Nunsense” introduces Northport audiences to a 1985 Off Broadway musical about a convent, a fund-raiser and very bad vichyssoise.  …

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘A Funny Thing Happened,’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

A reprise at the Bay Street Theater of a comedic theatrical treasure, with Peter Scolari in the Zero Mostel role, has high-spirited antics and zany gags.    

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ in Patchogue by Aileen Jacobson

An ingénue becomes a star as “Singin’ in the Rain” comes to the Patchogue Theater.    

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Tonight at 8:30,’ at the John Drew Theater by Aileen Jacobson

Three of the 10 one-act plays in a cycle collectively titled “Tonight at 8:30,” at the John Drew Theater, display Noël Coward’s wry commentary on class and colonialism.  &nb…

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep,’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

With just two actors playing multiple characters, “The Mystery of Irma Vep” comes to life in all its convoluted intensity at Bay Street Theater.    

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Young Frankenstein,’ at Gateway Playhouse by Aileen Jacobson

Without its Broadway hype and high ticket prices, Mel Brooks’s “Young Frankenstein” at the Gateway Playhouse is free to be delightfully entertaining.    

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Lend Me a Tenor,’ in Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

“Lend Me a Tenor,” Ken Ludwig’s clever farce set in 1934, is filled with manic disagreements, elaborate subterfuges and broadly telegraphed attempts at seduction.   &nbs…

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘South Pacific,’ at John W. Engeman Theater by Aileen Jacobson

With romance, racism and a timeless score, the musical “South Pacific” at the John W. Engeman Theater creates a vibrant portrait of life during wartime.    

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Grease,’ at Gateway Playhouse by Aileen Jacobson

“Grease,” an enduring tribute to adolescence, comes alive during its musical numbers at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.    

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘Boeing-Boeing,’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

In “Boeing-Boeing,” now onstage at the Engeman Theater at Northport, one bachelor has a trio of lovers, each one thinking she is his one and only.

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘A Christmas Carol,’ in Northport by Aileen Jacobson

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport presents yet another version of “A Christmas Carol,” which has proved among the most enduring and endearing of holiday entertainments.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Sweet Charity,’ at the John W. Engeman Theater by Aileen Jacobson

“Sweet Charity,” the musical about an optimistic dance-hall hostess who keeps falling for no-good men, is at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport through Oct. 28.

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