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PODCAST: How Basement Productions Prepared Sarah Rasmussen for McCarter
by Maddie Orton, JerseyArts.com
published 2022-05-01

You could say that Sarah Rasmussen, McCarter Theatre's new Artistic Director has been training for this role since the 7th grade. From auditioning kids in the backyard of her South Dakota home to presenting her artistry on major stages across the country, Sarah has maintained her sense of playfulness with the art form. Now her McCarter directorial debut, "Ride the Cyclone", combines that whimsy with music, stunning design, and a perfect story for this moment in time. The show began preview performances on April 30th.




 

So You Wanna Dance? "Hairspray" Musical Headed for New Brunswick This Weekend

by Bruce Chadwick
published 2022-04-27

Hairspray has succeeded as a musical and film because it manages to convey a delightful story about teenage love, weigh discrimination and generational conflict with terrific music and, most importantly, a pretty gripping story about racial discrimination in Baltimore in 1962.



Author Pamela Gray talks about "A Walk on the Moon"

by Charles Paolino
published 2022-04-25

A Walk on the Moon appears at the George Street Playhouse this week with drama, comedy, music—and a sigh of relief. The latter comes from Pamela Gray, who wrote the play and who had begun to believe it would never be mounted at the New Brunswick venue.



Rodgers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" comes to MPAC

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Big League Productions, Inc. presents the innovative new production of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, which comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center(MPAC) in Morristown for three performances May 13-14.  Love transcends the harsh realities of war and prejudice in this sweeping tale centered around two unlikely love affairs.



State Theatre presents "Hairspray"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The newly renovated State Theatre New Jersey presents Broadway’s Tony® Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon Hairspray for four performances from Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1st. Hairspray is the story of 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960’s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world?





Algonquin Arts Theatre announces Cast and Creative for "Into The Woods"

(MANASQUAN, NJ) -- Algonquin Arts Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its spring production of Into the Woods. The musical will run at Algonquin Arts Theatre from Saturday, May 7 through Sunday, May 22. It is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales set in a musical format.



"Life’s Work" To Premiere at Vivid Stage

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage, formerly Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present a world premiere production of Life’s Work by Laura Ekstrand from April 21 through May 1. This is a new play by Vivid’s Artistic Director, written with the ensemble members in mind.



Dion, "The Wanderer" and a Memorable Story from Rock and Roll History

by Bruce Chadwick
published 2022-04-10

The Paper Mill Playhouse is dark and funeral-like quiet. All of a sudden, as loud and thumping as it can be comes the music.



"Waitress" Is Back in New Brunswick -- Hold the Mayo

by Bruce Chadwick
published 2022-04-09

The Broadway theater and film hit Waitress, that closed suddenly in New York last December following a COVID spike and was shuttered through the holidays, is back on the stage, healthier than ever, on a national tour that takes it to the State Theatre in New Brunswick April 14-16.



Laura Ekstrand Talks About "Life's Work"

by Gary Wien
published 2022-04-06

Every intimate relationship is based on a web of understanding, whether implicit or explicit. In the new comic drama, Life’s Work by Laura Ekstrand, two couples discover what happens when their agreements around work and money shift and evolve. Vivid Stage presents the World Premiere of this play across two weekends (April 21-24 and April 28 - May 1). The cast includes Nicole Callender, Mitchell Leigh Gordon, Scott McGowan, and Emaline Williams. Betsy True directs the production.


 

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