John Peterson News

Paper Mill Playhouse presents Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by Douglas Carter Beane, and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella begins performances Wednesday, November 20, 2019, and will continue through Sunday, December 29, 2019, at Paper Mill Playhouse.

Paper Mill Playhouse presents Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by Douglas Carter Beane, and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Paper Mill Playhouse announces the full cast of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

When John Peterson was a South Jersey high schooler, he saw a touring production of West Side Story at The Academy of Music that changed his life.

Casting has been announced for the 2018-19 national tour of Cinderella launching in November.

Surflight Theatre, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Steve Steiner, presents Bright Star for its NEW JERSEY PREMIER! Featuring the Grammy-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Set in the American South of the 1920s and '40s.,BRIGHT STAR won the 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music. It also received five 2016 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Lead Actress in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the musical hit Mamma Mia! to close its 2017-2018 season, running Friday, May 11 through Saturday, May 26, 2018.  The New York Times said Mamma Mia! 'creates the beguiling illusion that you could jump onstage and start singing and fit right in.'

Pioneer Theatre Company has added four performances, including an ASL (American Sign Language) performance, to its traditional performance schedule for NEWSIES. Evening performances (7:00 p.m.) have been added for December 18 through 20.

Pioneer Theatre Company has added four performances, including an ASL (American Sign Language) performance, to its traditional performance schedule for NEWSIES. Evening performances (7:00 p.m.) have been added for December 18 through 20.

Pioneer Theatre Company's production of the Tony-winning musical adaptation of the Disney hit NEWSIES opens tonight, December 1st, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in costume below!

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Disney hit Newsies. The Tony-winning musical opens Today, Dec. 1, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. Newsies occupies the traditional holiday spot. Keeping with what is now a seven-year tradition of collecting donations for local nonprofits, PTC will partner with Granite Education Foundation to collect new books for 'Santa Sacks' for children ages K-12.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Disney hit Newsies. The Tony-winning musical opens Today, Dec. 1, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. Newsies occupies the traditional holiday spot. Keeping with what is now a seven-year tradition of collecting donations for local nonprofits, PTC will partner with Granite Education Foundation to collect new books for 'Santa Sacks' for children ages K-12.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Disney hit Newsies. The Tony-winning musical opens Friday, Dec. 1, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. Newsies occupies the traditional holiday spot. Keeping with what is now a seven-year tradition of collecting donations for local nonprofits, PTC will partner with Granite Education Foundation to collect new books for 'Santa Sacks' for children ages K-12.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Disney hit Newsies. The Tony-winning musical opens Friday, Dec. 1, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. Newsies occupies the traditional holiday spot. Keeping with what is now a seven-year tradition of collecting donations for local nonprofits, PTC will partner with Granite Education Foundation to collect new books for 'Santa Sacks' for children ages K-12.

STEEL PIER is irresistibly infectious. The University of Utah's fearless Theatre Department, the closest the state has to a conservatory actor-training program, entertainingly stages the regional premiere of this neglected John Kander and Fred Ebb musical.

Friends Johannes Brahms and  Robert Schumann, were both enamored with Robert's wife Clara Schumann, a virtuoso pianist and a composer.  Clara, the muse, is evident in all of Schumann's music and his Fantasiestucke expresses the passion found in the free imagination of the composer.

The Trout Quintet is said to evoke the splash of darting fish in the Austrian alpine stream, where Schubert was inspired to compose in the summer of 1819, drawing from his earlier adaptation of a poem.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents Oliver!, the award-winning musical by Lionel Bart inspired by the orphan's tale, Oliver Twist, written by Charles Dickens. Oliver! runs December 2 to December 17, 2016.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents Oliver!, the award-winning musical by Lionel Bart inspired by the orphan's tale, Oliver Twist, written by Charles Dickens. Oliver! runs December 2 to December 17, 2016.

Debut author Mary Helen Moore Neuendorffer's book to be featured in this year's London Book Fair compels readers with a beautiful tapestry made with rich culture and history. A poignant fictional tale, this story showcases the recurring interaction between the permanent town people of the beloved small New England town of Northfield, Massachusetts and their often troublesome excursionists. Chronicling the interesting events that took place in a span of a hundred years, 'The Town and the Troublesome Strangers, 1880-1980' (published by Xlibris) pictures how the old community approached the case of the young globetrotters.