Robert Shackleton News

New York cabaret performer and musical theater actress Liz McKendry (currently appearing the musical Boeing, Boeing at the Cape May Stage until September 13) has been cast to portray late 19th-early 20th-century theater legend Fay Templeton in Up in a Balloon, a one-woman comedy about Templeton's life and career, written by New York actress Karen McDonald. The show will be performed on Sunday, September 1 at 3pm on the Cape May Stage at The Robert Shackleton Playhouse in Cape May, New Jersey. Admission is free. (Theater is located at 405 Lafayette Street.)

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premier Equity theatre is thrilled to welcome vocalist, actor, and author Adam Wade as he performs his tribute Nat King Cole Remembered. Join Wade in a journey through song on Monday, August 26 at 8 p.m. as he brings a long-gone era of music back to life.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premiere Equity theatre, is ecstatic to welcome two dynamic singing sisters, Broadway's Liz Callaway and cabaret's Ann Hampton Callaway, in their acclaimed act, 'Sibling Revelry.' Join these two multi-talented women on Monday, August 19 at 8 p.m.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premiere Equity theatre, is overjoyed to welcome Broadway star and jazz and blues singer, Sandra Reaves-Phillips performing in her one-woman show Me, Myself and You. Join Ms. Reaves-Phillips in an intimate tour-de-force performance on Monday, August 12 at 8 p.m.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premier Equity theatre, is thrilled to welcome Broadway, television and film star, Anita Gillette, in her one-woman show, 'After All...' With more than 50 years of performing and entertaining audiences worldwide, this is - unbelievably - her first one-woman show. Join this legend on Monday, August 5 at 8 p.m.

Boeing Boeing will run from Wednesday, July 31 to Friday, September 13 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse at the corner of Bank and Lafayette Streets in downtown Cape May. Performances are at 8 p.m. and occur Tuesdays through Sundays. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 seniors (62+), and $15 students. A half-price preview performance will take place on Wednesday, July 31 followed by the official opening/press night on Thursday, August 1 and Sunday, August 18 will be a special half-price night for seniors. For more information and ticket reservations, call the box office at (609) 770-8311, or visit the theatre's website at www.capemaystage.org.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premiere Equity theatre, is bursting with delight as they welcome Broadway and cabaret star, Karen Akers, as she brings her enthralling show, An Evening of Cole Porter: Anything Goes, to the theatre. Join Ms. Akers as she performs an incredible assortment of beloved songs by this treasured American songwriter on Monday, July 22 at 8 p.m.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premiere Equity theatre, is bursting with delight as they welcome stage and screen star, Ron Raines, as he performs in his one-man show The Great Love of Broadway. Join Mr. Raines as he charms the audience with renowned songs on Monday, July 8 at 8 p.m.

New York mime Bill Bowers takes audiences on a funny and poignant journey through mime, music and monologues. On Monday June 17, Bowers will bring his acclaimed solo show, 'Beyond Words,' with spoken and silent stories of small town America, to Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse.

Take one womanizing opera singer, knock him out in a hotel room, add a jealous wife, a scheming impersonator, a hilariously ambitious bellhop, and toss in some people running around in their underwear, getting drunk, screaming and slamming doors, and you have the recipe for a rollicking good evening of theatre. Lend Me a Tenor, Ken Ludwig's deliriously funny farce set in the richly glamorous 1930s, opens at Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse Wednesday, June 12 and runs through July 26.

Cape May Stage will present the world premiere of New Jersey playwright Shawn Fisher's How to Make a Rope Swing: the inaugural production of the Equity theatre's 25th anniversary season. Directed by Emmy nominee Roy Steinberg, How to Make a Rope Swing, is a dramatic story about long-buried secrets in a Jersey Shore town, and will feature guest performers Lynn Cohen and Barry Phillips along with Ben Rosenblatt. Winner of the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, How to Make a Rope Swing opens Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.

Cape May Stage, Cape May's premier Equity theatre, has just announced the exceptional line-up of plays as well as incredible deals on subscription packages for the theatre's 2013 season, which is, coincidentally, the 25th anniversary of this high-quality, award-winning professional theatre. Therefore, not only does Cape May Stage promise to offer theater-goers a phenomenal line-up of comedies, farces and dramas, not to mention exceptional exclusives for subscribers, but look for surprises in this very special upcoming season.

It's time to kick up your heels with "A Tuna Christmas," the hilarious sequel to the hit comedy, "Greater Tuna." In Cape May Stage's holiday production of 'A Tuna Christmas,' opening November 23 and running through December 30 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, director Marlena Lustik takes you through a hilarious 24-hour yuletide journey of 24 comical characters being performed by only two multi-talented actors.

It's time to kick up your heels with "A Tuna Christmas," the hilarious sequel to the hit comedy, "Greater Tuna." In Cape May Stage's holiday production of 'A Tuna Christmas,' opening November 23 and running through December 30 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, director Marlena Lustik takes you through a hilarious 24-hour yuletide journey of 24 comical characters being performed by only two multi-talented actors.

At long last, the secrets are revealed, the poems and mysteries are illuminated, and the story of Emily Dickinson is told as you've never heard it before. In Cape May Stage's upcoming production of William Luce's 'The Belle of Amherst,' opening October 17 and running through October 27 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, director Austin Pendleton paints a poignant portrait of Emily Dickinson, showing sides of the reclusive poet never seen before on stage.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies comes Cape May Stage's fall production, "Time Stands Still", described as 'a moving and often hilarious story of relationships, mid-life crises, and the ties of friendship.' Directed by Artistic Director Roy Steinberg, this Tony-nominated play previews tonight, September 12 and officially opens Thursday, September 13, running Wednesdays through Saturdays 8 p.m. with matinees on Sundays at 3 p.m. through October 13 at Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premiere Equity theatre, welcome back two of their favorite performers: husband-and-wife team Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry. Well known as the stars for eight seasons of NBC's "L.A. Law," the couple returns to Cape May Stage in "Mike's Shorts": a series of tales weaving the couple's love of food with their love for each other. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premiere Equity theatre, will welcome back two of their favorite performers: husband-and-wife team Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry. Well known as the stars for eight seasons of NBC's "L.A. Law," the couple returns to Cape May Stage in "Mike's Shorts": a series of tales weaving the couple's love of food with their love for each other. Join them on their journey at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse tonight, August 27th at 8pm.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies comes Cape May Stage's fall production, "Time Stands Still", described as 'a moving and often hilarious story of relationships, mid-life crises, and the ties of friendship.' Directed by Artistic Director Roy Steinberg, this Tony-nominated play previews on Wednesday, September 12 and officially opens Thursday, September 13, running Wednesdays through Saturdays 8 p.m. with matinees on Sundays at 3 p.m. through October 13 at Cape May Stage's Robert Shackleton Playhouse.