Showing posts with label NJ Rep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NJ Rep. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2013

New Jersey Current Plays

Scene from 'Saving Kitty' (NJ Rep)
Here is a selected list of current and upcoming offerings at professional theaters in the Garden State;
BEACH HAVEN Surflight Theater “Les MisĂ©rables,” based on the Victor Hugo novel, book by Alain Boublil, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer. Through Aug. 31. $45. Surflight Theater, Engleside and Beach Avenues.surflight.org; (609) 492-9477.
CAPE MAY Cape May Stage, The Robert Shackleton Playhouse “Boeing Boeing,” by Marc Camoletti; translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans. Through Sept. 13. $15 to $35. Cape May Stage, Robert Shackleton Playhouse, Bank and Lafayette Streets. (609) 770-8311;capemaystage.com.
LONG BRANCH New Jersey Repertory Company, Lumia Theater “Saving Kitty,” new comedy by Marisa Smith. Through Aug. 25. $25 to $40. New Jersey Repertory Company, Lumia Theater, 179 Broadway. (732) 229-3166; njrep.orgRead our review.
MADISON F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater, Drew University “Tovarich,” by Jacques Deval. Adapted from the French by Robert E. Sherwood. Through Sept. 1. $35 to $70. F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theater, Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue. (973) 408-5600; njshakespeare.orgRead our review.
PRINCETON McCarter Theater Center “Proof,” a drama by David Auburn. Sept. 6 through Oct. 6. $20 to $87.50. McCarter Theater Center, 91 University Place. (609) 258-2787; mccarter.orgTo be reviewed.
RED BANK Two River Theater Live Screening of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a 1982 play, one of the 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson. Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. Free. Two River Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue. (732) 345-1400; trtc.org.
WEST CAPE MAY East Lynne Theater Company “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Washington Irving’s supernatural story, adapted by James Rana. Through Aug. 31. $15 to $30. East Lynne Theater Company, 121 Fourth Avenue. (609) 884-5898;eastlynnetheater.org.
'Tovarich' at NJ Shakespeare Theatre