The Theater Project Bliss Griffin and Michael Flood in "The African Company Presents Richard III." What a cruel irony. The Theatre Project, whose lease at Union County College isn'…
Murder and mayhem aren't the only forces a work in the exuberant Kander and Ebb musical, "Curtains." The Paper Mill Playhouse production in Millburn pulls out all the stops for this madcap b…
JOAN MARCUS"The Book of Mormon" nabbed a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday. Above, Andrew Rannells leading the ensemble. NEW YORK " "The Book of Mormon" nabbed a leading 14…
Bruce Bonnett PhotographyAmanda Rose, from left, Robert Newman in "Curtains" at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn. Everybody's a critic. That includes Lieutenant Frank Cioffi of…
Phil MartinSinger-dancers do their thing in the classic musical "A Chorus Line," which is being presented at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark this weekend. If a near…
Bruce Bonnett Former "Guiding Light" star Robert Newman with Amanda Rose and other cast members in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of "Curtains." After the soap opera…
SUMMIT " "Closer Than Ever," with lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire is a smart, ophisticated mix of ballads, jazz and bravado. Director Susan Speidel brings the music to…
Many of us only appreciated the buildings after 9/11 took them away from us. Gifted playwright Matt Schatz, however, allows us to value them on a different level. He shows us the intense des…
In "The Godfather: Part Two," he famously said, "I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out " just my enemies." So worry not, Al Pacino fans " especially those who are in their fourth decade …
It's a dizzying script, one that asks the tough question: are relationships built on truth or destroyed by it?
SUMMIT " A parrot appearing as a Greek chorus on stage? Stranger casting calls may have happened in the theater, but it's hard to beat this innovative idea. Summit resident and director Vinc…
Matthew Murphy Tyler Angle and Ana Sophia Scheller, of New York City Ballet, in Avichai Scher's "Dreamscapes." NEW YORK" Avichai Scher is an emerging ballet choreographer, whose ca…
Beth Leavel of Harrington Park stars as the founder of Scepter Records — Florence Greenberg of Passaic — in Broadway’s Shirelles musical, ‘…
Phil MartinWestfield native Erica Cenci plays Bebe Benzenheimer in "A Chorus Line," which opens Tuesday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. When Bebe Benzenheimer in "A Choru…
"It's funny, it's scary, it's romantic, it's political... it's got everything in it -- except for guns," says Jim Belushi. "And Sutton Foster," adds Robert Sean Leonard.
The Bickford Theatre in Morris Township has settled on its 2011-12 season. First up is “The Last Days of Mickey & Jean,” by Richard (“Rounding Third”) Dresser. It…
Sherry Rubel Petronia Paley as Mama and Jimonn Cole as Walter Lee in "A Raisin in the Sun" at Crossroads Theatre Company. The nation's first great African-American theater has fina…
Claudio Papapietro/For The Star-Ledger When Alexander Gemignani was growing up, his father had no preference as to whether or not he would go into the family business. "He could've been…
Rosalie O'Connor Students from the North Carolina School of the Arts will perform Alwin Nikolais' "Gallery" as part of the "Sharing the Legacy" project. NEW YORK " Imagin…
And to think it all started because he simply wanted to watch a Sidney Poitier movie.
Just as some people get their 15 minutes of fame, some comedies get their 15 minutes of laughs before sputtering out. "Private Eyes," now receiving an adequate production at J City Theater, …
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At 5 feet 5 inches tall, Matt Schatz is only about 1,362 feet shorter than his subject matter. It's the World Trade Center, which at one time was "The Tallest Building in the World." That's …