Moonlight in "Baskerville" at Shakespeare Theater of NJ.
Theater

Even the hellhound gets laughs in “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery”

Allen Neuner -
Who would have thought Sherlock Holmes would be a ripe topic for satire? Yet playwright Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, presented by...
Scene from the play "Proof"
Theater

Short Takes: Two plays where the past is prologue

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David Auburn's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof has been revived for a limited engagement on Broadway, and a magnificent and moving...
Mia Pak, and Sally Shaw in the world premiere stage adaptation of "GIRL, INTERRUPTED."
Theater

‘Girl, Interrupted’ is a harrowing look back at institutionalized medical sexism

Allen Neuner -
Off-Broadway's Public Theater is presenting a new musical, Girl, Interrupted, adapted from Susanna Kaysen's memoir by Martyna Majok with original music by Aimee Mann....
"West Side Story" at Paper Mill Playhouse
Theater

“West Side Story” is not just any night at the theatre

Allen Neuner -
Who doesn't know West Side Story? The 1957 musical drama based on Romeo and Juliet, written by Arthur Laurents, with music By Leonard...
Jack Holden and John Patrick Elliott in "KENREX"
Theater

“Kenrex” charts the fall of a town’s bully

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Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian's 2024 play Kenrex, about the decades-long bullying of a small farming community and its violent end, is being presented...
Shakespeare Theatre NJ production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives with Fiona Robberson, Britt Michael Gordon, Ashley Blanchet and Clark Carmichae
Theater

“Private Lives”: love as a battlefield

Allen Neuner -
According to theatre lore, Noël Coward wrote his 1930 comedy Private Lives in four days…while recovering from the flu…in Shanghai. Considering the result, one...
Kelcey L. Watson and Atandwa Kani on stage
Theater

“Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” is a look back at the horrors...

Allen Neuner -
New Brunswick's Crossroads Theatre Company has roared back to life with a revival of Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, the 1972 play authored by Athol...
Daniel Radcliffe in "EVERY BRILLIANT THING."
Theater

“Every Brilliant Thing” gives reasons for living with joy and...

Allen Neuner -
Roller coasters. Hammocks. The smell of old books. A much needed sneeze. The color yellow. What do they, and a host of other...
Scene from "Well, I'll Let You Go."
Theater

“Well, I’ll Let You Go” is a beautiful, poignant tale of...

Allen Neuner -
Bubba Weiler's new play Well, I'll Let You Go, currently playing at off-Broadway's Studio Seaview, is, to put it bluntly, a rare play of...
This intimate stage photo shows two actors sitting together in a bed with a high, grey fabric headboard against a dark backdrop. On the left, a woman with dark curly hair and a black polka-dot dress leans forward with an animated, wide-eyed expression, her hand raised as if in the middle of an intense explanation. Beside her, a man with wavy dark hair and a light blue button-down shirt sits back with a skeptical, slightly furrowed brow, holding a small remote control in his hands. The bed is covered with rumpled dark grey linens, and the lighting is focused tightly on the pair, creating a sense of private, late-night tension between the two characters.
Theater

Never had a blind date from Hell? Meet “Becky Shaw”!

Allen Neuner -
Have you ever had well-meaning friends who set you up on a blind date, hoping you'll hit it off with an equally unaware friend...
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