By Joan Ellis How often are you delighted by both the story and the look of a comedy? In grand collaboration, director Tanya Wexler and writer Stephen Dyer have managed to get everything right in…
RED BANK – Two River Theater Company has announced an eight-play lineup for its 2012-13 season. The season will kick off in September with Suzan-Lori Parks directing her award-winning play Topdog/Underdog on the 10th anniversary…
The New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway, is holding open auditions for local girls ages 12 to 14 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 22-23 for Release Point, a world premiere by…
By Joan Ellis See what a good trailer can do: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opened in a packed theater on a sunny afternoon after a week of rain. This was an audience already steeped in…
By Flo Higgins The combination of determined, practical Taurus and the free spirited, intellectual Gemini is the joy of dealing with anyone born this week. Birthday people are officially Taurus until Sunday this year, then…
By Linda McK. Stewart It was London, 1983, the year when 39-year-old Michael West picked up his hat and walked out the door of a perfectly decent, center-city job. He was not answering the call…
Benjamin Franklin, played by Sal Giacchi, a retired ad executive from Monmouth Beach (left), and John Adams, portrayed by Greg Schweers, a Sea Bright lawyer, attempt to convince Congress to vote for independence in the…
By Charles B. Rubinstein Start thinking about crisp white wines for the hot weather to come I know it’s only May and summer isn’t officially here until June 20, but there’s no better time than…
Lincroft — The CBA Jazz Series will host “An Evening with David Benoit” at 7:30 p.m. June 22 at the Henderson Theatre on the Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) campus. A unique opportunity to see the…
By Joan Ellis A touching comedy about the Catholic Church is not something I’ve been expecting, but here it is. And it’s good. As Eileen Cleary (Kathleen Turner) makes her way from resolute belief in…