Theater Week of Sorts continues in today’s Red Bank oRBit with a look at The Housewives of Mannheim, the new show at New Jersey Rep in Long Branch, and its “real housewives” of 1944 Brooklyn.

We talk to playwright (and
MIT prof) Alan Brody about what makes him uniquely positioned to write an
all-female set of characters and a little bit about “these kids today.”

Back in Red Bank, National Record Store Day means it’s Local Music Day here
at Jack’s Music Shoppe. We’ve got an appreciation of the landmark
indie retailer and the rundown of local folks who will be performing in-store concerts
this Saturday — prominent among them our favorite streetcorner soprano Carly McIlvaine (above).

Only in Red Bank oRBit…

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