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"Anna in the Tropics" brings not one, but three triumphs to Princeton.
At the African Globe TheatreWorks in Newark, Tennessee Williams' most famous creation, Blanche DuBois, is meeting her brother-in-law, Stanley Cole.
'Anna' in the Royale
Espionage without the humor can be an ugly job BY PETER FILICHIA
Never mind James Bond's feats of derring-do or the spoofy antics of Maxwell Smart. "Wilderness of Mirrors," a new drama at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, shows us what the spying game really does to the people involved in it.
Small cast, thin orchestra make for subpar 'Ain't Midbehavin''
Mason at McCarter: The Goodbye Girl is saying hello to the McCarter's Matthews Theatre.
Alliance Repertory Theatre Company has opened its new and temporary home in Bloomfield with a decent showing of Steve Martin's 1995 comedy "Picasso at the Lapin Agile." The play is more succ…
So much for the number 13 being unlucky.
Bonnie J. Monte has been artistic director at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey for 13 years, but triskaidekaphobia isn't stopping her from staging a marvelous production of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion."
Darius de Haas admits he's worried.
For the first time in its 10-year history, African Globe TheatreWorks of Newark will have two shows playing in two New Jersey cities.
First, the busy Broadway producer confers with choreographer Kathleen Marshall to discuss the casting of his November production of "Wonderful Town." Then he checks on "Bounce," the new Stephen Sondheim musical about to open in Washington, D.C., which he just might import to Broadway.
And finally Roger Berlind will make a call to see how opening night events for the new Roger S. Berlind Theatre in Princeton are proceeding.
With quotes from Karen Ziemba and Scott Ellis.
Just how stupid are men?
Quite, according to book writer-lyricist Joe DiPietro, whose musical "The Thing about Men" opened last night at the off-Broadway Promenade Theatre.
In a business where actresses often struggle to land a single role, Victoria Mack suddenly found that she'd been offered two.
Midwestern matchmaking
Stand up, get your hands out of your pockets, and put your hands by your side.
This week should be an easier one for Patti Chambers, Ken Glickfeld, Mark Edward Lang and Alison J. Murphy.
That's because the four are opening "The Voice of the City," Warren Kliewer's adaptation of six O. Henry stories at the East Lynne Theatre Company of Cape May.
How do you solve a problem like Maria, if you're casting a production of "The Sound of Music"?
The Paper Mill Playhouse decided that its answer is Kate Baldwin, who appeared at the Millburn theater in "Miss Saigon" last season.
Second item.
The play called "Spain" is mainly quite insane.
Tony Award winner was widely considered the best dancer of his generation
The production may be racy for the Great White Way, but it's "Sesame Street" next to "Meet the Feebles," a 1989 no-budget indie film from New Zealand that savaged Jim Henson's cuddly world. …
