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NEW JERSEY CONNECTIONS
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There are 22 professional not-for-profit theatres in New Jersey. They are all members of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a valuable and supportive organization founded in 1981 to help promote and develop professional theater in the Garden State. In addition to these, there are also 9 up-and-coming developing theatre companies, known as Associate Member Theaters, all looking to upgrade as the Alliance's requirements and standards are met.
As my duties and assignments as a theater reviewer include all Broadway, most Off-Broadway and many Off-Off Broadway shows, my coverage of New Jersey theatres is limited to those that have been a regular part of my beat. I will, nevertheless, post information about up-coming shows worth checking out and mini-reviews of some I manage to catch but don't have time to review in more detail. Once a show we've reviewed closes, it will migrate to our Master Index of All Shows Reviewed at CurtainUp (Master Index) so that the review will still be available for reference. The little box headlined NEW JERSEY CONNECTIONS, includes besides a link to my own annotated list of area theaters, links to the NJTheatre Alliance website and its information regarding special programs and services, as well as several other websites you may find helpful.
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Sedition
Kiss Me Kate
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by Simon SaltzmanRounding Third (March 27 – April 28) Richard Dresser’s play about two Little League coaches has been widely produced regionally and had its New York premiere in 2003. It was praised in a CurtainUp review as "two entertaining hours getting to know two ordinary but inordinately likeable guys who happen to be Little League coaches." Sounds like good family entertainment to me. The Bickford Theater, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07928 (973) 971 – 3706
Roger is Dead (April 8 – May 11) Marlo Thomas stars in this world premiere written and directed by Elaine May. In it, Thomas stars as Doreen, the socialite wife of a very rich Republican. On her way to a fundraiser, driven by a possibly illegal immigrant, she ends up at the home of a former employee and her volatile left-wing husband. How? Why? Do they kill her? Reject her? Adopt Her? Until we see it we won’t know, but hopefully a review in which we won’t disclose too much will appear shortly after the opening. George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. (732) 846 – 2895
The Man in Room 306 (April 3 – May 4) Craig Alan Edwards has set his play in Memphis, April 3rd, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is struggling to write a speech for his next major campaign amidst increasing public and private pressures. This is a private glimpse into the soul of a complex man during an extraordinary time. This play was performed at Luna Stage in the fall of 1995. It will be interesting to see how this play differs in content and insight from Michael Murphy’s play about Dr. King: The Conscientious Objector, currently playing at the Clurman Theater through April 19 in NY. Luna Stage Company, 695 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ. (973) 744 - 3309
Engaging Shaw – (March 13 – April 13) January 17 – February 17) – John Morogiellos's comedy is about Irish heiress Charlotte Payne Townshend as she fights an uphill battle after falling in love with playwright George Bernard Shaw. The play which premiered at the Oldcastle Theater in Vermont in 2006 is now having its New Jersey premiere. Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ 07740(732) 229 - 3166
Kiss Me Kate (April 16 – May 18) – Can a musical get much better than when its music and lyrics are by Cole Porter? The witty book by Sam and Bella Spewack (with no apologies to Shakespeare) won the very first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949j. It has been delighting audiences ever since. Inspired by The Taming of the Shrew, this charming story follows two musical theater actors – once married, now divorced – as they star together in a Broadway-bound musical version of the comedy. Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ. (973) 379 – 3636
Sedition (April 17 – May 4) This is the NJ premiere of a new political thriller by David Wiltse (The Good German). It is set in Nebraska during the eve of U.S. involvement in World War I. Andrew Schrag, an esteemed Head Professor of the German department, is persuaded to speak out against the war. But despite his articulate and persuasive arguments, this view soon gets him into trouble with his university, the community, and the government. It promises to be a timely play about courage, ignorance of history, and what it means to be patriotic. Playwrights Theatre, 33 Green Village Road, Madison, NJ. (973) 514 – 1787, ext. 10.
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