Monday, March 26, 2012
An outstanding cast largely comprised of many of today's finest stage actors has been assembled by director David Saint.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:30PMWednesday, March 21, 2012
Two River Theatre Company is in the midst of an extraordinary season in which it is not only providing exceptional work for its own audience, but is also nurturing and developing new works w…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:43PMSunday, March 18, 2012
Unlike most plays and movies which depict similar experiences which show deeply sympathetic and achieving educators relating to their charges and providing hope and sustenance to them, Summe…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:28PMFriday, March 16, 2012
Although the seams show and he sometimes misses the mark, by and large White stitches each of these elements together to provide a pleasant, light entertainment. Add the strong ensemble perf…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:15PMMonday, March 12, 2012
It is happily a warm and winning early Spring at the Paper Mill Playhouse where a fast-paced, spiffy production of Damn Yankees, far and away the most successful baseball musical ever, is pr…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:35PMFriday, February 24, 2012
In Gino DiIorio's Reparation the history and status of race relations in the United States is presented in order to promulgate a heartfelt and harshly critical view of our country and those …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:53PMWhat a pleasure it is to be able to recommend without reservation the Centenary Stage Company's hilarious and expert production of "The Ladies Man."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:53PMThursday, February 16, 2012
There can be no doubt but that Marsha Norman has written a play with a smooth, poetic flow of language.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:54PMTuesday, February 14, 2012
"Jitney," the eighth play in August Wilson's ten-play "Pittsburgh Cycle" depicting a century of African-American life, is likely the simplest, most straightforward, realistic and casual of t…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:09PMSaturday, February 11, 2012
The richly entertaining and engrossing "Veronica's Room" is a tricky and complexly plotted play that is very difficult to fully realize.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:30PMIt is a wonder to behold the plethora of ideas and the depth and complexity of characterization that playwright John Logan has managed to encompass in "Red," a ninety minute, one act, two ch…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:29PMTuesday, January 31, 2012
"The Convert," an ambitious and promising play by Danai Gurira is set in the colonial city of Salisbury, Rhodesia (present day Harare, Zimbabwe) in the late 19th Century (1895-1897) during a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:36AMFriday, January 27, 2012
The reliable, ubiquitous Beth Leavel pours so much physical and vocal energy into the role of Berthe that one wonders how she can possibly do it eight times a week even for this limited run.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:01PMWednesday, January 25, 2012
The "Nibroc Trilogy" is an ambitious trio of Southern plays by Arlene Hutton ... The concluding play of the trilogy, "Gulf View Drive," is currently being presented by Alliance Repertory.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:43AMMonday, January 23, 2012
With unerring skill, Dietz has provided theatregoers with an intelligent, light entertainment.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:22AMThursday, December 22, 2011
"Honk! A Musical Tale of The Ugly Duckling" is that rare breed of family holiday theatre which will please viewers of all ages, and please them relatively equally.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:09PMSaturday, December 17, 2011
"akersfield Mist," the new one-act, two-character play at the New Jersey Rep, depicts the brief encounter of a very odd couple. Its enticements for theatregoers include quirky, interesting c…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:07PMSunday, December 11, 2011
A uniquely authentic stage adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" is treading the boards at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:08AMOnce it hits its stride, the world premiere musical comedy "The Nutcracker and I" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (music), Gerard Alessandrini (lyrics) and Peter Brash (book) becomes a gorgeous …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:07AMWednesday, December 7, 2011
Centenary Stage Company has turned the Menken-Ahrens-Ockrent musical "A Christmas Carol" into a community extravaganza ...
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:16PMWednesday, November 30, 2011
After Christmas season Broadway engagements in 2008 and 2009 (and appearances in other major cities), the stage version of "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" is now happily ensconced at the P…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:17AMsometimes you can go home again, and to the enthusiastic delight of its Bickford Theatre audience, "Over the River ..." has returned to New Jersey in a charming production which gives this w…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:16AMMonday, November 14, 2011
"No Child ...," a one-act play written and performed by Nilaja Sun, is downtown fringe or Off-Broadway theatre transferred virtually intact ... on the basis of "Mammoths," Madeleine George i…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:50AMWednesday, November 9, 2011
... revived by the Garage Theatre Group in a production which is quite remarkable for the richly integrated, farcical comic performances of its recruited troupe of six terrific actors.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:29PMWhat makes "Next Fall" fresh and alive is the richness of the quirky detail of the characters and relationships which Nauffts has created.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:28PMSunday, November 6, 2011
"Jericho," the well written, new, post 9/11 play by Jack Canfora is being presented in a world premiere production by the New Jersey Repertory Theatre. There will be two additional "rolling"…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:42PMFriday, November 4, 2011
"The Dangers of Electric Lighting," a new play about the rivalry between two great inventors: the vaunted Thomas Alva Edison and Serbian emigre Nikola Tesla.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:50PMFriday, October 28, 2011
Originally copyrighted by Christopher Sergel back around 1970 and intended for high school productions, the stage version of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" ha…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:31AM"Phaedra Backwards" relates in contemporary English, a streamlined, considerably altered adaptation of Racine's 1677 verse tragedy Phaedra, which was in turn based on Euripides' ancient Gree…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:30AMSaturday, October 22, 2011
With his 2011-2012 season opening production It Shoulda Been You, George Street artistic director David Saint is bringing an "all-star" musical-comedy experience to an unequivocally delighte…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:10PMTuesday, October 11, 2011
If anyone knew the legendary chaos and aggravation of opening a new show on the road in preparation for Broadway, it was Moss Hart.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:03PM 
