PHOTOS from "A Tomato Can't Grow In The Bronx" at Chain Theatre

by John Posada - published 2022-12-02
(NEW YORK, NY) -- A Tomato Can't Grow in the Bronx, an acclaimed drama by playwright/novelist Gary Morgenstein, opened at the Chain Theatre in New York City on Friday, December 2nd for a limited engagement through December 17th. The play premiered at Center Playhouse on South Street in downtown Freehold, NJ, in April, 2022. Center Players’ Artistic Director Bernice Garfield-Szita will once again direct the play, which was named  “Best Original Play” at the 2022 Perry Awards by the NJ Association of Community Theaters (NJACT). Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

PHOTOS from "Elf Jr. The Musical" at BCCT

by John Posada - published 2022-12-02
(MANAHAWKIN, NJ) -- Brick Children's Community Theatre (BCCT) is having audiences singing loud for all to hear this holiday season with Elf Jr., the musical adaptation of the classic Christmas film December 2, 3 and 4 at the Stafford Township Arts Center.  Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

PHOTOS from "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" at Mile Square Theatre

by John Posada - published 2022-11-29
(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre presents Tom Mula’s Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol with a four-week limited engagement at Mile Square Theatre from December 1-24. Directed by Jenn Haltman, this clever and dark retelling of the Dickens classic has Jacob Marley tasked with helping to redeem his old business partner’s soul and undergoes his own transformation. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

PHOTOS from "A Christmas Carol" at Music Mountain Theatre

by John Posada - published 2022-11-27
(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Music Mountain Theatre is presenting A Christmas Carol with performances weekends through December 11th. In this classic story, Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than happiness. But, on Christmas Eve, he's forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts lead him through his past, present and future. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

Shakespeare Theatre of NJ presents "Twelfth Night"

(MADISON, NJ) -- The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) concludes its 60th Anniversary Season with its final Main Stage production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Last seen at STNJ in 2009, Jason King Jones directs one of the Bard’s most celebrated comedies just in time for the holidays. Veteran company members Jon Barker, Jeffrey M. Bender, and Tony Award nominee Robert Cuccioli are among a diverse cast of 14 actors. Twelfth Night will be on the Main Stage from December 7, 2022 – January 1, 2023.  

The Million Dollar Quartet Is Joined by Santa for a 1950s Rock 'N Roll Blast

by Bruce Chadwick - published 2022-11-19
On December 4, 1956, music producer Sam Phillips, head of Sun Records in Memphis, got singers Jerry Lee  Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins into his studio for a jam session. He recorded the session and played it for visitors for years. It was finally turned into a Broadway musical, The Million Dollar Quartet, in 2010. The smash musical has now pulled Santa in from his sleigh and become The Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. The play opened Friday, November 18 at the Bucks County Playhouse, across the Delaware River from New Jersey in New Hope, Pennsylvania and will run through January 1, 2023.

PHOTOS from "American Son" at The Barn Theatre

by John Posada - published 2022-11-18
(MONTVILLE, NJ) -- The Barn Theatre is presenting American Son from November 18th through December 4th. In the play, an estranged interracial couple must confront their feelings about race and bias after their son is detained by the local police following a traffic stop incident. Their disparate histories and backgrounds inform their assumptions as they try to find out what happened to their son. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.

True Story of Miracle Mop Inventor ‘Joy’ Sweeps Into George Street Playhouse

by Jesse North & Dave Tavani, JerseyArts.com - published 2022-11-17
George Street Playhouse is debuting the new musical “Joy” about the life of inventor and entrepreneur Joy Mangano.

PHOTOS from "'Tis The Wind and Nothing More" at Grunin Center

by John Posada - published 2022-11-14
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The Ocean County College Repertory Theatre Company is presenting ‘Tis the Wind and Nothing More. Remaining performances take place November 18-20 at the Grunin Center for the Arts, located on the main campus of Ocean County College. Photographer John Posada was on hand to take photos.