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Theatre Preview - April 2017

originally published: 03/27/2017

The Neverending Story (Atreyu And The Great Quest)

The Growing Stage, 7 Ledgewood Avenue, Netcong

Told with all the thrills of a classic adventure, the story begins with Bastian, a lonely boy, who stumbles into a curious bookshop where he discovers a curious book—The Neverending Story. Bastian hides in the attic of his school and begins to read, and a huge adventure surges into life. Fantastica, a land of stories, is being destroyed by the Nothing. The Childlike Empress has chosen Atreyu, a young hunter, to be the Hero of the Great Quest. 

The Growing Stage presents The Neverending Story from now to April 2.



Multiple Family Dwelling




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New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch

Secrets from long ago, best left buried, are revealed when Kelly’s friend from childhood rents the upstairs apartment that Kelly and her husband own. The two couples find themselves entangled in multiple deceits and betrayals, past and present and no one is truly innocent.  A World Premiere by James Hindman, directed by Alan Souza and starring Dana Brooke, Dustin Charles, Maria Couch, and Jared Michael Delaney.

New Jersey Repertory Company presents Multiple Family Dwelling by James Hindman from now to April 9.



Murder on the Orient Express

McCarter Theater Center, 91 University Place, Princeton

The exotic Orient Express is about to go off the rails! With a locomotive full of suspects and an alibi for each one, it’s the perfect mystery for infamous detective Hercule Poirot, n’est-ce pas? Wax your mustache and hold onto your passport—Adapted from Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig and multi-award-winning director Emily Mann will take you on a suspenseful, thrilling ride aboard the legendary Orient Express!

McCarter presents Murder on the Orient Express from now through April 2.






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John & Jen

The Eagle Theatre, 208 Vine Street, Hammonton

A truly original musical that delves into the complexities of relationships between brothers and sisters and parents and children, set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990. john & jen brims with intelligence, wit and a beautifully melodic score. Two stellar performers will take John and Jen from childhood, through adolescence and beyond. john and jen is a musical about connections, commitments and the healing of the human heart.

John & Jen is presented at Eagle from now to April 9.



Bad Jews

George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick

Liam is a self-proclaimed “bad Jew” - he may actually be an atheist. It’s the night after his grandfather’s funeral - Liam and his high-strung and unbending cousin Daphna are arguing over who should inherit “Poppy’s” Chai necklace. The verbal battle rages until LIam stakes claim to the heirloom, and a vicious and hilarious brawl about family, faith and legacy begins. 

George Street Playhouse presents Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon from now to April 9.

The production is directed by Jessica Stone.



Million Dollar Quartet




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Paper Mill Playhouse, 22 Brookside Drive, Millburn

The smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock’n’roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, these four musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever.  This thrilling musical brings you inside the recording studio for one unforgettable night and hit songs from the early days of rock ‘n roll.

Paper Mill Playhouse presents Million Dollar Quartet from March 29 to April 23.



Betrayal

Mile Square Theatre, 1400 Clinton Street, Hoboken

Darkly humorous and charged with emotion, Betrayal explores marriage and infidelity among the entangled trio of Robert, Emma, and Jerry.

Robert and Jerry are best friends and partners in a publishing firm. But an affair between Emma (Robert’s wife) and Jerry creates a tense world of deception and mistrust. Famous for its structured timeline reversal, Betrayal cinematically unravels the plot, ingeniously using dramatic irony to build tension.

Mile Square Theatre presents this from March 30 through April 23.



Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story

Algonquin Arts Theatre, 173 Main Street, Manasquan

Before the Beatles or the Stones ever played a note, rock & roll was born and popular music was forever changed by the bespectacled kid from Lubbock, Texas - Buddy Holly.

Buddy tells the true story of Buddy Holly’s meteoric rise to fame, from the moment in 1957 when ‘That’ll be the Day’ hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later on ‘The Day the Music Died.’

Written by Alan Janes, the production stars Jared Mancuso as Buddy Holly.

Buddy runs April 1-9 at the Algonquin Arts Theatre.



Exit Strategy

The Theater Project, 10 Durand Road, Maplewood

New Jersey premier of Ike Holter’s edgy new comedy about the shutdown of a crumbling Chicago school uncovers all the humor in the teachers’ room gossip, conflicts and chaos in the staff’s efforts to save the school.

Holter looks at the very topical issue of the rightful role of public schools vs charter schools.

The cast includes Nicholas Wilder, Liz Zazzi, BK Dawson, Gary Glor, and Rokia L. Shearin, Melody Vargas and Thomas Vorsteg.

The Theater Project presents Exit Strategy from April 7-23.






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The Women of Padilla

Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank

The story of eight women who kept the faith.

Through the power of food, faith, laughter, and each other eight women find a way to carry on life at home while their husbands are away at war.  Inspired by the heightened lyricism of the renowned playwright and poet Garcia Lorca, this beautiful new play shows us there is always a way-- even through the hardest times --to set our love free.

Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, Two River Theater presents The Women of Padilla from April 8 to April 30.



 




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George Street Playhouse presents "King James"

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 @ 7:30pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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George Street Playhouse presents "King James"

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 @ 7:30pm
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Beautiful, The Carole King Musical

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Axelrod Performing Arts Center
100 Grant Avenue, Deal Park, NJ 07723
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Legacy of Light

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
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George Street Playhouse presents "King James"

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NJPAC

NJPAC to Celebrate Governor Kean's 90th Birthday with Broadway-Themed Bash

(NEWARK, NJ) -- The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will celebrate the birthday of New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean with a dinner and evening of musical theater on his 90th birthday, April 21, 2025. The event begins at 5:30pm.



Art

Art House Productions presents 2025 INKubator New Play Festival

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents the 2025 INKubator New Play Festival from April 28 - May 7. This year's playwrights are Phillip Gregory Burke, Sarah Cuneo, Molly Horan, Frank Murdocco, and M. D. Schaffer. Audiences who attend the festival will have the opportunity to participate in conversations with the writers, directors, and actors following each performance. All readings are free to attend, but advanced registration is required.



Ritz

Ritz Theatre Company presents "Julius Caesar"

(HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Ritz Theatre Company is presenting Julius Caesar weekends from March 14-30, 2025. This is one of William Shakespeare's most enduringly popular and influential works. "Beware the Ides of March!"



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How Jersey Are You? Find Out when "The Devil and Daisy Dirt" comes to Ocean County Library

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Bruce and Bon Jovi. Lucy the Elephant and Hurricane Harbor. The Parkway and the Turnpike. You are Jersey all the way. However, have you seen the tallest Jersey Devil tale ever? The Ocean County Library Toms River Branch presents The Devil and Daisy Dirt: A Garden State Gothic, Alt-Folk Event on Monday, April 14, 2025. The event begins at 7:00pm.



SoHo

SoHo Playhouse presents the World Premiere of "Gloaming, Nowhere"

(NEW YORK, NY) -- SoHo Playhouse presents the world premiere of Gloaming, Nowhere, created and performed by J.S. Streible, with original songs by Streible, running March 12 – April 5, 2025 in a limited engagement for 23 performances in the theater's intimate Huron Room. Gloaming, Nowhere is the world's first Neo-Appalachian, Afrolachian, Southern Pop Revusical.