(10/3/2019) - The Players Guild of Leonia kicks off their 100th year, Exciting Centennial Season with the classic smash hit musical of 1955, Damn Yankees, by Richard Adler & Douglas Wallop, book by George Abbbott and Douglas Wallop, and is presented through special arrangement with Music International (MTI).Photo Flash: Exit 82 Theatre Company Presents THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(9/25/2019) - George Street Playhouse has a new home at the brand new NBPAC (New Brunswick Performing Arts Center) which also serves as the resident home for American Repertory Ballet, Crossroads Theatre Company and the Mason Gross School of the Arts. The new cultural venue opened with an invitational gala on September 4th, featuring a performance from George Street Playhouse's upcoming production of LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, and the official ribbon cutting took place in a public ceremony the following day. In attendance were New Brunswick Mayor James M. Cahill and other local dignitaries.Photo Flash: First Look at CYRANO At Two River Theater by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(9/24/2019) - Two River Theater (Artistic Director John Dias, Managing Director Michael Hurst) presents Cyrano by Jason O'Connell and Brenda Withers, adapted from the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Meredith McDonough in a co-production with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Cyrano opens to the press on Friday, September 27 at 7pm and continues through Sunday, October 13 in Two River's Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank, NJ. Tickets are available from 732.345.1400 or tworivertheater.org.Photo Flash: MST Opens PIPELINE by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(9/3/2019) - Bergen County Players, one of America's longest running little theater companies, opens its 87th season with the four-time Tony Award-winning musical, Pippin.Photo Flash: MEMOIRS OF A FORGOTTEN MAN At NJ Rep by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(8/2/2019) - The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey continues its 57th season, entitled Incredible Journeys, with N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker. Directed by Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte, this compelling story of love and hope has captivated audiences since it hit the stage in 1954. Patrons can purchase tickets at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre Box Office located at 36 Madison Avenue in Madison, by calling the Box Office at 973-408-5600 or by going online at www.ShakespeareNJ.org. Performances begin on July 31.Photo Flash: Exit 82 Studio Theater Gets Go-Go-Going with HEAD OVER HEELS by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(7/1/2019) - The Morris Choral Society's Spring Concert 'Greatest Hits from Opera and Broadway' led by MCS Music Director Jason Tramm played to a full house and enthusiastic audiences on May 18th and 19th in Morristown, New Jersey. Photo Flash: BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at SOPAC this Weekend by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(6/28/2019) - American Theater Group and Producing Artistic Director James Vagias present the Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County at the South Orange Performing Arts Center June 20-30. Based on the best-selling novel and hit film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller was developed by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning creative team of Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World) and Marsha Norman (The Color Purple, The Secret Garden, 'night Mother).Photo Flash: First Look At Bergen County's Shakespeare In The Park by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(6/19/2019) - Shakespeare in the Park in Bergen County is back for a second year! Black Box Studios initiated free performances of Shakespeare's works in 2018, with rotating performances of Twelfth Night and Macbeth. This summer, the team will return to the stage with Romeo & Juliet and Othello!Photo Flash: THE THREE MUSKETEERS At The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(6/17/2019) - The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey launches their 57th season, titled Incredible Journeys, with a new take by Ken Ludwig on the beloved classic, The Three Musketeers. Directed by renowned fight director Rick Sordelet, this swashbuckling production will bound on to the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre stage beginning on June 12. Patrons can purchase tickets at the Theatre's Box Office located at 36 Madison Avenue, Madison or by calling the Box Office at 973-408-5600 or by going online at www.ShakespeareNJ.org.Photo Flash: Regina Taylor, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Marva Hicks, Lori Tan Chinn And More Celebrate OO-BLA-DEE Opening Night At Two River by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(6/15/2019) - Two River Theater presents Oo-Bla-Dee, written by Regina Taylor, featuring original lyrics by Taylor and original music by composer/orchestrator Diedre L. Murray, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The choreography is by Kenneth L. Roberson and the music direction is by George Caldwell, with vocal arrangements by Carol Maillard.Photo Flash: Two River Theatre Presents OO-BLA-DEE by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(6/11/2019) - Two River Theater presents Oo-Bla-Dee, written by Regina Taylor, featuring original lyrics by Taylor and original music by composer/orchestrator Diedre L. Murray, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The choreography is by Kenneth L. Roberson and the music direction is by George Caldwell, with vocal arrangements by Carol Maillard.Photo Flash: Inside The 2019 Rising Star Awards At Paper Mill Playhouse by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(6/6/2019) - As one of the nation's leading professional theaters and recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Michael Stotts-Managing Director) has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows to Broadway. Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey.Alliance Repertory Theatre Company presents CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Gina Zenyuch - New Jersey
(5/23/2019) - The Axelrod Performing Arts Center reunites with Luis Salgado and the team from Salgado Productions for their third collaboration, "Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA," opening May 31, 2019. Previously for the theater, Salgado directed and choreographed "In the Heights" in 2017 and "Ragtime The Musical" in 2018, both of which received nominations for best regional production of a musical.Photo Flash: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Kelsey Theatre by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(5/16/2019) - An eclectic group of students are set to compete in the spelling bee of their young lives. Maurer Productions OnStage presents the comical and endearing "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," complete with audience participation, at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre. Dates and show times for this Tony Award-winning musical are Fridays, June 7 and 14 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, June 8 and 15 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, June 9 and 16 at 2 p.m. (Only the matinee performances are family friendly.)Photo Flash: George Street Playhouse Celebrates Successful Gala by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(5/14/2019) - George Street Playhouse's Annual Gala Benefit, held Sunday, May 5 at the Heldrich Hotel in downtown New Brunswick shattered fundraising goals this year to become the organization's highest grossing Gala in history, an achievement that punctuated an already celebratory evening as George Street and its patrons look eagerly ahead to the completion of its permanent new home in The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center this fall.Photo Flash: McCarter Closes 2018-2019 Theatre Series with David Hare's SKYLIGHT by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(5/8/2019) - On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Mahira Kakkar) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Greg Wood), a successful and charismatic restaurateur. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship with food and wine, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.Photo Flash: Mile Square Theatre Presents BUNNICULA by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(4/24/2019) - Photos from George Street Playhouse's production of Too Heavy for Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder, winner of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, have been released. Check them out below!Photo Flash: Two River Theater Presents THE BELLE OF AMHERST by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(4/17/2019) - Two River Theater (Artistic Director John Dias, Managing Director Michael Hurst) presents The Belle of Amherst, written by William Luce and directed by Robert Rechnitz. The production opens to the press on Thursday, April 18 at 7pm and continues through Sunday, May 5. Tickets are available from 732.345.1400 or tworivertheater.org. Photo Flash: First Look at HEARTLAND at Luna Stage by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(4/8/2019) - Heartland, a new play set in Afghanistan and Nebraska, opens this Saturday night at Luna Stage. Luna's artistic director, Ari Laura Kreith directs Kareem Badr, Brian Corrigan, and Lipica Shah.Photo Flash: Inside Look At Student Production Of PARADISE LOST by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(4/4/2019) - With a new take on the Great Depression, the students of the Ma'ayanot Drama Society will be performing Clifford Odets's classic three-act drama, Paradise Lost. The play follows a Jewish family forced to rediscover what 'family' truly means and to face the harsh reality of the American dream as they see their lives begin to unwind. Watch as a family and friends join together and split apart as they make their way through the-mid 1930's in Paradise Lost.Photo Flash: Andre De Shields Celebrates Closing Night Of SOPHISTICATED LADIES by BWW News Desk - New Jersey
(3/25/2019) - On his day off from appearing as Hermes in the Broadway production of Anais Mitchell's Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre, two-time Tony nominee and Emmy winner Andre De Shields headed to the Victoria Theater at NJPAC in Newark to celebrate his company of fabulous singers and dancers under his direction in the Crossroads Theatre Company and NJPAC's co-production of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. Scroll down for photos from the party.
