The revival of “A Chorus Line” at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn is dedicated to the composer Marvin Hamlisch, and remains faithful to the original staging and choreography.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:07AMTen Chimneys is the name of the country place in Wisconsin where the legendary acting team of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne usually spent their summers. “Ten Chimneys” is the appropriate…
SOURCE: New Jersey Newsroom at 11:10AMPoverty, grotesque comedy and violence characterize the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey’s production of “Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:24PMThe play “Farragut North,” better known by its screen adaptation, “The Ides of March,” involving a spin doctor for a major presidential candidate, is at the Zella Fry Theater in Unio…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02AMWorld premieres, audience favorites, fresh Off Broadway hits and a Shakespearean drama are among the mix of works arriving this fall at New Jersey’s professional theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12AM“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport through Aug. 19, takes a humorous look at the Manhattan dating scene and suburban married life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:43AM“Handicapped People in Their Formal Attire,” a new play by Kathryn Grant, is having its world premiere by Premiere Stages, at Kean University’s Zella Fry Theater in Union.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:35AM“The Liar,” now onstage at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey in Madison, is an effervescent comedy based on a 1643 play by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMA quartet of impersonators evoke a performance by Frank Sinatra and friends in 1960 Las Vegas in “The Rat Pack is Back!” at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00PM“American Stare,” a new play by Tony Glazer at the New Jersey Repertory Company, pits a bright teenager against a slick corporate executive in a struggle over a debt-ridden neighbor’s …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03AMThe Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey presents “Henry IV, Part 1,” which centers less on the king than on his son, Prince Hal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48PMA revival of “Cats,” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot, is at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:25AMTwo British authors adapt “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular 1902 novel, expressly for laughs at the New Jersey Repertory Company.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:10AM“The Last Five Years,” at Crossroads Theater Company, is a virtually dialogue-free, melancholy survey of the life of a youthful romance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:50PM“100 Years: Titanic Survivors and Their Stories” will be staged on April 15, the anniversary of the disaster, at the Arts and Community Center on the campus of Ocean County College.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:11PMGeorge Street Playhouse presents “Twelve Angry Men,” Reginald Rose’s 1950s work about the deliberations of jurors in a capital-murder trial.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30PM“Reparation,” a new drama by Gino DiIorio having its world premiere at Luna Stage, pits history against profits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02AMSteven Dietz’s wistful comedy “Shooting Star” is onstage at Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater in South Orange.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:47PMSexy classic pops up as a breezy musical about babes and basketball
SOURCE: New Jersey Newsroom at 11:41PM“The Nutcracker and I” at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick is a musical that strips the ballet from the holiday classic and replaces it with farce.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:50PMBen Clawson’s “The Dangers of Electric Lighting” details the marketing battle between Thomas Edison and his former employee Nikola Tesla.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMStars of the Broadway of yesteryear are wickedly caricatured in “Light Up the Sky” at the Lackland Center in Hackettstown.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMRichard Dresser’s latest play, “The Last Days of Mickey and Jean,” is having its New Jersey premiere at the Bickford Theater in Morris Township.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:07PM“Hannah,” by John Wooten, at the Zella Fry Theater, tells the true story of Hannah Senesh, a Jewish freedom fighter who was executed as a spy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:10PMProfessional theaters light up this week as two new musicals, “Ten Cents a Dance” and “The Break Up Notebook,” begin previews and other companies present revivals and new plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30PM“Sunset Boulevard,” the musical based on the classic film, is at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport through Aug. 20.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:10PM“Follow Me to Nellie’s,” a new play by Dominique Morisseau, is at the Zella Fry Theater at Kean University in Union.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:50PMThe celebratory musical, based on the 1988 film by John Waters, is opening the fifth season of the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:26PMThe musical “Xanadu,” which mashes up disco-era pop and Greek mythology, plays at the Carousel House in Asbury Park through July 24.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00PMShakespeare’s comedy, staged by Cameron Watson, is being presented at the Greek Theater at the College of St. Elizabeth.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:10AM“Night Train,” a new play by John Biguenet at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, takes viewers on a journey into darkening deception.
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