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We honor the Garden State's best stage productions, at theaters big and small
From left, Reed Schmidt, Avery Bryce, Brittany Santos, Kate Hamilton, Rachel Handler and Andrew Betz in "The Boy Friend." A wish Andrew Betz made in the fourth grade has finally co…
Catherine Rust Amanda Duarte is "Faith" and Steven Patterson is "Judi" in the Centenary Stage Company's World Premiere production of "How to Pray." Centenary St…
Frances Micklow /THE STAR-LEDGERBrynae Riggins is a Star-Ledger scholar, she won the first-place $40,000 scholarship. By Amy Kuperinsky/Star-Ledger Staff Brynae Riggins traced the scuffed bl…
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's opening production is Jean-Baptiste Moliere's "The Misanthrope." Richard Wilbur's translation of Moliere's original French to English verse, is sprink…
Gerry Goodstein Louisa Braden Johnson and Elizabeth A. Davis in "The Misanthrope." Bonnie J. Monte admits it. The artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey writes …
Gerry Goodstein John Patrick Hayden as Alceste in the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey production of "The Misanthrope," with Elizabeth A. Davis as Celimene, his love interest. May…
He was a child of privilege, with a mother who was a CNN anchorwoman and a father who was chief of police in Atlanta. And he skyrocketed to fame in 2002, finishing second in the first season…
So the Rapture didn't occur on Saturday. But one might have thought the world was about to end " and good riddance, too " from the show that Two River Theater Company opened that night.
Danny SanchezFrom left, €œJacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris†cast members Lindsay Mendez, Andy Kelso, Forrest McClendon and Rona Figueroa. We know that on…
Music programs in homeless shelters, monthly writing workshops in Camden and a digitization project for the Montclair Art Museum's permanent collection are among the 13 projects and performa…
T Charles EricksonAnn Harada, Betsy Aidem, James Ludwig, and Chris Curry in "God of Carnage." Maybe that lyric from "People," that Barbra Streisand hit, shouldn't claim &…
Much as I enjoyed "Curtains" at the beginning of its run at Paper Mill Playhouse, the musical was even more delightful the second time around. Credit goes to Aaron Galligan-Stierle, who play…
Paul KolnikPatti LuPone and Wendy Whelan in "The Seven Deadly Sins." NEW YORK " Some viewers will be outraged and others, no doubt, relieved. When the late dramatist Bertolt Brecht…
Ann Harada's going to stick up for her young son's picking up a stick " and using it.
Carol Rosegg Ya-Chih Chuang and Gabriel Hernan in "Dragons on the Wall," which was choreographed by Nai-Ni Chen and will be revived this weekend in New York. In "Dragons on the Wal…
Thousands of plays have been written about love between a man and a woman. There have been hundreds about romantic love between members of the same sex, too. But there's another kind of love…
T Charles Erickson Aspen Vincent (center) in "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" at McCarter Theatre. No matter how long or tiring a day you've had, here's a musical that will keep your eyes w…
Star-Ledger File Photo The cast members of the "Jersey Boys" (L to R), Daniel Reichard (as Bob Gaudio), John Lloyd Young (as Frankie Valli), Christian Hoff (as Tommy DeVito) and J.…
SuzAnne Barabas Michael Irvin Pollard and Philip Lynch in John Biguenet's "Night Train" at New Jersey Repertory in Long Branch. Adults should take the advice they give their own ch…
Three-time Tony winner made George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick his artistic home.
One of these days, Rachel Sheinkin will get a good night's sleep. But right now, she's a little too busy to snooze " for she's working on a show about a most attractive woman who has been as…
Paul KolnikAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Robert Battle's "The Hunt," which it will perform in Newark this weekend. Robert Battle is still artistic director "designate" of t…
The actor who is scheduled to perform in one of Shakespeare's most famous roles may say he hates Hamlet, but Paul Rudnick's bright, snappy comedy, "I Hate Hamlet" is loaded with laughs, one-…
There's plenty of excitement down at the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank. "In a way," said artistic director John Dias, "two people working here now got Tony nominations on Tuesday." O…