Photo Flash: The Players Guild of Leonia Presents DAMN YANKEES
Photo Flash: Exit 82 Theatre Company Presents THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Photo Flash: George Street Playhouse Celebrates Opening of New Home
Photo Flash: First Look at CYRANO At Two River Theater
Photo Flash: MST Opens PIPELINE
Photo Flash: Mary McDonnell Stars in GLORIA: A LIFE
Photo Flash: First Look At Bergen County Players Opening Musical PIPPIN
Photo Flash: MEMOIRS OF A FORGOTTEN MAN At NJ Rep
Photo Flash: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Presents THE RAINMAKER
Photo Flash: Exit 82 Studio Theater Gets Go-Go-Going with HEAD OVER HEELS
Photo Flash: SummerStage at Leonia Celebrates 20th Season with Cole Porter's ANYTHING GOES
Photo Flash: The Morris Choral Society Presents GREATEST HITS FROM OPERA AND BROADWAY
Photo Flash: BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at SOPAC this Weekend
Photo Flash: First Look At Bergen County's Shakespeare In The Park
Photo Flash: THE THREE MUSKETEERS At The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Photo Flash: Regina Taylor, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Marva Hicks, Lori Tan Chinn And More Celebrate OO-BLA-DEE Opening Night At Two River
Photo Flash: Two River Theatre Presents OO-BLA-DEE
Photo Flash: Inside The 2019 Rising Star Awards At Paper Mill Playhouse
Alliance Repertory Theatre Company presents CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
BWW Interview: Leslie Darcy and Nick Pascarella to star in THE TYPISTS at Bergen County Playhouse
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal With AIDA At Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Photo Flash: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Kelsey Theatre
Photo Flash: George Street Playhouse Celebrates Successful Gala
Photo Flash: McCarter Closes 2018-2019 Theatre Series with David Hare's SKYLIGHT
Photo Flash: Mile Square Theatre Presents BUNNICULA
Photo Flash: First Look at TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET at George Street Playhouse
Photo Flash: Two River Theater Presents THE BELLE OF AMHERST
Photo Flash: First Look at HEARTLAND at Luna Stage
Photo Flash: Inside Look At Student Production Of PARADISE LOST
Photo Flash: Andre De Shields Celebrates Closing Night Of SOPHISTICATED LADIES
Photo Flash: First Look At The National Tour Of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Photo Flash: First Look at SWEENEY TODD Starring Lea Salonga and Jett Pangan
Photo Flash: Tom Hiddleston & Company Celebrate Harold Pinter's Birthday at BETRAYAL
Photo Flash: First Look at the Magical Cast of San Francisco's HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
Photo Coverage: A BRONX TALE National Tour Gets Ready to Hit the Road!
Photo Flash: First Look at Renee Fleming, Dove Cameron, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and More in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Photo Flash: Get A First Look At FOOTLOOSE At The Kennedy Center
Photo Flash: Inside Opening Night of ANASTASIA at the Pantages
Photo Flash: AUSSIE SONG: A New Musical Wins Best Score At NY Summerfest
Photo Flash: First Look at Marisa Tomei and the Cast of THE ROSE TATTOO
Photo Flash: Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada Go Way Down to OKLAHOMA!
Photo Coverage: LINDA VISTA Company Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway!
Photo Flash: First Look at David Byrne's AMERICAN UTOPIA on Broadway
Photo Flash: First Look at SPRING AWAKENING at TUTS
Photo Flash: First Look at Beef & Boards' LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Photo Flash: Daveed Diggs and Wayne Brady Guest Star in FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME
Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for LINDA VISTA
Photo Flash: First Look At Tracy Letts' LINDA VISTA On Broadway
Photo Flash: First Look at FOR COLORED GIRLS... at The Public Theater
The Last Romance
Photo Flash: Theater-Making Band The Lobbyists Announce Their New Collective At Fall Gala
Photo Coverage: First Look at Imagine Productions' CARRIE THE MUSICAL
Photo Flash: HADESTOWN Star André De Shields Receives 2019 Project1Voice Lifetime Achievement Award
Actors' Equity Presents HEAD OVER HEELS With The Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award
Photo Coverage: Tess Primack Plays The Green Room 42
Photo Flash: First Look at Antaeus Theatre Company's THE ABUELAS
Photo Flash: First Look at San Jose Stage Company's ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Photo Coverage: THE LIGHTNING THIEF Company Poses Atop the Empire State Building!
