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Bridge Players Theatre Company Returns to Its Home Stage With "Be More Chill"

(BURLINGTON CITY, NJ) -- Bridge Players Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its long-awaited return to its home stage at Broad Street United Methodist Church.The first presentation in its regular space since February 2020 will be the exciting pop musical Be More Chill, across three weekends from February 9-24, 2024.




 

Graham Phillips and Talia Suskauer lead cast of "Sunday in the Park with George" at Axelrod PAC

(OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Axelrod Performing Arts Center, in collaboration with Grind Arts Company, presents a bold new production of Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park with George from March 8-24, 2024. The show is directed and choreographed by Eamon Foley (Broadway's Gypsy, Assassins, 13: The Musical) and starring TV and film star Graham Phillips (CBS's The Good Wife, CW's Riverdale) and Broadway's Talia Suskauer (Wicked's Elphaba). Music director Nate Patten (Broadway's Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, School of Rock) will conduct the 11-piece orchestra.



"The Cher Show" Celebrates the Life and Legend of a Musical Icon at the State Theatre

by Gina Marie Rodriguez, JerseyArts.com
published 2024-02-01

People's Choice. Billboard Music. Kennedy Center Honor. Golden Globe. Emmy. Grammy. Oscar. No, I’m not just naming awards for fun; this is but a tiny sampling of the accolades amassed by the one, the only, the wholly inimitable, CHER.



Want to Beat the Blues? The Musical "Annie" Is Back

by Bruce Chadwick
published 2024-01-31

Anybody in this country who does not know what life was like in orphanages, or America, in the Depression 1930s has not been to see the musical Annie. In it, writers, directors and actors show the audience the economic and social devastation in the country, The heroine of the very upbeat, poignant story is little mop-top Annie, the cute, lovable little girl with the bright, curly red hair who gets taken in by super wealthy Daddy Warbucks, whose fortune puts Donald Trump to shame, after years of living in a dreary, rodents of some kind infested orphanage, run by the equally dreary Miss Hannigan, who gives evil a bad name. The other orphans in the play where Annie lives are the co-heroines of the play.



This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place January 30 to February 6, 2024

Here are previews of plays taking place from January 30 to February 6, 2024 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.





NJCU and WP programs present "Working, a Musical"

(JERSEY CITY NJ) -- The New Jersey City University Department of Music, Dance and Theatre and WP Voice presents Working, a Musical with five performances from February 2-11, 2024 at Margaret Williams Theatre. Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day, the Musical Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the delivery man, the waitress, the mason, and the stay-at-home parent, just to name a few.



Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat to Star in "Love Letters" at Skyline Theatre Company

(BLOOMFIELD, NJ) -- Skyline Theatre Company, a 21-year-old professional theatre company now calling Essex County its home, kicks off its second season in Bloomfield on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 7:00pm featuring Maplewood residents two-time TONY Award nominee Kate Baldwin and her real-life husband and Broadway star Graham Rowat co-starring in A.R. Gurney's delightful and touching Love Letters.



Grunin Center presents "Rhapsody in Black" by LeLand Gantt

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Actor LeLand Gantt will present his autobiographical one-man show, Rhapsody in Black, on the Main Stage at the Grunin Center on Thursday, February 1. Tickets are $7. Showtime is 11:00am. Written and performed by Gantt, Rhapsody in Black explores LeLand's personal journey to understand and eventually transcend racism in America.



Teaneck High School drama teacher puts George Bernard Shaw to shame

by Jeff Parsons
published 2024-01-25

In his 1905 play Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw famously included the line "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." This derogatory phrase is often used to denigrate theatre educators who have made the sacrifice to dedicate their careers to students, particularly at a time when arts-focused education is often the first to be cut in budget crises.



REVIEW - "Ibsen's Ghost" at George Street Playhouse

by Gary Wien
published 2024-01-23

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) — George Street Playhouse is presenting the World Premiere of Ibsen's Ghost, a promising new comedy by Charles Busch. The play deals with the days following the state funeral of Henrik Ibsen when two women are seeking to have memoirs involving the legendary playwright published. The literary legacy of who inspired Ibsen's legendary characters lies in the balance.


 

UPCOMING EVENTS
REVIEW - "Ibsen
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: I Love the 80s to Death

Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 6:00pm
Carteret Performing Arts Center Carteret, NJ

 

REVIEW - "Ibsen
The Growing Stage presents 2026 New Play-Reading Festival

Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm
The Historic Palace Theatre Netcong, NJ

 





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